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
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?