Acute Crisis Programme
The aim of this programme is to provide needy families with grants to buffer them through an acute crisis. This includes those awaiting long term financial help (e.g., insurance payout, workman’s compensation or government funding). Grants will be given up to a period of 3 to 6 months. Priority will be given to ‘young’ families, as the children are often of school-going age. The unaffected parent often has difficulty coping with medical bills, ‘single-parenting’, emotional and psychological demands in addition to the responsibility of looking after his or her spouse..