1. www.goodshepherd.ca

2.  Take a moment and think
 Homelessness does it affect you now? Or even later on?
 Do you know someone who suffers it?
 When a person comes up to you and ask for a spare of change what
comes to you mind? Will you spare some change?
 Do you think people on the street are lazy?
 Do you think differently about who they are? Do you treat them like
normal humans?
 When it comes to this face to face contact can you see a real person?
Or someone you don’t even want to look at?

3. “Homelessness - simply defined - is the absence of a place
to live. A person who has no regular place to live stays in
an overnight emergency shelter, an abandoned building,
an all-night coffee shop or theatre, a car, outdoors, or
other such places not meant to be living spaces.”
http://www.raisingtheroof.org/Get-
Informed/What-is-Homelessness.aspx

4.  Lack of a living wage
 Physical illness/ injury
 Sexual, physical, emotional
abuse
 Developmental disorder or
metal illnesses
 Parental ideology
 Family violence
www.goodshepherd.ca

5. • At any time during the year as many as 65,000* youth are
without a place to call home. (*As reported in Raising the Roof’s
report Youth Homelessness in Canada: The Road to Solutions,
2009)
• Some non-governmental sources estimate Canada’s true
homeless population, not just those living in emergency
shelters, to be between 200,000 and 300,000. (“Homelessness”,
The Globe and Mail, June 12, 2006; National Housing and Homeless
Network in Laird, op.cit., page 4)
• The tens of thousands of people who are currently experiencing
homelessness are a diverse mix of young and old, families with
children, couples and single people (Laird, 2007; Hulchanski, J.
D., Campsie, P., Chau, S. B.Y., Hwang, S. W., Paradis. E.
Homelessness: What’s in a Word? (2009). In D. J. Hulchanski, P.
Campsie, S. Chau, S. Hwang, E. Paradis (Eds.), Finding Home:
Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada (e-book).
Toronto: Cities Centre, University of Toronto.

http://www.raisingtheroof.org/Get-Informed/What-is-Homelessness.aspx
www.homelesshub.ca/FindingHome

6. We believe in advocating for homelessness because it is a factor that is
affecting our society day by day. The way our economy is changing every
minute; homelessness is a growing negative factor in our society. As
members, as citizens I believe it is our responsibilities to advocate for
homelessness because sooner or later this factor will have an impact on
everyone’s life. I believe it is our duty to help and contribute within our society
so everyone can benefit and grow strong as a society, as a country.
Shelter, food and clothing are essential in one’s life. I believe that everyone
should be entitled for the basic necessity in life such as shelter, food and
clothing. Any little change we as individual make can have a ripple effect for the
betterment of our society. I believe that advocating for homelessness is
important issue to be speaking about because it’s something we all see within
our community and many people in our society choose to ignore it. Due to the
fact that many members of society choose to ignore the fact that homelessness
has become one of the major issues in our country, I believe that by advocating
for this topic will help educate the society and open their eyes to the hardships
that someone whom is homeless goes through and have them put themselves
in the shoes of those whom may not have everything and fighting for their lives
to put a roof over their families’ head as well as to be able to work to support
themselves.
www.goodshepherd.ca

7.  It is a factor that is affecting our society day by day.
 Every minute economy is changing, homelessness is growing negatively
 We advocate homelessness because it effects everyone’s life
 If everyone helps it can benefit all us as a society
 Shelter, food and clothing is a everyday necessity
 Little changes can have ripple effect on society
 Homelessness is important enough not to be ignored
 Ignoring this factor causes an issue
 Educating others to help will open eyes for people to help
 You can understand the lives that people fight to live
www.goodshepherd.ca

8.  CHRA (Canadian Housing & Renewal Association) - We
are the national voice for the full range of affordable
housing issues and solutions in Canada
 Mission Statement: The Canadian Housing & Renewal
Association´s mission is to ensure that all Canadians
have an affordable, secure and decent place to call
home.
http://www.chra-achru.ca/en/index.php/about-chra/about-
chra

9. Mission Statement:
• “I believe that if people
know about homelessness
– that there are people
living without a home –
they will want to help.” -
Hannah
http://www.ladybugfoundation.ca/mission/statement/

10. Mission Statement
 The Housing Help Association of Ontario (HHAO)
increases Housing Help services as a recognizable
identity, in order to strengthen homelessness prevention
work for people who are experiencing homelessness or
at risk of homelessness across the province.
https://findhousinghelp.ca/about/index.php

11. Mission Statement:
 We who recognize God's providence and fidelity to His people
are dedicated to living out His covenant among ourselves and
those children we serve with absolute respect and
unconditional love. That commitment calls us to serve suffering
children of the street, and to protect and safeguard all children.
Just as Christ in His humanity is the visible sign of God's
presence among His people, so our efforts together in the
covenant community are a visible sign that effects the presence
of God, working through the Holy Spirit among ourselves and
our kids.
http://www.covenanthouse.ca/Public/Mis
sion-Vision

12.  As a not-for-profit Christian faith community, we acknowledge
that every person is created in the image of God and has
inherent value and dignity.
They currently have clothing drives, Events. ETC.
The state of Homelessness.
"Poverty hurts in so many ways. It hurts the child who goes to
school hungry because rent has eaten up most of the family
budget. It hurts the senior who struggles to pay for
medications, and the teen living on the streets because he has
left an abusive home but has no marketable skills to support
himself."
www.ysm.ca

13.  Mission
Challenged by our faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and
committed to the ideals of hospitality, availability and
respect for life, we, the Little Brothers of the Good
Shepherd, Board of Directors, staff and volunteers of Good
Shepherd Ministries in Toronto, join together to provide
services to homeless, disadvantaged and marginalized
people.
We strive to provide the basic necessities of food, shelter
and a host of ancillary services, ensuring each client justice,
equality, dignity and acceptance.
We seek to provide human services that will assist clients in
regaining freedom from homelessness. We value each
person's inherent goodness and potential for growth.
www.goodshepherd.ca

14. Mission: The services
mission is to facilitate the
recovery of individuals
experiencing metal illness or
the homelessness by
providing a flexible
community-based support and
outreaches services.
http://www.tnss.ca/default.html

15. Mission: “We provide our services on the street, in parks,
and in homeless shelters and drop-ins. The people we
work with have lives characterized by extreme poverty,
chronic unemployment, insecurity in housing, poor
nutrition, high stress and loneliness. They also have more
frequent and serious illnesses, and die younger on
average than the general population.” “With your support,
we can make it work. We envision a day when our
services are not needed, but until then our fierce
commitment continues.
http://www.streethealth.ca/

16.  The Red Cross provides street relief services to protect
the health and well-being of Toronto’s homeless
population or those at risk of becoming homeless.
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=00
7820&tid=019

17.  The Mission Statement of The Scott Mission is as follows:
"Through Christ's love, we care.
We reach out to those who have been passed by. We
restore hope. We build community."
http://www.scottmission.com/about/ourh
istory

18. Our Action Plans
Our visit to Scott Mission

19. FaceBook Page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ce
ntennial-student-advocating-for-
homelessness/429957163755313
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W
BZRPSR

20. Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditorFull.aspx?sm=0bp
gKU11HtyiQUXDtvIpubXij3yEocex_2FJJqKaS_2BB_2FU_3D

21.  Food Drives
 Help at the soup kitchen
 Donate clothing and toilet treats