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Homeless outreach group spends 48 hours living on the streets for fundraiser [Video]

Organizers with homeless outreach nonprofit Street Angels are living on the streets this weekend as part of their annual 48 Hours fundraiser.The group is raising money for more resources and standing in solidarity with the people they serve.The money donated through the 48 Hours campaign helps fund programs for the nonprofit throughout the year. Some of the money raised will go towards renting a mobile shower unit in 2024, according to one of Street Angels’ founders, Eva Welch. “We are 100 percent community funded,” Welch said.Their goal this year is to raise $150,000. “I wanted to know what it was like to experience homelessness, especially to know how to better serve them. What they might need,” Welch said.In previous years, Welch has spent the weekend in a tent. This year, she is in her car at a park-and-ride. Street Angels has seen an increase in people living at park-and-rides this year.Welch said they have served more people this year than they have ever before 650 people experiencing homelessness, including 15 families.”Prior to this year, we’ve never had to track families because it was so rare that we would find a family outside. And this year, we had to add a family tracker,” she said. The 48-hour fundraiser goes through Sunday afternoon.

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Turkish Strikes Disrupt Water in Northeast Syria [Video]

(Beirut, October 26, 2023) – Drone strikes by Turkish Armed Forces on Kurdish-held areas of northeast Syria between October 5 and 10, 2023, damaged critical infrastructure and resulted in water and electricity disruptions for millions of people, Human Rights Watch said today.The strikes on more than 150 locations in north and east Syria in the governorates of al-Hasakeh, Raqqa, and Aleppo, killed dozens of people including civilians, and damaged civilian structures, civic groups said. The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, which governs the targeted areas, confirmed that the attacks on water and electrical power stations, resulted in the “complete cutoff of electricity and water supply” from al-Hasakeh governorate. Critical oil installations and the only operational gas plant for domestic use in northeast Syria were also damaged by the attacks. In the city of al-Hasakeh, an ongoing water dispute since Turkey’s 2019 invasion of parts of northern Syria has already been jeopardizing the right to water for nearly a million people, including residents and displaced communities.To support our work, please visit: https://hrw.org/donateHuman Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.orgSubscribe for more: https://bit.ly/2OJePrw

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Kansas City charity receives grant to help struggling veterans [Video]

A new grant could help veterans in Kansas City who are struggling to pay their bills.Brett Morris with Catholic Charities of Kansas City and Saint Joseph says few public service programs are better than the ones that help veterans in the United States.While the charity organization already has a program to help housing-challenged veterans, he says the grant can help them do more.We wanted to try to reach out and reach those people who didn’t qualify for that but also needed help,” Morris said.The Disabled Veterans National Foundation recognized the need in the Kansas City area and awarded Catholic Charities a cash grant to help their efforts. The $15,000 grant is specifically designed to help those who are struggling to pay for things like winter clothes and utility bills.The pre-established veteran’s program can also help with rent for those who need it. Morris believes not enough veterans know about the resources Catholic Charities provides.A way for us to meet a need that might be might not be permanent, but can help somebody boost themselves into sustained success,” Morris said. Veterans who need help can reach out to Catholic Charities at 816-221-4377.