KZN Bishops and Laity Pack Meals for Needy Children
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban (left) and Bishop Zolile Peter Mpambani of Kokstad, with Bishop Graham Rose of Dundee (background) packing meals for children in KwaZulu-Natal.
The Catholic bishops of KwaZulu-Natal led a group of 80 priests, nuns, youth, and men and women in packing the first 10 000 of a total of 35 000 meals for children in the province.
The packing event, part of Phase 1 of a partnership between Caritas KZN and Rise against Hunger, is aimed at addressing child malnutrition and hunger.
Rise against Hunger is an international hunger-relief organisation that distributes food and aid to the world’s most vulnerable.
The KwaZulu-Natal bishops learnt at a presentation during the annual general meeting of Caritas KZN, that 492 000 children go to bed hungry.
This drove a response from the Church, and the formation of the Love in Action — Izenzo Zothando Food Programme.
The long-term plan is to provide ongoing support throughout the seven dioceses that make up the metropolitan region of the Church in KwaZulu-Natal through the food programme.
Phase 1 will run through December, and there will be a packing event in each of the seven dioceses in which 5000 meals will be packed.
After evaluating Phase 1, the hope is that Phase 2 will start in January 2018.
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