“All those questions are hard to answer. “Today we could tell them, ‘Don t worry, we’ve raised enough money’.”
Lawrence Smith/Stuff Everyone was “really happy” at the news, he said, “just running around like crazy”. Merge Cafe provides subsidised meals for people who are homeless or living on the margins of society. People can also access free internet, tea and coffee and – perhaps most importantly – a safe and supportive community. Kahlon said the cafe had been incredibly busy this week with new faces and people wanting to help. He said he hadn’t expected the fundraising to be so successful.
Auckland cafe for homeless struggling to survive, may close without $60k help Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Nick Truebridge for RNZ
A community cafe on Auckland s Karangahape Rd may be forced to close if it cannot raise $60,000 by the end of the month.
For more than a decade, Merge Cafe has been a space where the city s homeless can grab a tea or coffee, a hot meal and have a chat with a peer support worker.
For months it has been running at a loss, due largely to the cancellation of key fundraising events on the back of Auckland s repeated Covid-19 lockdowns.
One regular at Merge, Richard Turipa, said the cafe saved his life after he was homeless.
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Tyreece used to sleep on the streets â now he has an aspiring career in the army
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After a life marked by family violence and homelessness, Tyreece Hiles is planning a career in the army.
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Tyreece Hiles went from a life on the streets to dreaming of driving tanks in the Australian Defence Force.
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