AfriForum announces COVID-19 community plan
14 May 2020
AfriForum announced a comprehensive plan today for communities who suffer from the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. The plan focuses on safety, economy, food, health and municipal services within communities, and includes school support projects in cooperation with AfriForum Youth. The organisation also expanded upon the AfriForum Network, on which more than 10 000 businesses have already registered for free.
According to Johan Kruger, AfriForum’s Head of Community Development, the plan aims to promote independence from the state, self-reliance and community cooperation to uplift, strengthen and support communities and community members.
“It is important that we start taking ownership of the future now, and build it together,” says Kruger.
He also says that AfriForum can continue building on sustainable self-management models for municipal services thanks to volunteers who joined AfriForum branches and neighbourhood watches across the country. In this way, serious food shortages can be relieved, safety initiatives be improved, and sufficient preparations made for the reopening of schools and nursery schools, among other.