Through storytelling, education, news, and activism, I aim to change the narrative on homelessness
By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 27, 2023
‘I am someone, who besides having a degree in the social sciences specialising in psychology and sociology (bestowed on me cum laude by the University of Pretoria many moons ago), feel most qualified to speak and write on the topic of homelessness by having worked in the sector for four years prior to becoming homeless myself and then most importantly, having spent six years living as a homeless person on the streets of Cape Town,’ Carlos Mesquita