Haiti: When enough is enough....
By Luis Salazar
We have been told that Divine Justice is perfect, always fair. But it is hard to understand how a country down on his knees for so long, still have to endure attacks from Mother Nature. We don't know yet if there was any way to prevent this from happening, maybe the damages are more intense because of poor maintenance of building and structures, in any case, the pain and suffering caused to the population in the island and families around the world especially those in South Florida, our neighbors, it is of a great magnitude.
Homeless Voice Expands Cold Weather Outreach
Sean Cononie, stated, "We put out more outreach vehicles and teams of workers than we have ever done for the current cold weather warnings." Ten crews went out and covered most of Broward County and a little of North Dade. Cononie added, "At a time of us taking 80 percent of our vendors off the streets from selling our paper because it was so cold the outreach became very expensive." Each night of outreach and bringing the homeless back to our shelters cost an additional $3100.00 per night. According to Cononie, "There are times you have to spend money when it is not budgeted for the protection of human life and we will get blessed one way or another and somehow the money will come back in to us for the next emergency"
Episode #1
We at the Homeless Voice are always trying to find ways to improve the lives of our friends and the community in which we live. This is an introduction to a small portion of who we are and what we are about.
Homeless Voice vaccinate homeless against H1N1
By Rich Phillips, CNN
Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) -- Sean Cononie bounded out of the back of an ambulance ahead of most of the other volunteers. A bullhorn in his hand, he was, in a sense, the pied piper.
"If there's anybody out here, that wants the swine flu vaccine, please come over here," he said.
And come they did.
A shot in the arm for the homeless
Robert Kelso winced as the needle entered his arm. The injection lasted a second, but he still felt the sting minutes later.
"It's been a long time since I've had a shot," he said.
A recovering drug addict, Kelso, 33, has avoided needles for three years, saying his days of shooting up are the reason he now lives on the streets.
