North West-After many negotiations and rigorous technical assessment processes, the partnership between the German Development Bank and the Department of Social Development is finally yielding much anticipated results, North West MEC for Social Development Collen Maine said on Wednesday.
“The preliminary allocations indicate that the North West Province will receive an amount of R35.1 million in the next financial year for the establishment of new community care centres in four district municipalities,” Maine said.
He added that the purpose of the centres is to provide multi-sectoral services to orphans and vulnerable children, youth, the needy and will also be used for skills development of the beneficiaries.
Maine said the province was considered for this allocation, due to its recognizable efforts in providing services to this category of service users, its contribution broadly on the national orphans and vulnerable children agenda.
Maine said the province has become the third province after Kwa Zulu Natal and Limpopo to benefit from the German Development Bank funding initiative.
Meanwhile German Development Bank Director for Africa Regional Programmes, Dr Thomas Duve will tomorrow visit one of the assessed community care centres in Lethabong in Rustenburg Local Municipality.
During his visit, Duve will meet with Lethabong organisation and other stakeholders the local municipality and the traditional authority.
Details of the visit are as follows:
Date : 21 November 2013
Time : 10h00 – 11h00
Venue : Lethabong, Rustenburg.
-TDN
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