South Africa: Parow Soup Kitchen Offers Vital Service to Hungry and Homeless

20 November 2013

Louis Titus, a 60-year-old married man from Elsies River, was introduced to the Vineyard soup kitchen in Parow four months ago by a friend. Titus worked for the City of Cape Town for 20 years. He currently receives a R1,500 monthly pension. His wife is unemployed. Titus takes the food he receives home to his four children.

Niel Adams, 36, has been eating at the Vineyard for six years. He is homeless and sleeps outside the Parow Civic Centre.

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