...There in the streets on the highways asking for money because they're homeless due to numerous circumstances. The money that they do get from strangers they may but to good use like buying clothes or food or maybe bus fare to go home. Some don’t they use it to buy drugs and alcohol leading them back to their original dead end path. Which is why people should feel obligated to be compassionate toward those less fortunate because there homeless for numerous amount of circumstances. Helping those less fortunate than us can help us progress as a society and you never it could happen to you without even wanting it to happen. We live in the society that only advanced after we adopted disciplined beliefs in helping others. If we did not, we would decay, ruined by personal rivalry and obsession about our own well being. Those that can't help themselves can receive help and in turn, that can empower them to help others, and so everyone standing and livelihood improves. In the text, it states, “ Homelessness had changed her perception of the world and her place in it” (Author 3). This quote better explains how after being homeless herself Rita now has a motivation to help others that have been in the same situation as her. There’s a time for the struggle for everyone at some...
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...Homeless people in America Name University April 15, 2013 People being homeless Introduction: Now a day’s students face the world overflowing with global inconsistency, no job opportunities, high level of education cost, and increase in the rate of poverty in America. We know that hunger and homelessness is spreading rapidly in the United States. In the resent years, the national poverty rose to the level of 13.2 percent of the population. And nearly 3.5 million people were compelled to sleep in the parks, under bridges, in shelters and cars. In comparison to the high cost of living, low- wages jobs, and high unemployment rates are considered to be the main reason behind the problem for countless Americans to make a choice between food, housing, and other expenses. If the society does not treat this situation as a notional priority and address those in a systematic way the problem will keep continuing with the future generation as well (Alayne Potter, 2011). People Homeless: The United States consists of more than 3.5 million people from all walks of life experiencing the homelessness every year. And 35 percent of homeless populations are families with children, one of the fastest growing sectors of the homeless population. The remaining homeless population consist 23 percent of retired U.S. military people, 25 percent of children under the age of 18, 30 percent of experienced domestic violence, and 20 to 25 percent of people suffering from mental illness....
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...of starving people is as morally reprehensible as failing to save a child drowning in a pool because of the inconvenience of getting one’s clothes wet.” Today I want to discuss “are we morally obliged to help poor”, I believe that I have moral obligation to help poor , I’ve been more fortune than them being blessed with more than enough, and what I have been blessed with is meant to be shared , “ unicef estimates that 12 children who live in poverty die every minute of everyday” the causes of death is because of the unclean water they drink, because of starvation , because of diseases such as malaria , what’s really...
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...As the world hungers for the love and presence of God there are people that are homeless and hungry. I take drives in the early morning on the weekends frequently into downtown Denver in Colorado where I live and I see our streets crowded with homeless people. As I drive I observe many sitting on the ground in the cold weather, their clothes are ripped and dirty. Beside them is either a grocery cart full of items that they have collected from the trash or bags packed with clothes, food, and other items that they have collected from the homeless shelters or the trashcan that they rummaged through to eat to survive. I noticed some just sit there with a blank stare on their faces wondering off into the distance with their mind. Some are trading the collectibles that to them are of...
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...Whether government should provide homeless people with homes has become a very contentious issue, as it is conspicuous from the number of people who are sleeping rough in cities around the globe. As opinions diverge on the issue, some claiming that government should shoulder the responsibility and provide them with homes to mitigate the problem, however, I tenaciously cleave to the notion that to solve the problem of homelessness governments should better invest in forestalling the imminent increase in the number of vagrant people. It is incontrovertible that providing homeless people with accommodation would generate advantages and ultimately herald a decrease in the number of people with no fixed abode, and would pave the way for less crime infested society, as young people with no homes are more likely malleably get inculpated in the world of crime, and the decrease would result in a safer society as the homeless constitute a possible threat to the people, however, this solution is transient and would not be feasible. As the nub of the matter lies within a permanent solution to the problem, I believe that providing derelict with accommodation only alleviates the problem and as it does not terminate the future emergence of homeless people, which presages that the problem will still be prevalent in the near future. Thus, to eradicate the problem government should better invest in prevention rather than spending exorbitant amounts of money on curing. Furthermore, the government...
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...Welcome ladies and gentlemen. I would just like to thank each and every individual to night for supporting my dream on diminishing the amount of homeless people in the world. Now that we have change the amount of our fellow americans in the streets begging for food but i want to introduce a topic that ties into being homeless. This topic is the amount of people who go without eating everyday. I understand this will not be intractable process. I understand it will take time but if we can just take a little consideration for those who are not blessed with others may have and make their day by giving them a dollar or two. Sometimes people go through things others might not or don’t understand. People don't choose when they next meal is. In fact most people who don’t have enough food aren't just naive or disabled. In fact , studies show that those who go without a meal twenty percent of the time are children . It necessarily doesn't have to be money. It can be things such as old canned goods that we may not want or be using but don’t get me wrong money helps just as much as food....
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...Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: I receive this award with a sense of great pride and accomplishment. I truly believe that there could not a better recipient of this award. I do say this in an arrogant or conceited way. I say this with statistics to back me. The amount of homeless people has went from 3.5 million people a year to 1 million people a year. World hunger is at an all time low going from 12.9% of the world being undernourished to 3.5%. Crime rates in the world have been literally cut in half going from 6.2% to 3.1%. There have been many people that have received this award before me who I would love to thank for...
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...Many individuals would define leisure as time free from paid work, domestic responsibilities, and just about anything that one would not do as part of their daily routine. Time for leisure and time for work are both two separate spheres. The activities which people choose to do on their spare time benefit their own personal interests as well as their satisfactions. While some people may enjoy one activity, others pay not. Leisure is all about personal interests and what people constitute having a good time is all about. Some may say that the process of working class leisure can be seen to contribute their own subordination as well as the reproduction of capitalist class relations. Self-produced patterns of working class leisure can lead to resistance to such reproduction. This leads to social class relations and inequalities, and the fact that it they can never be completely reproduced in the leisure sphere. This film Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community, gives some examples of the role of leisure within a capitalist society dealing with issues such as class inequalities, and how they are different among various societies. One might define the relations between police and community relations in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto to be very discriminating. The start of the film already gives some insight on the issue which the film is trying to portray. A coloured man’s is being harassed because the police do not think that he has ownership for the van to which he claimed...
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...The world is a cruel place: a grotesque like one big dystopia getting worse. Who wouldn’t love to help out the world they live and their next generation will live? The homeless is a great place to start, since 100 million people are homeless worldwide: it would seem fair to attempt to give them a break and be kind. People die from being homeless and this is a real problem, for example, did you know about 700 homeless people die from hypothermia every year? A few thoughts to help out the homeless are to give them money in some form, volunteer for groups that relate, and build small shelters for them. To start off with, people make giving money to the homeless seem like a big deal, but individuals could give it to them in different forms...
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...There are many reasons why people become homeless.They are unable to afford their rent so they have no place to go but the streets. A complete solution to homelessness has yet to be found. But, activists have came up with many alternatives for example like affordable housing and homeless shelters. Alarmingly twenty-two percent of people in shelters were children. There are a lot more statistics like this that just wanna make you cringe. But, they are receiving shelter and food so that is a great alternative than sleeping on the streets. Although this isn't a complete solution to the issue of homelessness we are getting closer to a final solution. Homelessness has gradually become a...
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...tattered clothes, unshaven beard, an unseen smell that comes from them. Homeless people have existed throughout history of the United States. However, more recently, it would seem that the numbers have risen since the economy is not doing so well. Within this paper, the model population homeless person will be discussed along with statistical information in Georgia, service outcome goals, pinball program to teach the goals that include to community organizations, internalized cost estimate of healthcare dollars saved by this program, and to potential funding sources that may potentially provide monetary sponsorship. According to the declaration of human rights, article 25 (1), states that “everyone has the right to… food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services” (Donohoe, 2004). Although, it states right there that it is every person’s right to have access to these necessities, this is not always the case for many who for whatever reason, do not have the means to afford them. The current downturn of the economy next with current unemployment situation has led to force many people into homeless situations. But time homelessness “refers to the condition of individuals without a regular dwelling and the term is used to describe people who do not have the home and who sleep on the street, but is also commonly used to refer to individuals whose primary nighttime residence is a homeless shelter, a warning center, or another ad hov type of housing”...
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...Hidden Homeless I have previously volunteered at the Mainspring house in Brockton but I never Have eaten among the homeless before. Mainspring house is a homeless shelter that also partners with father bills which is another homeless shelter, Father Bills and Mainspring House have locations in Brockton, Quincy and Taunton. Father Bills and Mainspring take in the homeless, feed them a meal and then let them stay the night before they have to leave the next day. They also have permanent housing programs that the homeless can get into. The mission statement on their website helpfbms.org states " The mission of Father Bills and Mainspring House is to help homeless people obtain a home by giving temporary shelter and food , finding safe and affordable housing and providing permanent housing with supportive services Father Bills and Mainspring helps people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless to achieve self-sufficiency." According to their website 15 percent of the adults that are sheltered are employed but are still homeless, and 388 of the people who are sheltered are children. While I was driving to the facility I was extremely nervous, while I was waiting in the line outside for dinner what really surprised me the most was what the homeless people looked like. When you think of a homeless person you usually think of the people on the street sleeping in a cardboard box and wearing rags. But the people who walked into mainspring for dinner looked like the people you would...
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...children who are homeless each year with their families. Lucy Smith is one such child. She lives in a car with her mother after they lost their home. This past August, when the back to school lists came out, her mother couldn’t even afford to get her all the supplies she needs. Children at school make fun of her for being homeless and Lucy’s teacher kept asking her where her supplies were. Every morning, they go into a store to use the bathroom to get ready for the day. At least three nights a week, they try and go to a friend’s house to take a shower and wash their clothes. Her mother is looking for a job, but it’s hard to get hired when they don’t always have the cleanest clothes and an address. Lucy is just one child affected by homelessness, but there are many more, just like her. Unemployment is a major factor in homeless families ending up on the streets. The U.S Department of Labor claims that in 2010 there were at least 9.8 million families with an unemployed member. When the economy crashed, many people lost their jobs or received reduced hours. For many families, that caused them to get behind in paying rent or the mortgage. It was especially bad for the minimum wage workers who were already on the verge of homelessness before they lost their jobs. Another problem contributing to homelessness is the mortgage crisis. A Medill School report found that in October 2007, Illinois ranked tenth in the country for home foreclosures (Marlow). More people are losing their...
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...of these questions, you are not immune to homelessness. These questions are not meant to create alarm, but rather to spread awareness that people experiencing homelessness are people just like us. They desire financial stability and a secure home, but have confronted difficult circumstances without sufficient resources to overcome the situation and remain housed. Unfortunately, that is the reality of homelessness today. Typically, families become homeless as a result of some unforeseen financial crisis - a medical emergency, a car accident, a death in the family - that prevents them from being able to hold on to housing. Most homeless families are able to bounce back from homelessness quickly, with relatively little public assistance. Usually, homeless families require rent assistance, housing placement services, job assistance, and other short-term, one-time services before being able to return to independence and stability. In the case study, "Mayor Schell's Zero Homeless Family Pledge", Norton discusses the challenges facing a policy manager in a large city (Seattle) government agency who is expected to implement a bold new policy to reduce homelessness that may exceed the local government's capacity to address the issue. In the case, the mayor of Seattle pledges in June that there will be no homeless families with children or homeless women by Christmas. The manager in the case, Alan Painter, shares the mayor's commitment and enthusiasm for reducing homelessness in the city...
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...Kip Tiernan: A Leader in the Fight Against Homelessness Homelessness can be defined as an individual lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (McKinney-Veto Homeless Education Act, Section 725). Because homelessness can be a short or long-term problem, it is difficult to accurately calculate homeless figures. The National Alliance to End Homelessness estimates that there are 634,067 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the United States. This includes people of all genders, ages, races, and backgrounds. According to the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, 1.6 million children experience homelessness annually (2012). In total, approximately 3 million individuals are experiencing homelessness each year (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty). Homelessness is a problem that is very personal. Mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, friends, and veterans are being affected. We must come together as a society to work toward combating this problem. Kip Tiernan was an inspiring leader in the fight against homelessness. Her greatest accomplishment was founding Rosie’s Place, the first homeless shelter for women. Kip Tiernan was born on June 17, 1926 in West Haven, CT. She was raised by her grandmother after her parents passed away when she was still a child. She got expelled from boarding school in the 1930s for consumption of alcohol. In 1947, she moved to Boston to study jazz at Boston Conservatory. Unfortunately, she again got expelled...
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