After seeing the hunger on the streets of Samora Machel in Phillipi, Cape Town, since the start of the national lockdown, Mzikayise "Mzi" Ndzuzo said he knew he had to do something to help the community.
Soon after the lockdown was announced, Ndzuzo came together with a group of seven volunteers who donated their own limited funds to help buy the ingredients to start a soup kitchen from the local old age home.
This past week the group, going by the name of Samora Community Action Network (CAN), prepared 250 hot meals daily, Monday through Friday, helping particularly the elderly and children at need.
Friends of Thandolwethu's Annalisa Contrafatto said their focus was to set up an early development centre (ECD) in the community, but they soon changed focus to help Samora CAN when they saw the need caused by the national lockdown.
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He is joined by volunteers from his youth focused non-profit Ubuntubethu in Samora Machel, and two mothers who said they would like to donate their time.
