Backchat 25 February 2008

**ARK CITY OF REFUGE**

Today's show kicked off with a chat to Jack Mahoney from The Ark City of Refuge.

Mahoney explains that the The Ark City of Refuge opened its doors in 1992 in response to the extremely high rate of homelessness and unemployment in the Western Cape.

Over the years about 35000 people have walked through the gates of The Ark City of Refuge.

Among the people that attends The Ark City of Refuge are street children, the desitute and abused, the terminally ill, drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes, HIV/AIDS sufferers and abandoned senior citizens.

For more information on the The Ark City of Refuge contact 021 8433927

**LESLIE KLEINSMITH**

The vibrant musician Leslie Kleinsmith then joined us in studio.Kleinsmith who has been involved in South African Cabaret and on the Jazz scene for almost fourty years will be participating in the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.

It will be the first time that Kleinsmith will be performing in the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and will share the stage with other music legends such as brazillian Sergio Mendes, Jimmy Dludlu, Zola and Wanda Baloyi.