Invisible Hands, a non-profit organisation, has distributed two million meals since the start of Covid-19, covering some of the poorest parts of the province.
The charity reached the milestone on Saturday as it distributed one-hundred 100-litre pots of akhni to Hangberg, Parkwood, Belhar, Hanover Park, Ocean View, and other areas, from its Gleemoor Street premises in Athlone, according to the organisation’s co-founder, Yusuf Gabier.
Invisible Hands started in June 2015, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadaan, when Mr Gabier and Faieck Samodien decided to distribute food to the poor.
Since then, warm meals have been distributed once a week across the city and as far away as Porterville, Touws River and Grabouw.
Mr Gabier said seeing the smiles on the faces of the hungry children they helped motivated him to keep going.
Member of parliament and chairman of the provincial social development standing committee Dan Plato said the charity was doing incredible work and brought hope to communities battered by the financial impact of the pandemic.
“They are doing brilliant work, providing hundreds of pots of food every weekend. We will continue to support them. If people don’t have food, they steal. So to able to say go to one of these organisations and pick up a warm meal makes me so happy,” he said.
Infrastructure MEC Tertius Simmers said: “Two-million meals is a great accomplishment. They are really helping the needy people in areas as far as Saron.”