Homeless people — 2 months ago
Yesterday I spent 2 hours speaking with two boys, who were between 20 and 30, and who were homeless, and a girl, who is 22. She was homeless but now she lives in an association which helps young people.
We talked all together in the street, and they were really kind and funny. I had some cliches about homeless people, that I imagined always drunk, sometimes violent, and so on, but they were really nice and actually, if I had not seen that they were begging for money, I wouldn’t have guessed that they were homeless. They were clean, they were not drunk, they were intelligent, they knew what was in the newspapers. Just people like you and me.
It was so sad to imagine them, on the evening, whereas I was already in my bed. I gave my phone number to the girl, Emilie. She is looking for a job to take care of old people, but she has no internet access and she doesn’t know where she can find that job. I told her I would look for the adresses and print it for her and I did it today evening. I am by my parent’s, now, so I won’t see her and the other two guys during 10 days, but I’m gonna phone her and give her an appointment to give her the adresses. I really want to help her.
Usually I only say hello to homeless people, sometimes I give them some food or some money, but now I wanna give time. I’m gonna think about it after my exam, perhaps to get involved in an association. First, I’m going to help Emilie : to give the adress, and to help her writing the letters in a proper french.
I know I do this because I feel guilty of having such a material life – and not being happy with it-, but aynyway, I think it is important.
