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Soup for a song, for a cause

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailOctober 18, 2011No Comments3 Mins Read
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Grahamstown could become the City of Love, said one of the organisers of the Masincedane Soup Kitchen Society's Singing for Soup event at Grotto Mojito, in High Street, last weekend.

The society, in collaboration with the pub, hosted the annual event on Saturday night.

Grahamstown could become the City of Love, said one of the organisers of the Masincedane Soup Kitchen Society's Singing for Soup event at Grotto Mojito, in High Street, last weekend.

The society, in collaboration with the pub, hosted the annual event on Saturday night.

Residents of Ward 12, where the soup kitchen runs in Xolani three days a week, Rhodes students and the soup kitchen staff members came to enjoy a good basic meal and an evening of live music.

Soup kitchen owner, Cynthia Belwane, was delighted at the success of the event.
"The annual event is growing bigger every year," she said, "and I appreciate that because we are attacking poverty."

She said they were grateful for the support of the students.
Grotto Mojito owner, Jan Strydom, told Grocott's Mail, "We want no drugs, no sex in this charity, only local talent."

He said performers on Saturday night included stand-up comics, acoustic musicians, including a guitarist, poetry and four bands.

The society sold cups of hot soup for R5 and slices of home-made bread, baked by Belwane, for R2 – which all went towards the soup kitchen's work for the community.

Organiser from the Masincedane Soup Kitchen Society, Jocelyn Coldrey, said the event had been successful.

"We will never stop helping the community. We're aiming for the bigger picture of making the Grahamstown the city of love," she said.

Musicians Justin Brasher, Clarke Ellis and Hannah McDonald, who were among those who shared their talents for free, to raise money for the soup kitchen, said they'd had a good time too.

SInging for Soup

According to the organisers, funds raised from the Singing for Soup evening will be used to help fund a feeding scheme at Andrew Moyake school.

Masincedane serves soup in Xolani township every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Society members collect bread donations from Pick n Pay in the morning and deliver it to the soup kitchen.

Soup mix is delivered about every three months to the kitchen. Belwana also supplies vegetables which she grows in her garden to the soup kitchen.

MAasincedane also started a bread making project where women bake bread and sell it for profit around Xolani.

Besides the soup kitchen and bread making project Masincedani also runds weekly music, arts and crafts workshops with children from around Xolani Township.

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