The learners at Astra School enjoying their lunch[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7280" align="alignleft" width="1012"] Happy beautiful children at Astra School[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7277" align="alignleft" width="1013"] PSFA field worker, Cheryl Manuel painting the school’s jungle gym[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7278" align="alignleft" width="1013"] PSFA staff and principal of Astra School[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7279" align="alignleft" width="481"] PSFA fundraising manager, Charles Grey conducting a live interview on Heart FM[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7281" align="alignleft" width="512"] What a great bunch of well mannered and happy learners at Astra School[/caption]  ]]>

• Everyone who participated in the 10km and 5km walks
• Peninsula Beverage Company and Coca-Cola for sponsoring all the medals, providing the ice cold Coke that was enjoyed by all the walkers, purchasing a hospitality package, providing the gig rig stages and sound at the start of the walk and on the field for the entertainment
• The official radio partner, Heart FM
• The official print media partner, WP Media publications People’s Post, Tygerburger and City Vision
• The media in general for the outstanding coverage and free advertising space
• The City of Cape Town
• Lions Club International for providing volunteers to assist with the marshaling
• Banks R & L Hiring for sponsoring the marquee and catering equipment for our hospitality area
• Sanitech Cape Toilet Hire for sponsoring the toilets for our hospitality area
• GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Oxford University Press for purchasing hospitality packages
• HiTec and Taj Hotel for sponsoring prizes for the lucky draws
• Warren Lodge from LIFE Brand for handling the publicity
• Top Events for organizing the event on our behalf

Association as their beneficiary for the #ActForChange campaign in order to help fight hunger! PSFA currently feeds 28 237 children at 155 schools every day and a donation of only R2 can feed a hungry child with 2 meals for one day! As our minimum donation is R5, you can feed 3 children with 2 meals a day with a donation of only R6!

• R395 feeds a hungry child at school for an entire year with breakfast & lunch.
• R11 850 gives an entire class breakfast and lunch for a year (30 children).

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The MEC of Education, Ms Debbie Schäfer and our chairman, Mr Yusuf Kader ceremoniously cut the ribbon at the entrance to our offices allowing our special guests to enter the new premises. The programme started with our director, Petrina Pakoe officially welcoming all our special guests. Mr Yusuf Kader then spoke about the reasons for the construction of the new building in his opening remarks. Ms Debbie Schäfer congratulated PSFA on our new building and thanked us for the major and positive role we play in assisting the the provincial Government with the feeding thousands of hungry school children in the Western Cape. After the Minister’s key note address, Petrina introduced the PSFA staff to all in attendance, providing an indication of each person’s role at PSFA. Our deputy chairman, Mr Brian Benatar closed the formalities with a wonderful tribute to PSFA and thanked the staff, everyone who was involved with the building project and the sponsors, Value Logistics, Workstaff Staffing and Western Cape Shoprite Checkers who provided financial sponsorship’s to cover the cost of the opening ceremony. The Minister and guests then participated in a tour of our new building followed by a light finger luncheon and refreshments. [caption id="attachment_6922" align="alignleft" width="800"] The MEC of Education, Debbie Schäfer and PSFA Chairman, Mr Yusuf Kader cutting the ribbon at the entrance to our new premises.[/caption]

resented by the Minister of Education in the Western Cape, Debbie Schafer, Debbie congratulated PSFA on the outstanding work we do in assisting Government to feed the many hungry school children in the Western Cape, and wished us all the best with our new building. In her address, she highlighted the fact that PSFA does not only provide additional nutrition to our learners, but also plays an important role in encouraging our learners to arrive early for school and stay in school. The meals provided by PSFA allows children to focus on their studies rather than their stomachs and helps to increase school enrolment and attendance, decrease drop-out rates and improve cognitive abilities. Rev Canon Rodney Whiteman led the invocation where he asked all in attendance, to give thanks and reflect on the act of turning the soil which symbolises the opening of future opportunity for every recipient and those whose lives PSFA will touch in the future. It also symbolises the opportunity to plant new seeds of hope in peoples’ lives.

As part of their practical training, film and photographic students from CPUT in partnership with the Peninsula School Feeding Association, interviewed and took photographs of Mrs Wendy Ackerman at Stormont Madubela Primary School in Nyanga yesterday. PSFA receives funding from the Ackerman Family Educational Trust to ensure that 150 learners at this school receive a daily nutritious breakfast and lunch while at school. A big thank you to Mrs Ackerman for finding the time in her busy schedule to do the interview.]]>