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The Middlemore Foundation is working with the Send Help to Spread Hope Campaign to provide food, blankets, diapers and sanitary packages to the elderly, disabled, families and people with underlying health problems.
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The foundation’s executive director, Sandra Gange, said those in need had been left extremely isolated by Covid-19.
“Many support mechanisms have disintegrated or have been cut. There are also many who have lost their jobs, have no family around them, and cannot leave.”
While there was always a need in the South Auckland community, the impact of the coronavirus had caused a huge increase.
The delivered items reached up to 1000 families per day.
Gange said the foundation was trying to alleviate stress exerted on the local marae, which people turned to during stressful times.
“They often don’t have access to the Internet or a phone, so they get close to the marae.”
To continue providing the items, Gange said they needed continued financial support.
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