HOMELESS PEOPLE?

Homelessness is the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure and adequate housing, or lack “fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence”

An estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless in 2005. In western countries, the large majority of homeless are men (75–80%), with single males particularly overrepresented.

Most countries provide a variety of services to assist homeless people. They often provide food, shelter and clothing and may be organized and run by community organizations (often with the help of volunteers) or by government departments. These programs may be supported by government, charities, churches and individual donors. Many cities also have street newspapers, which are publications designed to provide employment opportunity to homeless people. While some homeless have jobs, some must seek other methods to make a living. Begging or panhandling is one option, but is becoming increasingly illegal in many cities.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness

http://forcechange.com/62216/condemn-arizona-national-guard-for-torturing-homeless-people/

Written by:

Geanella Villamar

What causes homelessness?

Many people view homelessness as the result of personal failings, and consider that if the economy is going well, there is no excuse for not getting on.

But this belief is belied by the facts, which show that homelessness is caused by a complex interplay between a person's individual circumstances and adverse 'structural' factors outside their direct control.

These problems can build up over years until the final crisis moment when a person becomes homeless.

Structural causes of homelessness are social and economic in nature, and are often outside the control of the individual or family concerned.

• Unemployment
•  Poverty
•  A  lack of affordable housing
•  Housing policies
• The structure and administration of housing benefit
• Wider policy developments, such as the closure of long-stay psychiatric hospitals

 Source images: 
ljkim, (2010).City fellowship union square NYC . Recovered may 28, 2015. What causes things like homelessness: http://www.cityfellowship.com/2010/12/

Written by: 

Cristhian Zambrano

Runaways and throwaways, have a solution?

The humans have a lot of problems in their life; one of these situations is the problem that the society has in our diary life.

Runaways and throwaways people live one of biggest problems that the society has, because this biggest things have much influence in the development of the futures and actuality generations, for example in this world we can see in any site, cases of runaways and throwaways, this situations occur more in the teenagers; because theirs are like a sponge and they absorb with more facility the bad and goods things.

The differences that exist between this those situations are very simple, but are very important which we know the principal things that difference these troubles.

The Runaway people runaway take de power for be in the home, or for go far far far away.The Throwaway people don’t have the power for this, the parents kicks out of the home.

In the situations of throwaways we have a high percentage for the girls; 58 % of the girls that are throwaways have between 15 – 17 years old.

For this situations of the life exist the organization like of “The Children’s Society” this organization help to the children that are homeless. Exist more organizations with the aim of put down those situations. 

The consequences of this are much, but the principals are the drugs, the stole, and the prostitution. We have more than this consequences but this are the common. 

Sourse:
Fabra, María. (2014). El blog hablando e infancia y adolecencia. recovered 11, may 2015. Quien protege a los niños cuando son victimas: http://gsia.blogspot.com/2014/03/quien-protege-los-ninos-cuando-son.html

Labrin, Sebastian. (2011). La tercera. Recovered 11, may 2015. Ley penará con hasta tres ños de cárcel a quienes usen menores para pedir dinero:http://diario.latercera.com/2011/11/07/01/contenido/pais/31-89607-9-ley-penara-con-hasta-tres-anos-de-carcel-a-quienes-usen-menores-para-pedir.shtml


Written by:

Valeska Briones (2015)

Why They Run?

Perspectives from America’s  Youth in Shelters and on the Street

“One in five youth run away before reaching age 18, and half run away two or more times.”

Pergamit, Michael R. “On the Lifetime Prevalence of Running Away from Home,” Urban Institute Research Brief

This is a staggering statistic. Imagine your son or daughter, niece or nephew in a classroom full of children. Is the child you love among the 20 percent who will someday run? If not yours, then whose?

Understanding what leads youth to the decision to run is critical to understanding how to provide the necessary services – services that ultimately curtail multiple episodes and prevent at-risk youth from running in the first place.

To get to that point requires a clearer understanding of who is running and why. Of the youth interviewed in Chicago and Los Angeles, both in shelters and on the street, this is what was discovered:

Runaway or throwaway?

 Thirty percent of the youth explicitly described what happened as running away.

 Nearly half (48 percent) said they were thrown out of their homes.

 Twenty-two percent described the situation as both, some combination of running away and

being thrown out. 

Sourse:

Picture 1: theguardian. (2012). Theguardian. recovered may 11, 2015. A charter to protect children who run away from home: http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2012/jul/11/charter-protect-children-run-away

written by:

María José Gomez

RUNAWAYS VS THROWAWAYS

Nowdays in the majority of the society many people (specifically teenagers) have problems with your families or society, but sometimes the situation of this is very difference, for example if you want to get out of your home, your a fugitive or a RUNAWAY; but if you forced to leave your house, you aren't a fugitive, your a forlorn or a THROWAWAY.

Actually runaways is higher than throwaways, for this reason we can foretell than in the 2030 that a quarter of the world will be runaways

Sourse:
Laws, John. (2013). Jonah in the heart of the Nineveh. Recovered may 11, 2015. Stopping the Foster Care to Child Trafficking Pipeline: http://jonahintheheartofnineveh.blogspot.com/2013/10/stopping-foster-care-to-child.html#sthash.ojHFtZ9c.dpuf

Written by:

Cristhian Zambrano

The reasons that children leave home

Runaways

At times there are so many children and adolescents who wish to leave the house because they feel alone by their parents, they may be working but children think and why they think that their parents are not home and decide to leave, the reason is simple that they do not feel love from his parents like other parents.

In addition the parents don´t want that their child’s leave home and that promote several troubles in the house and some times that can be others reasons that the kids want go out. The parents feel as mention this author:

(Lehman)“It’s every parent’s worst nightmare—you go to check on your child in the middle of the night, and she’s not there. Your heart starts pounding and you fly into panic mode, calling her friends, your relatives, and the police."

Thrownaways

The parents are forced to kick out their child’s because many people need to survive in the street.

Children who are thrown out of their homes are because of the economic situation they have in their parents. Some children living on the streets looking for work to support his family.

Sourse:

Lehman, J. (s.f.). empowering parents. Recovered may 11, 2015, de Running Away Part I: Why Kids Do It and How to Stop Them: http://www.empoweringparents.com/Runaway-Teens-Why-They-Do-It-and-How-to-Stop-Them.php

Pictures Sourse:
1. Bulnes, Monica. (2012). Preguntale a mónica. recovered may 11, 2015. Guiando a los hijos a la independencia: http://www.preguntaleamonica.com/567-guiando-a-los-hijos-hacia-la-independencia.html
2. Avison, Lee. Fineartamerica. Recovered may 11, 2015. Leaving home: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/leaving-home-lee-avison.html
3. Nava, Anjo. (2013). Crónicas del mejor amigo. recovered may 11, 2015. Del odio al amor tambien hay un paso: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/cr%C3%B3nicas-mejor-amigo/del-amor-al-odio-tambien-hay-un-paso-120345942.html

Written by:

Tivanna Ronquillo 

FAR FROM HOME

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t is very difficult to know that several young people can not live in a peaceful environment where they can live with his family, this is due to several factors: whether Runaways or Throwaways.

such situations can be avoided in an effective way , for example , parents can make family planning.

In Ecuador, there are approximately 4 million Ecuadorians children, 12% of those homeless and the number is growing increasingly. 

Sourse: 
Picture 1: Araus, Manuel.. (2011). Educacion para la solidaridad. recovered 11, may 2015. Matanza de los inocentes: http://educacionysolidaridad.blogspot.com/2011/09/matanza-de-los-inocentes.html

Written by:

Geanella Villamar