People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP) is a community based NGO that has been working closely with refugees in the Cape Town area. PASSOP is chaired by Braam Hannekom, a Zimbabwean who has been living in South Africa for some time, but is fuelled by a small team and many volunteers. The work that PASSOP does is incredible given their limited resources, but thankfully funders are coming to the fore to assist this critical humanitarian work (see video above).
If you are interested in helping refugees who have fled to South Africa to seek asylum – even though home affairs refuses to recognise their status and SAPS continue to beat them up – then please visit PASSOP’s website here.
PASSOP is supported by donations and voluntary donations, for more information on PASSOP’s funding needs see their funding proposal.
June 9, 2011 at 12:20 am
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