SPU has formed a partnership with the University through its Economic and Management Sciences School.

The collaboration began with SPU sending a team to participate in the Meals on Wheels (MONW) annual cook-off in November this year.

Sol Plaatje University was one of four organisations which participated in the event which aimed to cook enough food to feed more than 3,000 needy people.

Head of the EMS school Prof Collins Miruka says that “we managed to feed all the communities we targeted and to many people, the cook-off was a huge eye-opener to the reality of the lack of food security in South Africa.”

“Meals on Wheels Community Services is a non-profit organisation providing cooked meals to the poorest of the poor, vulnerable persons, children, and the elderly. We provide community support, infrastructures, and services to those in need. We are happy to state that MOWCS NC has formed a partnership with Sol Plaatje University under the leadership of Prof Collins Miruka,” says MONW’s Bevan Jenneke.

“As an NGO, we are fully aware that our collaboration has not just been about achieving the significant things like providing meals to the poor, but the experience to work together and to help the less fortunate by improving the quality of the lives by using the resources that we have.

“We would like to restore the dignity that comes with the ability of individuals to better provide for their families and loved ones.
“Because of the complexity of these problems, we need to take hands and form alliances and partnerships with like-minded individuals, companies and organisations to make available the most significant impact and influence, and at the same time admit that we can do more, achieve more, touch more and improve more lives together than alone.”