As one of the only official feeding programs over the festive period in CBD, #Feed5000, aims to provide more than 12,000 meals to Cape Town’s homeless community from The Hope Exchange’s premises at 14A Roeland Street between 16 December 2024 and 12 January 2025.
During the holidays most of the regular meal providers close and the city centre empties making sources of food for the homeless extremely limited. #Feed5000 is seen as a ray of hope for the hungry by not only serving them meals but also letting them know they are not forgotten.
The #Feed5000 program has grown significantly since its start in 2014 due to the increase in demand from the homeless and people at risk of becoming so. With this year’s food and gas prices, we are expecting to see more people having no other option than receiving meals from us and it will be a bigger financial challenge to purchase and cook the food. The Hope Exchange will only be able to do this with the kindness and generosity of our supporters. Therefore we ask for you to help feed those in need – get involved in any capacity you have.