Poverty touches us all, but we react to it in different ways, depending on our education, our social rank, our beliefs and our perception. The analysis that we made of it is often misleading.
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We reach out with compassion and respect, because the people living in the street have already lost their dignity and self-esteem. Many of them are slaves to drink, gambling, drugs, prostitution, and violence.
The organization Un coeur pour les autres has for mission to help people in difficulty directly on the streets as we found that they often find themselves wandering the streets and alleys in search of help that often happens too late.
Poverty touches us all, but we react to it in different ways, depending on our education, our social rank, our beliefs and our perception. The analysis that we made of it is often misleading.
There are more than 18 000 homeless people in Montréal.
There are nearly 5,000 young people living on the streets or in difficult situations.
These young people have been victims of violence, abuse, and aggression of all kinds.
They are easy prey for pimps and drug dealers.
Men over 25 years old are the least helped in society.
We reach out with compassion and respect, because the people living in the street have already lost their dignity and self-esteem. Many of them are slaves to drink, gambling, drugs, prostitution, and violence.
Poverty touches us all but we react to it in different ways, depending on our education, our social rank, our beliefs, and our perception. The analysis that we made of it is often misleading.
