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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday August 7 2018 11 News Street Wise pot luck dinner for Waltham homeless • By Sarla Donovan STREET WISE is providing help of a different kind to the city’s homeless. Merivale’s River Jayden helped found the charity three months ago while working as a building apprentice in the central city. The charity is ramping up its efforts and held a community pot luck for homeless whanau in Waltham on Saturday at nonprofit cafe, Exchange Christchurch. The function, called Everybody Eats provided free haircuts, barista training, care packages and baking, motivational speakers, dinner and an open jam session. Ms Jayden said she eventually wanted Street Wise to provide a transitional facility to support people to move into permanent housing. The charity provides food, clothes and advocacy for those sleeping rough. “We’ve been going for three months and it’s been pretty full on,” said Ms Jayden, who is the charity’s chairwoman. “We give the guys coffee, cakes, chats. It’s the fun stuff mainly, but through that we can also find out about their situation and refer them on to housing programmes or drug and alcohol support.” While homelessness is “definitely” a big problem in the central city, there is a less visible homeless population living on the outskirts that people may be less aware of, Ms Jayden said. “It’s those sleeping on couches, in garages, in cars. It’s a massive issue – 41,000 people experience homelessness in New Zealand. Of them, most are living with whanau and friends in overcrowded homes.” She said a small percentage of homeless people sleep on the street. Funding to support the work Street Wise does is tight, but Ms Jayden said “there are creative ways to find the money to do these projects. I’m confident we can make it happen. We have a good amount of support from investors.” •HAVE YOUR SAY: What do you think of the current issues around homelessness? Email your views to sarla.donovan@ starmedia.kiwi • Ashleigh Monk DEAF WOMAN Jocelyn Thorpe has never learned sign language. So when the opportunity came up for the pre-school teacher to learn it with her pupils, she jumped at the chance. Ms Thorpe and the children at Haven Early Learning Centre, in Linwood have been learning the basics of New Zealand Sign Language with the help of van Asch Deaf Education Centre tutor Victoria Green. She said the pre-school welcomed her with open arms when she took up her teaching position at the centre. “The children have just accepted me as who I am, not necessarily as a deaf person, but just as Jocelyn.” Ms Thorpe, who could hear with the help of a cochlear implant, said learning sign language could help the children be more accepting of hearing-impaired people in their community. “It has been wonderful, actually, because they are just so receptive to learning another way of communication. And they seem even more intrigued to find out that it can help a person that BILINGUAL: Haven Early Learning Centre teacher Jocelyn Thorpe, who is deaf, has been learning New Zealand Sign Language with the pre-schoolers. Local News Now Pre-schoolers learn sign language with deaf teacher has got a hearing impairment,” she said. “They know that if somebody has a hearing impairment . . . they need to use their sign language.” The youngsters had picked up sign language really well, and could all sign their name. “We don’t have high expectations, we let children learn at their own pace. So some are quite happy to use just a few signs, others are happy to do a few more. We just celebrate what they have learnt.” Ms Thorpe said parents often sat in on the sessions to join their children in learning sign language, which encouraged them to use it outside of pre-school. The idea to kick start sign language lessons at the centre came from teacher Clair McConchie. Ms McConchie said it was important for the children to learn NZSL, not only to communicate with hearing impaired people, but also to use sign as a way of expressing themselves. “They know signs like ‘hungry’ and ‘thirsty’ . . . so they can communicate every day sentences by using their signs.” She had been learning sign language herself for the past three months, and wanted to share what she had learnt with the children. “More people should learn (sign language). I hope it catches on to other pre-schools; it’s so important, it just bridges that gap in the deaf community.” HELPING HAND: River Jayden (second from right) does a late-night coffee and cake run with charity organisation Street Wise which she helped found. PHOTO: BEN KNIGHT Fire rages, homes at risk Looking for a career in * Enrolling NOW! FOR AUGUST START Txt ‘DIGI’ to 027 557 8839 to find out more or phone 0800 872 466 50 Hazeldean Road Addington Christchurch www.trainme.org.nz *Some conditions apply
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