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> direct charity prevents or delays people from finding a better solution What about something like this instead? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired

> direct charity prevents or delays people from finding a better solution What about something like this instead? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/08/11/this-republican-mayor-has-an-incredibly-simple-idea-to-help-the-homeless-and-it-seems-to-be-working/?utm_term=.02fce737048e https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/08...

riffraff 10y ago
somewhat related, I live un Budapest which is quite full of homeless people. There is a program by which they distribute a magazine[0], mainly about the homeless life, and in theory with articles written by them. It's still a begging of sort, so not as good as a proper job, but I've always felt it was much more dignified than panhandling. And from the other side, it gives you the idea that people handing out the newspaper are at least putting in some effort rather than just sitting on the corner (not saying they'd do, just talking fo perception). [0] http://www.fedelnelkul.hu/news.php http://www.fedelnelkul.hu/news.php
- stephengillie 10y ago
  Seattle has a similar newspaper. The newspaper has licensed vendors, who buy the newspapers at a rate around $1 (I think it's $1.15) and sell for $2. The articles are written and edited by and for the homeless community, and cover all sorts of city business and activities from a unique perspective. http://www.realchangenews.org/ http://www.realchangenews.org/
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Portugal has Cais, which was in turn inspired by the British magazine The Big Issue: http://www.bigissue.com/ http://www.bigissue.com/
- noir_lord 10y ago
  We have that in the UK it's called 'Big Issue' and I often buy one, it's actually worth a read as it covers the politics of things that affect the poorest members of society.
- malyk 10y ago
  Same in the SF Bay Area. Called the Street Sheet and it's handed out for a dollar generally though you could of course give more.
- anigbrowl 10y ago
  Yeah, lots of places have newspapers for the homeless to sell. Of course, this doesn't work very well because most people are not very interested in actually read it. I frequently just give people money and tell them to keep the paper, because I've never learned anything useful from reading these papers. I already know what it's like to be poor and they don't provide me with any useful or interesting information beyond that. I'm not sure how useful it is to teach people how to sell something nobody actually wants, other than in some vague hope that they'll spin it into a sales job at a later date.

riffraff 10y ago

somewhat related, I live un Budapest which is quite full of homeless people. There is a program by which they distribute a magazine[0], mainly about the homeless life, and in theory with articles written by them. It's still a begging of sort, so not as good as a proper job, but I've always felt it was much more dignified than panhandling. And from the other side, it gives you the idea that people handing out the newspaper are at least putting in some effort rather than just sitting on the corner (not saying they'd do, just talking fo perception). [0] http://www.fedelnelkul.hu/news.php http://www.fedelnelkul.hu/news.php

stephengillie 10y ago
Seattle has a similar newspaper. The newspaper has licensed vendors, who buy the newspapers at a rate around $1 (I think it's $1.15) and sell for $2. The articles are written and edited by and for the homeless community, and cover all sorts of city business and activities from a unique perspective. http://www.realchangenews.org/ http://www.realchangenews.org/
- icebraining 10y ago
  Portugal has Cais, which was in turn inspired by the British magazine The Big Issue: http://www.bigissue.com/ http://www.bigissue.com/
noir_lord 10y ago
We have that in the UK it's called 'Big Issue' and I often buy one, it's actually worth a read as it covers the politics of things that affect the poorest members of society.
malyk 10y ago
Same in the SF Bay Area. Called the Street Sheet and it's handed out for a dollar generally though you could of course give more.
anigbrowl 10y ago
Yeah, lots of places have newspapers for the homeless to sell. Of course, this doesn't work very well because most people are not very interested in actually read it. I frequently just give people money and tell them to keep the paper, because I've never learned anything useful from reading these papers. I already know what it's like to be poor and they don't provide me with any useful or interesting information beyond that. I'm not sure how useful it is to teach people how to sell something nobody actually wants, other than in some vague hope that they'll spin it into a sales job at a later date.