Monkey Helpline pleads for community's help to pay off urgent R17 000 Eskom bill
Monkey Helpline pleads for community's help to pay off urgent R17 000 Eskom bill
MONKEY Helpline, an established NPO dedicated to saving, treating and looking after monkeys, is in dire financial straits and has made an urgent appeal to the community to help pay an electricity bill of R17 000 by tomorrow afternoon (June 3).
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Steve Smit, co-founder of the organisation, said that if payment in full is not received by Eskom by tomorrow afternoon, the organisation's power will be shut off.
He added that despite being supported in principle by thousands of people, the organisation is still dependent on a fairly small group of people who support the operating expenses.
'If we would receive enough support into our bank account from our many thousands of supporters, then we could operate according to a budget and pay all our monthly bills timeously and meet our daily commitment to rescuing, treating and caring for the animals who rely on us for help,' said Smit.
With mid-winter a few weeks away, the timing of this potential cut-off could leave all the animals in the cold.
'I know that R17 000 is a lot of money, and to us it is, but if enough of you can see that what we do to help animals is worthwhile then you would want to help us and this amount of money is not beyond our reach,' he said.
Bank details for donations:
Bank: FNB
FNB Account name: Monkey Helpline NPC
Monkey Helpline NPC Account type: Gold business
Gold business Account number: 63052403862
63052403862 Branch code: 210835
210835 Swift code: FIRNZAJJ
Smit said that those who are familiar with the NPO's older FNB account that ends with 770, can still donate into that account as well.
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