Checkpoint 3 - Blog - Squad 4

Group Name

-Squad 4

People in our group

-Ethan Van Wyk

-Shikane Stronach

-Sahil Kumar

-Moses velano

Topic

-Homelessness

Websites we used

 

Website Name	Link	Date we accessed site
CentrePoint	https://centrepoint.org.uk/	13/11/2017
Crisis	https://www.crisis.org.uk/	13/11/2017
HomeLess Link	http://www.homeless.org.uk/	13/11/2017
Naming New Zealand	http://www.naming.nz/homeless	13/11/2017
The People’s Project	https://www.thepeoplesproject.org.nz/homelessness	13/11/2017
Joy Junction	http://www.joyjunction.org/issues-facing-people-experiencing-homelessness/	14/11/2017
Homelessness	http://depts.washington.edu/triolive/quest/2007/TTQ07033/solutions.html	14/11/2017

Described the issue that you have chosen

Who is affected?

-More than 150,000 young people ask for help with homelessness every year. Causes of homelessness are family arguments, Relationship arguments, Or being told or kicked out of their home, family violence.

What are the issues?

-The lack of shelter, coupled with food insecurity (not knowing where the next meal is coming from), only makes it more difficult for those experiencing homelessness to get back on their feet.

When and how did this start?

-Decreased because of all the company’s helping these there are in need for a cozy nonviolent house with fresh food and water Increased because all the war and conflict in the world and people being involved in violent ways and treated differently to others and with bills and rates and wages for houses have gone up a lot of people can’t afford it and or have lost their job.

Where is it happening?

-The poverty is common include in Southeast Asia, India , and South America ( Third world Countries).

Why is this happening?

-Because people are having tragic life occurrences like family fights, relationship breakdowns, loss of loved ones, job loss Other stuff like depression, untreated mental illness, traumatic stress, disorders and physical disabilities are a why a large amount of people in the world are homeless.

Then we had to say what we plan to do to help solve this issue

-We want to make a difference in our community by providing homeless people with jobs and a nice place to stay and make a difference in their lives.