At age ten, Jai Mehra took a tour of the local homeless shelter with his parents and was told that because of budget cuts, their homework program was being cut. This preyed on his mind until he decided to become a fundraiser.
Florida restaurants usually throw out perfectly good food that 11 year-old Jack Davis figures can feed the hungry and the homeless. He is now trying to reverse a Florida law and provide protection for restaurants from being sued if anyone who ate the food became ill or developed food poisoning.
A young singer who slept outside during a talent competition was so inspired by the homeless men he met that he donated his winnings to a shelter.
No one goes homeless for more than 10 days in Medicine Hat, Alberta – the city puts people in housing first–then addresses how they became homeless.
A good Samaritan and the police search for homeless man to reunite him with his inheritance.
A man living on the streets came across thousands of dollars twice in the past month and has given it all away.
No matter this man's back story, we just loved this photo. On Christmas Eve in Worcester, Massachusetts, Thomas Joseph Bennet held a sign on the street thanking all those who helped him in the past.
Volunteers in LA are personally distributing survival kits throughout the year to people living on the streets. One man's life was turned around by the act of kindness and, now employed, the vet is handing out the duffel bags alongside the man who helped him.
Victor Hubbard had been waiting for his mother to return to where she dropped him off 3 years ago – but now, he has a new home, a new life, and new friends.
There have been many success stories across the US when it comes to getting homeless veterans off the street in places like Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Virginia and Connecticut, but homelessness in the general population is rising in America's largest cities. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, has just unveiled a five-year plan that realistically […]
This mother and her two sons were outraged over the installation of "anti-homeless spikes" in their city – so they fought back with a softer solution.
Rob has been living on the streets since 1984 – so what was he most excited to do in his new home? Take a long hot shower.
Barry was not holding your average panhandling sign – in fact, it got him six job interviews and local accommodation.
Over the last five years, San Francisco's Presiding Judge John Stewart and his colleagues have dismissed over 66,000 arrest warrants for quality-of-life crimes, such as sleeping on the sidewalk. His logic? People living in poverty do not deserve to be put in jail just because they're too poor to pay a fine. Typically when an offender is […]
Anyone in need of a hearty lunch during the week will be welcomed by hosts and waiters ready to take their order with a side of kindness.
The first tiny house village of its kind opening in Edinburgh will not only provide valuable housing to the homeless, but educational resources as well.
A group of Tennessee women have crocheted themselves a niche where they can help the homeless and save the environment at the same time.
The Back On My Feet program has inspired some pretty radical change in the lives of homeless participants.
HandUp allows those battling homelessness to appeal directly to donors who can fund their particular needs like housing, transportation, and food.
These men didn't have a home to watch the Falcons play the Patriots for the Super Bowl – so this man threw a party for them instead.
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