The Autism Care Foundation is in need of fridges to store food that is served to the needy in Athlone.
The non-profit organisation was founded in May last year by Lindsay Boyd whose two children have autism.
She and five volunteers hand out dairy products, including milk, and yoghurt, once a week to about 100 needy people in the community.
With only one fridge, the foundation can only store a limited amount of food.
“More fridges will really help even if it is second-hand, we will make do with it. We are not asking for any monetary items or new things. We would like to increase our community outreach to more than just once a week, but for that, we need storage space, a proper structure, and more fridges.”
She is also appealing for donations of food, including rice and legumes.
She hopes the foundation will one day be able to run mobile clinics, offering counselling and support to those with special needs.
“We hope to align the feeding scheme to help special-needs schools and children which is initially why we started the foundation.”
Volunteer Donovan Jacobs said:“‘If someone can sponsor us with a structure we could really do with that so that we are able to feed more people. We hope to apply for funding soon.“
Rowena Reicher, whose daughter has Down syndrome, said: “The foundation is doing very good work and is really worthy of more support. The people they help are in desperate need.”