Homelessness

Poverty leads to orphans and homelessness.
- 150 million children live on the street.
- Action International says that by 2020 there will be 800 million homeless children.
- The UN says that the street children situation is one of the worst crises facing the nations of the world.
- This is a disaster
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.” – Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 25, par. 1
Current Projects working against homelessness: