Hilton College boys’ arts auction raises R74 100 to feed needy children

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Dr Alison Misselhorn, director of research and strategy at the Lunchbox Fund (third from left), was presented with a cheque for R74 100 by Hilton College teacher Angela Salamon (far left) and pupils, Sam Nicol, Chizembi Sakulanda (Head of school 2017) and Tim Presbury. Photo:  Maralyn Atkins

FOSTERING education through nutrition is the ethos underpinning the work of the Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit organisation which provides a daily meal for orphaned and at-risk school children in South Africa, writes Estelle Sinkins.

On Tuesday, November 15, the charity received a sizable boost for its programmes in the country’s township and rural areas when Hilton College pupil, Chizembi Sakulanda, presented Dr Alison Misselhorn, director of research and strategy at the Lunchbox Fund, with a cheque for R74 100.

Hilton College’s donation will provide 28 000 meals to children for an entire year. Continue reading

Authors to share their stories at the Midlands Literary Festival

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Nkosinathi Sithole will be speaking about his debut novel Hunger Eats A Man at the Midlands Literary Festival. Photo: Supplied

THE annual Midlands Literary Festival will be taking place at Yellowwood in Howick on August 27 and 28, writes Estelle Sinkins. Continue reading