HUNGER IN SOUTH AFRICA

Sunny South Africa is how the nation is lovingly referred to because of its long sunny days and blues skies. Since 1994, South Africa has been on a path of reconciliation following years of apartheid. The country is rich in natural resources including gold, diamonds, and platinum and has well developed infrastructure.

The diverse population is made up of 54 million people of which 36 percent of South Africans live in poverty driven by a 25 percent unemployment rate. Unemployment is concentrated in the country’s townships—the underdeveloped urban areas surrounding the major cities—where nearly 60 percent of the population is without work. The children living within these townships are the most vulnerable to the impacts of poverty.

As a country, South Africa measures food poverty. About 20 percent of the population fall below this line meaning one-fifth of South Africans cannot purchase enough food to meet their nutritional needs. For the hungry, lack of proper nutrition keeps them from living to their fullest potential.   

Outside the Bowl’s Super Kitchens offer practical solutions to the food poverty problem.

PAARL, SOUTH AFRICA

Our production facility in Paarl, South Africa can produce up to four million portions of Vitakidz a week. They provide Vitakidz for children in over 160 S. African ministries. These ministries are raising up the next generation of leaders, providing them with the physical and spiritual food they need to become who God has called them to be. Located less than an hour from the major port of Cape Town, the Paarl facility can easily ship anywhere in the world. They have already shipped Vitakidz to ministries in Uganda, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Zimbabwe.

LESOTHO

Through Outside the Bowl’s partnership with Johann Meiring and Touch Me Lord ministries, we are reaching thousands more with Vitakidz in Lesotho. Lesotho is a sovereign nation surrounded on all sides by South Africa struggling with great poverty and lack of water. Our partnership with Johann has provided food, water, and discipleship to thousands of Sotho children.