The Homeless

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Church Groups

Homeless

Alcoholics

Drug Addicts

Ex-Prisoners

Our Topics:

Homeless

Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing,

because they can’t afford

or are otherwise unable to mantain

regular, safe, and adequate shelter.

Main Reasons

• Lack of affordable housing• Mental illness, drug abuse• Poverty• Natural Disasters• Unemployment• Forced eviction

Shelter In

• Public Places• Vehicles• Derelict structures• Shantytowns

• Jail or prisons: they commit crimes to have food and shelter

Solutions

• Underground stations open at night (Rome)

• A warm structure in the park (Turin)

• Church open at night (Veneto)

• Fio.PSD (all Italy)• City Angels

…in Italy

Associations…

Alcoholics

They are people who consume

enormus quantities of alcohol

without being able to control themselves

Main Reasons

• Depression• Family problems• Influenced by people who drink a lot

…and the main consequence???…Addiction to alcohol

Associations• Alcoholics Anonymus (international)• Al-Anon and Alateen (international)• Amarcord (international)• Amici Anonimi (Italian)

• …and less known local associations

Drug Addicts

They are people who can’t survive

without the consumption of

narcotic substances

Main Reasons….…similar to the alcoholics ones (depression, familiar problems…)

…Associations:

• CPA• Volontari del Delfino

Ex-PrisonersThere are a lot of people who work as volonteer with ex-prisoners

to help them to get back into society

…How many are they in Italy???

6746 volonteers

…Associations

…AVP

Solutions

…An example in Italy (Tuscany)

• the opportunity to attend university• a period with tutors to help them in the get back• work to build public structures

Church Groups

Caritas

It was created by Paolo VI in 1971

It aims to make people live in families, in communities with a common

sense of solidarity

…What is their purpose?

Made by:• Valentina Casara

• Lucrezia Ciffo

• Alessandra Gorlini

• William Tallarico

• Riccardo Furlanetto

• Luca Recalcati

• Carola Potecchi

• Cinzia Torraco