Archive for July, 2011
Jeneen
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet Jeneen and her two children live in a tent community in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The cause of their homelessness is the high cost of living in Northern Canada, not wanting to burden relatives, and needing to be close to community services. Often people ask “why don’t their relatives help?”, which I normally ask “how [...]
Troy
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Troy in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has been homeless on and off for twenty five years, which he says is the result of being abused as a child. Troy has a strong faith in Jesus. He believes it’s through that belief that he receives help and support. Troy wants us to know [...]
Martin
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Martin at the Mustard Seed’s emergency shelter in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Martin has fifteen years of engineering experience, but because he suffers from depression, Martin found himself unemployed and homeless two years ago. Things are looking up for Martin. The night I met him it was his first night working a temp [...]
Jim
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Jim in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Jim was living with his son until his son beat him up again. He had no place to go and found himself homeless. Jim was lucky and found help at Calgary Drop-in Centre. It’s very sad that elder abuse is on the rise. Seniors are being abused [...]
JR
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met JR in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. He has lived outside in the woods since February, which was when he was evicted from an apartment. JR says living outside is not too bad right now. Of course, winter is fast approaching, and living conditions on the streets will change rapidly. JR says something [...]
Amy
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet Amy is only 22, and she is homeless. I met Amy in Kelowna, British Columbia, right outside a homeless feeding. If it wasn’t for the location, and seeing her eating at a table with other homeless people, I would have never known she was homeless, neither would you. When I asked Amy what homeless [...]
Jeff
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Jeff in Vancouver, British Columbia. When I asked him what a day was like he responded “pretty much invisible”. Jeff got a job and the guy that hired him offered him a place to stay. When the place was robbed Jeff was thrown out because he was an ex-drug addict and ex-homeless [...]
Randal
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet One of the things that just drives me crazy is the ignorance in system failure. Often, I’ll have a homeless friend who truly wants to get sober. We can place him or her in a drug and alcohol treatment program. But because there is little to no affordable housing, after the program their only [...]
Steen
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Steen while walking through a park in Vancouver, British Columbia. Local Vancouver homeless friends call the area “The Bird Sanctuary” because of the growth of trees in an urban area. I would have never found the place if it wasn’t for Vancouver homeless advocate, Judy Graves. I am honored and grateful Judy [...]
Ian
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I meet Ian in Victoria, British Columbia. He used to make a living as a welder but came down with stomach issues. He went to the hospital and had two tumors cut out of him. Ian has lived a colorful life to say the least, so the rest of the story you just have [...]
