Solidarity creates private fund; donates R250 000 to KZN disaster victims
20 April 2022
Solidarity today announced that it will donate R250 000 to the Solidarity Movement’s Crisis Fund to ensure that people who have been hit by the catastrophic floods in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) get the help they need.
According to Solidarity, the government cannot be relied on to manage its funds reliably and it is precisely those who are most in need who suffer the most as a result of the corruption that has the ruling party in its stranglehold. It is in this knowledge, Solidarity says, that helping each other in times of need is an essential party of our being. That is why an appeal is made to the community at large to see if the amount of R250 000 can be doubled through contributions from outside.
“The devastation in KwaZulu-Natal that we are seeing live is terrible not only because thousands are suffering but also because the institutions that should assist them are not there to do so. It is in the knowledge that the government’s inability will spill over to disaster management that Solidarity donated R250 000 to the Solidarity Movement’s Crisis Fund to ensure that help reaches those who need it most,” Dr Dirk Hermann, Solidarity Chief Executive said.
According to Dr Hermann, the government’s disaster management mandate simply offers little reason for hope. “However, it is still crucial to bring relief where destruction has been wrought. To ensure that we put our money where our mouth is Solidarity Helping Hand has already sent a crisis management team to KwaZulu-Natal to assess the extent of the disaster and to determine an appropriate response.”