Habitat For Humanity And The Catholic Social Justice System
Imagine wandering around "lost" everyday and every night , looking for a place to go. You spend your days and nights outside no matter the weather. When night falls you find a park bench, which you call your bed. You wake up every day in hopes that someone will finally notice you and will give you the proper help you need. From living this lifestyle you realize society fails to understand homelessness, and it is very unlikely to be helped. Around the world millions of people roam the streets every day and night with no place to go. These people are left feeling vulnerable and lack basic necessities needed to sustain life. Even in Canada people struggle to afford things such as clothes, food, and water. Without these basic necessities, people
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Catholics have their own view on what social justice. Catholics define social justice as the understanding of how societies work and what values and moral values guide them. Charities such as Habitat for Humanity, promote Catholic social justice. Habitat for Humanity strongly believes in doing good for society by providing people with the roof over their head. One principle of Catholic social justice is the principle of rights and responsibilities. Rights are entitlements, all humans have the right to living a quality life. …show more content…
Not only do they have to worry about their rights being insecure they also have to worry about their belongings being insecure too. Since they do not have a stable address they do not have any place to put their belongings. So they often get damaged, ruined, or stolen. Also they do not have a proper place to store food ,if they can afford it, therefore if they do have food it will go bad. Homeless people have to deal with any and every type of weather. Perhaps the greatest challenge is the lack of privacy in the loss of contact to those whom they care a lot about. Without a permanent address it is nearly impossible to survive ,get a job, or support a family. Habitat for Humanity gives people opportunities to receive a better quality of
Catholics have their own view on what social justice. Catholics define social justice as the understanding of how societies work and what values and moral values guide them. Charities such as Habitat for Humanity, promote Catholic social justice. Habitat for Humanity strongly believes in doing good for society by providing people with the roof over their head. One principle of Catholic social justice is the principle of rights and responsibilities. Rights are entitlements, all humans have the right to living a quality life. …show more content…
Not only do they have to worry about their rights being insecure they also have to worry about their belongings being insecure too. Since they do not have a stable address they do not have any place to put their belongings. So they often get damaged, ruined, or stolen. Also they do not have a proper place to store food ,if they can afford it, therefore if they do have food it will go bad. Homeless people have to deal with any and every type of weather. Perhaps the greatest challenge is the lack of privacy in the loss of contact to those whom they care a lot about. Without a permanent address it is nearly impossible to survive ,get a job, or support a family. Habitat for Humanity gives people opportunities to receive a better quality of