it really does stink if your homeless you don't know where you next mealis comin or if you even get a next meal

I think this project is amazing and would like to participate by sharing a story of someone I know, if I use them under another name do I need thier consent? I do feel very passionate about this subject, itcould happen to any of us!

Homelessness is a problem that we can solve together. We are humans, therefore, humanity is very important amongst us people. Regardless where we live, we can help whoever in the world. I knew a guy who was homeless, he died this winter. He froze to death and nobody gave a damn to help him.
The problem is...when you have a money, you have everything, you lose that money, you are on your own. This guy had a wife, a house, a job. But one day, he lost his job, wife left him, sold his house and he was on the street. He started to collect plastic bottles, which he could sell to local stores and get some cash to buy a decent meal. But then, grocery prices started to grow. If you wanted a decent meal, you had to get at least 60+ plastic bottles.

His family turned their back on him, his friends abandoned him and he was all alone. I tried to help him, by asking around. Church? You need to be a catholic (completely) and you had to give some alms if you wish a help from church. If you are not catholic, you are nobody.
Red Cross? They are either full, or you need to offer some cash to receive a help from them. It's like you are paying people to help you.

Soon enough, his life turned him into a person with no emotions. He started to drink, cause drink is cheaper than a bread. (funny, but true) and he died this winter, without receiving help. Now, then he is dead, his family and friends appear out of nowhere, claiming that he never asked for help.
Situation should have been seen as a cry for help, but nobody gave a damn.
Think about it...this could be you in next 2 months. Who's to say?
Tragically, nobody cares when you are homeless.
I know couple of people who are about to be homeless or they already are homeless, but nobody wants to help them.

That's absolutely accurate. I am on you're side when you say that when the time people land in the streets, they have been forgotten. Because if it weren't true then no one would be on the streets and suffering from hunger and cold nights, that even God can't warm up. By the way that's a really cool title. It's awesome!

I think this a is very interesting story. It makes you think about all those people who you just pass up on the streets. How you think evey body is just out there to hurt you when they just need a favor. Handing them a small sum of money want do the trick. You have to care and keep on caring. Becaue you can't forget about any. Because you can't help them if you forget them. So don't forget the raggdy dressed, nappyhaired homeless preson 'cause you just might end up like that person.

i think this is good. one day when i am old enough i want to open up a home for kids stuck on the streets. a place where they can go to school too. like a boarding school. i think the world needs to change. everyone is equal sometimes we cant help what happens to us. i really support this project and i am very proud of you for starting this. i believe this world can be a brighter and happier place, we just need to start helping each other out. i hope all of those who have participated in this project are able to live out their lives happily and I hope you all live the lives you wish to lead.

xoxoLove always Lily

This topic needs more awareness, well done for starting this:-)

Edit: Nevermind ^-^' misinterpreted the project. *begins to read stories*

Although I've never been homeless, I'll see if I can think of a motivational poem to put up. It has to be so hard, though, to not have a place to go back to, a steady source of food, or a simple education. Times are getting harder, mainly because of the way the world has turned. America. I live in one of--if not the--most wealthiest countires in the world, but thousands of people are suffering. My social studies teacher says it's because of greed and fear, though I'm not quite sure how to interpret that.

I was homeless for some months but never went to the streets.I can imagine how those in the streets feel.I used to move around from one place to another,from friends to friends,but atleast I had my car to live in.Thank God it was never worse on me but sometimes I never ate.

Ernesto,
  Your thoughts are beautifully, written!  It is quite obvious, you are a writer!!  Very impressive!  It was your words which, convinced me to join.  Thank-you, for such, a well-written sentiment!

                                                          Sincerely,
                                                            Senses

I can relate because I know some one that homeless but the difference is he a place to go but they kicked him out because he couldn't keep a job more than 2 weeks. For some reason he was fired from every job he got. And it makes me mad because I see alot of talent in him and he's wasting his life and time with this girl who is a bisexual and she really dont want him;She treats him like he's a little kid and he sits there like a bump on a log. I used to worry about him all the time but why feel remorce for someone who's not tryna make it. :(

I stumbled across this project in my preview screen and I just wanted to say thank you for it. I spent time homeless, hopping from one sofa to the next and finally ending up living at my workplace. Up until June this year, I worked for the national homeless charity here in the UK, a job which gave me great pride in knowing that I was helping others who were going through the same thing that I'd been through. A lot of people assumed that those who lost their homes were addicts, lowlifes and other words too strong to mention here. But it can happen to anyone. If anyone needs it, I'll leave the website and free phone helpline number for the charity:

http://www.shelter.org.uk

Free housing advice line:
0808 800 4444

Once again, thank you to everyone who shared their stories.  It's been amazing to read them. :)

Becoming homless is easy. Most people are home less because they waste all ther money on drugs and beer. Then they can't pay for food, rent, or anything for there children, most people you see down town on the strets are smking drinking and looks like ther have dead. Then there are some that just can't get a job and sit in the streets alone. There are many home less enters but not enough to hold all the home less people. f you think you have a terribl life  for you it sucks think agian alot of peoplehave homes food, even tt's in there bedrooms, and then look at the people o the streets and what they have, maybe some mush twice a day and a dry alley and if there lucky a mat to lay down on. and even some homless people have jobs and they livein a shake and can just pay fr them and there families. Plus they don't wine about anything at all, and right now have he spoiled brats out there are creaming over that they can't go to there friends amazing horse back riding party or that they don't have a channal on there flat scren that is in there bedroom that they want. So if you think about it donating money is helpless but donating clothing and food helps. If you donate money have that money will go o the gouvernment but if you donae food and clothing even bed spreads or mats then what are the gouvernment gona use it for nothing, so if you send that you send something they can actually use. so if you are yelling an screaming for no reasona nd you have evrything remmber all  tose homeless people who have nothing and you can give so much to them.

Good work, but too broad. Homelessness as an internal loneliness and disconnection with the physical world and its infrastructures, maybe yes. A sort of family exclusion and rootlessness in a world that totally ignore and undermine the things you value most, maybe yes.
Otherwise, homelessness is an inevitable urban accident that triggers the social reconstruction of the primordial state of the primitive man, before the invention of tools. Bad as it, it also a good time to reflect on the essence and meaning of material acquisition and the whole idea of capitalist civilization.
If you can see it as a poetic isolation, probably it is the nakedness of the soul that seeks the covering of his maker, sheltered by the cold-blues of the heavens and hugged by its whispering breeze. Welcome to the experience of over 60% of Africans in urban cities, critically deprived of both fundamental infrastructures and ancestral good neighborliness. Homelessness is to live without loved-ones or neighbors.

I was thinking that homeless was a perfect topic and explanation with all due respect, when I think of the word ive aindividuny homelessness I tend to think more about {the pursuit of happiness starring will smith playing the role as Chris Gardner}. I think that movie would be the perfect clique to give any individual the means or the idea of persuasion that you can be do and everything you want to be and do in life if only you are determined ,and running away from home and fighting, stealing, and etc.their minds are going so fast , they chose not to take the time out to think before they act on impulse but would rather  make the mistake and deal with the consequences later.,that is what you call a child that does not want to hear the truth but a child that thinks he or she knows or has all the answers.up and is at ease. I say that because from my own experience if it was me in someone else's shoes there is no telling where I would be today. We all as human beings came from a family that have issues and some with severe problems, some instances where the chid decided I want to be grown and wanting to grow up so fast they don't care about what you maybe telling them that could and would save them from agony, distraught, the street life and etc. Being homeless is very sad and emotional it is also turmoil for those people but heartfelt to us because we don't have to worry about being poor or where our next meal is going to come from or where are we going to lay our head. We have a plan, but the homless are less unfortunate, that's  why I think that their should be homes built all around the world for homeless   people ,a place that they can call home and feel safe in , and not being on the outskirts in the cold,ice,rain,snow conditions.A  place and not some shelter or charitable  organization where the people tends to look down on them for being in the position that they are in. There are so many dislikes and disadvantages where other which our our peers they treat them so unfair , that is kind it hurts them but especially their feelings. Sometime it's better to go to a stranger than your own family because they treat you so much better. from Latrinda  robinson

  Sounds nice, and intresting. Very wide subject, unless you're taking interveiws and accounts in, then it's not that wide. I also like the picture, it gives the feeling and the perspective of being all alone on the street, it makes you wonder what it would feel like.
  If I were to get a book like this, I'd probably read it, either that or take a keen intrest in it. It looks very intresting and educational to read.

Wow, what a powerful project!  Homelessness is a serious crisis that is oftentimes forgotten or ignored.  Many don't realize that this individual was once a child and may have lead a life similar to their own.  Though it is easy to turn a blind eye and view their current state as a self-inflicted destiny, how would you feel if you were on the other end?  Sometimes unjust, uncontrollable circumstances lead us to a sad place and as a society we need to find that necessary compassion to help one another rise above adversity.

Wow, what a powerful project!  Homelessness is a serious crisis that is oftentimes forgotten or ignored.  Many don't realize that this individual was once a child and may have lead a life similar to their own.  Though it is easy to turn a blind eye and view their current state as a self-inflicted destiny, how would you feel if you were on the other end?  Sometimes unjust, uncontrollable circumstances lead us to a sad place and as a society we need to find that necessary compassion to help one another rise above adversity.

i've got the government helping me, a vietnam-era  homeless veteran. there's a song by willie nelson titled, "i've got a wonderful future behind me." i relate to it, having been a locomotive engineer & a counselor for 10 & 20 years respectively. then there's, "freedom's just another word for nothing else to lose." i gain internally as i lose externally. i walk & ride a bicycle. my bad heart & back benefit from the two. i also use public transportation. i've a woman in another country & she's "the wing beneath my wings." i've filed for disability. i walk & talk, & cry, with God. i'm grateful for the little things. used to be a "hopeless dopefiend." now i'm a "dopeless hopefiend." i've many dreams left & they're simple. to have my woman by my side is numero uno ! got medication for my depression now. may not have what i want, but i want what i have. i don't try to think my way into good living any more. i live my way into good thinking.