Denis Hurley Centre raises R1.6m for Durban's homeless

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The Denis Hurley Centre, a faith-based community upliftment organisation, has commended the people of Durban for their donations amounting to R1,661,684.78 collected in an emergency response drive to provide shelter for the city’s homeless population.

“Between 30 March and 21 July there were 634 separate transactions,” said the DHC in a statement on Friday.After the introduction of South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown in March, municipalities around the country were tasked with providing emergency shelters to homeless people.

On March 30, just three days after the lockdown had begun, a public appeal was launched, giving the DHC’s banking details while urging donors to use “COVID” as a reference.On April 16, the system that the DHC used to disburse the funds was published. The five members included Dave Richter, chairman of Grace Family Church; Jeremy Droyman, president of the KZN Jewish Board of Deputies; Milo Mahomed, Muslim community social activist; Yasmin Rajah of Refugee Social Services; and Jackie Tau, socio-economic development manager of Aspen Pharmacare Group.

 

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