Food Parcel Distribution During The Covid-19 Pandemic
22 April 2021 Since the level 5 lockdown it has been hard for every citizen in our country from the street vendors up to the top management of big corporations. On the township and rural areas it hid rock bottom as many household were really in need of a helping hand as also the breadwinner of each household were affected. The government has been of much help to the people living in our country as there were food parcels that were being issued to each and every province in the townships and rural areas looking at number of dependants per house. The Department of Social Welfare in Gauteng implemented the special food relief programme in March 2020 as the country in all parts was in hard lock down. The special food programme had distributed food relief to over 537 388 families in Gauteng reaching over 2 686 940 people in Gauteng. The programme was created for households that were in needy of the food parcel and also those who meet the requirements of the dep...