Homeless people in the
world: what are the reasons and ways of its solving
Today, the
problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one, and, unfortunately, is
widespread all over the world. The reasons can be quite different: it can be a high
rent for the habitation, low salary, mental disability, the loss of all the
members of the family etc. When people are in such a difficult situation, they
need to live further somehow and they have no other way out than to live in a
small carton and beg for some money. The governments of different countries
started different social programs to deracinate the problem; however, there are
no positive results yet. As for me, the problem of homelessness has become more
pressing and the number of homeless people is still increasing. What should we
do? Are there some ways of solving, and, if so, what are they, then?
Different researches, dealt with the causes of homelessness, gathered
the personal information about people who have to live in the street. Though,
analyzing that information, it is clear, that mostly, people lived in the poor
districts, where there was a high percentage of unemployment, family violation,
low education, drug abuse etc. All these factors can be taken into account as
the primary ones. So, judging by this information we can say clearly, that a
possible way of solution is to stop the process of becoming homeless at the
very beginning of it. The government should primarily pay attention to such
districts – it should organize the work of the social programs in the way, so
that they can help people, who are on the verge of homelessness. What do I
mean? First of all, there should be some social services, which should
determine the financial and moral state of different families in the districts
with a high percentage of risk of homelessness. Social workers should be close
to such families, they can help them to solve some psychological problems
connected with the child's education or with different kinds of parents’ abuse.
Special attention should be paid on the part of the neighbors, police,
spiritual leaders and the landlords, as such vulnerable families are seen
better by those, who are in the nearest position to them.
Theoretically, it sounds great, but, unfortunately, people nowadays have
lost their humanity qualities, they are interested only in their proper
wellness and prosperity and they don’t care about the problems other people may
face. This is not a good state of things, we forget about mutual help,
compassion – we are led by the desire of great amount of money, and the
problems of the others are of no matter for us. That is why such social
programs of mutual help bring no result at all. There is a reverse of the coin
– if there are people, who would like to help the others to solve at least their
psychological problems, there is a possibility that families with such problems
can just skip this help. It is natural, that when people are in a tight
situation, they are not enthusiastic about discussing their problems with the
others. The other way round – they become angry, aggressive, as if everyone who
surrounds them is guilty of their poverty. Of course, when people become
homeless, this is a real shock for them, especially when it happens
unexpectedly (such variants can also happen, when there is an accident, in
which almost all the members of the family die or people can just go to pieces
and become bankrupt). They are morally, spiritually and even psychologically
destroyed and we should understand it.
Supporting housing has become rather widespread nowadays. They provide
different services connected with mental and physical health and employment. In
this way, they help families, who are on the edge of homelessness, when they
still have the houses, and the work of this supporting housing is coordinated in
the way to support the families and help them to find a job before they lose
everything they have.
However, there is another problem, connected with homelessness – how to
understand, whether a person really needs your help. Unfortunately, some people
managed to create their business, based on charity for homeless people. The
procedure is simple: a person begs for money in a specific place, and this is
only his place, and at the end of the day, a part of the money is given to a
chief. In case, when people, who are really in need, decide to occupy the same
place, he won’t have a success. It is sad even to think about those people, who
have built their business on the grief of the others. Who are those people, who
can freely use people’s despair for their own benefits? The problem is
extremely pressing and this one should be solved on the level of the
government. Special services should deal with these “businessmen” and punish
them according to the legislation in power.
Coming to a
conclusion, I want to say, that we should pay more attention to people, who are
around us, no one knows whether he can be in the same situation or not, no one
has the guarantees that he will live in the prosperity the whole life. That is
why, we should help each other, we should remember that we are the people and
such qualities as compassion and loyalty shouldn’t die in our souls.