E80M MORE FOR ESWATINI FROM KIRSH FOUNDATION

MATSAPHA - Government is set to receive an additional E80 million from the Kirsh Foundation.

This was revealed by George Lys, who was representing the Kirsh Foundation, during the donation of medical equipment and supplies by the Republic of China (Taiwan) yesterday to the Kingdom of Eswatini.

The Kirsh Foundation was founded by Nathan ‘Natie’ Kirsh, who is a liSwati-South African billionaire businessman.
Lys said Kirsh would leave the African continent and go back to the United States of America (USA). He said through his foundation, Kirsh decided to give government E80 million.

He said the money was yet to be handed over to government.
He noted that through the foundation, Kirsh had already donated E110 million to the country to help in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that between March and July 2020, Kirsh pumped in a sum of E190 million to Eswatini.

Priority

However, regarding the E80 million, Lys said government was free to direct the money to any of its areas of priority. He added that Kirsh mentioned that it was a privilege for him to help the Kingdom of Eswatini.
On the other hand, it was mentioned during the presentation that the Kirsh Foundation played a major role in ensuring that the consignment of essential medical equipment and supplies arrived in the country, in terms of logistics.

In that regard, Prime Minister (PM) Ambrose Dlamini, who received the donation from the Republic of China (Taiwan), passed government’s sincere gratitude to the Kirsh Foundation for the logistical support in ensuring that the supplies got to Eswatini without delay.  The PM also highlighted that the Kirsh Foundation had been a beacon of hope for emaSwati in these times (of COVID-19) by offering wide ranging assistance that had not only saved lives, but ensured that many in Eswatini, who were affected by COVID-19, did not go to bed hungry.

It is worth noting that currently, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) is still distributing cash-based transfer benefits of E700 to each affected household. It was reported that this money would be received by a total of 64 000 homesteads and would benefit around 320 000 people.

Meanwhile, Acting Government Press Secretary Sabelo Dlamini, who was also present when Lys made the announcement the Central Medical Stores in Matsapha, said the administration would issue a statement when formalities of the donation had been finalised. The acting government press secretary said this when responding to a question which was posed by this publication later on yesterday. This publication sought to establish if government had plans on what it would use the E80 million for, since the foundation said the administration was free to direct the money to any projects of its choice.

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