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:: Saturday, April 26, 2003 ::
Support Mayoral Candidate with Workable Homeless Solutions
Posted by Mr. Cheng with (2123) Comments
In order to help homeless people to move off homelessness, one very powerful way is to elect a mayor who can provide workable homeless solutions. For example, I recently just endorsed Jim Reid as the mayor of San Francisco, more detail can be seen in Rich New Jersey man adopts S.F. candidate from San Francisco Examinar.
Jim Reid is a homebuilder who build this Shelter One model house to show only $12,000 a city can build a house to move homeless people off homelessness right away. This 10x10 small house has kitchen, microwave, refrigirator, tv, bathroom, washer dryer, desk, chair, Internet computer ...etc. that will give any single homeless person, immediately energy boopstrap once move into it, yet, the cost is so affordable.
:: Mr Cheng 2:59 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 ::
Encourage Mayor Candidates to Experience Homeless Life in Shelter
Posted by Mr. Cheng with (1123) Comments
It would help the mayors to understand the homeless issue better if they all have experienced the homeless life in shelters; so it make a lot sense to encourage mayor candidates to do so and see what their solutions are. Last year, the San Francisco Mayor Candidate went to experience homeless life in the shelter, according to Candidate goes homeless to investigate shelter care without cash. I think this would definitely help the prospective mayor to understand the homeless issues much better and provide useful solutions once elected.
:: Mr Cheng 2:22 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, April 13, 2003 ::
Pay Homeless' Cell Phone Bill
Posted by Mr. Cheng with (1406) Comments
Recently, Jack Davis, a Christian working homeless from Nashville TN, sent me an emergency email saying that due to his employer not able to paid him on time and owed him $238, he was not able to pay his cell phone bill, and, therefore, his cell phone was disconnected. So, I found a sponsor, Tracy Wang from Forest Hill, NY, to help Jack by paying his cell phone bill remotely after some exchange of email. Then his cell phone service is reconnected 30 minutes later.
As I mentioned in my earlier blog entry that a cell phone is the most useful help that any one or agency can provide to a homeless person on the street or living at a shelter because it would be much easier for the homeless to stay in contact, especially, by the prospective employers. In many situations, the prospective employers tend to more willing to hire someone with a cell phone, and many short term labor or service part time jobs require immediate response by the candidates. Some jobs like messenger in New York City, with or without a cell sometimes decides if a homeless person got the job or not.
Tracy Wang at Forest Hills NY is so nice to offer to pay homeless person a cell phone till she or he find a job, and I believe she is the first one I know in the United States that provide this most useful assistance to homeless. Unfortunately, I have not heard of any charity organization, nor government agency claim providing services to the homeless able to provide such useful assistance to any homeless. Some did provide pager or voice mailbox, which is far from the power of a cell phone. Ironically, many homeless, once got their cell phone, may not need Tracy to pay their phone bill because they, all of a sudden, found that unlimited long distance calls after 9pm each night and all day weekends would have paid for their phone card right away for $39 a month, not to mention 600 any time free minutes and other free services like Caller ID, voice mail, ...etc.
:: Mr Cheng 11:19 PM [+] ::
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