Can one person change the world in this day and age and why?
I not only believe in this philosophy, I followed it. When I finally found a place to live after being homeless, I swore to start up a charity or campaign to make the general public realise that homeless people are NOT all alcoholics, drug addicts, just plain lazy drop-outs or mentally ill and that we are EXACTLY the same as everyone else, because they ARE everyone else. Homelessness can happen to literally anyone and everyone at any time in their life, due to just a few, seemingly minor, unfortunate events. Everyone who heard me make this claim wold me that I couldn’t do it. Noone would listen to someone just off the streets and so I should just concentrate on getting my own life straight and concentrate on myself instead. I refused to accept this and started a little campaign on the BBC Action site which gradually grew and grew until I formally founded the charity HISH – Homeless Is Still Human. Through my charity, I was constantly meeting with media people, UK politicians and Member
