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Aunty Mina’s matric breakfasts a boost for Delft’s grade 12s: Learners writing their final exams are motivated by the delicious fare served at an oasis in Delft, Cape Town

The matric breakfast is a red carpet event. It has been a daily event during matric exams since 2015 and the only requirement is that you are writing your final exam.

Sitting at the breakfast table, a few hours before writing her final geography paper, she says: “When we come here we eat more than we usually do. It means a lot. This year was difficult to learn, there were a lot of challenges. But here they also motivate you. I feel better. I feel motivated when I sit in the class now”.

“In one month I had 15 people in one street I was helping who had HIV,” recalls Aunty Mina. This led to her establishing the Masithembele HIV & Aids Enrichment Centre. Avril Gordon, who facilitates the loss and grief programme and serves the matrics breakfast, says: “It is not easy. I thought the older children are dealing with difficult issues, but the [younger] children are worse.”

Aunty Mina’s daughter, Christelle Wheeler, who recently took the reins from her mother, says hunger and poverty is the biggest hill for many in Delft. “People don’t have the basic needs to cope every day.”

 

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