Brighton Beach Police shower elderly with care packs
Captain Louise le Roux said the project's success is owed to 70-year-old granny Vickey Cowan, and her grandson, Dylan, who converted their dining room into a sewing room.
CARE packs were made and distributed through a Women’s Network outreach programme to support the elderly within the Brighton Beach policing precinct in the fight against Covid-19.
The initiative was created and implemented by the corporate communications officer for Brighton Beach police, captain Louise le Roux, who handed the packs out to the elderly queuing for their Sassa grants at the Hill Side Mall on the Bluff.
“Through the distribution of material facial masks and hygiene products incorporated with educational literature on aspects of Covid-19, the aged will have minimal exposure to the virus.”
“The hand soap will help sanitise their hands daily without sharing a soap bar and the tissue distributed enables those who showcase flu symptoms to have a clean tissue on hand.”
“The educational literature available in English and isiZulu explains what the virus is, how it is spread and how to protect themselves from exposure through social distancing, staying at home and proper hygienic care,” she said.
She said the project’s success is owed to 70-year-old granny Vickey Cowan, and her grandson, Dylan, who converted their dining room into a sewing room.
“They cut and sewed material masks which they will gift to vulnerable groups. The material masks distributed during this aged outreach initiative was gifted by the Cowan family from Umhlanga to the Brighton Beach Women’s Network.”
“Through this initiative, the organisation achieved its strategic objective of showcasing its care for the aged within the community during the Covid-19 pandemic while partnering with the business sector and civilians who value the wellness of the aged,” added Le Roux.
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