THE impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is far-reaching and many people are faced with unprecedented challenges during this time, especially underprivileged communities.
With this in mind, The Boardwalk, which has been a long-standing benefactor of the Healing Minds Centre in Walmer, offered some assistance during the lockdown by handing over a variety of fresh vegetables and fruit to the value of R15 000.
The Healing Minds Centre has been supported by The Boardwalk with various donations and upgrades since 2015.
“We are hoping to make a small difference to the community supported by the centre and we always try to consider what the biggest needs are,” said Peggy Mokhatla, Boardwalk’s social equity manager.
“At the moment, food shortage is rife and we hope the donation will help to alleviate this problem, albeit for a little while during the lockdown period.”
The Healing Minds Centre is a non-profit organisation that runs several programmes to assist and uplift the local community and is a haven for many disadvantaged men, women and children of all ages.
A second donation by The Boardwalk includes hundreds of items of bed linen such as sheets, covers and pillowcases, as well as bath towels, bathroom mats, face cloths and more. This donation was made to the Eastern Cape Department of Health and will be utilised at the temporary 4 000 – bed field hospital facility being prepared to care for potential Covid-19 patients in Nelson Mandela Bay.
“We are trying to assist as much as we can and urge local business and the public to help those in need with any means possible during this time,” concluded Mokhatla.
The Boardwalk team would also like to thank all healthcare workers who are on the front lines of battling Covid-19 and want to remind members of the public to practise social distancing.
