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Monday, April 7, 2025

HERE ARE A FEW WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE HOMELESS

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The City of Cape Town’s plan to temporarily relocate thousands of street people to the Strandfontein Sports Ground is in progress. The City’s Disaster Management Center will be responsible for erecting tents and providing ablution blocks.

When everything is in place, the department of Social Development will take over at the site.

The following organisations also provide services to assist street people.

Donations can be paid directly into The Haven Night Shelter organisation’s bank account.
The Haven Night Shelter
FNB Adderley Street
Branch Code: 201 409
Account Number: 500 500 100 04

Donations can be pledged via
• Email to disaster.donations@capetown.gov.za
• Phone the City’s Public Emergency call centre (021 480 7700)
• WhatsApp to Mr Hassan Khan (Haven Night Shelters) on 083 281 0339
• WhatsApp to Danny Diliberto (Ladles of Love) on 073 720 8088
• WhatsApp to Moulana Yusuf Rajah (Al-Imdaad) on 072 394 7692.

Any donations of plates, bowls, cups, vegetables, fruit, mealie meal, samp, tinned food, tents, bedding, clothing etc will be appreciated, and the three organisations will collect donations.

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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