Package for the Homeless By: Matthew Vargas Why the need for care packages? • The use of everyday necessities such as toothbrushes‚ toothpaste‚ soap‚ shampoo‚ deodorant and most importantly food is often taken for granted. Hygiene is a very important to maintain health and prevent diseases. Although you ’d be surprised of how many citizens within your community don’t have the fiancés to support basic needs. How to make a care package • One of the best gifts you can give to the homeless is personal
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government owned buildings. Instead of keeping them on the streets‚ why doesn’t someone place them in those buildings? If they did‚ America would still have buildings leftover that they can either fix up or move in the homeless from other countries that are in need. America should help the homeless in other countries as well as their own. After they help their own country‚ they should reach out to others and give supplies that are needed. Giving to other countries could mean that it’s expected from them
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with what they have. The poor are making an effort to get by and living with the bare necessities. What about the homeless? Some argue that the homeless got where they are through drug problems and mental illnesses. Homelessness is a severe struggle in the United States in which not all of the people suffer from drug problems or mental illnesses. Although some homeless people have drug or mental illnesses‚ some have had just plain bad luck or poor judgment. In the film‚ The Pursuit of Happyness
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Have you ever wondered how many people out there don’t have homes? Well‚ more than half of the people in the world have experienced poverty for at least a year. Most people in poverty start looking for shelter or a place to live first. Well believe me‚ it’s not easy. Some people believe that the homeless should care for themselves‚ but I think differently. I believe that people around the world should care more for the homeless because families need to have a place to live‚ they can’t find jobs
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the United States and even the world. This problem also affects out local community and even all of us individually. (Daily) A majority of the American people lives paycheck to paycheck‚ and according to statistics‚ we are only one or two paychecks away from becoming homeless. While there are many reasons a person or family can become homeless‚ a majority of those problems come from a lack of income. The job market of today is quickly dwindling and shows no signs of improvement. This market mixed
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wait for the light to glisten green you notice someone walking in between the rows of cars. It’s not the usual person who’s always selling water and random fruits; instead it’s a person in raggedy clothes holding a sign that reads “Please help. I’m homeless” written on a cardboard flap. Now the question is what are you going to do? Will you reach into your wallet and give this poor soul a donation or will you pretend to look for something in your car and act as though you can’t see them? The sad truth
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First we must define homelessness‚ now this word means different things to different people. Even the National Health Care for the Homeless Council states that there is more than one “official’ definition. One of the first definitions they have for homelessness is: A homeless individual is defined as an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family)‚ including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private
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Mission Australia provides a range of community services. The services that they provide are homelessness & social housing and tenant support services‚ Substance Abuse & Addiction support‚ mental wellbeing and disability support‚ employment‚ skills & training‚ Youth mentoring services‚ families & children services‚ Policy development & advocacy and Research & evaluation. (Missionaustralia.com.au‚ 2015) Mission Australia works collectively as a team to diminish homelessness and enhance communities
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relieved. The harmonious coexistence and mutual help between people is a beautiful society that people desire to have. I agree with the author that people are one family and should help each other generously; however‚ in my point of view‚ we should help others but not everyone. According to a statistic‚ 564‚708 people were homeless in January 2015 (The State of Homelessness in American 2016). It is shocking to me that there are so many people are suffering homelessness even
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3-11-14 The issue of homelessness in modern times is people act like they don’t care. They walk or drive by and do not think about how they live or how it is without money‚ food‚ a home‚ or family who don’t care about them because they are poor. People should care a little more and think “What if that was me?”. To understand homelessness‚ one must examine the issues that lead to these bad outcomes. Kids become homeless for a variety of reasons which include running away from home
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