In 1975, Jackson, Mississippi had two problems: how to feed the homeless cost-effectively, and how to get rid of the pigeons whose numbers were getting out of control. So the local government came up with a solution: to trap the pigeons and feed them to the homeless. However, many of the homeless refused to eat […]
A homeless man was offered $100 or the chance to learn…
A homeless man was offered $100 or the chance to learn how to code by a stranger. He chose how to code and released an app.
A Catholic Church in San Francisco installed a water system…
A Catholic Church in San Francisco installed a water system above its doorways to drench homeless people who tried to sleep there.
A statue of ‘homeless Jesus’ sleeping on a bench was installed…
A statue of ‘homeless Jesus’ sleeping on a bench was installed in Orlando where the homeless are banned from sleeping on benches.
Homeless girl named Khadijah Williams went to Harvard. She attended
Homeless girl named Khadijah Williams went to Harvard. She attended 12 schools in 12 years; lived out of garbage bags among pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers. She was accepted to more than 20 universities before choosing Harvard.
Hundreds of people – mainly homeless and drug addicts – and all of whom are…
Hundreds of people – mainly homeless and drug addicts – and all of whom are HIV positive, are living in a community in the sewers below Romania’s capital Bucharest.
In 2010 a homeless man saved a woman from a knife attack in New York…
In 2010 a homeless man saved a woman from a knife attack in New York. He was stabbed trying to help, yet still chased the assailant before collapsing from his wounds. CCTV cameras captured over 20 people walk past him. Some stared, none helped. He later died on the sidewalk where he fell.
A homeless man in NYC who would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant…
A homeless man in NYC who would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant and refuse to pay for it in order to be sent to prison where he would receive 3 meals a day and a clean bed. He refused to commit more serious crimes to get longer sentences as he did not want to hurt anyone.
A woman accidentally dropped her engagement ring into a homeless man’s…
A woman accidentally dropped her engagement ring into a homeless man’s change cup. The man, Billy Ray Harris, returned the ring to the woman. A fund was started by the woman and her husband to raise money for Harris. Three months later they had raised over $190,000.
Show producers gave a homeless man $100,000 to do what he wants…
Show producers gave a homeless man $100,000 to do what he wants; within 6 months he had nearly spent all the money, and he eventually went broke and became homeless again.