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WARMTH : COMMUNITY KITCHEN MODEL

WARMTH project (War Against Malnutrition, Tuberculosis and Hunger) is one of the oldest feeding schemes in Cape Town. Altogether we have a network of 43 community kitchens in the vulnerable areas around Cape Town, (Khayelitsha, Guguletu, Manenberg, Nyanga, Elsies River, Valhalla Park, Mitchells Plain, Masiphumelele, Ocean View etc). From these 43 kitchens, approximately 5 000 meals are sold at low cost each day to people in need.
The beauty of the community kitchen model is that it provides food for people in a way in which they are able to maintain their dignity. The meals are not handed out, but sold at the low cost of 60c for a plate of hot soya stew and rice, and 20c for a cup of soup.

In addition to this it is a job creation project. The women who operate the kitchens are selected by the community. They are not paid salaries, however, they generate an income from the food they sell. This therefore creates incentives for the operator to cook and sell more food.
The basic food supplies are delivered to each kitchen each week by the WARMTH project at no charge. The operators however, are expected to buy other food supplies that they need to cook the food (eg Flour, chicken etc). They are also encouraged to cook and sell meals other than the subsidised soya and rice meal, therefore build up an unsubsidised arm to their subsidised business. Many of the operators cook chicken stew, chicken feet, vetkoek, Breyani, Amarhewu (a traditional nutritional drink), pancakes etc, in order to increase their income.

The kitchens are open during working hours, Monday to Friday each week. Our customers are unemployed people, Tuberculosis patients, HIV positive people, pensioners, young children, single unemployed mothers with infants, and school children.
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