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There are many ways we can help the homeless or the poor in Hong Kong. We can donate to different charities which provide food, water, clothes and supplies to those is poverty such as impact Hong Kong. We can also help raise awareness of this cause by making speeches or presentations, and we could also join the organisations and help, or even go on kindness walks to give out supplies for the homelss

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We can help them by donating to companies like impact hk that already do this sort of thing or we could go around and give things to the homeless on our own

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We can sell our made bags to make money for charity and we can help them give them a job, take them to a cheaper hostpital or rent them a cheaper home/house.

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We can start a charity for specific people to create smaller finance problems for them

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By donating daily things we use

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We can provide what they need for survival such as food, water or helping them build their shelters. We could get these money by arranging a Old toys fair where people donate their all stuff's where still can be used and other people buy them.

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One way we can help homeless people is by donating food and giving them shelter. Another more long term solution is to help them find a secure job so they can sustain their lives.

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There are many things we can do to help the homeless. We can donate to charities which provide food, homeless shelters which provide shelter, like Impact HK. We can also volunteer to handout food and resources. (Did that in junior school) We can also donate things that we have but don't use. Putting up posters or making presentations, generally making people aware of the situation of homelessness may persuade people to help as well.

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Getting ditched by family or leaving your family

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Unemployment is one of the main causes of homelessness

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people have been abandoned by family/friends. they were poor and then they lost their jobs. they became bankrupt

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Half of the people around the world lived in poverty. We can try to donate clothes and food in the shelter.

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There are a lot of reasons why a person could go homeless. Some self inflicted reasons could be becoming drug or alchohol addicts, or losing money from gambling. Other reason can include losing a job and becoming unemployed, getting too much debt from a divorce, student debt and more. Also, being disabled can lead to a higher chance. The lack of affordable housing and living standards are extremely high in hong Kong, and not earning enough money can leave you without a home.

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The houses are too expensive

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Unemployed or rent's too high

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Mental illnesses and lack of needed services.

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Being abandoned by family, or abandoning family. Being unemployed with no source of income (leading to no place to stay) or being discharged from prison with nowhere to go.

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Not enough money to buy things they want (like a house)

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Not enough money to buy things they want (like a house)

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They don't have the power to work like they lost arms and legs at birth, or their family are really bad and kicks them out of the house.

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lack of affordable housing
unemployment
poverty
mental illness and the lack of needed services
substance abuse and the lack of needed services

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About 2000 people are homeless in Hong Kong.

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there are many reasons why people go homeless, one of them is not being able to afford housing. Especially in Hong Kong, even just a small flat could cost millions of dollars.

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We can donate money and resources to the homeless.

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1. Recognize varying connection needs. ...

2. Be present in conversations. ...

3. Develop the ability to empathize. ...

4. Develop the habit of emphasizing positives. ...

5. Control your tone of voice. ...

6. Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problem rather than to win. ...

7. Provide autonomy in execution. ...

8. Learn and apply the five languages of appreciation.

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Being connected in a community is actually quite simple. We need to communicate and better understand each other. We can do this by talking or having conversations, or just being pleasant

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we can talk to each other , call, zoom, etc

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1,600

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According to the hong kong poverty situation report, 14.9% of people are in poverty in Hong kong, about 1/7 or 1 million people. There are now also 1600 people whom are homeless, last recorded in 2015.
https://hongkongfp.com/2018/05/04/official-number-hong-kong-homeless-reaches-new-high-may-understated-say-ngos/

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Sustainability is basically doing or having something that lasts for a very very long time, and not a one off event. Sustainability is being consistent and continuous. If we are to continue supporting Impact hong kong, we need to do something that is continuous and consistent. We can continue by doing something every week or month, like donating every week or doing a presentation any month to urge people to help.

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In order for stc to continue supporting impact hk, the action has to be simple and easy, yet effective. This way, people will be encouraged to do it for a longer period of time.

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Monthly donations

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we need to donate more often or larger amounts but less frequently

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We can give them food