City of Cape Town to give shelters a boost for winter
15 May 2018
"Come back 15 May. We will have more beds then," the manager of Happy Valley Home in Simon's Town tells a homeless man.
GroundUp reports that Happy Valley is one of the nine organisations that will receive aid from the City of Cape Town this winter from May 15 to September 30. The shelter will get 10 additional beds. Shelters will also receive additional groceries, blankets, mattresses, toiletries and cleaning materials.
This is "to help cater for an expected increase in the number of street people seeking shelter during the cold winter months", according to a City press release.
The City's "winter readiness plan" adds 276 beds for the homeless, and supplies for seven organisations in Cape Town, according to councillor JP Smith.