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Social exclusion of homeless in Belgium

Social exclusion of homeless in Belgium. Olivier Bauwens Annelore De Visschere Pieter-Jan Tavernier. Belgium situation.

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Social exclusion of homeless in Belgium

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  1. Socialexclusion of homelessinBelgium Olivier Bauwens Annelore De Visschere Pieter-Jan Tavernier

  2. Belgiumsituation • Belgian is reported to have over 50.000 homeless people in 2011. That’s a huge increase over the number of 2003 where there is talk of “only” 17.000 people being homeless.

  3. Belgiumsituation • Most of the homeless are found in the 4 most populated cities of Belgium, these are Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi. • A big amount of the homeless are invisible to society because those homeless wander between houses of friends and family and public spaces like airports and train stations.

  4. Belgiumyoungsters • Youngsters in Belgium, and especially in the biggest cities of the country, increasingly become part of the homeless community. One of the main reasons for this are the fact that troubled teenagers don’t get any obligatory support anymore from the moment they turn 18 and more often than not those teenagers aren’t ready to live on their own, this translates into teenagers that start having debts and lose their housing and their jobs because of it. Another cause of homelessness with youngsters are youth gangs.

  5. ‘t Hart Voor Iedereen – NGO’s • Name and Localization ‘t Hart Voor IedereenKinderwelzijnstraat 952920 KalmthoutBelgium • Key staff Chairman of the board:Wil van DommelenSecretary: Fiona KlompTreasurer:Willemijn van DommelenMembers: Bas Witvoet, Sonja Regemortels, AnnickDonkers

  6. Organization’sgoal • ‘t Hart VoorIedereen’s main goal is to fight poverty and homelessness in Belgium.They want to do this by making sure the money and means they gather reaches the right initiatives.The projects that they support should prompt personal growth for the people who they’re trying to help.

  7. OrganizationAge • Age of the Organization The organisation has been founded in 2008.This means the organization is approximately 4 years old. • Website http://thartvooriedereen.be/ • Website Age The website is online since April 2009.The website is 3 approximately years old.

  8. Organization Partners • DAK: Daklozenactiecomitéé (HAC: Homeless Action Committee) : http://users.skynet.be/fa255099/ • Restaurant du Coeur (Restaurant of the Heart) : http://www.restosducoeur.be/ • Chez Nous (with us) : http://users.skynet.be/cheznous.bijons/ • ’t Vlot (the raft): http://www.kerknet.be/parochie/1/content.php?ID=660 • Lean On Me: http://www.leanonme.be/ • Free Clinic: http://www.free-clinic.be/

  9. Websitestrenghts and weaknesses • Strengths: • They use famous people to get the attention. • The site has a very nice layout and you keep a nice overview. • There is a lot of information on the website. • You see a lot of pictures on the website, this makes you more attracted to the project. • Weaknesses: • The URL is pretty long and difficult to remember. • Pictures change too often and too fast. • They only use Facebook as social media. • Not that persuasive. You need to read a lot to get the information that you want or need. • The last newsletter dates from November 2010

  10. NGO’s marketing summary • The conclusion about the marketing is a little bit disappointing. The site is build up nicely, but there are so many things that could be done better. The promotion of the site isn’t that great. We also noticed that the page rank and tag analyses could be better. Maybe the project would benefit from a better online marketing.

  11. Thankyou • Any questions?

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