Jureen's Soup Kitchen

Jureen runs a self-funded soup kitchen in Wellington, just outside Cape Town. It is an impoverished community that is struggling to make ends meet; therefore, she has seen a need to help where she can.

What started as a small endeavour has grown, and now she needs help with it. She runs a weekly soup kitchen every Tuesday for the Wellington community. She is feeding around 450 people every week, and the numbers keep climbing. She also runs a workshop for the aged on Thursdays and helps about 50 elderly people with kitting and beadwork.

The products they make, e.g., jerseys, socks etc., then go back to the local creches. She and her team use their own money and small donations from the community to fund the feeding scheme and are also now looking for things like a kettle or urn, large pots, stove, microwave etc.

For the elderly, also seek materials like wool and knitting needles. And there is always a need for school shoes, warm clothes and the like for the kids.

The community, like everywhere else,...