A large group of non-profit making and non-governmental organisations received grants-in-aid from Ray Nkonyeni Municipality recently. The handover ceremony was held at Port Shepstone Civic Centre.
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Deputy mayor Ronnie Nair gave financial grants-in-aid to various NGOs and NPOs on behalf of the mayor, Councillor Cynthia Mqwebu, who was away on council business. Councillor Nair said they were pleased to support organisations which helped communities in different ways, such as running crèches, environmental management programmes, churches, child welfare organisations, sports organisations and others.
“As a municipality we are not forced to support these organisations but we do it because they help communities. This year we received 126 applications for grants and we approved 121. The other five applicants were disqualified because they did not submit all the necessary documents such as bank statements, proof that they were from Ray Nkonyeni Municipality, and their financial management plans and expenditures,” he said.
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