Homelessness

HOMELESSNESS

Have you ever heard the word homelessness? Can you define what it means?

Multiple Choice

What does homelessness mean in Spanish?

• discapacitado

• Desvalido

• Desamparo

• Pobreza

Multiple Select

What are the reasons why a person can be homeless ?

• Happiness

• catastrophe

• Richness

• unemployment

• low income

Poll

What do you think is the impact of experiencing homelessness on adults and children?

• Nutrition

• physical and mental health

• Success in life decrease

• Job oportunitties increase

• lack of hygiene and exposure to illnesses

Open Ended

What are the difficulties of being homeless?

Try to list out as many as you can.

Multiple Choice

True or False

All people who are homeless live on the street.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

People who are homeless are lazy and don’t want to get a job.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

People who are homeless sometimes have pets for companionship

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

e. What organizations help the homeless in Chile?

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentences: “Still others who are homeless have previously relied on public assistance but have lost that assistance for one reason or another. An example of a public assistance program is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides help for people who struggle to afford healthy and nutritious food.”
As used in these sentences, what does the word “assistance” most nearly mean? 

• disturbance 
• something free 
• help or support
• obstacle 

Open Ended

What is "built for zero"?

Multiple Choice

Who do they help?

• anyone

• rich people

• Veterans and homeless people

• ex presidents

Open Ended

According to the text... write 3 examples of statistics (data).

Multiple Choice

which of the following heading is not presented in the text?

• our goals

• the hangover

• overview

• achievements

Multiple Choice

Which of the following data does not appear on the text?

• 100.000 homes campaign

• 60.000 veterans

• 205.680 homeless people

• roughly 40.000 veterans

Open Ended

Why is it important to learn about homeless? Think about the following concepts...

compassion – care – stereotypes – empathy – solutions