School Meals Sustain Johannesburg Teens
The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) has contributed a total of $30,000 to help feed 500 high school students in the poorest neighborhoods in Johannesburg, South Africa for six months. The grant monies support the works of ACFS Community Education and Feeding Scheme, a nonprofit established in 1945 to not only provide school meals but also to promote healthy, contributing citizens.
According to Executive Director of ACFS, Phindi Hlalele, "ACFS plans to offer these children who come to school with empty stomachs something to eat for the day. For some of them, the meal we offer is the only meal until the next day.
“Our new school year has just started. The school reopened yesterday, on 18 January and through your funding, we immediately started providing food to 500 learners at Emndeni Senior Secondary School. Through the generosity of your funds, we will be able to provide a meal a day for each student." The grant will fund the meal program for six months.
Photo credits courtesy of Africa Community Feeding Scheme
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Local residents Luz and Oscar realised that the festival offered an ideal opportunity to promote Words of Peace Read more
Real Stories from Around the World
The TPRF Blog is expanding with more eyewitness stories from both volunteers and the people who interact with them "on location" around the world. Along with updates and photos from signature programs like TPRF's Food for People, Peace Education Program, and special Message of Peace events, we'll be sharing more first-hand stories that often don't get the spotlight they deserve. Real stories from real people whose lives have been touched in big and small ways through the work of the foundation, partnering organizations, and volunteers.
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