Compassion on cold Adelaide streets

By David Wilson
Updated November 23 2014 - 12:13pm, first published 11:52am
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell
Helping hand: Aileen Jefferis with a van Ruf Us, the charity she founded, uses to assist the homeless. Photo: Mark Russell

Even on the iciest nights you may spot community leader Aileen Jefferis on Adelaide's streets. Jefferis, 58, helps the homeless, whose need she says is overwhelming. Still, she works full-time as a physiotherapist, among other commitments, unfazed by the pressure.