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Food security
We believe true transformation is only possible through
education – and good nutrition enhances the ability to learn
and creates a platform for learners to fulfil their potential at
school. In collaboration with the Department of Basic
Education (DBE) and the Mandela Centre of Memory, Tiger
Brands has initiated a food parcel distribution programme to
alleviate food insecurity in our disadvantaged schools
(detailed under Tiger Brands Foundation below). Since
December 2012, 72 235 learners have benefited from this
programme.
Strategic food security partnerships
Our valuable partnerships with non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) and other community organisations
are critical to achieving our goals. Key partnerships are
summarised below.
Buhle Farmers Academy
Buhle Farmers Academy was established in 2000 to
provide practical skills training to farmers on crop, livestock,
vegetable, poultry production and farm management. Its
purpose is to support and empower new farmers to start up
their own profitable farming activities. The academy also
provides post-training support to assist farmers in setting up
and expanding their farms.
It enrols up to 588 students per annum, with over
5 000 students trained over the past 15 years.
Tiger Brands has supported farmer development through this
academy since 2009 by supplying dry foodstuffs for
students’ meals. Buhle Farmers has been able to return the
equivalent value back into subsidising students who could
not otherwise afford the full cost of training.
Afrika Tikkun
Afrika Tikkun was started in 1994 to alleviate poverty under
a model that seeks to develop the competencies of South
Africans living in townships and using these skills to deliver
much needed developmental services to children and youth.
The model focuses on investing in the development of
children from infancy into young adulthood and into the
world of work.
Afrika Tikkun also provides family support services, early
childhood development, career readiness and
entrepreneurial development, nutrition, food security and
support services, as well as primary healthcare.
Tiger Brands provides food products that help serve over
14 000 weekly meals for beneficiaries in various
programmes.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)
community project
In 2008, NMMU and Tiger Brands collaborated to ensure
needy students and communities received vital nutrition.
NMMU provides meals to 682 students to ensure they have
the nutritional support to complete their studies and enter the
world of work. This way, with Tiger Brands’ support, they
endeavour to break the cycle of unemployment and poverty.
The NMMU community project also uses our products to
support surrounding communities with food, including
60 orphans from Sinethemba Children’s Home and
Laphumilanga HIV/Aids home-based care centre for
children affected by the disease. They also provide
100 daily meals to the community through a soup kitchen
operating in Malabar, while Noxolo Preschool benefits from
food products for 40 learners daily.
Cotlands
Cotlands has cared for thousands of vulnerable children
since 1936. From its roots as a baby sanctuary, community-
based programmes were introduced in 1999, primarily
focused on HIV and nutrition, later adding psychosocial and
educational support.
Cotlands now offers early learning sessions for children from
birth to six years who do not have access to formal early
childhood development opportunities. We have supported
Cotlands since 2012 with food products for all its centres in
Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape
and Mpumalanga, benefiting over 8 000 vulnerable
children and adults.
Tiger Brands Foundation
The Tiger Brands Foundation owns an effective 5% interest
in Tiger Brands Limited and was established in 2010 to
enhance our community impact.
The foundation implemented the first in-school breakfast
feeding programme in 2011 in partnership with the
Department of Basic Education’s national school nutrition
programme. Initially, this covered six primary schools in
Alexandra but has expanded to 64 schools across nine
provinces, providing the essential breakfast meal to over
43 000 learners. To date, over 30 million breakfasts have
been served to our country’s most vulnerable learners.