to help homeless and poor people varied greatly with different agenda‚ from religious reason to commercial company. Through this service learning I was able to see homelessness as first hand observer. After explored the websites for the community partners‚ I’m interested in Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco. Episcopal Community Services help homeless people by providing food‚ house‚ learning service‚ medical care and other crucial services to help provide solutions for homeless so that
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Homeless Youth: Demographics‚ causes‚ and the need for occupational therapy Homeless youth are typically described as being persons under the age of 21 that do not have safe housing with a relative or caregiver and have no alternative safe living arrangements (Reeg‚ 2003‚ pg. 55). According to research conducted by the US Department of Justice‚ in 2002 there was an estimated 1.69 million homeless youth in America. The proportion of males and females are quite equal with ages 15-17 comprising the
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Today‚ the problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ is widespread all over the world. The reasons can be quite different: it can be a high rent for the habitation‚ low salary‚ mental disability or the loss of all the members of the family. When people are in such a difficult situation‚ they need to live further somehow and they have no other way out than to live in a small carton and beg for some money. The governments of different countries started different social
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dressed‚ and went to school‚ work‚ or both. Then you came home‚ you had dinner‚ and went to sleep. These are all basic needs that many people in the United States today don’t have. Most people would agree that a day like this is fairly ordinary. Shelter‚ clothes‚ food‚ education‚ and family are all things that we usually take for granted and things that every person deserves. Now imagine your normal‚ everyday‚ routine being taken away from you. All in all you would essentially have my life. I have
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and steal food from local stores and rob people. I got caught robbing one day and I was sent to jail. I got out a few months later and went to my former home in the projects and to my surprise my family had moved away. From that day on I have been homeless and living on the streets. There are various things I must do every day in order to stay alive. I stand on the street corners everyday in hope of getting spare change from someone or for people to just give me food. Other days I do what we
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The Aiken County Animal Shelter has been helping animals for many years now. They do whatever means necessary to provide the highest quality of care for local animals in need. Whether it be rescuing‚ providing shelter and a home‚ or putting them up for adoption‚ the shelter shows these less fortunate dogs and cats as much love and care as they possibly can. The Aiken County Animal Shelter’s mission statement is to improve quality of life for Aiken shelter animals‚ increase pet adoption‚
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During the late 1950s‚ many Americans built bomb shelters. These structures‚ also known as fallout shelters‚ were constructed to protect Americans in the case of a nuclear attack and the fallout that occurs afterwards. Fallout is the radioactive debris that follows a nuclear explosion. If a nuclear attack were to occur‚ the fallout could reach distances miles away from the center of the explosion. At this time‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War. The Cold War did
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Almost 21% of cats and one third of dogs are in animals shelters because landlords will not allow cats and dogs 3 (Bowman para 2). Animal shelters help abandoned animals start a new life in a new home. Staff member usually care for and train animals for many weeks to learn more about them. Through care and training employees can learn how the animal will act once it is adopted. Humane organizations raise large amounts of money to programs that spay and neuter dogs in the U.S. Spaying and neutering
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Shelter Report • A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger • Protective covering that provides protection from the weather • Temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons. Australian governments have indicated that they do not consider it to be the governments responsibility to provide housing for all its citizens‚ seeing the provision of shelter as an individual responsibility. Despite this attitude they have endeavoured to assist the disadvantaged to varying degrees
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the wall and went on the first of many long walks that I would take with other rescue dogs. I had wanted to volunteer at an animal shelter all my life‚ but living in South Korea where shelters are nonexistent‚ I had never had the chance. Now‚ however‚ my family and I were staying for a long visit in the United States‚ and I had my chance. After researching shelters in the area of Phoenix‚ where we were staying‚ I settled on Foothills Animal Rescue. Foothills Animal Rescue is a vital and important
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