{"id":168230,"date":"2017-12-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/168230\/trust-gives-children-food-parcels\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T17:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T15:15:32","slug":"trust-gives-children-food-parcels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/12\/08\/trust-gives-children-food-parcels\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust gives children food parcels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Masango, the administrator of the\u00a0Peermont Children\u2019s Trust (PCT), one of Peermont Global\u2019s flagship Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes, visited the seven primary school aftercare centres supported by the trust in Ekurhuleni to hand out food parcels to the centre\u2019s learners ahead of the December holidays, last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from these parcels, the learners\u00a0who attend the trust supported aftercare centres also receive food parcels before the mid-year school holidays, are given uniforms at the start of each school year, are treated to a Christmas party annually and benefit from a feeding scheme and supervised aftercare during school terms.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168231\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-168231\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/12\/49GCNGENERALTRUS_60956-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/12\/49GCNGENERALTRUS_60956-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/12\/49GCNGENERALTRUS_60956-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/12\/49GCNGENERALTRUS_60956-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/12\/49GCNGENERALTRUS_60956.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The centre\u2019s Itumeleng Mofoti hands Smangele Mdluli (11) of Monde Primary her parcel. Photo by: Yolanda van der Stoep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In total nearly 650 youngsters, who attend the seven aftercare centres supported by the trust, benefited from this handover.<\/p>\n<p>Learners who attend the\u00a0Reahile Primary Aftercare Centre in Katlehong, and are from\u00a0Reahile, Izibuko, Monde, Tamaho and Mogobeng primary schools\u00a0received their food packages.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/143301\/youngsters-dreams-of-tertiary-education-come-true\/\" target=\"_blank\">Youngsters\u2019 dreams of tertiary education come true<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/166222\/hats-off-to-trainer-azzie-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charities the big winners on race day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p 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