Help where it’s needed most
Pot O Curry owner and patrons generously assist NPO to help feed hungry children
Popular Indian takeaway shop Pot O Curry has helped raise R104,000 to assist charity organisation Helping Those In Need (HTIN) keep their doors open.
The organisation was a week away from having to shut down all its operations and send the children in its care to children’s homes.
Tubs Lingham, owner of Pot O Curry, then decided to step in and raise funds for the organisation to keep its doors open to the children who desperately depend on it.
“We put down R50,000 and challenged our customers and community to match that number.
“Within two weeks we had already made a total of R104,000.
“We were very pleasantly surprised and grateful that we were able to help HTIN continue to do the work that they do,” said Lingham.
Pot O Curry first opened its doors 35 years ago and has remained a much loved family business over the years.
Customers flock to it to enjoy its delicious menu of rotis, gourmet samoosas and curry and rice dishes.
Pot O Curry has been very active in helping the community through food and shoe drives that have been well supported in the past
It previously raised funds to help the Fit for Logan campaign, which helped raise funds for disabled Logan Bartle’s ongoing medical needs.
Pot O curry managed to raise R44,000 for little Logan.
Matthew Peak, co-founder of Helping Those In Need,
expressed gratitude and appreciation for all the efforts Pot O Curry and the public have made to help them keep going. “It has been so amazing to see so many people come forward to help us.
“It feels great to know that we mean something to the communities that we help and it motivates us to keep going no matter what obstacles we come across,” said Peak.
HTIN has managed to keep its doors open; however, the
organisation still needs help.
“It takes a lot for us to do the work that we do.
“We work mostly with children and these kids need to be clothed, fed and taken to and from school.
“If we could get partners to help us with food and petrol costs, it would make it so much easier for us,” said Peak.
HTIN runs feeding schemes that feed about 2,500 children.
It also runs nine soup kitchens.