Heartflow NPC Aims To Provide An Effective Alternative In Helping Beggars
Heartflow NPC Aims To Provide An Effective Alternative In Helping Beggars. As a Stellenbosch resident, Charl Reyneke often struggled in dealing with people asking him for food and money. When he gave money, it sometimes bothered him to see the same person spending the money on destructive habits and when he did not give, his conscience bothered him. These encounters were uncomfortable and he tried avoiding them but he also had a desire to help the very people he was trying to avoid.
Heartflow was founded on a calling to give the public an effective alternative to helping beggars and this is exactly what this company aims to do. As far as possible it aims to preserve the mutual respect and dignity during encounters between people in need and the general public, whilst providing the opportunity to beneficiaries to receive further support.
The company believes in the inherent value of all people, providing holistic support through partnering with other non-profit organisations, discouraging a victim mentality, discouraging destructive habits and rewarding progress. It achieves this in the form of a coupon system. Through giving a coupon, the beneficiary has the opportunity to receive help from partnering organisations (as specified on the coupon), but also help not specified also offered by its partners.
Thanks to Heartflow the public is now able to help homeless and hungry people in a sustainable, holistic way by connecting them with local non-profit companies. The public can buy paper-based coupons from local shops and give them to homeless people who will benefit from the services provided by partnering organisations such as night shelters. Its solution fosters interactions between isolated people in need and the public eager to help with a positive impact. The company is essentially helping people to love people.
Coupons can be exchanged for either a blanket, meal or stay at the night shelter. Social workers meet with the needy and connect them with more network resources. Blankets are given under the discretion of Straatlig staff to prohibit the re-selling of blankets and allow for people to take responsibility. Meals are free of charge on Sundays to Fridays and only require a coupon for Saturdays. Staying at the night shelter is subject to whether the person has not been discharged within the last 3 months.
