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7 September 2020 Media Release: Donations to vulnerable communities welcomed

Media Release: Donations to vulnerable communities welcomed

For immediate release
7 September 2020

News Release: Donations to vulnerable communities welcomed

Recently the Indigo Fruit Farm in Heidelberg (Hessequa) donated two containers of naartjies respectively to the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) Disaster Management Centre for distribution to vulnerable communities.

Representatives of Indigo Farm and Garden Route District Municipality with the nectarines donated to the communities of the Garden Route.

The first donation was made in July and the second donation later in August 2020.  Approximately 1 360 packets of naartjies, 4 100 (kg) kilograms were collected by the GRDM team from the farm.

Mr Frank Oosthuizen, Manager at Indigo Fruit, said: “Our donation came at a time when vulnerable communities in the Garden Route needed it the most and we could therefore reach out to these households.  We are grateful to the Garden Route District Disaster Management Centre who indicated that they would be able to distribute the fruit to the local municipalities for distribution in their respective municipal areas”.

Mr Gerhard Otto, Manager of Disaster Management at GRDM, extended a word of appreciation to the Indigo Farm for their generous donation to the communities of the district.

ENDS