Michelle Walker and her team helps feeds kids in New Culture.

Michelle Walker refuses to be defined by her circumstances.

The Mitchells Plain mom of two may be unemployed and living hand to mouth in New Culture informal settlement, but that hasn’t stopped her from making a difference in her community.

Despite the family struggling to make a living like their neighbours, she and her husband Jason are doing their best to help the children and elderly in New Culture get a warm meal as winter continues to grip the Western Cape.

She said: “We live in an informal settlement in Khayelitsha, right? We are between Swartklip and Mitchells Plain. New Culture.