Thanks to a new school kitchen made possible by Breadline Africa, over 2000 learners will have warm and nutritious meals daily.
Diepsloot, South Africa (08 May 2025) — A Primary School in Diepsloot, Gauteng, now has a new, kitted-out means to ensure that their learners will receive nutritious meals every day thanks to a new school kitchen made possible by Breadline Africa!
Breadline Africa are longtime champions of Early Childhood Development support. As such, the organisation has an in-depth understanding of the challenges that little learners in under-resourced areas face.
Amid the many areas of focus the non-profit has (which range from ECD practitioner training to providing play materials for learners and giving them adventure days), nutrition is high up on the list.
Because nutrition is essential for learning, growing and developing effectively and considering that many learners in impoverished areas will only receive their most nutritious meal at school, the new school kitchen is set to make a world of difference in many lives.
Previously, there was a kitchen space for the school that had become far too cramped and under-equipped for the amount of learners relying on it.
Handed over to Diepsloot Primary School No. 4 this April, Breadline Africa explains that the new kitchen is fully equipped, prefabricated, and already happily serving over 2,000 learners’ meals daily thanks to the small team of hard-working cooks.
“This collaboration demonstrates how businesses and NGOs can work together to bridge gaps and support one another.” reflected Principal Johannes Makhafola of Breadline’s corporate partner who helped make the project possible.
Meanwhile in more news from Breadline Africa; last month the team on the ground in KwaZulu-Natal aimed efforts at tackling a deeply concerning issue: the continued reliance on unsafe and undignified pit toilets in schools and ECD centres. Read more, here.
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