Mayor Alderwoman Tania Campbell received a donation of 24 000 baby wet wipes from Procter & Gamble (P&G) South Africa.
These were donated at the Germiston Banquette Hall on December 7 to visitors of Germiston clinic by the mayor and P&G representative Mahmoud Sayed.
Campbell said the donation was testament to the organisation’s understanding of the socio-economic challenges faced by parents and guardians.
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“When it comes to the distribution of the wet wipes, priority will be given to the less fortunate patients who bring their children to the facility. Clinic managers from 77 primary healthcare facilities received the boxes of wipes that will be distributed to the facilities they manage,” said Campbell.
Campbell handed over two certificates of recognition to Sayed and Merencia Scholts from EL-Shammah home.
EL-Shammah home is an NGO operating in Primrose, Germiston, which fosters abandoned children. The organisation also received a donation of 20 boxes of wet wipes which comprises of 24 packets.