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  2. 15 Rich And Famous People Who Were Once Homeless - AOL

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    Flickr By Jacquelyn Smith and Vivian Giang Before they rose to fame, many of the world's wealthiest and most recognized celebrities struggled for money. And some weren't just poor - they were

  3. Emmaus (charity) - Wikipedia

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    The harsh winter of 1954 led to a number of homeless people's deaths and Abbé Pierre appealed through the newspapers and on the radio for donations. The French people responded and Emmaus grew from a national charity into an international one. Emmaus Communities now began to appear across Europe, French West Africa, the Far East and South America.

  4. Category:Homeless people - Wikipedia

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    People known to be homeless all or much of the time, or otherwise famously associated with past or present periods of homelessness. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

  5. Meet Candace Parkerson, the 11-year-old Memphian whose ...

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    When Candace Parkerson was six years old, she learned a terrible truth: some people were homeless. Sitting in the backseat of her parents’ car, she noticed a man sleeping on the side of the road ...

  6. Orphan Train - Wikipedia

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    In 1850, there were an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 homeless children in New York City. At the time, New York City's population was only 500,000. [1] Some children were orphaned when their parents died in epidemics of typhoid, yellow fever or the flu. [1] Others were abandoned due to poverty, illness, or addiction. [1]

  7. Category:Homelessness activists - Wikipedia

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  8. Chris Gardner - Wikipedia

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    The unusual spelling of the film's title comes from a sign Gardner saw when he was homeless. In the film, "happiness" is misspelled (as "happyness") outside the daycare facility Gardner's son attends. The movie, starring Will Smith, Thandiwe Newton and Jaden Smith, focused on Gardner's nearly one-year struggle with homelessness. The movie ...

  9. Homelessness - Wikipedia

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    Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.