Charities & Causes

Homeless people in our cities

Charities & Causes

Posted by: CAT17

3rd May 2011 12:11am

WHY isn't there a charity set up to support the homeless in our cities> We all seem to be able to donate to "popular/well known" charities and yet dont think of the people who are sleeping in our parklands amd streets. Governments are always sending millions to foreign countries and yet spend nothing on our own people. Asylum seekers are housed, even in exspensive private hotels, why can't the same be done to ease the hardship that our own people are facing every day often through no fault of their own? Why has no government done something about this shameful situation. Winter will soon be here and things are going to be tougher. I wish I could organise a group to help, but unfortunately health issues prevent my involment. What do others feel about this situation.

funnysag
  • 18th May 2011 01:04am

Some of the replies are so naive in this thread. Not everyone who ends up homeless chooses to. I have met children who were homeless as they were thrown out from alcoholic/drug affected parents. Also some other people end up homeless due to mental health issues and others have had hit hard times and lost there homes and money. Some do choose to live on the streets as they do not have the capacity to run there lives with the level of function required to maintain a home. It is a mixed bag out there but these people are societies issue and the issue does not go away if we ignore it. The only way to tackle this homelessness is to do what most charities and volunteers do every day is to give something to someone who is worse off, because one day it may be you or someone you know. We can give money, time, service, food or a smile or a kind word. I wish people in general were just nicer to each other and homeless or otherwise just treat each other with kindness. Life can be hard if you have no support and even though our government gives financial assistance to people to live on and there are food charities providing food to help, there is not enough housing that these people could afford so the situation is bleak. Plus managing life with rent, gas, phone electricity etc is expensive & a lot of homeless people may be overwhelmed with all of the bills and end back on the street if they do not pay.
What we need is more community houses where these people could sleep in a safe warm environment and be fed and looked after.
I know a prominent business man has set up a centre for homeless people with the support of many large business that picks people up off the street and takes them in for dental treatment. This is just one of the good stories that you here of from time to time as rich or poor we are all God's children and until you heard the story of someone and taken the time to listen you will never know what it like to walk in there shoes. So be gentle with the earth and be kind to your fellow man/woman (especially the one's in real need) and you will always be blessed.


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