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THE APPOINTMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS (CSOs) TO IMPLEMENT A VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME IN ALL PROVINCES ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NDA) OVER A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS

Posted in Stories on 23 January 2022

The National Development Agency (NDA) developed and submitted a project proposal to the National Treasury to access funding from the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package. The proposal focusses on the CSOs Volunteer Programme, which is a hallmark of NDA’s Covid-19 response plan aimed at combating the effects of Covid-19 on poor communities. The National Treasury approved the proposal and granted the NDA R30 million allocation to extend implementation of the CSOs Volunteer Programme until March 2022.

Volunteering as a social development concept refers to the act of rendering service by choice or free will for the benefit of the wider community by an individual, group, or organisation. Governments have recognized the critical contribution that volunteering makes to build a strong and cohesive society since government cannot do alone and has therefore supported volunteering as the essential act of citizenship, a means for combating social exclusion, and promoting self-help for community development.   

 

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