GEORGE NEWS - More than 200 workers of the government's Community Worker Programme (CWP) have been assigned to assist the Community Services Directorate's cleansing department with a "clean and green project".
These workers work twice a week to pick up litter on sidewalks and illegal dumping sites. They are assigned to work in Rosemoor, Parkdene, Borcherds, Blanco, Uniondale and Pacaltsdorp.
The CWP was established to provide an employment safety net to eligible members of target communities (unemployed people) by offering them a minimum number of regular days of work each month.
The stipends participants receive from the programme supplement their existing livelihood means and provide them with a basic level of income security. The stipends also assist those whose livelihood activities are insufficient to lift them out of abject poverty. The programme provides them with extra cash to support them in their search for full-time or part-time employment.
Programme participants do community work, thereby contributing to improvements that benefit all community members.
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