Wayne Morgan, a plumber and electrician from Roodepoort, is a recent arrival at Angel Wings, a shelter in Benoni on Gauteng’s East Rand
He has lived at the shelter for two months. He lost his job when the company he worked for shut its doors at the start of lockdown. He stayed with family and in other shelters before finding Angel Wings. He hasn’t been able to get any more work.
Phillip Oelofse, a resident at Angel Wings, said he used to work at a laboratory in Pretoria. But he ended up in a hospital intensive care unit because of a severe case of diabetes, which made him dizzy and left him struggling to stand, which hindered his work prospects.He has lived at the shelter for 18 months. He said the community at Angel Wings is “excellent” and “these people are my family”. He sleeps in a dormitory with four other men.
Many of these businesses had diverted their budgets to deal with the pandemic, including buying personal protective equipment, and many had lost significant income during the lockdown, he added. On Tuesday, Gift of the Givers regional director Allauddin Sayed handed over food parcels to Angel Wings. These packages included rice, sunflower oil, maize meal, pilchards, butter, beans and other essential items.
This is much less than the amount that you would pay at a retail store because Gift of the Givers purchases in bulk and receives donations from local corporations, she said.State regulations made it difficult for people to join the shelter as the government required a hospital Covid-19 clearance certificate before the shelter could consider receiving anyone, he said.
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