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GIVE THE HOMELESS A HOME:

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Building A Happier and Secured Household

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According to Philippine Statistics Office (PSA)

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- There are about 4.5 million homeless people in the Philippines

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- about 3 million of them are in Manila

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- Most of them are victims of recent typhoons

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- Or people who are easily thrown out of their homes by the Government to use their land for infrastructure projects.

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Other circumstances that caused people to be homeless are unstable financial income and unemployment.

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They have to live on the sidewalks and under bridges with their family.

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On July 2020,

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A street dweller that is sleeping under the footbridge in Caloocan City, have been robbed. Her wallet was taken away that night and the thief did not stop there,

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He still had the audacity to go back in the morning and robbed the remaining things of the poor old woman, and if this was a different situation a more dangerous crime could have happened.

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Different crimes could happen on the streets while the homeless people are sleeping and unconscious of their surroundings.

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This driven the researcher to investigate and propose a possible solution for the homelessness situation in the Philippines.

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This project highlights the current situation of homeless people in the country and aims to give them the rights to have a safe and comfortable shelter.