Poverty remains one of the key challenges facing government. Rising food prices have put a huge burden on the budgets of many poor households, but it is the poor who spend a disproportionate amount of their meagre income on food, so it hits them the hardest.
The Department of Social Development has in place a number of interventions to assist the poorest of the poor during the cold winter days. One of these is to ensure that identified vulnerable persons and families throughout the province are supplied with blankets, food parcels and winter uniform vouchers to keep children warm at school and to ensure that they are not hungry during this period.
The Winter Relief Programme will be launched by the MEC for Social Development: Mr C Chotelo at a media briefing at:
Venue: Alfred Rens Isibindi Centre
Cnr Peacock and Freedom Road (19340)
Donkerhoek
Kimberley
Date: 28 June 2013
Time: 10h00
The media is hereby invited to attend the launch of the Winter Relief Programme and enjoy brunch with MEC Chotelo.
Please RSVP your attendance to:
Conrad Fortune, Manager: Communications
Cell: 079 873 0679
E-mail: cfortune@ncpg.gov.za
