SUB-PROGRAMME: SOCIAL RELIEF
Purpose of the Programme:
To provide social relief of distress to vulnerable individuals who have no income, are experiencing undue hardship and those affected by natural and unnatural disasters and are unable to meet their basic needs.
Strategic Goal:
Meeting the basic needs of individuals who are experiencing difficulties (hardship) and those affected by disasters.
Strategic Objective:
The provision of a safety net for individuals in distress.
Sub-programme Description:
To respond to emergency needs identified in communities affected by disasters and not declared, and or any other social condition resulting in undue hardship.
This sub-programme provides the following services to the individuals in distress:
1. Food parcels
2. Winter relief
3. Special Programmes- nappies, school uniforms
4. Basic needs during a disaster
The target for the sub-programme considered the provision of the service to R0 income families, war on poverty wards, children living and working on the street, the homeless.
The budget allocation is proportionally shared between the Provincial Office, the five District Offices given the demographic trends of the range of vulnerable groups. The transfer budget funds this particular service.