Admittance, the First Step to Sobriety
Addiction, an invisible noose that some of our clients live with every day. Slacking the noose is no easy feat when your drug of choice, in a sense, enables surviving the harsh and unsafe conditions of street life. If you think adequate shelter is a challenge for a homeless person, then image what it must […]
Exit Plans – The Stumbling Block for GBV on the Streets
A woman who has been brutally attacked seeks assistance for safety. Severely traumatised, she is told she CANNOT access support services due to NOT meeting the GBV (Gender-Based-Violence) safety placement requirements of having an exit plan (a home to go to) after her time in a safe house. What is the exit plan when you […]
Tearing Up the Streets of Hope AND Desolation
It has been a year since South Africa went into lockdown. A year that gave birth to both hope and desolation for many on the streets, that double-edge sword of the lives that we interact with daily. We celebrated the many lives of those fighting to survive on the streets, and the realisation of The […]
Friendship – the Essence of Life
I once read a sticker on a car, “when days are dark, friends are few”. It stuck a cord with me, true friendship is not for the faint hearted, because some of us go through some wars where the battle scars never heal. This seemed relevant to most of the clients we work with at […]
Lighting the Way Home
In desperate need for an income to provide for her 2-year-old son, Tanya left her home in Zimbabwe to find work in Cape Town. She walked by faith, not knowing that she would start losing her sight soon after arriving in Cape Town. Finding herself destitute, on the streets – and after 3 eye surgeries, […]
Helping homeless clients find employment through collaboration
Many say, “just find a job” when coming across someone begging on the street. The stained face and dirty clothes are all they see; they look past the desperation and sadness. “Just get a job!” How? How does a homeless person apply for employment opportunities without access to ablution facilities or a safe, clean place […]
Souper News June 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Welcome to the June 2021 edition of Souper News, which we hope will become a monthly newsletter to keep you up to date with what we have been doing and share some of our beneficiaries’ stories with you. […]