{"id":128223,"date":"2016-05-11T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/128223\/a-peak-into-what-ceos-can-expect-on-sleepout-5\/"},"modified":"2016-05-11T13:03:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T11:03:38","slug":"a-peak-into-what-ceos-can-expect-on-sleepout-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/05\/11\/a-peak-into-what-ceos-can-expect-on-sleepout-5\/","title":{"rendered":"A peek into what CEOs can expect on SleepOut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CEO SleepOut<\/a> concept was created in 2006 by Australian businessman and philanthropist Bernard Fehon. The initiative involves CEOs and executives in big companies spending an evening sleeping on the street to gain first-hand experience of the lives of the impoverished and homeless, while raising funds for those in need.<\/p>\n

To get a perspective on what the CEOs can expect from a night on the street, information gained from an interview Sandton Chronicle did last year with Sandton artist Abram Kgoeli will be useful.<\/p>

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Kgoeli, who is based on the corner of Sandton Drive and Marie Avenue, lives in the adjacent greenbelt in a small shack.<\/p>\n

Kgoeli commended the efforts of the CEOs and said his staple diet was mielie meal which he cooks at a communal fire with other greenbelt occupants.<\/p>

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He said he uses plastic and cardboard which he lays over his blankets in his small shack to keep warm \u2013 the cardboard is to hold the heat in, while the plastic is to prevent any water from reaching his blankets.<\/p>\n

Kgoeli gives the CEOs advice on how he keeps warm in the cold Johannesburg evening in the video below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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