Homeless people all over the world organize soccer/football/futeball teams, then come together for a long championship, with thousands of people attending some of the best football you’ll see all year. The act of organizing a football team and participating in it appears to be a tonic for many of the problems facing homeless people, with more than 70 percent of the participants getting off the streets in the process of forming and honing their teams.

Other ideas which hack the concept of homelessness: the ParaSITE portable shelters. (more)

By Alex Steffen. Imported into Imagiscape from www.WorldChanging.com

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