The Denis Hurley Centre is calling for donations of clothing for slender men and pre-loved books for the Denis Hurley Street Lit project.
If you’re de-cluttering your closets after Christmas and have old items to spare, consider making a donation to the Denis Hurley Centre.
The centre, directed by Raymond Perrier, has specifically requested smaller sizes of adult men’s clothes and all sizes of men’s shoes, as homeless men generally tend to be thin. If you have barely worn clothes that teenage boys in your household have outgrown, you can email [email protected] before dropping them off.
In addition to clothing, the Denis Hurley Street Lit project is in need of high-quality books, both fiction and non-fiction, in English and Zulu.
Raymond Perrier emphasizes the importance of current school and university textbooks, excluding outdated ones, along with dictionaries and Bibles during this time of the year. If you have books to contribute, consider supporting the Denis Hurley Centre’s initiatives.
“At this time of year, we especially want current school and varsity text books – but not out-of-date ones – along with dictionaries and Bibles,” said Mr Perrier.
Books can be dropped off at St John on Old Fort Road on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings between 8am and 10am or contact Illa at [email protected] to discuss collection. “Please do not give books to vendors since they cannot transport them and do not bring them to the DHC,” said Mr Perrier.
Denis Hurley Street Lit vendors can be found at these venues around Durban:
- Alvin Dube and Donel Tanbeni – KZNSA Gallery, Bulwer Road
- Eric Badise – Botanic Gardens
- David Jones – Berea Centre
- Bulelo Sigabi – Davenport Square
- Richard Nzima and Khanyisile Cele – Pick ’n Pay Hyper by the Sea
- Vusi Meyiwa – Bluff Towers
- Xolani Gamede – Umlazi Mega City
- Qhawe Mbatha – Bridge City KwaMashu
- David Sithole – outside municipal library behind Workshop
- Anele Nyembezi – around the taxi ranks
- Elijah Tlatsi – outside DHC
