DRM - The following types of grants are available:
There are four types of funding / grants available for disaster relief:
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Municipal Disaster Grants [MDG]: in cases of emergencies for disaster relief in favour of municipalities;
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Provincial Disaster Grants [PDG]: in cases of emergencies for disaster relief in cases of sector departments;
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Municipal Disaster Recovery Grants [MDRG]: for longer-term reconstruction and rehabilitation in favour of municipalities – introduced during 2013; and
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Sector Conditional Grants: for longer-term reconstruction and rehabilitation in favour of sector departments where the disaster funds are deposited within other sectorial conditional grants, e.g.
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CASP (Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme) for Agriculture, Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant for Transport, Education Infrastructure Grant for Education, Human Settlements Development Grant for Human Settlements, etc.