Latest Breaking News On - Cape community care - Page 1 : comparemela.com

Food aid provided for the vulnerable queuing outside Sassa office By Shakirah Thebus Share Cape Town - Aid has been given to needy elderly and disabled people sleeping outside the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) Bellville offices, hoping to get seen to in the morning. Stay-overs continue outside the offices after thousands of temporary disability and child care dependency grants lapsed on January 1. The SA Red Cross Society regional health and care manager, Marianna Nomdoe, said they and community-based organisations dispatched volunteers as of Monday night to feed those waiting at Sassa Bellville. “We were informed late on Sunday that many of the people sleeping outside the offices were elderly and disabled. We’re a humanitarian relief organisation and as such it is our mandate to alleviate suffering. This being said, we immediately, with Western Cape Community Care and others, put a plan in motion to feed the vulnerable while they waited to be assisted by Sassa.”

Cape townWestern capeSouth africaMarianna nomdoeAlan windeSharna fernandezCyril ramaphosaSassa bellvilleSa social security agency sassa bellvilleSa red cross societyNational treasuryCape community careSecurity agencyCross societyWestern cape community carePresident cyril ramaphosa