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Patrick Mentor of The Haven Night Shelter, Antoinette Meiring of the City of Cape Town Street People Unit and Hendrik Cloete of Helderberg Community Oriented Project Service.<\/div>\n
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Members of the Loswill Park Neighbourhood Watch, which is based in the Rusthof area in Strand, showed their support for the event and were tasked with safety and security, ensuring everyone had peace of mind. They also interacted with the homeless and assisted with the smooth running of the homeless awareness day. <\/div>\n
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Oasis Training Centre were all smiles: Sebastian Driessen, Jasmine Johnson, Russel Cilliers and Jonathan de Witt. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Organisers hailed the day a success.<\/div>\n
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