Re: Poverty today
Originally Posted by
Muddy
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I have never heard of schools doing washing for children .
Who does it ?
A broken machine does not preclude washing clothles you know.
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I was at one school that had so many homeless, that we bought a washer and dryer. Children who wanted to have their clothes washed could come early or have them done during an after school homework program. We had sweats they could wear while their clothes were being washed.
We were desperate to do anything to keep the children in school. We found that by ocassionally washing their clothes, we could minimize the bullying and humiliation some experience - and they were more likely to show up to class.
By the way, the homelessness for most of these familie was driven by waing of affordable housing (foreign investoris driving up home prices) and wages that weren't keeping up with housing prices.