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Introduction
Helping others in bettering in their life invoke a sense of happiness. I also felt happy and proud,
when I became a part of the Durbar Australia. It is a foundation created by the freedom fighters
to fight homelessness in Australia, especially Sydney. The mission of the organization is to fight
homelessness and support homeless children in Australia. The organization aims to help the
children in Australia and Sydney.
The fund is obtained from the freedom fighters of Bangladesh, who are living in Australia. These
people donate their money as they obtain it from the Bangladeshi government. Working with the
organization, I felt immensely happy and proud. I was a part of the program addressed to meet
the needs of several hundred homeless people in Australia.
Description of Organization
Durbar Australia is located at the center of Australia, which is continuously operating to provide
services to the homeless people in Australia. The organization has its own building, facilities,
and all the designs are served to support the poverty-stricken people and children in Australia.
The organization has an excellent infrastructure to offer meals twice a day (Gaetz, S., Gulliver,
T., and Richter, T. (2014). It also offers clothing and personal hygiene items, shower, shaving
kit, non-perishable food items, and haircut facility. Above all, if offers facility to spend a night
with safety.
The organization does not make any differences between different people and offer equivalent
services to all the people. These services are provided seven days a week to all the employees.
The volunteers, who participate in the program, are also provided free meals regularly. As a
volunteer to the organization, I gathered and organized different donations such as food and
personal hygiene items to the homeless people in the community. In the process, we placed the
personal hygiene items to the homeless people. These items were given when the people were
leaving after having their food (Ravenhill, 2016). The senior volunteers had given us the
instructions that it is important to be pleasant and wish all the people with a cordial hello.
Learnings and Experience in the Voluntary Program

Before completing the voluntary program, I assumed that I will not be happy in serving food and
personal toiletries to the homeless people for several hours. However, I realized that doing
something for the society can bring immense happiness. Before the activity, I was also not
familiar with the challenges faced by the homeless people. I was not sympathetic with the
homeless people and considered them as a failure in life. However, after this activity, I realize
that they struggle to obtain the basic necessities of life. The homeless people were
underprivileged and unlucky in their lives. Subsequently, I was genuinely concerned about the
issues of the homeless people. I realized that there are a large number of people, who have more
than necessary; however, they waste without considering its importance (Glendening and Shinn,
2017). Soon, I felt that it I important to take a proactive approach towards uplifting the standard
of these people.
While participating in the program, I realized that it is important to analyze the plight of
homeless people in a different manner. I understood that daily shower, medical care and food are
the basic necessity and available to everyone. I did not realize that these facilities are not
available to everyone. Spending a little time with the homeless people, I realized that the
homeless people struggle a lot in obtaining the basic necessities of the life (Martijn and Sharpe,
2006).
Working with the homeless people, I realized that the homelessness is omnipresent. In the
present, homelessness has become a global issue. The homelessness is an issue, in which the
people do not have a permanent dwelling or house. The long term shelter of these people is a
shelter home, motel, or tent.
Issue of Homelessness
The homeless is a social issue as it provides roots, security and a sense of belonging to the
people. It creates a large number of psychological issues to the customers. By getting associated
with the organization, I realized that homelessness is a social issue. The majority of the homeless
people are found in large suburban areas in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. According to the
statistics, more than one million people in Australia can be categorized as homeless as they do
not have a permanent shelter. There are several causes of homelessness; however, the primary

reasons are drug addiction, unemployment, lack of support, poverty and disability (Auerswald
and Eyre, 2002).
I learnt about various programs developed to support the homeless community in Australia.
Australia has established Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP), which is a
joint program between the Commonwealth and the State government of Australia. It provides
funding to different organizations to assist the homeless people or the people struggling with
homelessness. It is specially focused on women and children escaping domestic violence. The
program is focused on offering various services such as refuges, shelter and range of supported
services (Farrugia, 2011). Basically the program is focused on providing accommodation and
related services to the customers. It will increase self-reliance and independence among the
users.
Demographics of Homeless People
In the recent years, the demographics of homeless people are also changing as the proportion of
youth is increasing among the homeless people. It is due to high unemployment rates and
relatively less wages to people with low education level. The inflation rate and the housing and
renting cost have also contributed to the homelessness. The current statistics shows that
homelessness in Australia is growing at a rate of 14%. There are also cases of growing number
of older women on streets and people in overcrowded accommodation. According to my
personal experience, the women over 65 are also increasingly becoming homeless (Crane, M.,
Byrne, K., Fu, R., Lipmann, B., Mirabelli, F., Rota-Bartelink, et al. 2005). I spoke to a number of
women and realized that there are several issues such as domestic violence, social breakdown in
social relationships and economic status. In such cases, women do not have enough financial
support for themselves.
By communicating with my peers, I realized that there are a large number of invisible homeless
people. It means that the people are living and sleeping at an overcrowded space. The cost of
renting a house, food and other expenses go beyond the average income of these people.
However, I realized that the issue of homelessness is not an issue of homelessness but it also
results in breach of the fundamental human rights. The homeless people do not have a family, a
social circle, which results in depression and loneliness. They are also more vulnerable to the

violation of the human rights as they do not possess adequate loving standards (Rosenthal
Mallett, and Myers, 2006). They struggle in getting a proper education, living securely. It can be
critiqued that access to secure housing is a basic human right. A homeless person will face
severe violation related to right to privacy, right to freedom and right to vote.
There are several reasons of homelessness. Poverty and inability to find a shelter are leading
cause of homelessness. However, these circumstances may result from various other reasons
such as unemployment, other financial pressures, sharp rise on housing prices and rental cost.
There are also other contributing reasons in homelessness such as personal or family problems,
which encompasses family problems, domestic violence, issues in physical or mental health or
addiction to drugs or other abuse (Toro, Tompsett, Lombardo, Philippot, Nachtergael, Galand et
al. 2007). When people became incapable to handle these situations, it results in complex
problems.
Homelessness among Indignuous Popluation
In Australia, indigenous population is deeply affected by homelessness. These people face social
and economic issues such as low level of education and training. They also suffer from other
issues such as substance abuse and mental or physical health issue. In Australia, indigenous
community has a majority in the homeless population. They also have to face a below average
housing facility in comparison to the general public. Their accommodation also lack basic
facilities such as sewerage and accessibility to telecommunication (Arthurson and Jacobs, 2004).
The indigenous population has cultural challenges in housing or accommodation. They have a
cultural importance of communal and outdoor living and using public space for cultural
activities. However, it is not possible in modern housing.
Homelessness Among Women
With the personal observation, it has been analyzed that women constituent a major part in the
homeless population. However, the homelessness organizations neglect to analyze the extent to
which the homelessness affects women. The homeless women tend to remain out of sight as they
are more prone to violence, rape or other form of abuse.

The women, who have faced domestic violence or sexual assault, are more likely to face
homelessness later in their lives. During the volunteer experience, I heard the stories of these
women and how they were oppressed by their family or spouses. I realized that these women
often lacked control on their lives as they were financially dependent on others.
During the voluntary experience, I often encountered children and youth facing homelessness.
There are several reasons of homelessness among children such as relationship, family
breakdown, domestic violence, anxiety or mental disease and substance abuse. The children are
severely impacted by the phenomenon of homelessness. According to fundamental rights, every
child has a right to access appropriate living standards, which are adequate for the physical,
mental and social development needs. They should be protected against all kind of exploitation
or abuse.
However, homeless children are more likely to endure the violation of the human rights, which
are detrimental to their health and development. Homeless children suffer from distress, low self-
esteem, behavioral problems and depression. The homeless people have to face several
situations, which can be detrimental to their mental health. These people face social isolation,
which makes them extremely vulnerable and they lose control over their lives. Furthermore,
people with mental illness also face homelessness. They need additional care. However, the
current shelter homes are unable to address their special needs. I realized that the government
and private entities should make coalitions with each other to give training to the staff members
so that they provide adequate shelter and facilities to the people with mental illness.
Conclusion
Conclusively, it can be stated that the homelessness is a breach of human right. Every individual
has a right to access adequate housing and living standards. It also negatively impacts on the
mental and the physical health status. It is a serious and persistent violation of the human rights.
The homelessness and mental or physical sickness is interrelated. Different kinds of mental or
physical illness will reduce the ability of a person to find employment, which drifts him towards
homelessness. Homelessness also results in various health issues such as depression, poor
nutrition, sickness arising from poor hygiene. The homeless people also have little access to
healthcare services in comparison to the broad population, which jeopardize the health issues. In

addition to it, homelessness also affects the right to personal safety. The safety and security of a
homeless person is under a constant threat. They lack a personal safe environment, which makes
them vulnerable to personal crime or attacks. Children are also vulnerable to these attacks as they
are vulnerable population. They are at a high risk to violence and sexual abuse.

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