Palabora Mining Company (PMC) in conjunction with Palabora Foundation joined hands to ensure that the less fortunate and vulnerable communities identified through the assistance of Social Development Department have food and other basic needs during these difficult times. The business is working with the Joint Operations Committee (JOC) for Ba-Phalaborwa mu-nicipality to reach out to those who have been hit hard during these trying times.
“As a business, we understand that everyone is negatively affected, more so, the less fortunate and employees of smaller businesses. We ensured that we stand in the gap with the assistance of our strategic partners, led by the JOC chairperson, Colonel Rakhadani, to distribute food aid parcels to identified household beneficiaries since the start of the pandemic”, men-tioned Abby Ledwaba: Manager Transformation, Stakeholder Engagement and Internal Communications.
The number of beneficiaries from the food parcels distribution on the 08th May 2020 is 96 households and we are likely to reach a higher number in the near future. Each food parcel contained: 10 kg rice, 10 kg maize meal, 2 litre cooking oil, 10 kg sugar, 1x box of tea bags, anti-bacterial bathing soap, baked beans, box of cremora powder milk, tin fish, corned meat, dish wash-ing liquid soap, 2kg laundry powder soap and sachets of soup.
Engelina Mkheswani (52) from Majeje Village was identified by Social Devel-opment Department as one of the food aid relief beneficiaries. Mkheswani has three depends with no form of income during this time of need.
“I am pleased to see PMC visiting us and happier to be a recipient of the food parcel aid. I normally perform piece jobs as a domestic worker to feed my family but now we have been told to stay at home to prevent the spread of the virus, I have nothing to eat or money to buy food. I am really relieved to have received this food parcel and it will keep us from going hungry,” says Mkheswani.
