Government prioritises women and persons with disabilities affected by the KZN floods
This is according to Health Minister Joe Phaahla during a briefing by the social cluster ministers on the national state of disaster that resulted from the deadly floods in KwaZulu-Natal .
A donation of shipping containers has been secured from Transnet and we will work with Solidarity Fund and National Empowerment Fund on how best to allocate them to women and children in need of shelter services. “We will also monitor the safety of women and girls at shelters for displaced persons to ensure incidents of gender-based violence and femicide are prevented.”
“We are also going to contribute sanitary pads to KwaZulu-Natal to assist flood victims. Plans are advanced to ensure that the donation reaches displaced women and girls.”He indicated that schooling was continuing elsewhere in the province, but, in the affected areas, attendance was uneven.
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