Story

By Thandi Busani
Substance abuse is a crisis that affects many communities and tears apart families. Organizations such as Silkworth Recovery Centre have thus created an environment to help rehabilitate those affected and their community at large. The ongoing partnership between Macsteel and Silkworth Recovery Centre has allowed for the program to reach over 30 000 beneficiaries. For the year 2020, Macsteel has availed R200 000.00 to the center to fund their Kemoja program that caters for 17 000 beneficiaries. With this funding, the program can afford to invest in transportation, stationary, marketing and coordinator requisites. Sadly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability for us and the center to connect with the community at large has been affected. As a result, the envisaged programs have been delayed. Fortunately, however, Macsteel has also created a link partnership between the Silkworth Recovery Center and the Department of Education and Social Development that has assisted the center to launch the program in schools and establish monitoring and evaluation systems to track progress. As Macsteel, we look forward to further cultivating this relationship in the foreseeable future.