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Although they have been actively involved with the local homeless community for the past four years, non-profit company Katlego\u2019s Hand officially launched their hub for the homeless in Industrie Street on Saturday 12 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katlego\u2019s Hand started in Bloemfontein 12 years ago, but moved with founder Cheryldene Lee and her family to Kuils River in 2018 when she opened a take-away business locally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee says they have been providing a service to the homeless people in the area for the past four years. \u201cWe are in operation in Kuils River and feeding in Kalkfontein twice a week.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They started providing food to around 30 to 40 people in Kalkfontein on Tuesdays and Thursdays. \u201cNow it\u2019s around 300 people \u2013 mostly children.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She says the need for their services, mainly meeting basic needs with food, clothing and blankets, have escalated to where they are currently serving \u2018\u2018at least 400 to 600 people twice a week.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are struggling to meet the escalating needs and demand since Covid-19 as we provided this from our personal funds for the past four years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee says Covid \u2018\u2018killed\u201d her once thriving takeaway business. They had to close for months. Then just as they reopened and had stocked up on supplies, they suffered a burglary, she says. \u201cThat hit us hard.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She still has faith to revive her business, but also feels she is closer to her purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is what I\u2019m supposed to do. Yes, I was sad when my business closed, but I\u2019m also excited that I can concentrate more on people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe used to feed people out of my takeaways, so now it has become a little bit difficult, but we will get through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee says she would really like to see the lines of homeless people become shorter. \u201cMany of them do have homes to go back to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee says pastor Marius Bailey, who is involved with the Kuils River Homeless People\u2019s Association, helped her to approach provincial government to establish the homeless hub as a joint venture. She needed them to come onboard to provide counselling, help with drug abuse, shelter placements, reintegration into society or reuniting individuals with their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee says at this stage they are not receiving any funding from government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPastor Bailey is my 911-person I call when I need help.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A non-profit organisation, Helping on purpose to empower, who distributes food to various charities also assists them regularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee has presented cooking classes for the unemployed or homeless before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI teach them how to make food like donuts or samoosas, so they can start a small business and sell what they make.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next class of 10 will start 1 April for three months. \u201cMy class is six hours with theory and practical.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trainees need ingredients as well as something to eat and drink. Lee says she does not know yet if the City will help with funding. \u201cIf they do that would be awesome, if they don\u2019t plan B is beg and borrow,\u201d she says laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monique Khuper who has been living on the street for 16 years, with Cheryldene Lee. <\/div>\n
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At the launch of the homeless hub on Saturday were, from left: Wouter de Vos (ward councillor), rev. Johan Vollgraaff, past. Marius Bailey, Cheryldene Lee, Tobelani Zwidi (City of Cape Town streetpeople unit), Rhonde September and Mikayla Lee.PHOTO: carina roux<\/div>\n
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Cheryldene Lee and her daughter, Mikayla, dishing up at Katlego\u2019s Hand hub for the homeless at Unit 4, Industrie Street.PHOTOs: carina roux<\/div>\n
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Lee says the trainees will have an exam and receive a certificate afterwards. She will not allow people to do the course more than once, but says she will gladly show something specific again if someone asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday as people came to collect a meal it was clear \u201cMa Lee\u201d as many called her, knew almost everyone by their name, and their individual stories too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monique Khuper, who said she\u2019s been living on the streets of Kuils River for 16 years, said Lee has a good heart. \u201cShe tries her best to help us. And her daughter (Mikayla) too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a short opening ceremony ward councillor Wouter de Vos commended the Lee-family for their passion. \u201cMay we, as the community, help so that there can be less people in the line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bailey says the biggest mistake is \u201cto just give and give\u201d. The homeless should rather be empowered by teaching them skills, something he believes, Lee, with a lecturing background, can do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to see lines, but empowerment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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