Today was a snow day at my school, so I
stayed at home and had a (very productive!) duvet day. The bottom line is: I
was warm and comfortable inside my house, under my duvet with cups of tea and
central heating on.
It did make me think about those less
fortunate, who might even be homeless, having to brave the elements with none
of these comforts. It made me shudder to think about having to sit/sleep out in
the snow, but the unfortunate truth is that there were many homeless people who
had no other choice but to brave the elements.
I read a story
today about how failures by two councils led
to a homeless 16-year-old boy being forced to spend nine months living in a
tent, sleeping rough and having to sell his belongings to survive. This
situation was not even rectified when the snow came and the teenager had to
sleep in his tent even in these sub zero conditions!
It absolutely broke my heart and left me thinking that there must be
something that can be done and somewhere that a destitute teenager can turn to
and actually be helped! I stumbled upon an organization called St Mungo’s, which has an initiative where you
can tell them about a rough sleeper.
They also have a website called Street
Concern, which is St Mungo’s outreach service
supporting people who are rough sleeping in London (Westminster, Ealing and
Southwark), Bristol, and Reading. This site is useful for people wanting to
help the homeless, or for people who are homeless and want to ask for help.
So, if you see someone sleeping rough, you can buy them a cup of
tea/coffee and some hot food, maybe even a blanket, and then report them to an organization
like St Mungo’s who can and will help!
Blessings!
Ronell x
“Learn to do good. Seek
justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights
of widows.”
{Isaiah 1v17}
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