Who We Help
Our aim is to help people who have slipped through the cracks, including the homeless, people with mental illness and/or disabilities, the elderly and anyone requiring support.
There are more than a hundred thousand people who are homeless in Australia, and about 23,000 of them in Victoria – living on the street, in tents, crisis accommodation, temporary and severely overcrowded lodgings. The lack of stability in their lives exacerbates mental and physical health as well as substance abuse problems, leading to an ever diminishing quality of life.
Reasons for homelessness
The main reasons for homelessness are domestic family violence, followed by financial difficulties and accommodation issues: lack of affordable rental; housing affordability; stringent home loan/lending standards, and housing values; The bulk of the homeless are aged between 19-34, followed by the under 12 age group. Help support us in taking the first step to solving homelessness here!
Stories from the street
The term ‘homeless’ does not refer to just those ‘sleeping rough’ in parks and gardens. Those living in rooming houses and bedsits, although under roofs, are equally – if not more – lacking connections, and inclusion.
Lengo letu ni kuwasaidia watu ambao wameanguka kupitia nyufa, ikiwa ni pamoja na watu wasio na makazi, watu wenye ugonjwa wa akili na au ulemavu, wazee na mtu yeyote anayehitaji msaada. Zaidi ya watu 100,000 hawana makazi nchini Australia, na karibu 23,000 kati yao wanaishi katika barabara, katika mahema, makazi ya dharura, makazi ya muda na yenye msongamano mkubwa. Ukosefu wa uthabiti katika maisha yao huongeza afya ya akili na kimwili na pia matatizo ya matumizi mabaya ya dawa za kulevya, na kusababisha ubora wa maisha kupungua. Kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa makazi, watu wengi wanaishi katika mazingira ya ukosefu wa makazi, na kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa makazi, watu wengi hawana makazi, na wengi wao wana umri wa kati ya miaka 19 na 34. Tusaidia kutusaidia katika kuchukua hatua ya kwanza ya kutatua ukosefu wa makazi hapa! Hadithi kutoka mitaani Neno "wasio na makao" halimaanishi tu wale "wanaolala nje" katika mbuga na bustani. Wale wanaoishi katika nyumba za vyumba na bedsits, ingawa chini ya paa, ni sawa <unk> kama si zaidi <unk> kukosa uhusiano, na ujumuishaji.