on the effect Covid-19 had on reported hunger and food insecurity in South Africa.
Despite the encouraging decrease recorded by the survey, researchers said it was crucial to analyse statistics from the fifth and final survey in the coming months “to determine whether this downward trend in child hunger continues into the rest of 2021”. , the picture remains bleak, and might worsen in the months ahead.
“It’s actually getting worse. To be honest, the donations are drying up so it’s becoming very challenging, and we’re getting a lot of requests from people asking if we can help. Also our beneficiaries we currently work with ask if we can give them more because their queues are getting longer. It’s definitely getting more difficult, I think this winter will be a lot harder than last winter.”With rising living costs and unemployment at 32.