approach, using the theoretical frameworks of intersectionality, minority stress theory, and minority strengths theory, researchers examined semi-structured interview and survey data from 12 residents at an emergency shelter service organisation for LGBTQIA individuals experiencing homel...
Jennifer Samuels is 64. She has been sleeping on the sidewalk of Buitenkant Street for about three months. “I cannot get into a shelter because it is too expensive for me,” she said. Samuels said she does not receive a pension and has no identity document. “I went to [Cape Town] ...
“As the time went by I felt more relaxed. So now I’m looking forward to getting vaccinated,” said Rashieda Eksteen, 32, from the Moira Henderson House shelter in Woodstock who came with her friend Jennifer Jacobs, 40, for moral support. Eksteen said she had been hesitant to get vac...
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The Street Store was created for The Haven Night Shelter, Cape Town's largest network of centres for the homeless. Their vision is that no-one should have to sleep on the streets if the appropriate supportive structures are put into place by communities, government and organisations. Their miss...
“Even the shelters that we do have, we have one shelter for men and only maybe two or three for women with children,” she said. “So there are not a lot of resources at the moment, and we’re hoping we can raise awareness to help with this.” ...
and I believe we've started that process so I'm not condemning them (the Commissioners) as much as I'm saying we've got to move forward with the transitional housing center year round with the proper services. You have to have the public educated too, it's not a shelter where people...
and I believe we've started that process so I'm not condemning them (the Commissioners) as much as I'm saying we've got to move forward with the transitional housing center year round with the proper services. You have to have the public educated too, it's not a shelter where people...
"Ocean County is the only county that doesn't have a transitional housing center/shelter," Paul Hulse, President of Just Believe Inc. tells Townsquare Media News. "We have to do better, and that's at a county level, and I believe we've started that process so I'm not condemni...
Cape Town is a unique local context, given the postapartheid political landscape and prevalent negative attitudes towards LGBTQIA people in South Africa. Grounded in the ecological systems theory, this article explores staff perspectives about emergency shelter interventions with...