HOW IS THE SETTING OF A MODERN, WESTERN WORLD CREATED?

ANSWER:

★      They have rulers with inches and feets, but we don’t have that problem because we use the international system (m, cm, dm, etc)

IMAGINE GOING BACK 50 YEARS IN TIME AND PLAYING THIS RAP TO SOMEONE LIVING IN THE PAST. HOW WOULD REACT TO THE LANGUAGE AND THE IDEAS PRESENTED?

ANSWER:

★      Wi-fi

★      Laptop’s battery

★      Audio Jack

★      Roomba

★      Wii remote control

★      Starbucks

WHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL FIRST WORLD PROBLEM?

ANSWER: The first world problem is the progressive contamination

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS RAP

CONCLUSION

Obviously is very hard to look for a solution for homeless people, but everybody may do a difference to change this situation. Around the world in the majority of the countries exists a lot of organization with aims to help to these people, but WE can help them also. A very little donation would make the difference. Maybe only one dollar could help to someone to eat.

"We don't have in our hands the solutions to the problems of the world. But faced with the problems of the world, we have our hands." Mamerto Menapace

HOMELESSNESS VS HOUSELESSNESS

Many think so, but they are different and overlap.   Many think that if you have a roof over your head – housed that is (shelter, rooming house, somebody’s couch) then you are not homeless.   They think you are homeless only if you live outside, on the streets.  They are wrong.
 “home  is where the heart is” is quite valid and true.  Just because a homeless person is in shelter or sleeping on a friend’s couch, or living in a cheap motel, doesn’t mean he or she is not still homeless.

They may be housed and homeless at the same time.  This is a big issue and a terribly sore spot with the homeless.  To them there is a world of difference; almost fighting words!   There are homeless veterans and houseless veterans, two different levels of homeless, but don’t say that someone housed cannot be homeless.  The houseless veteran is one that sleeps in a doorway or back alley or along some creek bank somewhere.   The homeless veteran covers that and also the housed that cannot make a home out of their accomidations.

SOURCE: https://oldtimer.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/houseless-and-homeless-not-same-thing/

MAKING A CHANGE

There are some organizations that helps homelessness people and try to end with this situation for example The National Coalition for the homelessness is a network that help homelessness people some of the volunteers are ex- homelessness so they have the experience and patient to help to the others. Another organization is the Union Gospel Mission that provides them the necessary things to live like shelter, food and try to find a good place to live.

This kind of organizations just have a mission: To help and end with this situation providing shelter, food, care to the ones in need.

These organizations are always invited to anyone to donate things to the ones in need, because is no necessary to belong to one specific organization if we have the will to help to these people we can do it individually.

                                 

Breaking stereotypes about homelessness people

As we noticed in the previous entry homelessness people are discriminated, so in this entry I want to show you this situation in other perspective.

For example exists a lot of people that are homelessness and they ask money to live and survive, they don't have money because they don't have a job, or the job is bad paid and sometimes the companies don't give them an opportunity to work and they are Kicked out from their houses and they are treated as people without capacities of thinking or skills despite of they could be very qualified for many jobs, but they biggest problem doesn't appear in how qualified they are... because the bosses don't set in  these things from the beginning, otherwise they set on the presentation, then for this reason people would like to work but they don't have the opportunities to do it.

Now the typical stereotype that I always heard is: All of homelessness teenagers are drugs addicts, this is a stereotype that I really don't like because this is not the real reason about seeing teenagers on the streets. In our society  exists parents that kicked out their soons because they have a bad status economic or because they don't accept their sexual orientation, It's real that on the streets live people that have bad habits but all of them are not the same.

Homelessness people is a problem that everybody should help to eliminate this situation, because despite of they don't look very well or don't have stablished manners are people with emotions, feelings and  with goals to cumplish.

                                                                                 

Stereotypes about homessleness people

In our society exists a lot of discrimination about homelessness people, and a lot of stereotypes too, because they don't understand the reasons about Why some people live on the streets, and because of this stereotypes we can see that homelessness people are not helped.

Here we have some stereotypes about homelessness people:

All of them are drugs addicts.

All of them don't want to work.

All of them ask money to buy alcohol.

All of them don't want to overcome themselves.

                                                                       

Homelessness people in America

Here's a video about homelessness and the places that they live to survive.

Conclusion

As a conclusion we can write that runaway and thrown away are common in other countries, but it shouldn't pass because, teenagers have a lot of problems inside them and sometimes the parents don't have time to talk, so we must pay attention in the attitudes of the teenagers and the most important thing parents must make them feel loved.

This situations should disappear because family must be together giving to each other affect and love,  and parents and son and daughters we must show to each other our feelings and respect each one to stop it.

                                           

Who helps runaways and thrownaways?

In this unit we have been seeing about runways and thronaways, as we know people who runaway is because of problem that they can't bare at home and they just take the decision to run away; otherwise thrownaway people are kicked out from their home; we found in the entrance some reassons and we have too some organizations that help them  to survive.

This organizations give them the communication and comprehension that they and also a safe place to stay.

Now with these organizations runaways and thrownays could  feel a little strenght but as the time pass they could have another mentalist about their lives and the solutions that they'd want...

Here we have some links of organizations:

• http://www.napo.org/washington-report/latest-news-updates/help-napo-support-national-runaway-prevention-month/
• http://nationalsafeplace.org/
•  http://www.standupforkids.org

This types of organizations have assistants that were runaway or thrownay people.

Are you thinking about run away?

Have you ever felt like  you want run away? Are the problems at home so bad?.

Well... Here we have some questions to ask yourself if you  are thinking  These questions will make you take a good decision when you feel confused about some problems at home:

1.  What else can I do to improve things at home before I leave?

2.  What would make me stay at home?

3.  How will I survive?

4.  Is running away safe?

6.  Who can I talk to about the situation?

7.  Am I being realistic?

8.  Have I given this enough thought?

9.  What are my other options?

10.  Who will I call if I end up in trouble?

11. What will happen when I return home?

Source: 
http://www.1800runaway.org/youth/get_help_now/ten_things/

The 5 reason why Kids Have Run Away

This list was prepared by Dominic Mapstone, founder of Rebecca’s Community, which provides shelter and services for homeless and runaway youth in Sydney Austrailia.    He also founded the International Homeless Forum.The Rebecca’s Community Website is hereYou can find this list here:You can find the homeless forum here: (Dominic’s audience is kids who come to Rebecca’s Community website  for information)

1. Kicked out – Mostly the reason why kids leave home isn’t because they ‘runaway,’ it is because they get kicked out.
2. Sexual Abuse – someone in your house is made to do sexual things, maybe you.
3. Violence – someone in your house gets hurt a lot, maybe you.
4. Alcohol or Drugs – someone in your house drinks alcohol lots or uses drugs to get high.
5. Verbal Abuse – people yell or scream at you all the time.

https://oldtimer.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/the-top-10-reasons-why-kids-have-run-away/

                                           

SOLUTIONS FOR THE PARENTS

• Pay Attention – Listen when your children are talking with you. Don’t just nod your head while you’re watching television, reading the paper, or using your computer. Don’t just pretend to listen to them. Kids know the difference!
• Give Respect - Acknowledge and support your child’s struggle to grow to maturity.
• Understand Your Child - Try to sympathize with what your kids are going through. Look at life – at least occasionally – from their point of view. Remember that when you were their age, your ideas seemed to make sense to you.
• Discuss Feelings - Talk about what it feels like to be a parent. Share with your child the things you need from him. Encourage him to talk about his feelings, too. When parents share their feelings, children know it’s safe to share their own.
• Create Responsibility - Give your child choices, not orders. Help her to understand the consequences of her actions. When punishments need to be administered, try asking her what she thinks would be appropriate. Make sure the punishment fits the "crime" and is consistent with other actions you’ve taken.

Source: http://www.1800runaway.org/parents/tips/prevention/

CONSEQUENCES OF LEAVE HOME

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

Several studies have shown that depression and loneliness suffered by homeless children lead them to dive into alcohol and drugs to calm these feelings, besides that many are likely to engage in the sale of narcotics to raise money to survive on the streets.

PROSTITUTION AND THEFT

One way to get money, more viewed in girls, is to protituirse at night, offering sexual services in which they are often abused physically or also being extorted by the people who hire them. Many times also have been cases in which girls are lost, because many are abducted for various illicit acts or even human trafficking.

Additionally, another way with which runaway and thrownaway children make a living it is by stealing money and valuables, so, in addition to being confronted with a completely solitary environment, they are also labeled as criminals.

Source: http://www.decodedscience.com/runaway-children-predictors-preventions/44560

RUNAWAYS AND THROWNAWAYS

We can define runaways people like individuals that escape or leave home by their own decision. The principal reason of this situation are the family problems, including sexual and physical abuse. The objective of these people it's look for a better home with someone that hear their feelings. At present this situation occur mainly in children.

Also, another situation similar like that it's the thrownaway people. This type of people also leave home, but the difference is that they are kicked out of home by their parents or their family. Some of the reasons of this are rejection of the parents, problems with new members of the family (step fathers), etc.

The age range of the children that pass for these situations are around the 12 to 17 years old.