A Girl Named R

A friend recently told me that people who want to help the homeless are interested in reading more personal stories about those who are experiencing homelessness.  They didn’t know I’ve been posting stories about many of the homeless people we serve at Project417 for several years. It comes with the territory of being a [...]

Join the #Whyhomeless Movement – Help the Homeless

Visit Part 1 of the series at this short url -
http://bit.ly/19vTNG
Welcome to the continuing series exploring the root causes of homelessness. This is the #whyhomeless movement. A grassroots social action group committed to alleviating the challenges faced by people who are experiencing homelessness. Based in Toronto, but pursuing a worldwide issue,  we think global, but [...]

What do you think is the root cause of homelessness? Part 5

Visit Part 1 of the series at this short url –
http://tinyurl.com/whyhomeless

In my last post I said:
We need to re-visit the issue of the root causes of homelessness and use our findings to publicly articulate an actionable plan to reduce homelessness. We need to wrest control of the issues from interest groups and some activist [...]

What do you think is the root cause of homelessness? – Part 4

Visit Part 1 of the series at this short url –
http://tinyurl.com/whyhomeless

A Call to Action:
In Parts 1 to 3 of the series, we have investigated the root cause of homelessness.  I mentioned the need to decide upon a definition of homelessness.  I’d like to postpone that for a short time because there is a window [...]

What do you think is the root cause of homelessness? – Part 3

Homelessness – The Root Causes – Part III
In Part I & Part II,  I have been asking the question – “What do you think is the root cause of homelessness?”  (Join the movement – tweet your answers on Twitter with the tag #whyhomeless).  I pointed out that -
The right to housing is a basic human [...]

What do you think is the root cause of homelessness? Part 2

Read – What do you think is the root cause of homelessness? Part I
Homelessness – The Root Causes – Part II

In Part I of the series, I shared the results of informal surveys of volunteers over the last few years of what people think is the root cause of homelessness. It’s important to address this [...]

Project417 Online Newsletter – June 2009

StreetLife – Project417 – June 2009 Vol 6 Issue 8

Our friend Chuck – his portrait at the ROM exhibition June 2009

Dear Friends,
Thanks for reading the online version of the Project417 newsletter. This will give you the latest updates on Project417’s ongoing mission to the homeless. We’d like you to be able to read more, but [...]

Project417 Newsletter – June 2008 – Help the homeless

This is the latest update to the work of Project417 – Ekklesia Inner City Ministries and their programs to help the homeless. Find out about volunteering with the homeless in Toronto. Newsletter topics: Sandwich Runs to the Homeless; Bloor Lansdowne Community Dinner; New Orleans Rebuilding; Homeless Street Outreach; volunteer homeless toronto; Hurricanes Katrina and Ike…
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Sandwich Run in the Big Smoke

The following is a short essay written by a recent volunteer on a Project417 sandwich run to the homeless in Toronto. It is insightful and genuine, thank-you Michael!
SANDWICH RUN IN THE BIG SMOKE

The outing begins in the late afternoon at our church where the bag lunches are made and packed. The mood is festive [...]

Mission_log: New Site about Poverty and Homelessness

Hi everyone. This is a new site (thanks to wordpress blogs) to update and replace my old yahoo! geocities site. I’ll be migrating over most of the information and links from the old mission_log site to this new one, but will probably leave the existing stuff there as well as archives and so on. the [...]