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Join our 2500 members and volunteers who live their faith by reaching out to disadvantaged people in their local community.

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When you have nothing, the kindness of strangers fills your heart with hope and gratitude

On the very first Christmas …

 

… our Saviour was born in a humble stable, with a manger for His crib, because there was no room at the inn.

As we celebrate His birth, and give thanks for the gift of Jesus in our lives, please spare a thought for your fellow South Africans for whom there is never any ‘room at the inn’ … the homeless people who live under bridges and huddled in doorways on our city streets.

According to a recent estimate by the Human Sciences Resource Centre, there are around 200 000 homeless people in South Africa – 9 000 of them children.

Being homeless doesn’t just mean you have no safe place to sleep or keep your possessions.

It means having few opportunities to shower, wash your clothes or even use the toilet. It means saying goodbye to dignity and any hope of being treated with respect. You are more likely to be chased away by the police or sworn at by ordinary people. It’s as if being poor and homeless is a crime.

We cannot solve the problem of homelessness in our communities. But we can open our hearts and show kindness to those who live on the streets, and make sure they enjoy a special Christmas meal of more than just bread and soup.

Donate now

Please help by making your Christmas donation now. Whether you give R100 or R1 000, it will bring a little Christmas cheer to those who need it most.

Heart of our work

Our core work involves alleviating the worst human suffering in areas of abject poverty – where families live in homes made of cardboard or thin plastic … where unemployment and malnutrition is rife … and where parents are dying and leaving children to care for one another.

We help the hungry, the homeless, the sick, vulnerable children and destitute aged.

And because most of the work is done by volunteers, almost every cent you donate goes directly to helping those in need.

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Kindness by numbers

2500

MEMBERS
2000

PARISHES
3000

PEOPLE FED DAILY
180

YEARS OF HISTORY

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