A young social entrepreneur address homelessness creatively. The concept of “Drawing Life” revolves around a series of open air art events and Art Packs that […]
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The Street Store
A pop-up clothing swapping event which was started in Cape Town bridges the existing gap: it makes it easy and safe to donate and maintain […]
Delivering Dignity
The mission of Lava Mae is delivering dignity one shower at a time. The concept is very simple – Lava Mae uses old buses as […]
Global Homeless Day
The 4th of May is a Global Homeless Day. Why do we need such a day? Because the global poverty continues to grow. It affects […]
We Are All Homeless
An artist and professor Willie Baronet has been buying and collecting homeless signs for the purpose of using them in art projects. However it turned […]
Vancouver homeless game iBeg raising awareness and controversy
A Vancouver studio Last Pick Productions is touting its planned new game iBeg as Vancouver marks Homeless Action Week this week. In its blog, the […]
Homeless Singapore Home Today, Gone Tomorrow
In a country publicly defined by wealth and GDP, a good number of people have only the streets to call home. The PropertyGuru’s Cheryl Tay […]
Homelessness kills
Right on the heels of a new law that makes squatting illegal comes a report that homeless people die on average thirty years younger than […]
Study shows high public cost of homelessness
Failing to help the homeless can come with a high cost to the public purse, with many ending up in hospitals for treatment of substance […]
12 homeless Indian workers sleep in Dubai park
Men have been waging 2-month battle to claim dues after winning favourable judgement from labour court The 12 Indian workers, who were stranded after their […]
Company in Prague turns to homeless people to show city’s less-seen side
Prague is a major tourist draw in Europe’s Czech Republic. But, like much of Europe, the city and country have its share of economic problems, […]
Spikes Under Chinese Overpasses To Prevent Sleeping Homeless?
Guangzhou and Shenzhen install cement spikes under overpasses to guard against the homeless Recently, new “landscaping” has appeared under the overpasses in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, […]
Dogs Get Better Treatment, Homeless Boy, Jakarta
I came across this homeless boy curling up in his sleep at the Kota central train station in Jakarta. I got to tell you, this […]
Shelter in a Cart Competition
We were excited when Designboom announced the Shelter in a Cart competition, to “Design a cart that can provide shelter and storage for the urban […]
Homelessness in Japan: Invisible and Tolerated
Japan is a wealthy country with a fairly equal distribution of wealth (relative to countries such as the United States). In other words, Japan has […]