South Africa, 09 March 2021: Rehabilitation programmes play a pivotal role in restoring dignity to the homeless population of the Cape Town Central City. Instilling a sense of purpose and pride, they adopt a multipronged approach that focuses on housing, work and substance interventions. One NGO that has helped 85 % of its homeless clients stay off the streets within six months of joining one of its rehabilitation programmes is Streetscapes, an inner city NGO run by
Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID). LaundReCycle is its latest initiative, which serves the dual purpose of creating jobs and greening communities.
South Africa’s current unemployment rate is 32.5 %. That means 7.2 million people have no work. Against this bleak background, it is essential to begin addressing chronic homelessness. Rehabilitation programmes play a pivotal role in restoring dignity to Cape Town’s homeless population. Instilling a sense of purpose and pride, they adopt a mul