Heeding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the implementation of level 3 of the national lockdown in South Africa, the Department of Health is gearing itself up for the anticipated increase in COVID-19 patients which will result in a shortfall of bed linen at public health care facilities and that’s where Woolworths comes in to lend a helping hand.
The South African retail company has announced that they will be donating R700,000 worth of bedding and towels to public healthcare facilities across the country. So far, Woolworths has donated over fourteen hundred sheets, blankets and towels as well as around two thousand pairs of Woolies shoes for healthcare workers who will be putting in long hours at public health care facilities, clinics and hospitals.
The donation comes not long after Woolworths with MySchool My Village My Planet fundraising programme donated R 500,000 to Gift of the Givers for PPE’s for healthcare workers. Over the upcoming weeks, disaster relief NGO Gift of the Givers Foundation will be responsible for the distribution of the product throughout the public healthcare facilities.
