Why we should treat the homeless with compassion

… people with houses can feel superior to! That’s a role I know I can perform well in modern society!” Becoming homeless is generally not a voluntary decision.

Many homeless turn to drug and alcohol abuse because that is the only way to deal …

Teaching kids that its never okay to be rude to the homeless – Part 1

… no home are still people is, perhaps, THE most important thing to teach kids.

A simple way to explain homelessness to children is to point out an easy-to-comprehend example of how easily some people may become homeless. For example, explain …

Thanksgiving for the Homeless

… person or lose their dog. Housing a dog, while so many people go homeless is a statement from the pet owner that the ability to fetch a ball is more important than housing a homeless human being.

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Are homeless shelters the answer to the homelessness issue – Part 18

… with first? How should these situations be dealt with and who should be dealing with them?

If the issue of homelessness is to be lessened, much less resolved, a concentrated effort must be made to tackle the real problems. For example, a …

Testimonies: Homeless and struggling with job search

… the prospective employer calls to set up an interview time, your friend might not get the message to you in a timely manner. If a homeless person is lucky enough to get a shelter bed, their cell phone often gets stolen while they are in the shower. …

Are homeless shelters the answer to the homelessness issue – Part 3

… by Martin Seligman. It describes a person who, for one reason or another, is unmotivated to escape a given situation (homelessness, for instance) when escape is, in fact, possible. The helpless person believes or has learned to believe that he …

The difference between being poor and being Poverty Stricken – Part 4

… the problem. Food banks always are in need not just at thanksgiving. Kids need toys not just on Christmas.

We have poverty here in America and we have hunger. Not everyone can decide to go to the doctor when they are sick because now …

Are homeless shelters the answer to the homelessness issue – Part 5

… shelter.These are the people born or raised in such degree of life, pertaining poverty.Other people become homeless due to a violent or dysfunctional household.These group of people become homeless because of the choices that were made within the …

Health issues and concerns relevant to the homeless

… can make a nice homeless person into a stealer, and bring fear into a once peaceful town.

If you live in a community where homeless people are plentiful. Tell a pastor to start up a food pantrey, to help these homeless people. when they come …

How society treats the homeless and displaced – Part 1

… with homeless people. The experience creates an impression of who homeless are. Many of the encounters are negative ones. A homeless person rudely approached a person demanding money. The homeless person reeked of alcohol or smelled of urine. Their …

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