Bluff informal settlers receive ID cards, thanks to helping hand
The Poll Park inhabitants are often confused with residents of an illegal squatter camp located behind the municipal dump in Tara Road
RESIDENTS of the Polla Park, a legal informal settlement on the Bluff, have been given a helping hand by Zoe Moore, chairman of the ward 66 vulnerable groups sub-committee, and sponsors who have helped them with their desperately needed goal of acquiring their ID cards.
The Poll Park inhabitants are often confused with residents of an illegal squatter camp located behind the municipal dump in Tara Road, and as such, many Bluff residents have shunned them.
Moore, who works with people in need, discovered that many new Polla Park residents were without ID documentation, which has obvious repercussions in terms of their ability to procure employment and more pressingly, the opportunity to be listed in the city’s human settlement department’s housing waiting list.
“With the help of a sponsor I organised for nine men to be transported to Home Affairs and their applications to be processed so they now all have the ID cards they so desperately need. One of the residents had never been registered but we were able to obtain proof of his birth from the local hospital and this was accepted for his application,” she said.
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In her attempt to restore dignity to ordinary people who find themselves in vulnerable circumstances, she has fostered the belief that nothing is impossible. “It takes effort and I do go to sleep and rise thinking of unusual circumstances but I am a firm believer in a love for human kind that conquers most obstacles and the vulnerable who receive life-changing assistance are daily proof that my theory works,” she added.
While humble Moore tries to deflect attention from herself as she shares these success stories with Bluff residents, she hopes fellow residents are inspired to do a little to make a big difference and to invest in people.
“I run my programme purely on the generosity of locals.”
Second hand ‘anything you no longer need’ items are welcome to be dropped at my office as well as non-perishable food items,” said Moore.
To donate drop off at 49 Old Mission Road, Bluff or call the ward 66 office on 031-467-0056.
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