Sanlam Namibia helps tackle Covid fight

Sanlam Namibia and its subsidiaries, Welwitschia Insurance Brokers and Sanlam Investments, this weekend pledged N$3.5 million to support various initiatives to combat the spread and the impact of Covid-19An amount of N$500 000 has been allocated to provide toilets and other sanitary assistance to the affected communities in selected different informal settlements. Some funds will also be utilised to provide temporary water infrastructure.An additional N$500 000 was granted to procure of personal protective wear and equipment for health and essential workers in the health sector. Half a million will be contributed to the National Covid-19 Fund.Part of this allocation is set aside to assist SMEs and selected farmers to ease their financial burden during the lockdown to ensure that they don’t close down.In total N$1 million will go towards assisting the education sector by providing the much needed support for distance education and e-learning via TV and radio education outreach programmes.Another N$800 000 is available for the procurement of testing and screening equipment for the health sector. A total of N$200 000 is set aside for the construction of the nurses and doctors’ workstation where screening and testing of Covid-19 suspected and probable cases will be undertaken in Walvis Bay.Previous aidPrior to the latest pledge in response to the pandemic, Sanlam Namibia had already contributed about N$222 410 towards the procurement of testing kits and protective wear to essential services workers of the City of Windhoek. Additionally Sanlam spent N$90 000 towards the provision of clean water to the vulnerable communities in Windhoek’s informal settlement. Furthermore, the group provided 60 PPE packs containing face masks, eye protection googles, knee length overshoes, hooded balaclava, protection gown, folio dress gowns and scrub suits worth N$198 000 for the ministry of health and social services. Sanlam will also donate a Mobi-Van valued at N$500 000 to the ministry to be used for transport for the testing, screening and general fight against Covid-19.In total, over N$4 million has been contributed to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by Sanlam Namibia and its subsidiaries.‘Vows support’“Sanlam stands together with the entire Namibian nation and vows to support government and other relevant stakeholder’s initiatives in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic,” the group chief executive officer of Sanlam Namibia, Tertius Stears, said. “It is now time for each and every one of us to demonstrate leadership and do our part to assist government in its effort to win this fight. We understand that this is not a fight for government alone and if we are to come out victorious we all need to make every effort to join hands and face this pandemic head on,” Stears said.

Sanlam Namibia helps tackle Covid fight

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