by cherise | May 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
South Africa was declared to be on a National Lockdown due to the COVID 19 pandemic from the 27th of March 2020, meaning that all South Africans should initially remain home for 21 days in order to beat this novel virus. Only essential services (Police, Doctors,...
by cherise | May 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The week of the 27th April – 3rd May 2020, uMthombo engaged with 3 eThekwini Municipality Wards (4, 14 & 42) distributing food parcels to 436 beneficiaries as part of the our Community Awareness & Prevention Programme. Families identified were in social...
by cherise | May 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
During these testing times, uMthombo has engaged in various actions to alleviate the plight of street-connected people. Some of these interventions are summarised in the infographic below. #uMthombouBuntuCampaign
by cherise | May 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Derelict buildings are often associated with criminal activities which portray occupiers as criminals, drug addicts and social delinquents. This creates a stereotype of viewing homeless people as problematic based on their social standing. Most living in these...
by cherise | May 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The use of drugs has been found to be widespread among homeless youth. Utilizing drugs on a daily basis for most of them is a coping mechanism with hunger, fear, loneliness and despondency they face on the streets. For the first time, since March 27, the...
by cherise | May 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
As the country prepared to move to level 3 of the National Lockdown, we continued engaging with the street-connected population. There have been great highlights which gave hope during our Outreach sessions but there were also disturbing actions conducted by...
