Elnor Primary School in Elsies River believes that a school is part of the community and that is why they keep doing their best.
Even in the holidays they prepare between 300 and 400 the meals per day.
“Our feeding programme runs every weekday at school, as well as during the school holidays. We start feeding with prepacked meals at 12:00 each school day. We decided we will take an extra 100 meals to a different pocket of Elsies River,” says Mark Agulhus, principal.
Just last week they served served the extra meals in Epping Forest and Avonwood.
“On Saturday we served the extra 100 meals in The Range.
“Serving these meals go very quick as children are very hungry and in need of a cooked meal,” says Agulhus.
Agulhus says the need is growing every day.
“We have been doing this since Covid in 2020. Each year, the number of meals increases as the need becomes greater. One person asked us for an extra meal on Friday and alluded that it was her first meal since the previous evening. It broke my heart to see how this community is suffering,” says Agulhus.
Agulhus says that a school is the heart of the community.
“Our learners come from this community, and they are the future of this community. If you have hungry children, they will find a way to get food if it is legal or not. We know that a child that is fed can perform to the best of his ability,” says Agulhus.
