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YOSEF DREAM FOUNDATION: ‘HOPE ABIDES’
Unending hunger DESIRÉE RORKE @dezzierorke
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eart wrenching scenes of little children queueing up for a hearty meal is something volunteers are faced with every week as the plight continues in hunger-stricken areas. Tiny children as young as four are not much taller than the two litre Coke bottles used as markers to maintain social distancing in the ever-growing lines. Since the advent of lockdown last year, Denise September of Yosef Dream Foundation in partnership with Brackenfell-Kraaifontein Community Action Network (Can), every Wednesday cooks a hearty and nutritious meal for the residents of Celeste Street in Scottsdene. “I do not have a set menu as it depends on what ingredients are available. It can be anything from samp and beans, soup and bread, polony smoor sandwiches or curry and rice,” she says. “The Coke bottles were painted and filled with a little concrete, so the wind does not blow it away. This makes it so much easier to indicate where each person should stand as they move to the front of the line for their food,” she explains. Yosef Dream Foundation is a non-profit company with three board members, two associates and a team of volunteers who assist with various projects. “We realised that due to a variety of factors but specifically during the Covid-19 national lockdown that many families go without proper food and shelter. Initially we handed out food parcels, but as the lockdown continued and the need increased, we realised we will not be able to sustain this initiative. So, we identified individuals that were willing to cook for their respective communities and started two community kitchens in Scottsdene and three in
Wallacedene,” she says. The organisation receives no funding from government and had no major donors, yet continued feeding these communities since hard lockdown started in March last year, eventually partnering with Brackenfell-Kraaifontein Can. The Brackenfell-Kraaifontein Can is a network of organisations and individuals who share resources like food, clothing items and so much more to the benefit of the community. “We contribute to and volunteer at events such as food and clothing drives held by the Can network. “Due to the partnership we’ve formed with the members of the Brackenfell-Kraaifontein Can as well as other organisations and individuals, we were able to impact the lives of around 15 000 between May and December 2020 all this with a limited budget.” This she adds gratefully is a major achievement, in line with the motto of Yosef Dream Foundation, which is Dare to Dream despite your circumstances. “Not just for ourselves but everyone who willingly offered their time, money, produce and skills. Those of us who reached out to those in need, who humbled themselves by knocking on so many doors for donations. “The Hebrew word for Hope is Tiqvah, which comes from the root meaning to twist or weave strands of rope together, to make a tool capable of holding a heavy load securely. This is what we have done as a community of people who stepped out of our comfort zone, dared to do something, dared to trust strangers with the same vision, hoping we can make a difference and so weaved our resources, skills, commitment together to carry the load of caring for our community. Through the hope we had, we could impart hope to those we served. This a reward that has no earthly but an eternal value.”
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Children in Scottsdene patiently await their turn for a hearty meal served by volunteers in the suburb every Wednesday. The painted Coke bottles were placed as markers.
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