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supporT neTworks during covid-19
SCAT gave R10,000 to buy food parcels for the vulnerable, and provided us with a laptop and cellphone, which helped with communication. We also worked with the Department of Social Development to identify the vulnerable, and the local government helped with food parcels.
lessons from working during The covid-19 pandemic
We need to support each other. COVID-19 is real. Our organisation has to be the watchdog of the community. We helped where we could, but at times didn’t have that much force to help. We were under-resourced.
“We would make food parcels for people, but
they were not adequate, as we only managed to distribute 40 to 50.”
Training workshops
R 5693
Grant given for data and connectivity
R 1788
Food distribution in Pampierstad
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