With the drought threatening farming communities, retail giant Shoprite continues to serve affected areas with pamper packs.
Recently it transported pamper packs collected by the Cape Women’s Agricultural Association (CWAA) to farm wives in the Western and Eastern Cape.
In September, the association started collecting packs containing items they hoped would pamper their counterparts, suffering amid the persistent drought.
Donations from all over South Africa flooded in, and the CWAA was able to make up more than 10 000 pamper packs.
With help from generous individuals, it was able to distribute most of the packs, but needed extra assistance to reach communities in the Karoo. Shoprite, through its transport business Transrite, made one delivery truck available to collect 1 827 packs in Wellington. These will now be transported and delivered to 10 towns including Laingsburg, Beaufort West, Graaff-Reinet, Cradock and Jansenville.
Support from the retailer is part of its ongoing efforts to bring some relief to numerous drought-stricken communities.
Shoprite has made R150 000 available to its disaster management partner, Gift of the Givers, for the provision of animal feed and humanitarian aid.
In addition, the retailers have committed themselves to providing hundreds of food parcels and its Mobile Soup Kitchens also serve drought-affected communities, where there are Shoprite, Checkers or Usave stores.
Customers are invited to join hands with the retailer by donating R5 or more to its #ActForChange Fund at any till-point in Shoprite and Checkers stores countrywide.
All proceeds to the Fund will go to Gift of the Givers.
