Local businesses and residents in Tshwane have been urged to open their hearts and donate food items to non-profit organisations (NPOs) that are on the brink of running out of funds to feed the poor.
MMC for community and social development services, Nasiphi Moya, said the dilemma faced by city-based organisations was due to delayed payments of grants by Gauteng Department of Social Development.
In a bid to assist the stranded centres catering for the homeless, Moya pleaded with businesses and residents to donate food and other necessary items to shelters operating in Tshwane.
Items that can be donated include bottled water, soup, tea bags, soya mince, cooking oil, powder milk, canned beans, samp, canned pilchards, soap bars, maize meal, aluminium cups, canned beef and rice.
Moya said: “It has…