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Our team of street link workers make contact, often late at night or early in the morning, with those sleeping rough on the streets, as they are bedding down or getting up.
The soup run is a service whereby food, clothing and toiletries are distributed to residents as available. Residents are encouraged to participate in some of these activities.
Located in a readily accessible area of Ikeja, our flagship shelter house provides temporary accommodation and food for about 70 persons at a time in shared rooms.
Our volunteer workers meet with each resident regularly to help them address the issues that led to their homelessness and work on a plan of action geared towards a more permanent accommodation and prevention of homelessness after the resident has left the program.
This is a scheme where some volunteers (carefully selected to have similar past, background or circumstances that the resident could identify with) meet with them in order to share experiences that could encourage and motivate the residents to have aspirations and desires to succeed.
A mentor may also be responsible for assisting a resident through any or all of the stages he needs to go through in order to gain a more independent accommodation and employment.
Life Skills: Life skills are something people take for granted. It is essential to ensure that residents have the necessary skills for successful daily lives such as keeping a decent appearance, respecting others, budgeting & saving, tips for keeping a job, etc. Life skills also introduce residents to a range of decent leisure options such as sports, games and arts.
Vocational Training: It has been shown that people are less likely to return to the streets if they are engaged in education, training or work. We do not want residents to become dependent on our program so we help them to re-integrate into employment and/or training. Some of these trainings are in-house while many others are out-sourced.
Bible Teachings: Residents are taken through a study of some bible teachings and prayer with the aim of sharing the transforming power of Christ with residents hoping that this will lead to a lasting positive change in their lives.
A team of workers visit vulnerable people in their own homes after they have left the program to help ensure they do not become homeless again. They help them to deal with problems that may arise such as bills, budgeting, problems at work, etc. before they become serious enough to jeopardize their accommodation.
We hope to in the near future grow and widen our network of staff and volunteers and acquire more suitable properties and expertise, to enable us accommodate more specialized needs. In the mean time, we do not accept into the program persons needing more complex and special care such as:
- People with drug and/or alcohol dependency.
- People with convictions for arson or serious violent offences.
- Sex Offenders.
- People with mental health problems.
- Person less than 18 years or over 59 years
- Commercial Sex Workers.