Question NW376 to the Minister of Social Development

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23 March 2021 - NW376

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Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development

What (a) is the total number of children who are living with disabilities in each town in (i) Hantam and (ii) Karoo-Hoogland Municipalities and (b) kind of disabilities are the children living with mostly in Calvinia?

Reply:

The Department renders, as one of the programmes, services to Parents and Children with severe and profound Intellectual disabilities accessing Day-care centres (Partial care services). We work in a co-ordinated manner with provinces in ensuring the mobilisation of Parents and identification of children with disabilities. Whilst the information provided in response to this parliamentary question was sourced from the DSD disability programme and SASSA, the DSD programme is hard at work with the identification and mobilizing parents to ensure an updated database.

The shared information is the consolidated data inputs from DSD disability programme and the SASSA Provincial office.:

a) Total number of children with disabilities:

NO

MUNICIPALITY

LOCAL OFFICE AREA

NUMBER

(i)

Hantam

Calvinia

18

   

Brandvlei

12

   

Niewoudtville and Louriesfontein

16

TOTAL

   

46

       

(ii)

Karoo Hoogland

Williston

20

   

Frazerburg and Sutherland

19

TOTAL

   

39

GRAND TOTAL

   

85

b) Types of disabilities in identified children in the Calvinia Area:

8 Physical Disabilities

2 Cerebral Palsy

2 Multiple disabilities

6 Intellectual Disability

Total: 18

                                                                                           

National Assembly Written Reply: 376 of 2021

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Approved by the Minister of Social Development

Date……………………….

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