Social services

Clothing Programme

Clothing is distributed from two separate clothing stores (one for adults 15 years and older and another for children younger than 14) to destitute families and individuals in need.
The store is monitored and managed according to developed criteria.  Applicants are screened by a Social Worker who determines what their needs are and then issues a coupon they can redeem for clothing.
Adults receive clothing once every 3 months and children once every 3 months. 

Food Programme

 
The food programme has three components:

• Approximately 50 food parcels are distributed to people in need, for a period of 3 months to avoid dependency.
• A soup kitchen at ICC Campus feeds approximately 300 people every week day.
• A daily complimentary meal provided to the learners who attend skills programmes at POPUP.

Counselling

POPUP offers a holistic counselling service that ministers to approximately 80 individuals per month.  People who benefit from the service includes;

• Inhabitants of local shelters.
• People from the street.
• Ex-learners of POPUP.
• Learners in training at POPUP.
• Staff members.
• Students are interviewed by the POPUP Social Worker in order to establish interests, talents, abilities and sustainability in relation to the courses applied for.
• Further counseling is also provided for food parcel and the clothing store applicants.

Prayer always accompanies counseling sessions and on-going healing room sessions are available for individuals who are in need of prayer.
The following areas, are addressed by the councilors:

• Depression/anxiety 
• Divorce/loss of loved ones
• Pre- and post abortion counseling
• Sexual brokenness/sexual abuse/rape
• Inability to forgive and related relational problems

People in need of accommodation are referred to relevant shelters and provided with a complete list of contact details of available accommodation.