homeless children

A photographic essay about a nine-year-old boy who is homeless in New York City.

Lauralee Summer tells the story of her life growing up as the child of a single, often homeless mother, and discusses how circumstances conspired to gain her entrance to Harvard where she majored in children's studies, finally came to know her father, and figured out her place in the world.

Discusses why children become homeless in the United States, how they live, and what can be done to help them.

Briefly describes various kinds of shelters for people without permanent homes and discusses how to deal with living in one.

Pediatrician Randy Christensen describes his experiences caring for homeless and often abused children and adolescents from a Winnebago-turned-physician's office outside Phoenix, Arizona.

Contains the stories of six youth, who while searching for a place to call home, stopped at Covenant House, the largest organization serving homeless youth, and further explores the issue with suggestions of what can be done to fight youth homelessness.

Discusses the causes and prevention of homelessness and what is being done to help solve this problem.

Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.