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Afrisun KZN Community Development Trust Donates

Afrisun KZN Community Development Trust Donates

Date: 2012-10-17
10 October marks World Mental Health Day, a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy, and in a gesture which honours this, Afrisun KZN Community Development Trust donated.

R574 365.00 to Durban and Coastal Mental Health.

Durban and Coastal Mental Health was opened to the community in 1940 by a group of concerned medical practitioners and is the largest mental health organization in South Africa. Durban and Coastal Mental Health are committed to helping service users with mental disabilities to break the seemingly unbreakable cycle of poverty, poor education, unemployment and disability discrimination, so that they can find their rightful place in society and the workplace. The aim of Durban and Coastal Mental Health is to build their capacity and self-esteem, so that they can achieve a higher level of independence and improved quality of life.

"The Afrisun KZN Community Development Trust was established in 1998 to fund exceptional community up-liftment projects, such as this, particularly North of Durban." said Afrisun Trustee Judge Vuka Tshabalala. "The Development Trust has a 9.3% stake in Afrisun KZN, a shareholder of Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom, and was created to distribute profits from dividends to the communities in need. The Trust, together with Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom CSI, has committed over R 20 million to Social Development Projects this year, with R40 million being given to community projects since its formation".

On 9 October, Chairman of Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom and Trustee of Afrisun KZN Community Development Trust, Vivian Reddy and Trustee Judge V. Tshabalala, officially handed over a cheque of R574 365.00 to the Durban & Coastal Mental Health at their premises in Durban North. The donation will be spent on the organistion's current nutritional programme as well as increasing and improving the stimulation and education of children in the 9 Day care centres around KwaZulu-Natal, caring for 210 children with profound intellectual disability.

Executive Director of the Durban & Coastal Mental Health Gita Harie said "Many of the children that we help live in the rural areas where education and nutrition are scarce; we are very delighted to have received this donation that will go towards our nutritional program and the running of our centres. Afrisun's kind donation will assist in ensuring our continued services for those whose lives of those affected by mental illness".