The Situation, The Question

A man walks on the bus with an expired bus ticket. The bus driver lets him on anyways. He is homeless. He is cold. he is hungry. He isn't going anywhere. He is just trying to find a place to stay warm. He sits at the front of the bus and looks out the window. He holds his head in his hands and you can see his body shaking. The loud noise of the bus moving covers his outcries so that all I can hear is a faint moan.

Over 12,000 people are homeless in North Carolina. Over 1,000 of those people are in Guilford County alone. As an American Friends Service Committee Intern what can I do to help our neighbors get out of homelessness and prevent more of our neighbors from becoming homeless?


Written by Starlet Tetteh
AFSC Intern