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1. What I Learned While Being Homeless About twenty years ago I was homeless. I have Asperger's Syndrome which was both a contributing factor to my situation and a barrier to escaping it. During my homeless experience I was badly injured both physically and emotionally. I'd like...
2. An Ode To People Who Help The Homeless In this lens, we will pay tribute to some remarkable people who tirelessly help the people who have no place to call home. As the french say "les sans abris". We obviously can not mention all  the volunteers but we will try to profile...
3. From Your Hand to the Homeless In an often uncaring world it's important that we reach out to each other. You can give to the homeless in an indirect way (and you should) but giving and caring directly gives homeless people something beyond price - human contact and recognitio...
4. Writing From a Homeless Heart My experience living without a home almost twenty years ago changed the course of my life forever. It changed the possibilities open to me and my perceptions of the world both for good and for ill. Being homeless scarred my body and mind in ways that...
5. Nomsa means "Open Hearts" for the homeless Nomsa [pronounced "nohm-suh"] is a Swati word meaning, "Open Heart" We started as a group of friends connecting with broken people. From our website ------- As so many beautiful things in life, Nomsa began with a simple dialogue... friends wonderi...
6. Homeless In America This photo essay is about the homeless in America. Once you've seen these black and white images of homeless people, from the documentary photographer, Tom Stone, you'll never forget them. Look into the eyes of your brothers and sisters in the...
7. Feed the Homeless During the Holidays What's the first thing you think of when you think about the holidays? If you're like most people, you probably think of food! Huge meals are so common at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Have you ever eaten until you were way too stuffed to be co...
8. Some Reasons People Become Homeless Many people feel that homeless people are entirely to blame for their own miserable situation. They believe that under no circumstance could they find themselves homeless because they are better than "those people" who have become homeless...
9. Why Homeless People Don't Use Shelters I spent a lot of my time when I was homeless sleeping "in the rough" which is another way of saying outdoors. I've been asked a lot of times why I didn't just stay in shelters. The two answers most homed people will give as to why h...
10. SECRET FREEGAN: Rescuing Food to Feed Homeless I've gathered over $52,000 worth of food and other stuff during the last 20 months. I've discovered that most grocery stores throw out $600 worth or more of fresh food every day. They will not donate the food to the hungry because of "li...
11. Children Charities: Salaries of the Executives You have often seen the advertisements on television, with photos of childen in dire poverty, requesting you to sponsor a child. The truth is that there are many children around the world that need urgent help and there are many excellent organizatio...
12. Shoes for Africa I saw this story on CNN tonight about this woman who believed she had the power to make things happen. She wanted to make a difference so she started collecting shoes for Africa. The ASHE’ Foundation’s mission is change the lives of milli...
13. What to Buy if You are Homeless This may seem like a strange topic but when homeless people get money it's important they spend it carefully, in ways that will help them survive, get or keep a job, and possibly escape homelessness. When I was homeless almost twenty years ago I...
14. Solutions to the Problem of Homelessness I've seen all sorts of homeless people and all different types of homelessness. Each instance of homelessness is a tragedy that I feel no one should suffer through. I'd like you to think about the problem of homelessness. I'd like you to...
15. The Pajama Program - A Charity for Children Imagine being a child, and every night the bedtime routine is to just get in bed and fall asleep. Not to put on pajamas, not to read a bedtime story, but to just lift a blanket over the clothes they are wearing and sleep. Thousand of children, here i...
16. World Vision | Humanitarian Organization | Ending Poverty | Helping Children | HIV ~ AIDS | Health Care World Vision is a relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.
17. The Eby Way The Eby Way, is a self-help guide to overcoming past dark secrets so we can achieve our goals today. It is available now at Sterlinghousepublisher.com.
18. The Orphan Trains In 1854 the Orphan Trains began carrying orphaned, neglected and homeless children from the streets of New York City to new homes throughout the country. There has been some assertion that this "placing out" of the children of poor Jewish and Catholi...
19. Homeless on Squidoo Homelessness is a serious issue worldwide.  I believe that raising awareness about homelessness and working to help homeless people is an important task.  Many people on Squidoo have taken up this task.  There are many great lenses on S...
20. 500 Hats On Squidoo The downturn in the economy has been rough on everyone. I work in many facets of the retail industry, so I've had a loss of work and income. My husband and I have been keeping the plates spinning for a long time, but as you know, if one plate gets o...