Street Report #21 - Not DARFUR, silly, just our own little darfur!

Comrade Bob,

Last night was a huge night for the Foundation.  We had a lot of food to distribute and by 8:35pm it was all gone. There were a lot of people at the bus including three families with children.  One of the couples that
came was David and his partner (and her children). We have not seen David for two years to date. He stated that he had accommodation for a year and then when he lost that (lease expired) he started to reside in his car
again and he met up with his new female friend and they have of late been sleeping in his car. She was asked to leave her mother's home as her mother could not cope with her five and seven year old children. We sent them to La Porchetta for a decent family meal, not so much for the grown ups but for the kids to have a nice night out for a change. Did so with the other two couples as well.

Assisted Evan and his daughter by obtaining for them a weekly rail pass and some clothes that I had.  Also we gave out clothes to the other kids that I had on the ute with me.

We had again heaps of hot dogs and Alan brought bananas with him which were snapped up. When we used to give out apples there were not many takers as a lot of the people who attend the bus have no teeth and hence cant bite into an apple. The bananas were easier for the people to eat. Gave out one swag.

Lots and lots of coffees were made as we had to buy milk twice more during the night.

A magic night last night, as all the people who attended the bus were in a very calm and peaceful mood.  On a final note, two volunteers did not show up and the rest of us had to work that bit harder.

Yours

Henri