Society of St Vincent de Paul

Hotspot Library Feeding The Kids

In 2017, community activist Terence Crowster opened a library after noticing the low levels of literacy in schools.  The library is situated in a gang hotspot in Scottsville near Cape Town. When the library first opened it only had 30 members. By 2021 that figure had grown to 500. Terence started off the library  by […]

Wesbank Outreach

A Successfull Outreach was held at the end of July and hot soup and bread was shared with ±300 people , mostly children. Thanks to our committed sponsors and awesome dedicated volunteers. God Bless

Happy mom gets a brand new microwave

On Tuesday 2nd August members of the SVP had the privilege of delivering a brand new microwave oven to Shevon Botha who lives in a ramshackle dwelling made mainly out of wooden crates at the back of a business in Kraaifontein. To help make ends meet, Shevon cares for several children of very young ages […]

🌹🌷✨Bellville South Outreach✨🌺🌼

Today the TDF shared hot soup & bread , loaves of bread & pkts of potatoes to the Community of Stilwaney. A Special Mention To Wholesun Bakery for the continued support & to Lauren for the Potatoes & All Our Sponsors. Last but never Least, we thank our dedicated volunteers for the awesome blessed work. […]

Mandela Day – Food for the hungry

On 28th July nine members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul Durbanville conference came together in the church hall to pack 72 bags for distribution to the needy in celebration of Mandela Day. All the items had been purchased from Giant Hypermarket, Cape Gate who had very generously given us a large discount. […]

Mercy Aids Fisantekraal Gardens Project

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SVP support Mercy Aids who carry out various projects around Durbanville. The following is a Thank You email they sent to us. Setting up the gardens enables the Kitchens to become self sufficient in vegetables. Dear Mike, I hope this letter finds you well.  It has been so lovely to see the work of the […]

MES Centre Of Hope

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The MES Centre Of Hope situated in Durbanville serves to help the homeless and unemployed community.

220 Bags of Love In 2020

Thank you to all the parishioners who participated in our Bags of Love campaign during November/December either by returning filled bags or by donating food or money. Through your generosity 148 filled bags were returned. In addition we purchased food for a further 72 bags which our members packed. That’s 220 Bags of Love which […]