�Art4TheHomelessWebzine

August 15, 2012

AwarenessS. Divya

Jonathan BrooksDoing It Homeless

David PinzonAlan Higgans

Cayenne’s KitchenCreative Noise

Kelly’s TeaThe Homeless Pages

The Homeless Pages InternationalMishka

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Art4TheHomeless Founder,Johnna Crider received her titleof Dame/Knight in the ImperialChivalric Order of Kings of theImperial Sovereign House ofKings by Czar Darius Adrik Sal-vo I in 2009 right around thetime the legal filings for incorpo-ration of Art4Thehomeless be-gan.

Czar Darius gave Dame Johnnaher title because of her passionfor doing something for thehomeless. The title has grantedJohnna a huge outreach onlineand she has dedicated the useof the title for homeless aware-ness and Art4TheHomeless.

On August 13, 2012 PrinceHans Maximas Cabrera Lochab-er Rurikovich of the ImperialHouse of Rurikovich and theInternational Council GrandMaster of the Imperial Order ofTruth honored Art4TH FounderJohnna Crider with the statusand dignity of Dame of Honor.

As with the previous title ofDame, Dame Johnna will useher titles to further the promo-tion of homeless awareness inthe USA.

Art4TheHomeless is also gear-ing up for our event at the Mas-querade this coming Monday,August 20th, and a special edi-tion of the Art4TH Zine will bepublished the next day and willannounce the names of thewinners from the raffle drawingthat will benefit bothArt4TheHomeless and Cove-nant House of GA.

The special edition Art4TH Zinewill be a copy of the August15th Art4TH Zine with the ex-ception of the news change.

Also, The Homeless Pages hasa new section: The Internation-al Homeless Pages with linksin resources from around theworld. Curretnly, we have Vien-na and some part of the UKwhich, we hope, will continuallyto grow.w

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The Randy Sams' OutreachShelter, Inc., a 501 c(3) organi-zation, was developed as aproduct of a labor of love. Ran-dy Sams was a local teenagerwho volunteered at the localOutreach Kitchen. In May1993, Randy was tragicallykilled. In honor of their son,Randy's parents donated landand seed money to establish ashelter that would serve theGreater Texarkana community,hungry, poor, and homeless.The RSOS opened on January6, 1996, and now averagesbetween 70 and 75 guests pernight. To date, the RSOS hastransitioned over 600 clients topermanent housing from theRSOS and over 10,000 com-munity clients have receivedutility assistance, rental assis-tance and food baskets.

Our mission for the homelessis to meet the immediateneeds of safe temporary lodg-ing and food for the poor andhomeless who come into ourmidst until their return to self-sustained community life.

Our vision is to provide thetools needed to restore asmany of our clients as possibleto self-sustaining, productivemembers of society. To accom-plish our mission, it is our intentto work cooperatively with otherlocal agencies to provide shel-ter, food, medical assistance,addiction counseling, employ-ment counseling and training,and family, parenting, and lifeskills training.

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During my graduation period in painting, I always had more inclina-tion towards drawing rather than painting. My works were usuallyfigurative as I enjoyed anatomical drawings. Gradually I began toindividualize elements of Human Anatomy in my works.Regarding my Master’s in Printmaking, I excluded the figures andconcentrated mainly on use of Hands in my works. By using differ-ent hand gestures, I have tried to depict certain occurrences, whichhave influenced me in my life. The conceptualization of my work isderived mainly from incidents, beliefs, situations, traditions, rituals,superstitions etc.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admitthe changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.[Maya Angelou]

As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe forthose who cannot. Believe even if you have stoppedbelieving. Believe for the sake of the dead, for love, tokeep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, neverdespair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusionthat mystery cannot be yours.[Mark Helprin]

If you let people break your spirit and detour you fromyour path, then you have not been true to yourself orthose you're here to touch, those who believe in you.[Allison DuBois]

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Jonathan Brooks is an award winning photographer, whose work has been ex-hibited in Art Basel Miami, New York City, and the United Kingdom.His studies in graphic design and architecture, and extensive backgrounds inthe fashion industry and music industry have helped to influence his work.The story and images detailing the renovation of his condo appeared nationallyin the Fall 2000 issue of Venus magazine.He has numerous photography exhibitions to his credit and is currently workingon his next.

The concept is simple; to create a Blog for homelessindividuals worldwide. Starting June 6th 2011, 1 Blog willbe created for a homeless individual upon request forfree.The task is simple; after speaking with a homeless personand learning what domain (mywebsitename.com) theywould prefer, one will be purchased for them for $10.Then a Blog will be installed and hosted on a securedweb hosting server provided by Inspired Design &Development, at the cost of $5 as a setup fee. Afterinstallation and setup of both the domain and hosting, thehomeless person will choose from a selection of freeWordPress themes to be used as their Blog.Finally, they will be shown how easy it is to control andupdate their very own Blog by themselves.

The reason is simple; having a Blog opens a world ofpossibilities – literally. Nowadays, our lives and our worldis online. Giving a homeless individual a Blog enablesthem to improve, progress and change their lives. A Bloggives them a global voice to not only state to the world “IAM VISIBLE”, but also the therapeutic practice of ventingtheir frustrations, networking with others locally andabroad, learning from and teaching others how to survive,and telling their raw stories to the world. Their Blog will bethe place to host their resume, create and communicatewith friends and family, showcase their passions whetherit’s writing, drawing, handmade creations or even developa barter network where they can trade items they find onthe streets.#NoBoxBlogs Project doesn’t only deliver a Blog to ahomeless individual, but also office-like software (such asdocuments, spreadsheets and presentation softwareprovided by Google Apps) behind the scenes in whichonly they can access. They can keep track of theircontacts, brainstorming ideas, and other resourcefulnotes to help them improve and progress their currentsituation. Most importantly, they will also be provided anEmail account such as myname@mywebsitename.comwhere potential employers, clients, friends and family cancommunicate via Email. Their Blog will have a Contactpage allowing anyone to Email them at anytime. And ifthey have a bank account, they have the option of addinga Donate button provided by PayPal, where anyone inthe world can donate money to them and help them getback on their feet.How can a homeless person get online to use their Blogor Email? Anyone can get online from almost anywhereat almost anytime. If a homeless person does not have alaptop or phone capable of getting online, they can takeadvantage of computer rooms provided by public librariesor colleges/universities. Thankfully, even some shelters,non-profits and coffee shops have computers accessiblefree of charge. If a homeless person does have a laptopor phone capable of getting online, they can use WiFiservices made available for free at numerous locationssuch as McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-foodrestaurants; coffee shops such as Starbucks and Peet’sCoffee & Tea, public libraries, FedEx Office locations,Panera Bread Bakery, or befriend a local resident anduse their public WiFi connection. This is only a smallexample!If a homeless person who wishes to have their own Blog,is unable to get online often enough to post their thoughts,w

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sideas, resume, articles etc. I will accept letters deliveredto my business address below. All they need to do isgive their name, the name of their domain, article titleand write anything they wish as if they were the onetyping it up. I will copy it word for word onto their veryown Blog.Please send letters to:Inspired Design & Developmentc/o #NoBoxBlogs ProjectPO Box 322Hollywood, CA 90028Who will head the #NoBoxBlogs Project?Allow me to introduce myself – my name is Mooch, and Iam the Founder & Lead Developer of Inspired Design &Development; an international Website & Brandingcompany. For nearly 15 years, I’ve been headingprojects such as designing and developing websites,custom graphic design work such as logos and printmedia for small businesses, non-profits, authors, sportsteams and more. I also give free lifetime support to allclients no matter their project because I appreciate themallowing me to turn my passion into my profession.Without my clients, I would not own a business, and Iwould not be capable of heading the #NoBoxBlogsProject.I am also homeless – since September 1st, 2010, I havebeen living in my car in southern California. I never hada Blog until 3 weeks after living in my car. I started it upto keep track of my progress as I aimed to better my lifeby saving as much money as possible, while continue tobuild my business from the ground up – literally. Before‘Doing It Homeless’ I had a small handful of clients;today I have 70+ in 5 countries on 3 continents. So Ican personally testify how much having a Blog canbenefit a homeless person.Since I started ‘Doing It Homeless’ I have befriendedthousands of people around the world via my Blog,Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (just searchdoingithomeless). I have learned what homelessnessreally looks like, and how a lot of people are eithertemporarily homeless due to the economy, or are downon their luck due to family or medical issues. Givingthem a Blog gives them an outlet unlike any other. Themost popular Blog post I have ever written with 1000s ofviews on my personal Blog, is 'Homelessness + InternetAccess = Change!' I wonder why?I plan on using my own money throughout the entire#NoBoxBlogs Project, but if you agree this simpleconcept can profoundly change real people’s lives, Iencourage you to help support the project in anywayyou can. Whether it’s sharing this article to your friends,family, co-workers or someone you think can help makea difference, or even donating as little as $1 via theSupport The Project page at NoBoxBlogs.com. I am nota non-profit, so I cannot offer you a tax write-off. I amsimply offering you the chance to help a simple guycarry-out a simple idea to homeless people worldwide inhopes to better their lives.

If you’d like to see a real example of how this will affecta homeless person, please visit my friend’s new Blog at http://HEAE.biz.

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Atlanta photographer, Alan Higgins of Lithium Dreams Photography, is the artist behindThe Lost Girls. What he does is photographs girls who have been and still are homelessand needs help. His aim is to get awareness. This is a situation that a lot of communitieslike to sweep under the carpet, deny that their city has an issue, when everyday thereare homeless shelters full, people living in the woods, along rivers and in abandon build-ings.

Alan specifically focuses on homeless girls, mostly teen or girls in their twenties, someare runaways that have found themselves in situations they never dreamed of, makingdecisions that they never thought they would have make, getting caught up in drugabuse or prostitution. Some are searching for their own identity, some came from abu-sive homes, maybe they got pregnant and do not want to face their parents.

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The poetry is about various aspects of her life in London and herlife also as a homeless advocate. A love story that is composed ofdiary entries from the crazier depths where life has led her to andpoetry, though sometimes dark and sometimes, in her words, “justbonkers” It’s a journey back and forth through tough times.

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Mishka is a singer, a songwriter, a live performingartist and a recording artist who has been on variouslabels over the years and has recorded four studioalbums to date and even topped the Billboard Reg-gae Charts at number 1 in 2009.

Right now Mishka is making a fresh start. For the firsttime since he has started recording music(1998),Mishka is going to record an independent album.

Mishka has invited all of his friends, fans, and sup-porters to take park in his dream of making a 5th al-bum and has set up a Kickstarter Campaign which asof right now (the time this article was written) hasover $21K and 61 backers.

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INOCENTE is an intensely personal and vibrant coming ofage feature documentary about a young artist’s fierce de-termination to never surrender to the bleakness of her sur-roundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream ofbecoming an artist be caged by her life as an undocument-ed immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nineyears.INOCENTE is both a timeless story about the transforma-tive power of art and a timely snapshot of the new face ofhomelessness in America, children. Neither sentimentalnor sensational, INOCENTE will immerse you in the veryreal, day-to-day existence of a young girl who is battling awar that we rarely see. The challenges are staggering, butthe hope in Inocente’s story proves that the hand she hasbeen dealt does not define her, her dreams do.

To watch the trailer go to: https://vimeo.com/45076136

I was going to write about EarlGrey this time, but somethingelse seemed more important,and perhaps more useful. Andthat something is: secondsteepings.

What, you ask, is a secondsteeping? It's reusing the sametea leaves more than once.Second steepings may evenlead to third steepings; there arekinds of tea that lend themselvesto repeated infusion. Why dothis? Well, obviously it savesmoney, but there are otherreasons as well, as we shall see.

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If you're not going to make yoursecond pot or cup of tea rightaway, it's not a bad idea torefrigerate the leaves. Tea hasa lot of natural resistance togerms and bugs, but it's notinfinite, and your tea will besafer in the fridge. It'll also besafe from getting knocked offthe counter

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The Homeless Pages is a section in theArt4TH Zine that is dedicated to not onlyhelping homeless relief organizationsgain exposure but also helping anyonewho is homeless get to the right resourc-es they need. This section will be growingissue by issue. International Homelesslinks will be at the end of this section

The HomelessPages

Covenant House is an international home-less relief organization dedicated to rescu-ing children off the streets. They haveseveral shelters in the US, Canada, Mexi-co and Guatamela. If you are in dire needof assistant, you can call the Nine Line1(800) 999-9999www.covenanthouse.org

United Way is a national homelessrelief organization that has manychapters in almost all the cities of theUS. In fact, many have a 211 home-less hotline. Atlanta is one of the cit-ies that has it and you can find outabout the rest through their website:www.unitedway.org

The National Coali-tion for the Home-less is a nationalnetwork of peoplewho are currentlyexperiencing orwho have experi-enced homeless-ness, activists andadvocates, commu-nity-based andfaith-based service

providers, and others committed to a sin-gle mission: To prevent and end homeless-ness while ensuring the immediate needsof those experiencing homelessness aremet and their civil rights protected

http://www.nationalhomeless.org

The Substance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration's (SAMHSA)Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) isan interactive learning community dedicat-ed to disseminating knowledge and bestpractices to prevent and end homeless-ness. It includes providers, consumers,policymakers, researchers, and publicagencies at Federal, State, and local lev-els.

http://homeless.samhsa.gov

The International Homeless Forum is justthat: a forum for anyone homeless, any-where in the world. It’s based out of Aus-tralia and had detailed forum groups bycountry, aid for each country and a gener-al welcome group.

http://www.homelessforums.org

The Homeless Network is a Face-book page open to anyone who ishomeless, anyone working in home-less relief to come and connect.

Fhttp://www.facebook.com/thehomelessnetwork

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on Family Homelessness (The National Center)was started through an unusual partnership. In1987, David Jordan, then editor-in-chief of BetterHomes and Gardens magazine, met in Bostonwith Ellen L. Bassuk, M.D., Associate Professorof Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Bothwere concerned about the growing number ofhomeless families in America, and wanted to dosomething. Dr. Bassuk had conducted ground-breaking research in the mid-1980s documentingthe devastating effect of homelessness on moth-ers and children. Mr. Jordan believed that BetterHomes and Gardens, which reaches 36 millionAmerican adults each month, had the power toeducate the public about this emerging tragedy.In 1988, Dr. Bassuk and Mr. Jordan joined forcesto start "The Better Homes Fund," what wouldeventually be called The National Center on Fami-ly Homelessness, which was established as a501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization and non-en-dowed public charity.

http://www.familyhomelessness.org

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is aleading voice on the issue of homelessness. TheAlliance analyzes policy and develops pragmatic,cost-effective policy solutions. The Alliance workscollaboratively with the public, private, and non-profit sectors to build state and local capacity,leading to stronger programs and policies thathelp communities achieve their goal of endinghomelessness. We provide data and research topolicymakers and elected officials in order to in-form policy debates and educate the public andopinion leader nationwide.

http://www.endhomelessness.org

The National HealthCare for the Home-less (HCH) Councilis a home for thosewho work to improvethe health of home-less people and whoseek housing, health

care, and adequate incomes for everyone.In the National HCH Council, agenciesand individuals, clinicians and advocates,homeless people and housed peoplecome together for mutual support andlearning opportunities, and to advance thecause of human rights.

http://www.nhchc.org

The National Policy and Advocacy Council onHomelessness (NPACH) is a national grassrootsorganization whose primary concern is to ensurethat national homelessness policy accurately re-flects the needs of local communities. They dothis in many ways and you can learn more aboutit at www.npach.orgThe mission of the Law Cen-ter is to prevent and end homelessness by serv-ing as the legal arm of the nationwide movementto end homelessness. T The Law Center address-es the causes of homelessness, not just its symp-toms.http://www.nlchp.org

The mission of the United States Inter-agency Council on Homelessness(USICH) is to coordinate the federal re-sponse to homelessness and to create anational partnership at every level of gov-ernment and with the private sector to re-duce and end homelessness in the nationwhile maximizing the effectiveness of theFederal Government in contributing to theend of homelessness.

http://www.usich.gov

The National Coalition for Homeless Veter-ans (NCHV) — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit orga-nization governed by a 17-member boardof directors — is the resource and techni-cal assistance center for a national net-work of community-based serviceproviders and local, state and federalagencies that provide emergency and sup-portive housing, food, health services, jobtraining and placement assistance, legalaid and case management support for hun-dreds of thousands of homeless veteranseach year.

http://nchv.org

The National Center for Homeless Edu-cation (NCHE) provides research, re-sources, and information enablingcommunities to address the education-

al needs of children experiencing homelessness.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, theCenter serves as a clearinghouse of informationfor people seeking to remove or overcome educa-tional barriers and to improve educational oppor-tunities and outcomes for children and youthexperiencing homelessness. The Center also sup-ports educators and service providers throughproducing training and awareness materials andproviding training at regional and national confer-ences and events.

http://center.serve.org/nche/index.php

The National Association for the Educationof Homeless Children and Youth (NAEH-CY) is a national grassroots membershipassociation, connects educators, parents,advocates, researchers, and service pro-viders to ensure school enrollment andattendance and overall success for chil-dren and youth whose lives have beendisrupted by the lack of safe, permanent,and adequate housing. NAEHCY achievesthese goals through advocacy, partner-ships, and education

http://www.naehcy.org/

Travelers Aid Internationalmembers serve communi-ties in the United States,Puerto Rico, Canada andAustralia. Each member

organization is adapted to serve needs specific tothat community. Travelers Aid’s network of pro-grams extends "A Helping Hand Along the Way"to travelers in need of assistance. Our volunteersand staff are there to help travelers in distress orjust provide friendly customer service amid thehustle of airports and train stations.

Our members are a diverse group of human ser-vice nonprofit organizations and a network of keytransportation centers. While each member agen-cy shares the core service of helping strandedtravelers, many Travelers Aid agencies provideshelter for the homeless, transitional housing, jobtraining, counseling, local transportation assis-tance and other programs to help people whoencounter crises as they journey through life.

http://www.travelersaid.org

A nonprofit corporationheadquartered in Washing-ton, D.C., the Housing As-sistance Council (HAC) hasbeen helping local organiza-tions build affordable homesin rural America since 1971.HAC emphasizes local solu-tions, empowerment of the

poor, reduced dependence, and self-help strate-gies. HAC assists in the development of both sin-gle- and multi-family homes and promoteshomeownership for working low-income rural fam-ilies through a self-help, "sweat equity" construc-tion method. The Housing Assistance Counciloffers services to public, nonprofit, and privateorganizations throughout the rural United States.HAC also maintains a special focus on high-needgroups and regions: Indian country, the Mississip-pi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest border colo-nias, and Appalachia.

http://www.ruralhome.org

We are a supportcommunity helpingus all learn aboutthe issues of home-lessness and pover-ty in a safe, friendlyenvironment, provid-

ing encouragement and resources to each othervia social media. Open and honest communica-tion is at the core value of what we stand for soplease feel free to be yourself at times. Pleaseremember social media is a conversation, sojump right in and introduce yourself on the wall sowe can get to know you. We only ask that al-though homelessness and poverty can be a chal-lenging conversation that everyone do their bestto stay positive and respect everyone. Andplease, go on and have some fun.

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The concept that grewinto Habitat for Human-ity International wasborn at Koinonia Farm,a small, interracial,

Christian community outside of Americus, Geor-gia. Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 by farm-er and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan.

The Fullers first visited Koinonia in 1965. Theyhad recently left a successful business and anaffluent lifestyle in Montgomery, Alabama to be-gin a new life of Christian service.

At Koinonia, Jordan and Fuller developed theconcept of "partnership housing." The conceptcentered on those in need of adequate shelterworking side by side with volunteers to build sim-ple, decent houses.

Invisible People TV is a vlog thatintroduces the homeless as peo-ple and not a stereotype. Accord-ing the the founder : “I once hearda story about a homeless man onHollywood Blvd who really thoughthe was invisible. But one day akid handed the man a Christianpamphlet. The homeless guy was

shocked and amazed, “what! You can see me? Howcan you see me? I’m invisible!”For years I’ve used the lens of a television camera totell the stories of homelessness and the organizationstrying to help. That was part of my job. The reportswere produced well and told a story, but the storiesyou see on this site are much different. These are thereal people, telling their own, very real stories…unedited, uncensored and raw.

The purpose of this vlog is to make the invisible visible.I hope these people and their stories connect with youand don’t let go. I hope their conversations with mewill start a conversation in your circle of friends.”

http://invisiblepeople.tv

The Do Foundationholds the essential beliefthat ALL PEOPLE, nomatter their walk in life,are entitled to dignity,respect and the opportu-nity to realize or regain alife of self-sufficiencythrough community in-

volvement and assistance as opposed to living in anunsheltered state of homelessness.

The Mission of the DO Foundation is to connect di-rectly with the homeless for a personal account oftheir immediate needs and to generate communitysupport in conjunction with implementing cost-effec-tive programs to aid and assist them with meetingthese needs. Homelessness is indiscriminate. Andlikewise, the DO Foundation will remain open to theneeds of those who are homeless whether their stateof homelessness is to due to financial hardship, men-tal health related issues, addiction, flight from abusivecircumstances, or lack of support as is often the casewith Veterans and former inmates transitioning backinto the community.

http://www.dofoundation.net/

Joy Junction is a place of refuge to those whohave been forced into the streets of New Mexico.We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organiza-tion dedicated to helping homeless men, women,children, and families in Albuquerque by provid-ing food, clothing, shelter, and safety. Our faith-based church ministry that serves as many as200,000 individuals including as many as 60 to80 children, every day. Each year we are able toserve over 100,000 meals thanks to the generouscontributions of citizens and businesses through-out the city—we could not have such a positiveimpact on our community without you!

http://www.joyjunction.org/

Corporate Code is a non-profitorganization designed to ex-pand participation and leader-ship among disenfranchised

and disengaged men in order to build self-sufficiency and economic independenceby providing interview-appropriate clothingand career counseling.

Our mission is to help build self-sufficiencyand economic independence by providing,the look, the self-esteem and the confi-dence needed for our clients to becomepositive members of our society.

http://www.corporatecodeatl.org

Springwire connects peo-ple in crisis with the so-cial services and support

networks that surround them – expanding a com-munity’s capacity to care. By providing free ac-cess to tailored communication tools, Springwirerestores a sense of hope and dignity, enablingpeople in transition to stabilize their lives and getaccess to the help they need to move out of crisis.

Springwire began as Community Voice Mail inSeattle in 1991. Driven by the challenge of con-necting homeless, phoneless workers with jobopportunities, the organization’s founders cameup with a simple idea: Give people a phone num-ber that stays constant, even if they can’t. Thesuccess of the program spread, along with theidea of using technology to alleviate poverty. To-day Springwire serves more than 50,000 peoplein 400 cities nationwide.

http://www.cvm.org

The Homeless Resource Network, formerlyknown as Metropolitan Columbus Task Force forthe Homeless, Inc. has, since 1987, served theMetropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of Columbus,Georgia and Russell County, Alabama, in the co-ordination of services and information for thehomeless population. The Network began as acoalition of interested individuals who chargedthemselves with the task of addressing homeless-ness on a community level. In 1995, with assis-tance from the City of Columbus and the GeorgiaCoalition to End Homelessness, the Network forthe first time established an office and hired staff.The Network continues to address homelessnessas a non profit 501(c)(3) organization in partner-ship with service providers, concerned citizensand people experiencing homelessness.

http://homelessresourcenetwork.org

The HUV Project is aneffort to provide tempo-rary housing to homelessindividuals for crisis disas-ter relief. The HUV Proj-ect will produce anddistribute shelter units tohomeless individuals withthe cooperation and sup-

port of other non-profit organizations whose aimis to provide housing, safety, and support servic-es.

The HUV is a temporary personal shelter con-structed as a mobile vehicle to be used by thehomeless. The vehicle is intended for individualswho have been victimized by both natural disas-ter and political conflict, resulting in insufficienthousing. The HUV is not a cure for homelessnessbut rather a transitional means of housing.

http://www.thehuvproject.org/

Home Free is a non-profit initiative to eradi-cate homelessness inurban environmentsthrough the provisionof free wireless internet,social networking andresource allotment. Wetake donated bread

trucks which have come off route and add donat-ed computers and hardware to create mobile wire-less access hubs for homeless individuals toutilize for finding family, jobs, resources and waysoff the street. The goal is simple: Provide a re-source for the homeless which will allow them tofind ways off the street. Of course there are manywho prefer the streets to a 9-5 and home life, butfor those who are stuck and cannot find thereway, Home Free will provide the tools to try.

http://homefree.ning.com/

The mission of StandUp ForKids is ending the cycle ofyouth homelessness.

We do this, every day, in citiesacross America. We carry outour mission through our volun-teers who go to the streets in

order to find, stabilize and otherwise help home-less and street kids improve their lives.

StandUp For Kids is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit or-ganization founded in 1990 to help rescue home-less and at-risk youth. With national headquartersin Atlanta, Georgia StandUp For Kids is run al-most entirely by volunteers, and has programs ina number of states.

http://standupforkids.org

The purpose of World Homeless Day is to drawattention to homeless people’s needs locally andprovide opportunities for the community to getinvolved in responding to homelessness, whiletaking advantage of the stage an ‘internationalday’ provides.

This World Homeless Day website exists to re-source local groups to take the concept of WorldHomeless Day and run with it to benefit homelesspeople locally in their area.

http://www.worldhomelessday.org/

International Homeless ResourcesObdachlose Ressourcen (Vienna)

International HomelessResources

Vienna, Austria

Note: these articlesare in German

Der Augustin wurde 1995nach dem Beispiel ameri-kanischer, britischer oderfranzösischer Straßenzei-tungen gegründet. DerVerkauf der Straßenzeitun-gen hilft Menschen, dieaus verschiedenen Grün-den vom Arbeitsmarkt aus-geschlossen sind(Obdachlosen, Langzeitar-beitslosen, Asylbewerber-Innen u.a.), ihre Not zulindern. ProfessionelleSozialarbeiterInnen des

Augustin sind an ihrer Seite. Vorrangiges Ziel der Au-gustin-Sozialarbeit ist aber nicht, die Marginalisierten„jobready“ zu machen, sondern ihren Ausbruch ausder Entmündigung zu fördern.

http://www.augustin.or.at

Seit mehr als 25Jahren ist die

"Gruft" Wiens wohlbekannteste Cari-tas-Einrichtung für

obdachlose Menschen. Sie bietetMenschen, die auf der Straße stehen,einen sicheren Zufluchtsort und vorallem menschliche Wärme - 365Tage im Jahr rund um die Uhr.

http://www.gruft.at/

http://www.vinzi.at/vinzenz/frames.html

Gemeinsamfür WienDer FondsSozialesWien (FSW)sorgt dafür,dass Wiener-innen undWiener die

Unterstützung bekommen, die sie brauchen. Das An-gebot umfasst Leistungen der Pflege und Betreuung,Behindertenhilfe, Wohnungslosenhilfe sowie Grund-versorgung für AsylwerberInnen. Rund 100.000 Wie-nerinnen und Wiener werden pro Jahr vom FSW undseinen über hundert Partnerorganisationen rasch undindividuell unterstützt.

Die Tochtergesellschaften des FSW bieten Schuldner-beratung, Hauskrankenpflege, Betreuung in Tag-eszentren für Seniorinnen und Senioren sowieWohnmöglichkeiten für wohnungslose Menschen an.

http://wohnen.fsw.at/wohnungslos/tages-u-beratungszentren/josi.html

The UnitedKingdom

The Pavement is committed to publishing inde-pendent advice as well as hard-hitting and enter-taining reportage, tailored to a homelessreadership within the UK via our regional maga-zines and UK-wide website. We aim to provideand publicise appropriate information that is ob-jective, timely and relevant on a range of advisoryand practical services available to homeless peo-ple, as well as news on the issues impacting thehomeless and dispossessed from across the UK.Our ultimate goal is to help reduce short-termhardship amongst our readers and longer term toprovide them with information to enable them toguide their own futures.

The Pavement exists because there was nothinglike it, but it fulfils a need.

The Pavement is a small charity, founded in thespring of 2005. We distribute The Pavement inLondon, Scotland and the West Midlands, and weplan to launch in other regions. In London alone,we deliver 4,000+ copies of The Pavement toover 70 hostels, day centres, homeless surgeries,soup-runs and libraries. By using volunteer jour-nalists and homelessness sector professionals,as well as work from the country’s best cartoon-ists (many of them Private Eye contributors),we’ve achieved a balance of news, features, hu-mour and service listings unlike other publications.

Our journalists - trained professionals - cover thenews from the streets or news affecting thestreets, and we often deal with topics ignored bythe mainstream press. Alongside this, other pro-fessionals provide features on health, foot care,legal advice and life in hostels, with the back pag-es given over to The List, a regularly updated di-rectory of homeless services.

http://www.thepavement.org.uk

World Homeless Action Directory is aCollaborative InfoBank on WorldHomelessness and Hunger. If suchthings can't be documented properly -what hope is there doing anythingabout them? Be bold and Donate.

http://sockbook.referata.com/wiki/Main_Page

The Pilion Trust is a charity inLondon and Wales, UK andtheir goals are many and var-ied:To provide relief of sickness andthe preservation and protectionof health of people irrespectiveof race, culture, gender, sexuali-ty, sexual orientation, religiousbeliefs, spiritual beliefs, age ordisability who are or who have

been affected by drug, alcohol misuse, mental ill health or home-lessness in particular but not exclusively by the provision of com-munity based support and outreach activities within LondonBoroughs to begin with then across England and Wales.

To provide relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public byoffering volunteer, trainee, befriending, coaching and mentoringplacements to enable the beneficiaries to gain an NVQ3, equiva-lent or above qualification and move into permanent employmentand a long term career.To advance the awareness and education of the public about theharm of drug and alcohol misuse, issues around homelessnessand mental ill health through delivering training, research, advoca-cy and seminars.They have many more goals and objects and you can learn moreabout them at the following website:

http://piliontrust.com

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