Department of Social Development - Services: Poverty Alleviation

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Applying for Funding as a Feeding Scheme

The Department of Social Development funds a number of feeding schemes for the poor throughout the Western Cape.These feeding schemes provide sustinence to the poorest communities, but they also act as entry points to subsistence programmes like food gardens, which aim to enable people ... >

Feeding Schemes for the Poor

Vulnerable members of the community - especially those who are unemployed and children who do not benefit from school feeding schemes - can take advantage of any number of feeding schemes run by non-profit organisations and funded by the provincial Department of Social Development. >

Subsistence Programmes and Skills Training for the Poor

If you are struggling to find a job, a subsistence programme can help you support yourself by, for example, giving you access to a piece of land and teaching you how to grow your own food, so making it less urgent for you to find ... >

Temporary Payment in a Crisis (Social Relief of Distress Award)

If you are unable to support your family's basic needs because of a crisis of a temporary nature, you can get a monthly payment for up to three months, called a social relief of distress award. >

The content on this page was last updated on 19 July 2007

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