Videoblog - Invisible People

When I first heard some of the stories told by homeless people from different parts of the USA, as well as watching some episodes of "Skid Row", I was truly shocked, but at the same time amazed about how optimistic many of them were. I also started to think about how much we, especially here in Norway, take for granted. I'm sure that lots of people have experienced bad things during their life, but when you see these videos you realize that you have never truly experienced the desperation of homelessness. And I'm very lucky that I haven't.


The different stories tells us that there's so many homeless people living in the states, and their life is a struggle. And the fact that homeless people is looked upon as invisible is, unfortunately, true. We see them often, but we just ignore them and walk by, thinking that they don't exist, so we don't have to care about them or doing anything with the problem. Several of the homeless people also says that they've had to go to the hospital, paying lots of money, and afterwards they get problems with paying their bills and they see no other way than living on the streets. 


On the other hand, the different stories tells us about the personality of people living in the USA. Even though they're homeless, they're optimistic, hoping, and not at least working, for a better future. It shows us that Americans are hard-working people. After reading and extraction from Magasinet I saw that even though they've had a hard life, or having a hard life, they really loves their own country and they can't imagine a better place to live. The national pride, patriotism, is really strong.


The inventor of this website is a living example that proofs that everyone can break out of their lives as a homeless person, get a job and a place to live. Once he was one of many persons that lived on the street, but he managed to change his life for the better. Today, 3.5 millions in the USA are homeless. It's an increasing problem for the community, as well as it develops into a problem for those who's homeless. Something needs to be done to this, but it's guaranteed that not everyone would be satisfied with what has to be done about it. So how are we supposed to get more people off the streets?