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    Thousands of kids homeless six months after Indonesia quake-tsunami

    26 Mar 2019

    Thousands of children are living in makeshift shelters six months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami pounded the Indonesian city of Palu, aid agencies said Tuesday, as authorities wrestle with a "painfully slow" recovery.

    California chef feeds homeless kids

    13 Apr 2019

    For thousands of poor or homeless children in California, you could say that Chef Bruno Serato is a real super-hero, vanquishing hunger by the plateful -- three million meals in 14 years, to be exact.

    Survivors of deadly Laos dam collapse homeless a year on: Report

    23 Jul 2019

    An auxiliary dam at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydroelectric project in southern Laos collapsed on July 23 last year under the pressure of rising monsoon waters

    British kids need care

    12 Jul 2019

    Nothing leaves us as vulnerable as adversity does. It leaves us with a set of eyes, which stops seeing reason and a mind that turns incorrigibly manipulative. That’s why the hardened criminal is constantly found prowling for those felled by adversity.

    Celebs to read bedtime story to help fight homelessness

    17 Sep 2019

    Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren will read a bedtime story during a one-night fundraising campaign to help fight global homelessness.

    Japanese storm shelter faces outrage after turning away two homeless

    15 Oct 2019

    A Japanese evacuation centre turned away two homeless people as a deadly typhoon approached on the weekend, prompting widespread criticism and a promise from the prime minister on Tuesday that it would not happen again.

    Help the homeless

    06 Oct 2019

    Sleeping rough is traumatic. It’s common knowledge that the problem has aggravated in the recent months. While Boris Johnson and his team are trying to push UK off the cliff, hundreds are spending their nights in temporary shelters, on the street or a transport hub. The irony is that while Brexit keeps politicians awake, homeless people have no choice but to stay awake (“Homeless people face high risk of chronic sleep loss,” Sept.14, Gulf Today).

    Of poor mental health, homelessness crisis

    21 Feb 2020

    No one chooses to become homeless – to live on the streets, in hostels or temporary accommodation. These are not convenient options, they are last ditch solutions

    Migrant woes

    30 Sep 2019

    Migrants are human, aren’t they? If they were migrating to earth from another planet, we may have been justified in closing our borders. But they are not. Pope Francis in his homily nailed it.

    Romanian museum dresses statues with woollen hats in an appeal against indifference towards homelessness

    18 Feb 2020

    The Statues at Romania's national art museum sported colourful hats and scarves as a part of an "appeal against indifference" towards homelessness.

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