NEWS: Feeding the homeless affected by Covid in South Africa

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:24 am

Volunteers in South Africa are feeding needy humans on a sports activities subject the place stray bullets from gang struggle are a day by day hazard.

The group, in Lavender Hill outside Cape Town, hand out food to homeless people and youngsters every day.

They feed some 300 human beings twice a day, after the COVID-19 pandemic positioned a large financial burden on the country with many human beings desiring aid.

But Lavender Hill is located in the notorious ‘Cape Flats,’ an vicinity recognised for its excessive crime charge and gang wars.

The feeding scheme takes place on a football pitch that is regarded as the battlefield – due to the fact it is a vicinity the place gangs battle every other.

Mark Nicholson, a instruct with Lavender Hill Sports Club, runs the NGO working with kids in the Cape Flats area.

“We’ve bought 4 rival gangs that is battle every other and the shooting typically happens, the crossfire goes over the field,” Nicholson said.

“We are without a doubt presently feeding on the battlefield, which is our feeding place each day.”

The COVID-19 restrictions have shuttered South Africa’s already declining economy, with thousands and thousands of people dwelling in poverty. Henry Mare, a 43-year-old homeless man, said instances are tough.

“A lot of church buildings are closed, where we used to go and we locate meals there,” he said.

“So we must as an alternative come here and even with the gangsterism going on, we’re going thru that and we have confidence in God that he is going to maintain us secure and that we can have something to eat.”

(AFP)