Posts Tagged ‘Jean’
Jean
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Jean in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both of her parents died last year. The house they were living in was burned down. After paying for two funerals Jean was left without any money and housing. Jean admits that panhandling is no way to make a living. But even though she has a [...]
Jean and her children
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet After walking out of this hotel room I broke down. To be honest, I don’t know how Jean does it all. She tries to be a good mother to her five children. Every day, even in the Missouri rain, she rides a bicycle to her minimum wage job. But minimum wage is not enough [...]
