The history of the homeless is long and brutal story. It goes back all the way to the earliest of civilization, babylon, where people were evicted if they didn't produce enough grain. There has been homeless people in every civilization since then. People are forced to become homeless for many reasons. People can loose their jobs, drop out of a relatioship, be subject to illnesses or addiction. Recently the flow of refugees has increased violently do to the civilwars going on in the middle east. Almost all of these refugees don't have a home and live in non-pemanent resisdence which puts them in the homeless catagory.
Then there is all the people that live on the streets in the world. There is a common perception ,at least in America, that all of these people are bums and should just help themselves. The problem is that they can't, the government programs put in place need an address to mail the checks to. This also makes it hard to get a job.
Then there is all the people that live on the streets in the world. There is a common perception ,at least in America, that all of these people are bums and should just help themselves. The problem is that they can't, the government programs put in place need an address to mail the checks to. This also makes it hard to get a job.
There are many different kinds of people that suffer from homelessness in America. A large number of them are youth. Living in such a way as to not know if you will eat dinner that night. It's impossible for most children in the US to even imagine. There are stories of kids living in a car inside of a walmart's parking lot. Then washing off as much as you can in the bathroom. This is a hard way to live and can affect ones mental and emotional health as well as physical.
One of the local centers in Colombus for younger homeless people is called The Star House. It provides a safe place, job application help and basic needs like food and water.
One of the local centers in Colombus for younger homeless people is called The Star House. It provides a safe place, job application help and basic needs like food and water.
This is a girl and a few other people talking about how homelessness has affected them in negative ways.
The National Coalition for the Homeless is great organization that does a lot for any body that is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. While the NHCHC is primarily focused on health for the homeless.
This isn't even close to the amount of people that are homeless.