DPV OUTREACH
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A busy start to 2023
DPVO Newsletter - March 2023 A flying start to our year! Our year got off to a flying start when a couple in our area [...]
Greetings for the holiday season
DPVO Newsletter - December 2022 We wish our supporters and the Streetscapes team all the best for the holiday season and look forward to a [...]
DPV Outreach – First AGM
Our first AGM took place on Monday, 5th December 2022 and kicked off with a review of our activities for the past year and a [...]
The Cleaning Team is back on the beat!
DPVO Newsletter - 2 December 2022 Cleaning team update After a short break in funding, the Cleaning Team is back working on our streets and [...]
The Good, The Bad and The Next Step
DPVO Newsletter - 8 August 2022 Thank you to all of you who have expressed an interest in DPVO and especially to those of you [...]
Streetscapes gets a two-month funding reprieve
Towards the end of 2021, Khulisa Social Solutions was awarded a Public Employment Programme (PEP) contract with the City of Cape Town through the Social [...]
DPV residents help raise 67 items for those in need in celebration of Mandela Day
After days of cold and wet weather, the morning of Saturday 16 July was beautifully clear and sunny – just perfect for our Mandela Day [...]
What to do if you find discarded needles on the street
More and more DPV residents and business owners are finding discarded needles outside their premises. The below was taken from a post on Ward 77 [...]
DPV residents help a newly houses neighbour (and other good news)
DPVO Newsletter - 26 April 2022 Welcome to the third edition of the DPV Outreach newsletter. We received our official NPO status (271-223 NPO) and [...]
DPV Outreach LAUNCHED!
On 23 March 2022, DPV Outreach held its inaugural meeting at the Service Dining Rooms, Canterbury Street. The event was featured in the media, including [...]
WATCH: Chantal Sampson used to be homeless. Now she helps other people get off the streets. (GroundUp / News24)
Chantal Sampson was homeless in Cape Town. Now as part of Streetscapes, she helps others get off the streets. Streetscapes creates work for homeless people [...]
GroundUp: Cape Town suburb tries new approach to homelessness
The Devil’s Peak Vredehoek Outreach programme takes a new look at a chronic problem By James Stent, GroundUp A Cape Town suburb has tried a [...]
U-turn: The Cost of Homelessness in Cape Town (Report)
Jon Hopkins from the NGO, U-turn, was guest speaker at the recent inaugural public meeting for DPV Outreach. U-turn, together with Streetscapes and MES (an [...]
Join us at the Inaugural Meeting for DPV Outreach – Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Date & Time: Wednesday 23 March 2022 | 6:30pm sharp Place: The Service Dining Rooms, 82 Canterbury Street, Zonnebloem Guest Talk: Effective Responses to Homelessness [...]
Daily Maverick: The garden in Cape Town where the possibility of individual and social change grows
By Karin Schimke, Daily Maverick Two years ago, Devil’s Peak and Vredehoek, two adjacent suburbs in Cape Town’s City Bowl, were as socially fractured as the [...]