Red Cross provides disaster relief

Germiston Red Cross helps after fire.

A fire broke out in the Makause informal settlement last Friday and the Germiston branch of the South African Red Cross Society sent a team of staff and volunteers to assess the needs of the community.

Barbara Jensen, manager of the society, said that 135 dwellings were burnt to the ground, leaving the same number of families completely destitute with no worldly belongings.

Shoprite Checkers donated relief items and the Red Cross were able to distribute 135 food parcels and 270 blankets.

“We are most grateful for the way Shoprite Checkers cares about those affected by disasters,” said Jensen.

A fire broke out in the Makause informal settlement last Friday and the Germiston branch of the South African Red Cross Society sent a team of staff and volunteers to assess the needs of the community.

A shack once stood on this spot but was razed in a fire which broke out in the Makause informal settlement, last Friday. The South African Red Cross Society offered relief to the families affected by the blaze.