Unemployed, in debt and facing another year living on the streets in Hungary, László Andraschek spent his last remaining coins on a lottery ticket. Now the formerly homeless man is one of Hungary's biggest lottery winners, with a prize of about $2.8 million, and the 55-year-old plans to use his winnings to establish a foundation for addicts.
A few days ago, Police Officer Cheryl Goede responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle and found a man who'd lost his job and lost his house. He lived in the car because he considered his family to be his two German shepherd companions and would never think of dropping them off at a shelter. Little did he know that the woman officer was also a passionate dog-lover who heads up the wildly popular Facebook page, The German Shepherd Dog Community.
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Two 21-yr-olds who created a fleet of mobile laundries, taking washers and driers to the homeless, have been honored as Young Australians of the Year.
A teen's life-saving sleeping bags are keeping Dublin's homeless warm and giving former homeless people jobs.
Brightly painted "Kindness Walls" let Iranians leave clothes, shoes, and food for the needy to take.
Lilly was lucky enough to benefit from an awesome shelter before her mother died, so she's making sure that other babies have the same resources.
Starting at age 16, this student has spent four years clipping coupons and running down bargains–all for people in need.
After a surprise Christmas gift, when a man took him to a football match, a homeless guy scored new goals in the game of life.
Thousands of dollars in donations have poured in to buy this homeless woman a trailer after she and her dog thwarted a burglary.
Rhode Island's governor is expected to sign into law the first Homeless Bill of Rights in the United States as early as next week, formally banning discrimination against homeless people and affirming their equal access to jobs, housing and services, and public places.
Boston, Massachusetts has delivered permanent housing for 533 homeless veterans in just the past 18 months.
Volunteers are turning abandoned buildings into more than 100 apartments for homeless veterans in Ohio, with businesses doing work for free.
When a property owner kicked a homeless man off his porch, the squatter's polite response landed him a new job – and more.
Houston has cut homelessness nearly in half since 2012 and moved more than 4,100 homeless veterans and their families into permanent housing.
A homeless man with nowhere to stay during a blizzard, thinks first of others and helps drivers stuck in the snow.
By incorporating the principles of ‘Housing First', Virginia has become the first state in the U.S. to be certified as effectively ending homelessness among veterans.
When a young drifter asked for scraps, a restaurant manager gave him a full meal and a blessing instead–those who saw it unfold got a blessing too.
A young TV news cameraman in Australia and his friend have hollowed out a van to fit a pair of washers and dryers to offer free laundry services for Brisbane's homeless. Lucas Patchett and Nic Marchesi retrofitted the van themselves and bought a generator to run the four machines that were donated by sponsors.
A group of Florida girls are warming hearts – and the homeless – by tying cozy clothing around lamp posts for the poor to find during a Southern cold snap.
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