Wembley Stadium Homeless Shelter provides much-needed services to displaced people
Beneficiaries of Wembley Stadium Homeless Shelter benefited from a government service delivery blitz.
In commemoration of World Homeless Day that took place on October 10, a service delivery blitz took place on October 14 to provide much-needed services to displaced people living at Wembley Stadium Homeless Shelter.
Wembley Stadium Homeless Shelter is a partnership between the City of Johannesburg’s Department of Social Development and the Gauteng Province’s Department of Social Development.
The shelter is a non-permanent accommodation that currently caters for 60 male beneficiaries between the ages of 19 and 59. Beneficiaries stay at the shelter for a maximum of six months.
On the day, the Department of Social Development organised stakeholders to provide services to displaced people.
The Department of Health vaccinated individuals. Home Affairs was on hand to help displaced people apply for identity documents and the South African Social Security Agency gave them information on how to apply for the Covid-19 R350 relief grant.
Service delivery blitz held at Wembley Stadium, Turffontein
The homeless shelter is run by NPO Kusasa Lethu and is funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development.
“The shelter offers a holistic development programme for displaced people, which looks at the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person. Those with health issues are referred to clinics or provincial hospitals and those with emotional issues are referred to psychologists,” said Makhosonke Dlamini, programme administrator at Ikusasa Lethu.
Displaced people are referred to the shelter by social workers. At the shelter, displaced people are offered skills, such as construction, IT skills, matric and art skills. It is hoped that after their stay at the shelter, beneficiaries will be integrated into society.
Service delivery blitz held at Wembley Stadium, Turffontein
