© 2014 wheresjenny.com the problems of homelessness

© 2014 wheresjenny.com

The problems of homelessness




Vocabulary

Dwelling: a building or other place to live in

Warming center: is a short term emergency shelter that operates when temperatures or a combination of precipitation, wind chill, wind and temperature become dangerously inclement. Warming centers are frequently directed to the circumstances of persons who are "unsheltered" due to a personal state of homelessness and who, for one reason or another, do not utilize existing homeless shelters.

Impoverished: reduced to poverty.

A vagrant or a vagabond: A vagrant could be described as being "a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging"; vagrancy is the condition of such persons.

Beggars: a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging



English French

Dwelling Hébergement

Warming Center Centre de réchauffement

Impoverished appauvri

vagabond vagabond

Beggars Mendiant



What is homelessness?

Homelessness categorizes the condition of people without a regular dwelling because they are unable to acquire, maintain regular, safe, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

1. „ ON THE STREET“Homeless without any shelter, bus stations.

2. „ SELF-MADE SHELTERS“ empty houses, tunnels, garden houses

- living in small groups (migration)- specific rules- violence



Causes of homelessness

Poverty Foreclosure Unemployment

Disability Broken families Addiction



What can be done?



Things that can be contributed:

ClothesFoodHouse hold goodsComputersCell phonesCash donations to charity groups

Reach Out

Volunteer at a shelter (Salvation Army in Lubbock)Help build shelters/houses (Habitat for Humanity in Lubbock)Volunteer professional services: legal aid, dentistry, medical care, counseling, child care, construction

Educate

Educate yourself and others



Medical Needs of Homeless

Primary CareUrgent/Emergency CareMental Health/CounselingDental CareSubstance Abuse Treatment

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