DA-run George Municipality is working 24/7 to provide extra support to every community during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Municipality is keeping more than 100 of its soup kitchens open, closing those soup kitchens which are run at home by people whose health may be at high risk, and training the others in all aspects of safely handing out soup within the required health, safety and social distancing parameters.

George Municipality’s drive-through donation centre accepts grocery donations from residents and businesses, sanitises them and then safely distributes them to the soup kitchens.

The Municipality has also distributed over 400 substantial food parcels to households in need.

Every donation is appreciated. There are thousands of people who will be depending on this service during the COVID-19 crisis period.  – Johann Crouse, Fire Station Commander in DA-led George Municipality

Other measures include:

• Creating a temporary shelter for the homeless, which provides hygiene packs and two meals a day.
• Hiring and installing 200 more chemical toilets in informal settlements, which are cleaned regularly.
• Installing 30 more water stand points in informal settlements.
• Delivering 20 donated water tanks to rural areas in need of better access to clean water.

Working together, we can defeat the coronavirus and come out stronger for it.