This isn’t charity, it’s a job

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Cool Aid’s causal labour pool  encourages Victoria employers to hire people experiencing homelessness.

To anyone who’s ever thought people experiencing homelessness need to “get a job,” now it’s your chance to make good on the proposal. While one in four people living in Victoria emergency shelters are actively employed, it’s not a stat that often gets associated with people in the street community, nor is the fact that many more would like to be.

Read the article: ‘This isn’t charity, it’s a job’

Source: Monday Magazine

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