SOS faces financial threat
Monday, June 29, 2015
Speaking at the SOS Celebration Day on Friday, Kitso said the organisation has insufficient funds to cater for its needs.
He said that the government’s annual grant is not sufficient to run the organisation. “In a year the village needs P18 million to operate. In a month it needs P1.5 million, but the government covers only 40 percent of that, which is not sufficient,” said Kitso.
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