A Non-Profit Company that takes care of children and adults living with disabilities is struggling to care for its charges. The Orion Organisation has seen a severe drop in income and donations in the last year‚ and has reported an operational loss in 2015 – the first in many decades.The charity‚ based in Atlantis in the Western Cape‚ cares for 25 children with disabilities and 60 frail and disabled adults.While the cost of care has gone up dramatically‚ the charity’s income has dropped severely. Last year‚ Orion saw a 40% drop in donations‚ an 11% drop in government subsidies‚ and income generated by the organisation’s workshops dropped by more than 10%.Hannl Cronjé‚ CEO for the organisation‚ said: “Both the public‚ private sector and government should understand that organisation such as Orion fill a void in society and as such belongs to the community. What will happen should there no longer be any care for children and adults living with disabilities?They will become the sole responsibility of family or friends with little or no opportunity for therapeutic care‚ treatment and development. “Orion’s challenges are by no means unique‚ as there are many other NGO’s elsewhere in the country that are faced with similar challenges. As a matter of fact‚ an NGO expert told me confidentially last year that more NGO’s have had to close down permanently than ever before as a result of a lack of funding‚” Cronjé added...