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Appeal for Second-Hand Books

Appeal for Second-Hand Books

Date: 2019-12-20

The Denis Hurley Centre is appealing for donations of books to support their innovative Street Bookseller project - known as Street Lit

"Street Lit is the Denis Hurley Centre project to help homeless people by giving them the chance to sell second-hand books. We hope soon to get permission to sell on the beachfront over the Festive Season and we therefore need a lot more books......fiction and non-fiction, adult and children's books," says the DHC's Raymond Perrier.

"It is the perfect social cohesion project - and a perfect passion project for this season. We would love donors to write a little message in the book about themselves and what they thought of the book which can be read both by the homeless person selling the book and ultimately the person buying it - allowing the message of goodwill to travel through the retail chain of the books gathered and sold," he said.

Street it was the only KZN finalist and came in the top six nominees out of 2000 applicants nationwide at the SAB Foundation Awards recently.

The DHC's Street Bookseller project has enabled 10 formerly homeless people to become entrepreneurs selling second had books at events, malls, places of worship and literally on the streets of the city. The goal is to train and empower 100 sellers. This project simultaneously provides work for unemployed people and enables people to buy and read books in an accessible and affordable way.

The Centre can access an almost unlimited supply of high-quality second-hand books - but needs the help of the public to do so. There are places to trade, people desperate to sell, and public are eager to buy. Durban has been created a city of literature by UNESCO, but almost 60% of South Africans don't have a book in their home. This project addresses these opportunities and can transform a beggar into an entrepreneur.

Do you have books at home that you no longer want Do you have boxes cluttering up your garage Do you want to clear some space before Christmas If you give us the books we can transform lives;the alternative is that books are just pulped for waste paper, which is tragic

Drop off points are: All Saints in Ballito: 61 Townsend Rd, Stephen 032946 2905 / parishpriest@allsaintsballito.co.za

iCare in Mount Edgecombe: 57 Hambridge Ave, Somerset Park, Shirley 031572 6870 / shirley@icare.co.za. Grace Church in uMhlanga: 400 uMhlanga Rocks Dr, Dave 031575 9300 / reception@grace.za.org. Our Lady of Fatima in Durban North:155 Kenneth Kaunda Rd / Northway: Anna 031563 5390 / reception@fatima.org.za.

Please do not give books directly to booksellers since they will struggle to transport them.