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Speaker 1: Well keeping matters Easter, the Shoprat Group has partnered with

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Speaker 1: the City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services to

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Speaker 1: bring some Easter cheer. To find out all about it,

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Speaker 1: let's welcome to the show. The chief sustainability officer at

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Speaker 1: the Shop Right Group that Sanjeev Ragubier, sanjiev a very

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Speaker 1: good morning and welcome to the show.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Africa. Lovely to be on the show.

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Speaker 1: All right, what are you and the City of capt

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Speaker 1: On Fire and Rescue Services planning to do?

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Speaker 2: So, we're going to in partnership, we're going to support

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Speaker 2: four children's homes across Cape Town with some Easter treats

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Speaker 2: and some personal care items as well. You know, we

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Speaker 2: know that Easter is a time of joy for most people,

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Speaker 2: but we also know that the vulnerable and underprivileged in

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Speaker 2: our society don't often experience this. So for that reason,

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Speaker 2: we partner with the City of Cape On Fire and

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Speaker 2: Rescue Services, who do such a fantastic job in the

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Speaker 2: city bring some joy to the children.

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Speaker 1: The Easter treats, I imagine include Easter eggs and all

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Speaker 1: those wonderful things. The personal care items, what did they include, Sanjeev?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, I mean each days the time for treats,

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Speaker 2: but we're also supporting with things like toothbrussures and toothpaste

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Speaker 2: and face cloths because we're near the importance of hygiene

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Speaker 2: and particularly after having the treats, one has to practice

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Speaker 2: some very good oral hygiene doo.

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Speaker 1: This is not the first time you're partnering with the

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Speaker 1: City of Cape Town Fine and Rescue Services. You had

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Speaker 1: a similar effort for Christmas last year, did you not.

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Speaker 2: That's correct, Yeah, so again we partnered with the Fine

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Speaker 2: Rescue Services doing a similar thing as well, going to

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Speaker 2: some of the children's homes, taking the fire engines out

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Speaker 2: there so the children can experience that and bringing some

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Speaker 2: joy to them as well.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, those beneficiary homes they include Lawrence House in Woodstock,

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Speaker 1: Staying in Woodstock, say in Ann's House as well. You

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Speaker 1: then go to Balja, Holy Cross, Edge You Care and

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Speaker 1: in Philippi Jim Sebas Childcare. And the total number of

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Speaker 1: beneficiaries this time around will be two hundred and seventy

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Speaker 1: five wunted.

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Speaker 2: Yeah exactly. So you know, this program is really about

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Speaker 2: supporting and bringing some joy to the children. But you know,

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Speaker 2: the programs of the Shopread group will go beyond that

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Speaker 2: in terms of hunger relief and food security with our

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Speaker 2: food gardens and our soft right mobile soup kitchens which

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Speaker 2: travel across the city every day.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Now, those personal care items, as you said, include

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Speaker 1: face clouds, toothbrush and toothpastes. Let's talk about those Easter

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Speaker 1: treats then that I included in those backs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, So of course they're going to be Easter eggs,

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Speaker 2: some Easter bunnies, chocolate bunnies, so lots of sweet delights

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Speaker 2: in there and maybe one or two surprises for the

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Speaker 2: children to.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, this will be an ongoing partnership clearly for you,

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Speaker 1: because it doesn't it Sanjeev.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, So you know, we share the same purpose

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Speaker 2: as the City of Cape on fire and rescue services

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Speaker 2: to uplift the lives of people every day, and communities

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Speaker 2: are really a part and the Shoperate Group sees itself

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Speaker 2: as a part of community. So you know, we want

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Speaker 2: to join hands with partners that have the same purpose

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Speaker 2: and same ambition that we do.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and this is part of the act for change

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Speaker 1: initiatives that you have as a group.

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Speaker 2: That's right. So, as indicated, we have a number of

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Speaker 2: programs focusing on hunger relief and food security, supporting early

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Speaker 2: childhood development centers. We donate surplus goods from our stores,

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Speaker 2: community food gardens and the mobile soup kitchens travel in

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Speaker 2: the city and across the country. In fact, on a

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Speaker 2: daily basis.

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Speaker 1: You're going to be overwhelmed with broad smiles that are

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Speaker 1: just going to make you so broody. Sanjeeva, I'm sure

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Speaker 1: as you bring some Easter chier to all those children.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much for joining us this morning and

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Speaker 1: all the best. San Jeev Ragubir is the chief Sustainability

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Speaker 1: officer at the Shopwright Group talking to us about the

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Speaker 1: partnership they've undertaken once again with the City of Cape

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Speaker 1: Town Fire and Rescue Services to bring some Easter Chier

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Speaker 1: to more than two hundred and seventy young ones from

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Speaker 1: the Lawrence House in Woodstock, Saint Ann's House in Woodstock,

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Speaker 1: the Holy Cross Educre in Balja, as well as Jim

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Speaker 1: supports childcare in Philippi