Cape Town pilot project offers shelter beds to intoxicated homeless individuals without turning them away
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By Matthew Hirsch
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Cape Town's Culemborg Safe Space has launched a pilot "Sober Space" project with 12 beds reserved for homeless individuals who arrive intoxicated, offering them shelter, blankets, and meals instead of turning them away. The project employs peer support specialists like Bonelwa Xaka, who was formerly homeless herself, to help connect with and assist those struggling with substance use. The initiative aims to provide a low-barrier entry point for homeless people who are not yet ready or able to commit to sobriety, recognizing that harm reduction and meeting people where they are can be an effective first step toward stability and recovery.
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· 3 pulledBonelwa Xaka lived on the streets of Cape Town for more than five years. Now she is a peer support specialist in a 'Sober Space' pilot project in Cape Town, set up to offer a place to homeless people who would otherwise be turned away if they had been drinking.
The project recognizes that requiring sobriety as a condition for shelter can exclude the most vulnerable people who need help the most.
Twelve beds have been set aside in Cape Town's Culemborg Safe Space for people who arrive intoxicated. They are given blankets and a meal.
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