Internet Giving Homeless a Home

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday June 25, 2006 @11:35PM from the long-reach-on-that-outreach dept.

Wired is reporting that many individuals currently without permanent housing still manage to stay connected via a cellphone, laptop, or some other gadget. Many homeless have email addresses and find that it offers them a way to get their foot back in the door of 'normal' society. From the article: "Hellerich slept on benches but she frequented a women's shelter with a cluster of internet-connected computers used mostly by the children who arrived at the safe house with their mothers. She started blogging and conducting a business. As an independent internet marketer, she was able to maintain bank accounts, nurse existing client connections and forge new business relationships. The business brought in only about $100 a month, but that was enough to help get her life back on track."

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Re:wait by Joebert · 2006-06-26 00:04 · Score: 0, Redundant

Or was it "Give a man a fish, he knows where to get fish. Teach a man to fish, you just lost a customer."

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Re:wait by arr28 · 2006-06-26 00:06 · Score: 1, Redundant

What's the saying ... "Give a man a fish, and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and you have fed him for a lifetime."
I thought it was... "Make a man a fire and you'll keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire and you'll keep him warm for the rest of his life!"