that have no shelter‚ and in Canada there are about 200‚000 people that experience homelessness in a year? This leaves about 30‚000 homeless people every night. This is a big problem worldwide and it may not seem as a big problem within Canada but it really is. We as a society need to address this issue and get the minister of social services to raise the amount of homeless shelters within an area. This is a problem that needs to be solved. As a Canadian Citizen I feel very strongly about this topic
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evening‚ animal lovers. First I would like to thank the committee who chose me as the recipient of tonight’s Top Dog award. I would also like to thank everybody that is here tonight. You have spent countless hours donating time and resources to make the shelter itself‚ along with all of it’s events a smooth-running organization. Without all of your support‚ the Charleston Animal Society would not be as successful as it is today. I would like to thank the people who have adopted animals from
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end a growing epidemic of homeless people. Statistics show people living in poverty are most at risk of becoming homeless. Economically they are at a higher risk of losing what little they already have. The number of homeless families with children has increased significannot ly over the past decade. They are among the fastest growing segments of the homeless population. They are approximently 40% of people who are homeless. In rural areas the largest group of homeless people are families‚ single
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The Homeless “She lives with a tribe of homeless teens- Runaways and throwaways‚ kids who have no place to go to other than the cold city streets‚ and no family except for one another. Abused‚ abandoned and forgotten‚ they struggle against the cold‚ hunger‚ and constant danger” (“Can’t get there from here” by Todd strasser). Here in the United States‚ about more than 610‚000 people face the tragedy of losing their homes (Annual Homeless Assessment). As a matter of fact‚ according to the “Global
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The word “homeless” is used to describe many different kinds of people with a variety of problems; the “homeless” includes veterans‚ the mentally ill‚ the physically disabled or chronically ill‚ the elderly on fixed incomes‚ men‚ women‚ and families that have lost their source of income‚ single parents‚ runaway children who’ve been abused‚ alcoholics and drug addicts‚ immigrants‚ and traditional tramps‚ hobos‚ and transients (Martin‚ 1999). In “Helping and Hating the Homeless”‚ Peter Martin claims
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of trash cans. All of those things are what 3.5 million people‚ half of them children‚ experience every day (“National Coalition for the Homeless”).A homeless person is one who shall lack a fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate nighttime residence‚ at any given time. Most of the homeless are those with a mental illness‚ or the unemployed. (“Facts and Figures: The Homeless”). Knowing that oneself cannot provide for him/herself is a devastating realization‚ especially if children are involved in the situation
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privileged class in the United States. There is a small population in the United States where youth live in the streets‚ and have to provide for themselves. In the United States‚ homeless youth is often disregarded‚ because many people believe that a parent would not abandon their child to survive on his or herself. Youth are homeless not necessarily because they choose to be‚ but because of the factors in their lives that lead up to homelessness. Few factors could
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weather we are picking up fast food‚ or stopping at a red light‚ and I see a what I assume to be a homeless person asking for change‚ I’m usually the person that will give them any lose change or singles that I have. Many of my friends hate that I do this‚ but someone some how I empathize with those people. So naturally when I was asked to do something that I’ve never done before‚ I chose to visit a homeless shelter. I chose this because although I hand over money to people‚ I do this and go back to
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people are hoarders with the leading causes being depression or loss of a loved one. It is also apparent that a large amount of the homeless population was evicted from their housing due to it being condemned from hoarding. For instance‚ my neighbor Sheila was evicted from her house due to her unfortunate hoarding problem and is now what society considers as homeless. Sheila‚ before her unfortunate turnout‚ was a kind spirited woman and was very optimistic about how her life was going. She was almost
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There are 578‚424 people homeless every night in the United States. Out of this‚ 216‚261 are families‚ 362‚163 are individuals‚ and 49‚933 are veterans. That’s 9% of our population who have defended us so we can have the freedom we have now‚ homeless. Being in the military and be a tough thing to go through. You see and experience gruesome things that no human being should have to. You are pushed physically and mentally. In some situations‚ it comes down to your life or theirs. You see battles
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