Homelessness In Haiti

Every day we see a homeless person on the street. No matter the location, there is always just that one “bum”. A red light makes you do a lot of thinking; I had a general thought how homelessness has identified itself as a sincere issue in our society in this day and age while driving home from school. I remember the summer of 2010 while helping get things together to help the people in Haiti. While there appears to be no positive argument defending this act of indecency there are thousands of people impacted every day with nowhere to stay, food, or clothes. It was an inspiring impact on me and my life. To learn at any giving moment your life can change just like that. We see hopeless people at the traffic lights, on the corner of stores, under the highway, at the park, you name it! We often place them in a category lower than us because yes, we think we’re better than them. But we have to stop and think at one point they had everything just like us and something bad happen in the mist of it all. Just like the earthquake that hit Haiti and left thousands of people homeless and we saw how their life turnaround of them. I show such a …show more content…
Some day’s I’m just not in the mood to be bothered or approached, some days I actually don’t have any to give. But regardless of how I feel about the issue, let us just picture ourselves in their shoes. How would we feel if we were treated the way they’ve been treated? Possibly hurt, rejected and useless. But I can honestly say that it does take courage and love to reach out to the homeless. You have to really humble yourself and set your pride aside to give whole-heartedly. It’s crazy to wonder how someone can go from having everything such as home, car, and stable job, to losing everything in a blink of an eye, and being out in the streets. Social and economic factors intervene, causing a rapid change in their living