Ergebnis für "You" in Armut & Obdachlosigkeit

Así no es desmitifica conceptos equivocados y devela verdades incómodas que demasiados mexicanos creen, pero que son falsas. Ideas que asumimos sobre meritocracia, clase media, clasismo, salarios e impuestos, pero que son escandalosamente erradas. Burdas mentiras que sirven para justificar las más grandes injusticias de México.

I, Lorna Tucker, have lived a life that most of you can't even begin to imagine... The unflinching true story of one woman's fight to survive living on the streets of London - from Britain's most exciting filmmaker 'You need to read this' MICK JAGGER 'Truly changes your perception of what the...

One of the nation’s leading anti-poverty organizers and moral voices shares the largely untold story of the movement to end poverty, open to all, and led by the poor themselves As one of the nation’s leading anti-poverty organizers and moral voices, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis explores the...

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker In the tradition of Evicted and Invisible Child, a “remarkably vivid...deeply empathetic” (Los Angeles Times) story that follows a single mother of six in Los Angeles courageously struggling to keep her family together and her children in...

“This masterpiece of dogged and loving reporting will astonish you and touch your heart. The struggles and quest for redemption of football star Jackie Wallace make for a fall-from-grace tale that’s both unsettling and uplifting.”—Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo da...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A raw, intimate story of trust and betrayal' - A. L. Kennedy, The Guardian 'It's heartbreaking. It's scary. It's beautiful' – Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove Will You Care If I Die? is a powerful memoir about social class, race, friendship and...

Good intentions aren't good enough. Everyone wants to see extreme poverty alleviated, but too often well-meaning do-gooders believe good intentions and their carefully crafted solutions are sufficient. But poverty is more than just a material issue, and the poor are more than a set of problems to be solved. The founder of 410 Bridge shares a proven blueprint for addressing extreme poverty by changing the paradigm of how the West engages the global poor.

They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation is “unaccompanied homeless youth”—they are not "runaways" breaking free from strict parenting; these are kids seeking safety. They have escaped abusive parents, have been abandoned, or have never had a home to begin with.

From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality. Soaring rents, unfair taxation and a growing gig economy have brought about unprecedented economic shame: Amazon warehouse workers living in tents, nurses turning to foodbanks, London firemen commuting hundreds of miles to work. Even those higher up the ladder are losing their grip on the life they were promised.

When Eric Hofstein changed his career path, he didn’t expect to meet hundreds of lost souls, many of whom were desperate to be found. Here he shares what he learned about how the people he met became homeless, what kept them on the streets, and how to help them improve their lives. He learned what true harm reduction is and how to manage his expectations and not center himself in his outreach work.

In 2010, Andrew Hening threw everything he owned in the trunk of his car and drove across the country to the San Francisco Bay Area to join the movement to end homelessness. What started out as a year of national service with AmeriCorps VISTA has turned into more than a decade of working to end one of our nation’s most pressing moral crises.

The purpose of the book is to shed light on the pervasive and systemic issue of poverty that plagues societies around the world. Its primary aim is to foster a deep understanding and consciousness among listeners regarding the multifaceted nature of poverty, its far-reaching consequences, and the urgent need for action. By delving into the intricate nuances of poverty, the book endeavors to ignite a spark of empathy and compassion within individuals, compelling them to view poverty not as an abstract concept, but as a tangible reality that demands attention and intervention.