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mandela daY challenge

Clean out your pantry and spend 67 minutes

helping to cook 67 000 litres of soup

he #67000litres for Mandela
Day Challenge is on – and this
Tyear every South African with a
kitchen and a heart for the hungry can
participate.
Chefs with Compassion is calling
on everyday South Africans across five
different categories to put on their
aprons, clear out their pantries, and
get cooking in the biggest nationwide
cooking challenge for hunger awareness
ever in SA’s history. Best of all, it can be
done safely and from the comfort of your
own kitchen – and you can choose your
own local beneficiary to be the recipient
– be it an orphanage, old age home
or shelter for the homeless – thereby
extending the reach and impact of the
campaign into every city, town, suburb
and street around the country.
Last year, in a remarkable display of the Chef Calson Matlala with kids at Jackson Park on Mandela Day
true spirit of Mandela Day, over 300 chefs
stood proudly behind their stoves, united Within each of these categories, industry player to give back. At the
despite the devastation of their industry, participants will complete a ‘Clean Out same time, this initiative will send the
taking collective action to put their hearts your Pantry’ Challenge, using close-to- clear and resounding message that
where their passion lies – feeding people. expiry-date products and supplementing the food that is wasted across every
The result – the target of 67 000 litres of with wholesome and nutritious stage of the food chain (Agriculture –
soup was exceeded, and 77 455 litres was ingredients to make a hearty soup. Manufacturing – Distribution – Retail
cooked, serving 309 820 cups of soup to “Since we launched Chefs with – Consumer) is sufficient to feed every
hungry people all over the country. Compassion in May last year we’ve hungry South African three meals a day,”
This year, Chefs with Compassion has been overwhelmed by the outpouring says Arnold Tanzer, chairman of Chefs
initiated a nationwide challenge to beat of kindness, volunteerism and interest with Compassion.
the #67000litres target once again – this in making a difference – exactly the Within the Corporate category, caring
time challenging every single person, spirit that Mandela Day embodies. companies in every sector can give
representing five different categories, to This year, as we reach the peak of their staff the opportunity to give back
dedicate their 67 minutes on Mandela the third wave and with Government in a way that’s both safe and promotes
Day to raising awareness of the shocking calling on South Africans to isolate as teamwork and collaboration. Corporates
fact that 10 million tonnes of food goes to much as possible, getting involved in can participate in one of three ways
waste every year while 18 million people 67 minutes of doing good on Madiba’s – with staff cooking from the safety of
go hungry every day. birthday is a little more challenging than their own homes, or in their company
The categories in this year’s ‘67 000 usual. Meanwhile, one of the greatest canteen, or by adopting a food truck
Litres for Mandela Day Challenge’ are problems facing our country is that of and cooking in designated locations
Home Cooks, Hotels, Culinary Schools, hunger. The #67000litres Challenge in Joburg, Durban and Cape Town,
Kitchens (e.g. restaurants, pubs, canteens, is the perfect way for every company, where their teams will cook in shifts of
catering companies), and Corporates. every individual and every hospitality 67 minutes.

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