Marion Green (pictured, left) and Beryl Johnson of St Pius X Catholic Church, Plumstead's St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) spoke of the busyness of responding to the needs of the Southern Suburbs poor, and especially the poor of Princess Vlei informal settlement, Ms Green told of how one tap and a toilet serve 14 children, four infants and 27 adults in one section of the place. She spoke of one little girl who has bone cancer, whom doctors at Groote Schuur and Red Cross Hospitals have given up on, even though she has continued to attend school. It is such people that the SVP serves and who will be receiving 70 Buckets of Love sponsored by St Pius X parishioners. The society also serves communities in Steenberg, Lavender Hill and Parkwood Estate. It has a daily "breakfast run" in these areas, which it alternates with Good Shepherd Anglican Church, Grassy Park and AME Church in Kenilworth. Aside from food, the SVP distributes clothes, responds in emergency situations, providing crisis relief, is on permanent call, and so on.
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