An unusual partnership between Durban rugby franchise the Sharks and SA Harvest, a food rescue and distribution organisation, is benefiting poverty-stricken communities in KwaZulu-Natal.
with much-needed warehouse space to store the food it donates to the needy.
Hopkins said she phoned the management of Kings Park Stadium — home of the Sharks — to ask if they could put up a tent in which to store their supplies. “There was no forklift stock in the whole of KZN. So everything around that operation was a logistical nightmare,” said Hopkins. “Young aspiring Sharks are coming from these vulnerable spaces. Our beneficiaries get to see this and through that, they get shown there is hope,” said Hopkins.The KZN wing of the organisation helps feed poor communities in several parts of the province.
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