It was a memorable occasion full of songs of appreciation when Motswako Office Solutions committed to donate R100 000 a year to GRIP for five years.

The announcement was made at GRIP’s offices on Thursday April 20. As an NPO that provides care and support services to survivors of gender-based violence and people living with HIV/Aids, the organisation needs funds to continue with its services.

ALSO READ: Easter-themed market enthralls Lowveld families

Motswako officially opened its Mbombela offices more than two years ago when it took over Ricoh Mbombela. The company has since become one of Ricoh’s most successful business partners in South Africa. It is one of the country’s leading document management solution providers, offering some state-of-the-art hardware as well as software solutions for any environment.

According to GRIP’s CEO, Tarryn Lokotsch, she did not expect that Motswako would donate this amount. “I feel overjoyed. It is such good news to me. I thought they were coming to learn a bit more about GRIP, and had no idea they were planning to donate this much. I cannot wait to work with them. This will help us to connect more with the community and to reach more people with our services.”

ALSO READ: UPDATE: Nelsville now has electricity, but KaMagugu and some parts of West Acres remain without

Motswako’s CEO, Jaco de Jager, said when he read the story about the services GRIP renders, it grabbed him.

“I have two daughters, and I thank God they have not gone through anything like what I have read. The work this organisation is doing is absolutely amazing. The reason we are trying to invest in the community, is that we had already ploughed back into the Lowveld three years ago. We saw that people in this area support and buy from local businesses.

“It is such an unthankful job that they are doing, and they probably get emotional when doing so. This is why I told Tarryn that, whichever way we can get involved, they should let us know.”

He said GRIP would still decide how it will utilise this donation.