Why is there still homelessness when we have possible solutions? By: Charlotte

What do we Know?

I know that there is only PADS during when it it cold out.  I also know that homeless people in the big cities beg for money, and a lot of times people ignore them.  I try to give them change as often as I can.  I know that in summer they sleep on the streets.  I have seen them lined up sleeping against a building later at night when I went to New York.  I also  two years ago went to a church in Chicago on Christmas day to help serve food to those who were homeless, and to be truthful it was really fun so I would love to do it again.

What do we Want to Know?

I want to know why not tons of people go out of there way to help them and make sure they have enough money to get a simple meal at night for dinner?  Why does nobody care?  Why doesn't many people try and help them?  I am sure that anyone can spare 1 penny.

How will I Learn the Information?

To learn information I will research and find information on different websites on how kids can help with this cause.  I might see at my church if I can donate any food to food pantries to help give to homeless people.

What did we Learn?

What Action did we take?

What Question do we still have?

I learned that there are too many ways to help a homeless person to NOT help them and pass them by.  These are civilized people we are talking about!  Just because they don't have an address and look a little different doesn't mean you should glare or laugh at them, they are probably going through a very tough time.  It doesn't help to laugh at them.

The action that I took is that I made a website to make people aware of what others might be going through.  My website showed that to help everyone is hard but we should at least try.  Think about it, would you like to be ignored and laughed at every day?  As you are sitting on the ground begging for a teeny bit of change to get you a simple and cheap meal from McDonald's?  Life would be very hard, as we have it easy.

Some questions that I still have are why can't homeless people get back on their feet when they fall down?  Do you think that they have a voice in their head saying that there is hope?  Or does it say that they will never sleep in a bed for the rest of their lives?  Are they always afraid?  Are they brave to sleep on the streets at night or do they have no choice?  Are they always afraid?

Reflection:
The most fun part of this passion time project was making the video of my website.  It was my favorite part because it was like I could say anything that I didn't tell on my website and I put it in my video.  I could say things that I meant to say on my website but forgot so then I still got the chance to put these ideas on my website.  The most difficult part was researching about what the cause was of homelessness.  It especially didn't just tell me what the cause was so I has to use background information and a bit of what I researched.  It came out to be that there were a ton of different things that caused this tragedy.  For example, you possibly weren't paying the rent and you got kicked out of your house.  Or you didn't have enough money to pay for where you lived.  Some advice I would give to a person that wanted to do a project like this would be is visit as many websites as you can, they honestly give you a lot of information.  They also give you a ton of ideas for your personal life like when you go downtown Chicago and see a homeless person and what you should do for them.  Overall this was a super fun project considering I was helping a homeless person in some way, and it made me feel like I was doing something super good for this world.