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Reflection Essay on Homelessness

   

Added on  2020-12-09

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REFLECTION WRITING ONHOMELESSNESS

TABLE OF CONTENTSREFLECTION WRITING ON HOMELESSNESS....................................................................1INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................1FEELINGS.......................................................................................................................................1EVALUATION................................................................................................................................2ANALYSIS......................................................................................................................................2CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTIONIt has been determined that homelessness is considered as a social issue in Australia.People who sleep rough on the streets are also included in those experiencing homelessness. Itcan be a result of health, social, economic related factors. The report will cover a reflective essayon homelessness (Bullen, 2015). Here, people who suffer from financial crisis and experience homelessness are beingchosen as the group on which detailed discussion will be done further. People are beingconsidered homeless in Australia when they do not have access to food, safety, housing etc. DESCRIPTIONI met a young single mother few days back with her baby staying in a crisisaccommodation unit from last 2 months. She told me that one day she was asked to leave thatplace as they wanted their room. After that she moved to another area away from her community,where it was impossible for her to access Halal food. Further, some negotiations were done andshe with her baby were moved to our Mission Australia Homeless Organisation last week(Chamberlain, Johnson & Robinson, 2014). I was selected as a volunteer to take care of heralong with baby. She told me her story and I came to know that after her divorce, she thought ofdoing job to earn money for survival but because of her engaged schedule as a housewife she hadno work experience, for which she faced financial problems and had no place to stay. Shefurther told me that she needed help until she gets a job.I felt depressed about her situation,which she had been managing from last 3 months. However, when I started working with her,my thoughts were changing for her. This is because, at the time of narrating me her story, sheused to get very depressed, but, within few minutes, I observed her to be very relaxed whileplaying with her child.FEELINGSAfter the entire incident, I realised that how much it is tough for poor people to pay forbasic necessities such as food, childcare, health and education (Couch, 2017). Due to herhardships, she suffered mental illness, was depressed and stressed out. Moreover, her healthproblems were the resultant of being homeless. This was an entirely different experience for me,1

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