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taking in homeless
french preist Abbe Pierre started taking in homeless at a house in Neuilly-Plaisance -
1st homeless shelter
in SF the Raphael House at 1065 Sutter St. opened the first homeless shelter for families -
founded St. Anthonys Dining Room
In San Francisco Rev. Floyd Lotito founded St, Anthonys Dining Room, a free-meal program for seniors, the disabled and the homeless. -
"Hands Across America"
an estimated 7 million Americans participated in "Hands Across America. forming a line across the countryto raise money for the nation's hungry and homeless. -
domes
Ted Hayes founded Dome village in Los Angeles as a cooperative for 30 homeless people. in 2006 the project was dismantled and the domes were actioned off online -
rains
torrential rains in N. Korea wiped out crops and left half-a-million people homeless. -
china
Im China the Yangtze River threatened to burst its banks. workers used 500 tons of rice in sacks to fill gaps in the banks.Millions have been left homeless and 716 were reported dead. -
earthquake
A 7.1 earthquake hit in northeasten Iraq centered on the town of Qaen. more than 2,400 people were reported killed. the death toll was reduced to 1,560 with 60,000 left homeless -
tidal wave
In North Korea a tidal wave from a passing typhoon struck and destroyed some700,000 tons of corn and left 28,000 people homeless. -
camps
In North Korea Kim Jong the second ordered the establishment of the "9-27" camps of orphaned and homeless children to "normalize" the country. -
hotline
The US HUD established a new program with a hotline to help the nations homeless estamated at 600,000 to 1 million people. -
earthquake
in Afganistan a 5.9 earthquake hit the providance of Takhar in the northeast at the junction of the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges where hills collapsed into each other making a huge crater. the number dead was later reported to be 2,300 and 8,000 left homeless. -
yangtze river
It was reported that flooding of the Yangtze River had left 1.8 million people homeless. summer flooding left some 725 people dead. -
Nigeria
In Nigeria it was reported the floodgates were opened on the Niger River at 2 dams,Jebba and Shiriro, to prevent Shiriro Lake from overflowing its banks. 400 villages were submerged leaving 300,000 people homeless and some 500 people were estimated to have been drowned. -
Romania
In Romania dozens of orphaned and homeless teenagers protested and urged the government to provide jobs and housing. -
Zambia
In Zambia 12,000 people lost their homes when the spillwways of Kariba Dam in southern Siavonga were opened to relieve pressure. -
Awash river
it is reported that 9 people died in Ethiopia's Afar Region after the Awash River burst its banks and inundated the Danakil Lowlands. 30,000 people were left homeless -
tidal wave
In Papua New Guinea a tidal wave followed a magnitude 8.0 earthquake and left at least one person dead and at some 5,000 people homeless -
NYC
It was reported that NYC estimated 37,000 homeless -
Japan
Japan, which had begun counting the homeless for the first time, estimated the homeless population of 25,000 compared to 600,000 in the US. -
Fire
In the Philippines a huge fire in a Manila shantytown hurt at least 23 people, destroyed thousands of homes and left about 25,000 residence homeless. -
Kenya
In Kenya a fire raced through a Nairobi slum, destroying hundreds of ramshackle tin and timber houses and leaveing 4,500 families homeless -
California State
A California State appeals court restored Mayor Newsom's Care Not Cash program for homeless people in SF. Some 2,497 homeless people were recieving monthly welfare checks for as much as $410. the checks were cut to $59 with housing or emergency shelter provided.By Dec 2005 the number or homeless recieving checks dropped to 391. -
United States
A 2007 report said there was 744,000 homeless people in the United States this year. -
India and Pakistan
a UN official said more than 2.5 people have been left homeless by the devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake that shook India and Pakistan. -
Project Homeless Connect
Project Homeless Connect, a one-day homeless aid fair that began in SF a year ago, went national with attention given to some 6,000 homeless and 21 US cities. -
Flordia
Sarasota, Flordia, was named the 2005 meanest city in America by the national Coalaition for the homeless after the city council banned sleeping outside overnight without permission on public or private property. -
SF
Mayor Newsom and Philip Mangano, the governments head of homelessness, announced that SF had recieved $19.7 million in federal funds to fight homelessness. -
US
the US government said the nation has 754,000 homeless people, filling emergency shelters through the year and spilling into special seasonal shelters in the coldest months. -
Greece
homelessness in Greece was estimated at 20,000