To commemorate Women’s Day, Ladles of Love celebrated and acknowledged local women who have been hard at work running feeding scheme initiatives in efforts to uplift and support their communities since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
One of the women being celebrated by Ladles of Love this month is 43-year-old Tamara Mlumbi, also known as Nicky. Mlumbi runs a soup kitchen from a shack in Gugulethu and works to feed more than 650 people a day on the three days her kitchen is open to the public.
Mlumbi, who created Nicky’s Soup Kitchen last year amid the coronavirus pandemic to help her own family when she became unemployed, says her journey began by her helping her cousin with her soup kitchen in Nyanga. “This has been such an amazing journey. I’m both grateful and overwhelmed with the work we are doing and how much we are helping people. Currently, we feed people from Inkanana, Barcelona and Gugulethu - that’s three communities.
“We help everyone we can, from pensioners to children, and my dream is to grow this initiative, to get more sponsors and assistance, so we can continue to help those in need. It is a huge help receiving food donations from Ladles. I know that without their help, I would never be able to feed so many people,” said Mlumbi.
Mlumbi also works with the young boys in her community, who help her to deliver food to the elderly who can’t come on their own. The teens also serve as safety marshals to ensure Covid protocols are adhered to at the soup kitchen.
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