Message from Marco Van Embden, founder of Coats for Cape Town: Since 2014, when I launched Coats for Cape Town in honour of my 60th birthday, we have collected and distributed coats each year except for the covid 2020 year. I have decided to donate coats to this cause in honor of friends’ birthdays and […]

Message from Marco Van Embden, founder of Coats for Cape Town: Since 2014, when I launched Coats for Cape Town in honor of my 60th birthday, we have collected and distributed coats each year except for 2020. I have decided to donate coats to this cause in honor of friends’ birthdays and significant events. People […]

This year, we are proud to support One-to-One Warmth Campaign with much-needed coats this winter. A coat is so much more than just a coat,For me, it is a hug of warmth, a layer of protection.It’s trusty pockets safekeeping my few possessions.Wrapping me up during the day,Covering my bed at night,Keeping me safe. Thanks so […]

This year, we are proud to support Ladles of Love with much needed coats this winter. A coat is so much more than just a coat, For me, it is a hug of warmth, a layer of protection. It’s trusty pockets safekeeping my few possessions. Wrapping me up during the day, Covering my bed at […]

Thanks to all of your generous donations this winter, Coats for Cape Town was able to distribute over 300 coats and 200 blankets to people in need through Straatwerk; a non-profit Christian upliftment organisation. As the focus at Straatwerk is on habilitation programmes that encourage homeless people to move off the street, the coats and blankets […]

Dear Marco Thank you so much for the donation of 100 blankets for our Souper Troopers winter warmth campaign. We added the blankets to our other donations and were able to hand out hundreds of winter warmth packs on the day of our birthday and then donate a further 70 packs to a woman who […]

“I just wanted to thank you, Gwen and the rest of your family for your most thoughtful donation of 60 coats to Coats for Cape Town on the occasion of my 60th. I find that the significance of how, what and why you performed such an act of tzedakah to be very special.” – Perry […]