Kevin of the transition to the Park Lane Bashny.Net

Kevin lives in the underground passage at the beginning of Park Lane, near London "Hilton". Like many other homeless people selling the magazine «The Big Issue» - is now in many European countries are trying to homeless do not just beg for money and were engaged in the proliferation of special charity edition, which is usually made a team of professional journalists. Homeless people are buying magazines from the editorial board of 50 pence, sell for one and a half pounds. On the day Kevin take 10-15 copies. Not much, but enough to life.

Kevin - fifty. I was left without a home four years ago. I went to a black stripe: fired from his job, began to drink, sat down on drugs, then his wife could not resist and threw him out. Before becoming a tramp, he was a lawyer in a small accounting firm.

Here Kevin spends the night is rare - he was lucky and he began to indulge in one of the local shelters. But when there is no place, we have to sleep here, with the dogs. Here he lives and his companion Martin. When we started to talk, he just appeared at the other end of the transition.

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Dogs are still lying at the feet of the master quietly, suddenly jumped up and rushed to the bearded man, who descended the stairs and walked towards us. Dogs Joy knew no bounds - they squealed with joy, standing on his hind legs and front hugging Martin. Especially tried shaggy mongrel, which then went to Martin and the other two dogs back to us with Kevin.

No dog homeless poor. A dog and a friend, and warmer in the cold winter nights, and a defender when you have to defend their good or collected money from a day of street thugs.



It is said that five years ago there were more residents of the street. Now there are about a thousand for all central London. They were seriously engaged, trying to rehabilitate and return to normal life. In shelters, charitable organizations they are left for a few months, sometimes six months and more, trying to return it a habit to live under a roof to sleep on the bed, eating from a plate, and survive without engaging in theft and begging. In addition to these shelters have rooming house where dinner and bed is from 8 to 15 pounds.



If previously homeless people who sleep in the transitions and parks were an integral part of the London landscape, now the attitude towards them is changing, and everyone recognizes that it is not normal - to sleep on the streets of a city like London. Society was to create opportunities for homeless people started a new life, beginning to motivate them, encourage them to ensure that they are back to where left on their own or someone else's will.



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