“It’s about giving them warm food and a shower. It’s also about ensuring that our social workers have access to them and they are able to direct them to the broader services that we have.

“But where we can’t, we are able to place them within our shelters where they are provided with skills to make sure that they are able to take care of themselves and to be sustainably out of the streets,” said Hlophe.

The mobile service will visit locations daily, and will provide access to ablution facilities, laundry services, and social services capable of providing access to shelters and other social interventions.

Darul Ihsan Media Desk