14 September 2017
Suthani food garden is a special community project started and maintained by a group of pensioners in Alexandra, outside Johannesburg.
The Shoprite Group joined forces with the pensioners and our implementation partner, Food & Trees for Africa, to bolster the work being done at this community garden.
This water-stressed community garden feels how the lack of clean water impacts its crops. Shoprite surprised the pensioners with a Jojo tank to ease the negative impact.
They also received mobile spazas that can be used to generate an income from additional crops.
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“This gift is exactly what we need. We’re excited to start selling our vegetables using our mobile spazas and using the money to grow and feed our community.”
- Mr Sibaya, one of pensioners who work in the garden every day
The Shoprite Group is committed to taking hands with beneficiary organisations to establish longer-term solutions to hunger relief. Which is why we have taken hands with Suthani to help them establish a sustainable food garden that aims to alleviate hunger and generate an income.