The team says that it is determined to continue to fight the war against poverty. The team aims to upskill women who can break the cycle of poverty.

Over and above training sessions, the 'Mamas' are supplied with tools, equipment and infrastructure to create an income for themselves in order for them to give back to their communities.

The Clover Mama Afrika team says that it has continued to provide the necessary training courses as scheduled for the Mamas, but in a different way due to the national lockdown.

Prof Elain Vlok, Clover manager of the Clover Mama Afrika Trust, filmed an entire cooking course to ensure the Mamas can continue to build their knowledge during lockdown. The second virtual training was cake decorating and a koeksister course.

This was then followed by the venison and basic curry cooking course, where Vlok made all the Indian dishes under the eye of Anusha Padayachee and Leonie Edwards from Ritchie in the Northern Cape. This virtual training video will be sent to the 'Mamas' to do soon, says the team behind the initiative. 

"The cooking and baking virtual video training, which was the first of its kind, reached the 'Mamas' together with all the necessary ingredients and apparatus," says Vlok.

"The report backs are coming in fast and furious and we feel that it is going very well. They are able to do each recipe with the support of the video and printed material at their leisure in the comfort of their own kitchen," Vlok adds.

"We are excited for them to continue their training sessions as scheduled and soon they will receive the sasic curry making course too. I'm excited to share all my newfound knowledge with our 'Mamas'," Vlok says.

"I learned game processing from my mother as a child and it was wonderful when all that experience just came back to me again," says Vlok. "Our training was more than educational, as tummies were filled too."

"It must also be noted that Clover Mama Afrika provided valuable income to service providers, such as Jan Botha Photography and fellow training facilitators, who would otherwise not be earning at all during the national lockdown," concludes Vlok. "Their gratefulness for the opportunity was priceless and this is thanks to MiX Telematics' valuable contribution, which made this kind of training possible."

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