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Guest : Ashley NewellFood Flow is a new initiative pioneered during this crisis in Cape Town – with donations they buy produce from small-scale farmers who would usually supply the restaurant business – to make up essential vegetable boxes to distribute to communities facing food insecurity.  Thus, protecting the supply chain for the future, keeping small farmers afloat – Food Flow shifts the flow of produce coming from farms to those most vulnerable.    FoodFlow then matches the farmer with a community organization in their vicinity who distributes harvest bags or cooks a meal for their beneficiaries. FoodFlow works to sustain food livelihoods, enabling farmers to continue sustaining their business despite the loss of restaurant, hotel and market clients and ensures fresh nutritious food keeps flowing to those who are most impacted by food insecurity
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Guest : Costa Carastavrakis
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First up: https://www.beautifulnews.com/our-homes-are-their-hope-how-120-rescuesmade-it-through-crisisAt the TEARS Animal Rescue centre in Cape Town, every morning starts with asymphony of excitement. First comes the percussion. Paws pound against metal mesh toform the beat. Next, a choir of howls. Pit bulls, tiny lap dogs, and pavement specials allbay in varied intonations, sounding the arrival of potential forever families. But whenCOVID-19 spread across South Africa, the shelter sank into a deafening silence. Fearingthe dogs would spend weeks without human contact, TEARS marketing coordinatorLuke Kruyt and his team hatched a plan to keep tails wagging.Next: https://www.beautifulnews.com/bust-move-go-beyond-pain-how-choreographyour-destinyDancing is freedom made physical. Every jump, twist, and shake embodies theliberation people feel when they express themselves through their bodies. For KyleGrant, Gugu Mofokeng, and Cathrine Mathebe, dance has taken them even further – it’schoreographed their destinies.Third story: https://www.beautifulnews.com/triathlete-going-distance-destigmatiseaddictionGoing for a Sunday morning run is nothing short of remarkable for Costa Carastavrakis.For years, he spent most weekends in the throes of depression after nights out fuelled bydrugs and alcohol. His days were permeated with shame. But today, Carastavrakis hasbeen sober for over a decade. He’s now on track to fighting the stigma around addiction,proving it’s possible to turn your life around.
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Guest : Georgia McTaggart | Founder at Help Up |Help Up, an initiative in Cape Town, has consistently been cleaning up the Black RiverRaapenberg channel, already clearing 4,000 bags of garbage that would have ended upin the ocean. They use volunteers and employ Avatars, homeless and formallyunemployed folk, to clean up and collect tons of waste. But they are also proposingsolutions.
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