As an organization we had to rise up, no longer wait for the National Disaster Management Agency’s assistance, and forfeit plans we had made for the year, and embark on a fundraising campaign so that our community would not go hungry.
Through our soup kitchen, Mondays and Thursdays have become our hot food serving days for the children of Vuvulane. During the total lockdown period, we were serving an average of 140 meals per serving day, compared to only 90 meals, a week, we were serving pre-COVID-19. The ideal was for each family to receive their own food parcel so that there was minimal queuing up for food, which became possible through the donation from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Solidarity Eswatini fundraising. Sanitary products, face masks, and sanitizers were being simultaneously distributed and continue to be distributed. We are sourcing most of our fresh veg and fruit from local traders so that the donated money can spread widely within the community. Assistance is very much still needed.
Moving forward in a sustainable way, we have been able to set up over 50 backyard organic vegetable gardens, thank you to UNDP and Solidarity Eswatini, and an organic chickens business, made possible by various Eswatini donors.
Full display of Covid-19 food support packages to be distributed 
Food prep 
Educating kids about the necessity for using a mask 
A balanced diet during Covid-19 
Children awaiting in line to get some food 
More family food hamper distributions 
Planting vegetables within the demo site after being taught about organic food gardens 
Permaculturist, Bongkhosi Mndzebele, teaching the community about organic food gardening 
One of the home’s with their new and fenced organic food garden
COVID-19 Response Reports
Below are reports that go into detail about VOVCOF’s interventions in the Vuvulane community during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: