Old Mutual delivered food parcels to the value of N.dollars 20 000 (Twenty Thousand Namibia Dollar) to 170 vulnerable members the Walvisbay Child and Family Centre in the Erongo region.
The Centre, also known as Sunshine, operates as a day-care and stimulation facility for about 126 individuals living with disabilities. Unfortunately, the Centre had to halt its daily operations in observance of the lockdown restrictions in the country, resulting in many of its beneficiaries not getting the three meals and care classes on a daily basis anymore.
Manager of the Walvis Bay Child and Family Centre, Gail Taukuheke, expressed concern over the wellbeing of facility members during the lockdown, as well as the uncertainty over food security for the children and staff, while at home as they solely depended on the Centre.
The Centre has a staff complement of 35 individuals, who themselves either live with a medical condition or special needs.
This donation to the Walvisbay Child and Family Centre forms part of Old Mutual’s N$5 million commitment towards the nation-wide efforts to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic in our country as we have set strategic measures in place to assist communities who need our support most.
This handover is part of the Erongo region outreach although communities in Spitzkoppe and Omaruru already received their food donations last month. This brings the total spending in the Erongo region to N.dollars 156 848.93 benefiting a total of 621 individuals.
The handovers were preceded by the Old Mutual Walvis Bay Branch Manager, Mrs. Johanna Shatika, and the Honourable Governor of the Erongo Region Hon. Neville Andre.
As a responsible and caring business who serve the community in which we operate, Old Mutual will continue to demonstrate its promise to be a certain friend in uncertain times. We will fight and overcome the COVID-19 outbreak in Namibia by Doing Great Things.