I am sure that you take things like some form of a home, friends and the chance for employment or education for granted, but take that away and the strong scaffolding of happiness fades and becomes the coldness and murkiness of the deepest oceans, where good and innocent people drown.
Be a Good Samaritan, and change the lives of the unfortunate, no matter what they look like. They need to feel loved, and they need to feel like someone who has a glimmer of hope to hold on to.
Spread the faith. Spread the hope. Spread the happiness. Together united, we can do something to be proud of, and we will receive the same aid when we lose our own path. Together united we can share our material happiness to show that a little goes a longer way than we could dream of.
Just remember: a smile can turn the light on. Make a change. Be proud. We have the power together and only together to do this. We are the human race, and we should not let our companions suffer. They have the basic human right to be able to lead a happy life. It’s all they want, so let’s give it to them. Not tomorrow, next week, or when the time comes when you yourself may be in a place of need. Today and now, with gratitude that we can help them. Like clockwork, we make the world tick.
Now let’s make it tick louder.
Homelessness is something that I find hard to bear. A life with no reason for living is pointless and avoidable. Human nature shows us the importance of family and those without are the spiritually poorest of them all.
With a little help from those who can give it, the world will be changed beyond recognition; human co-operation produces results that can bring a smile to a lonely face, and a smile is what this effort is worth. A smile in return for a small donation will bring a happiness to the world that is better than any material objects like money; it will make a bond between the world’s inhabitants that will prove that huge things can be achieved with faith and team work. My mother always told me this, and my goodness was she right. So now I pass on the message to a united country to stand together and lead the way.
Without you, Help the Homeless, our charity which is dedicated to those living on the streets, can make no progress with its targets. When you make a donation, it will be deposited into an account owned by Help the Homeless which is monitored by the government, so you can be assured your money is going to the right place. At the end of every month, the total sum donated is then divided into twenty cities in the country, where it is used to buy access to rehab centres, access to hostels and get medical help for those homeless who need it. In a lot of cases accommodation is provided for them. With more money, we can increase the amount of areas that are aided by us, hopefully to thirty by 2020. We are a growing charity that can only grow with your help. You can do voluntary work and raise money for us to donate at the end of each month, like washing cars, or organising fundraising events. You can set up a lump sum to be transferred to our charity every month via your bank, which will happily do this for you, and you can encourage others with money to throw around to perhaps sacrifice some of it for an extremely worthy cause like us. You will all receive something valuable from donating. You will receive a happiness and proud spirit in seeing a progress with the problem of homelessness and know that you helped it to happen. Leaflets will be given after this speech which will contain the number you can call to make a monthly donation of any amount above five pounds. It will also contain the following story I am about to read to you, so it can be a constant reminder as to the pain of those who need our help.
Zoë Wallis was an average 23 year-old from Leister, who lived with her boyfriend in a small flat. She became pregnant, and when her boyfriend was told, he threw her out the flat and accused her of ruining his life. She went to stay with her parents, who were very supportive, but she was very lonely and so turned to alcohol and drugs to keep her energy levels up. This gradually spiralled out of control within two years after giving birth, and her baby was taken into care. She was overcome with grief and fled the comfort of her parents, and slept rough in bus shelters, while she stole alcohol from shops and was still heavily addicted to drugs. She was hospitalized several times over the next five years, and her liver began to break down.
Help the Homeless then heard Zoë’s story and came to her aid; we placed her in a rehab centre where she was to stay for two years. She then stayed in a hostel with close monitoring, while she began to rebuild her life, retaking an A-Level and then landing herself in a comfortable job as a teaching assistant in a local primary school.
A further four years down the line and Zoë is now in a marriage with one child, and a devoted Christian. She is a success at her career; she now works as a sales executive for a large furniture store in Durham.
That’s Zoë’s story. Many like her have changed their lives and have Help the Homeless to thank for this. We want to help even more, and with you we can do more than ever before.
When you next walk down the street, look at the eyes of the closest person living in the gutter. Look at the emptiness, coldness and suffering inside them, and try to walk away without feeling guilty. You can help them.
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