THE Denis Hurley Centre (DHC) is appealing for donations of books to support their innovative Street Bookseller project known as Street Lit
“Street Lit is the DHC project to help homeless people by giving them the chance to sell second-hand books. We hope soon to get permission to sell on the beachfront over theFestive Season and we therefore need a lot more books, fiction and non-fiction, adult and children’s books,” said the DHC’s Raymond Perrier.
“It is the perfect social cohesion project and a perfect passion project for this season. We would love donors to write a little message in the book about themselves and what they thought of the book which can be read both by the homeless person selling the book and ultimately the person buying it allowing the message of goodwill to travel through the retail chain of the books gathered and sold,” he said.
The DHC’s Street Bookseller project has enabled 10 formerly homeless people to become entrepreneurs selling second had books at events, malls, places of worship and literally on the streets of the city.
The goal is to train and empower 100 sellers. Please do not give books directly to booksellers since they will struggle to transport them.
There are 12 convenient drop-off points around the city.
St Dominic’s in Hillcrest: 1 Mill Rd Hillcrest. Linda 031 765 1741, linda@stdom.co.za
Our Lady of Mercy in Kloof: 79 Old Main Rd. Thembi 031 767 0101, thembiz@iafrica.com
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