Civil society responses to homelessness

Figures & data

Table 1: Organisations included in the study

	Organisation	Location	Services
A	Anglican Church, (Turning Point Home for Children Project)	Parktown North, Johannesburg	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, accommodation, counselling, support with school fees, support to return to place of origin
B	Bryanston Methodist Church	Bryanston, Johannesburg	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, rehabilitation and counselling, occasional support with school fees, support to get ID, support to access social grants, government intermediation (skills development)
C	Church of England in South Africa	Auckland and Melville, Johannesburg	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, accommodation, rehabilitation, housing intermediation, support with school fees, special housing for pregnant homeless women
D	Doxa Deo, Inner City Campus, Popup Project	CBD, Pretoria	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, skills development and job intermediation
E	Methodist Church City Mission, Mahube HIV/AIDS Project	Sunnyside, Pretoria	Reception and referral, accommodation, skills development, job and housing intermediation, HIV/AIDS support group, free testing, food parcels, vitamin supplements, and clothes donations
F	Metropolitan Evangelical Services	Hillbrow, Johannesburg	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, accommodation, skills development, job placement, housing intermediation, crèche, support to terminally ill patients, support to get an ID
G	Central Methodist Church, Paballo Ya Batho Project	CBD, Johannesburg	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, accommodation, skills development, job placement
H	Pretoria Community Ministries, Akanani Project	CBD, Pretoria	Reception and referral, accommodation, skills development, job placement, housing intermediation
I	Rosebank Union Church, Rays of Hope Project	Sandton, Johannesburg (projects implemented in Alexandra township)	Reception and referral, food parcels in special occasions (maternity), build temporary housing for orphans, home-based care, crèche, Saturday school, counselling, youth centre, assist adoption/fostering of children by families in the community and community projects
J	South African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC), Justice and Peace Programme	Hillbrow, Johannesburg	Lobby under their Social and Justice Departments to transform socio-economic structures, reception and referral, government services intermediation
K	Salvation Army	Rosettenville, Johannesburg	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, accommodation, job placement, rehabilitation (capacity development)
L	St Vincent de Paul Society	Braamfontein, Johannesburg	Reception and referral, soup kitchen, accommodation, skills development, rehabilitation

Table 2: Summary of staffing and funding for organisations included in the study

Organisation	Staffing	Funders	Average yearly funding
A	Mostly volunteers	Individuals/church members and church's budget allocation	± R48 000 (US$7960)
B	50 paid and about 400 volunteers	Individuals/church members	N/A
C	1 paid, 7 volunteers	Church members and international funders	± R480 000 (US$79 602) for general church work and±ZAR168 000 (US$27 860) specifically for homeless work
D	21 paid and 3 volunteers	Government (skills) and sponsors from churches	>ZAR100 000 (US$16 584)
E	9 paid, 12 volunteers	ABSA Foundation, British High Commission, Friends of PCM, local and international churches, Mustard Seed Foundation, Rotary, South African Bishops Conference and USAID	± ZAR400 000 (US$66 335)
F	122 paid, 25 volunteers	Government funding 23%, individuals 19%, corporates 16%, community contributions 14%, foreign sponsors 14%, church 13% and sundry income 1%	± ZAR8 500 000 (US$1 409 618)
G	Only director is paid, 20% receive stipend and rest are volunteers	Individuals, corporates and church	± ZAR12 000 (US$1990)
H	39 paid, 20 volunteer, some casual workers	Companies and organisations and also subsidies from government, churches and international donors	N/A
I	2 paid,±40 volunteers	Congregation members and overseas churches	ZAR40 000 (US$6633)
J	6 paid,±200 volunteers	Overseas churches and a few small local donations	± ZAR200 000 (US$33 167)
K	600 paid, >50 volunteers, several home-based care workers on stipend (national)	Government and private donors	± ZAR600 000 (US$99 502)
L	90% volunteers, 10% paid	Donations of parish members, some donations from other sources (a few corporates), donations from overseas church members	± ZAR360 000 (US%59 701)
US$1 = ZAR6.03 at the time of the study (February–March 2005).

Table 3: Number of persons assisted

Organisation	Persons assisted per week
Anglican Church	30–60
Bryanston Methodist Church	450
Church of England in South Africa	20
Doxa Deo, Inner City Campus, Popup Project	186
Methodist Church City Mission, Mahube HIV/AIDS Project	5
Metropolitan Evangelical Services	600–700
Central Methodist Church, Paballo Ya Batho Project	Around 500
Pretoria Community Ministries, Akanani Project	Around 100
Rosebank Union Church, Rays of Hope Project	Around 30
SACBC, Justice and Peace Programme	N/A (due to the nature of their work)
Salvation Army	250–350
St Vincent de Paul Society	Around 600

Table 4: Types of interventions provided by CBOs

Proactive interventions	Reactive interventions
Lobby to address broader causes of poverty	Soup kitchens
Advocate for social policies (e.g. Basic Income Grant)	Shelter
Training and skills development	Medical care
Early medical support	Parcel distribution
Support to get paperwork and IDs in order to benefit as citizens	Reception and referral
Support for community projects	Rehabilitation
Intermediation with government for service provision (housing, job-seeking, government skills programmes, etc.)