Homelessness in Malaysia Study
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Running head: HOMELESSNESS IN MALAYSIA WRITE UP FOR THE OUTCASTName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
HOMELESSNESS IN MALAYSIA 1Homelessness is a worldwide concern, as it affects populations across the globe,irrespective of their gender, community, caste, creed and ethnicity. There is no particulardefinition of homelessness as the term varies from country to country (Alhabshi and Manan2012). The United Kingdom Homelessness charity crisis, home is not only related to shelter, butit also provides the individual with sense of security, belongingness, identity and wellbeing.Malaysia as well, suffering from the issues related to homelessness (Homeless Link 2017). Thereare number of organizations that provide help to these Street friends throughout the country. Thisdiscussion will feature one of those organizations, yellow house situated in Kuala Lumpur (KL)and will put up some of the conversations with the Street friends people residing in that shelter. Administrations of countries are unable to estimate the actual figure of Street friends asthe number changes much frequently. In 2016, the number of Street-friends in Kuala Lumpurwas more than 2000; however, no government verification of this figure has been done (Gheeand Omar 2015). In between, yellow house organization continues to serve the Street friendspeople around Kuala Lumpur and more than 500 people takes shelter in this home. There arevarieties of Street friends in this shelter home, someone has been thrown out of the housebecause he is a drug addict, and on the other hand, a 78-year-old father has been kicked out ofthe house because of his old age. One year back, Zikri (24) used to live in south KL, with hisfamily. However, his sexual orientation was his major sin, and according to him, He was thrownout of the house because of his homosexual orientation. Raihana (32) is a mother of a 3-month-old baby girl and she was thrown out of her In-laws house because she gave birth to a baby girl,instead of a baby boy. She is now residing under the supervision of Mrs. Khadijah (45), chiefsupervisor of the Women wing for yellow house organization. Besides providing shelter, yellowhouse organization provide different kind of skill developing training to these Street friends so
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