Gathering Information Notes Article 1

Alena Stoots

Mrs. Zurkowski

English 9 Greens

9/22/10

Gathering Information-Notes

Work Cited

“Homeless.” Gale Student Resource in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Student Resource in Context. Web. 22 Sept. 2010.

·         Homeless people risk their own personal safety

·         They all have a lack of hygiene

·         Majority of homeless people are women

·         Most homeless women carry children along with them

·         In Europe and North America, there is limited access to health care and shelter

·         Homelessness and poverty estimates about more than 3 million people per year

·         Some people become homeless as a result of war, insurrection, or ethnic violence.

·         Many people became homeless after Katrina hit in 2005

·         There is little or no connection with friends and family

·         In some parts of the world, women have no poverty rights

·         Not everyone living below the poverty line is homeless

·         There is limited access to Education as well as health care

·         “Most have no place to secure their possessions and are under constant threat of theft and violence.”

·         “In the United States, for example, the highest proportion of homeless people are middle aged men.”