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Experiencing the reality of homelessness by clients of the St. Paul´s house in České Budějovice city charity
HORALOVÁ, Nela
Homelessness is a social phenomenon whose consequences affect an entire group of people and which is a part of life of the society. My thesis deals with the reality of homelessness experienced by clients the House of St. Paul in České Budějovice. The aim is to determine the causes of homelessness among clients of the House of St. Paul and learn how clients experience the reality of homelessness. In the theoretical part, I focus on specific problems associated with homelessness in the Czech Republic and services that are provided to the affected people. This is followed by a description of the structure and activities of a particular facility designated for homeless people, the House of St. Paul in České Budějovice. In the practical part I focus on finding the most common causes of this problem. The most common causes of homelessness among the surveyed clients were loss of a job or housing, alcohol and drug addiction, inability to successfully rejoin society after leaving a prison or a family breakdown. At the same time I also examine how these people experience their complicated situation. I have found out that none of the clients is satisfied with this situation, and that most of them are trying to change their life. They are looking for a job and a home, but the reintegration of these people back into normal life is very problematic. I work with qualitative research. Data for the research were gained directly from clients of the House of St. Paul through structured interviews. The interview consisting of nine questions was held with a total of ten clients. I think that this thesis could help reveal the causes of homelessness and how the people experience their difficult situation and how they try to fight it. And because the House of St. Paul is the only facility of this type in the region, this work could become a motivation for other cities to establish a similar facility.
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HOMELESSNESS AND THE SERVICES OFFERED COMPARISON CHURCH DEVICES FOR WOMEN HOMELESS IN SOUTH BOHEMIA
STRÁŇKOVÁ, Vladimíra
This work deals with homelessness and then focuses on a man without a home and services provided by religious institutions in South Bohemia. The theoretical part explains some of the concepts, such as homelessness and homeless, the concept of material or social distress, poverty and social exclusion, charity of the Church. Further describes the two charity organizations and facilities providing care to people (or men) homeless. The practical part describes services from the perspective of clients of two devices described above, the scope of services offered, and actual use of any missing areas of care, as perceived by users of the facility. It is a shelter St. Peter and St. House shelter. Paul (St. House. Paul provides more services and one of them is offering shelter). The conclusions point to the need of the individual's own motivation and also the need to provide the necessary care to individual becoming socially excluded.
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The lifestyle of homeless people in the area of České Budějovice
KRÁLOVÁ, Inka
The life style of the homeless in České Budějovice is varied, and these people do not take homelessness their own life style. The most common cause of homelessness is disagreement between parents, even if the majority passed their childhood within the properly functioning family. In most of cases, the men are single, without a partner. Over a half of the homeless people in České Budějovice are healthy, and they regard health important. The majority of them do not use health services and they do not pay the health insurance. Over a half do not get financial means by means of their own work, which means that they either draw employment benefits, material shortage benefits, or they go begging. As against this, the majority is looking for a job, do occasional work or are registered unemployed at the job centre. The unemployed in St. Paul{\crq}s House have their own meals and they keep to the regular drinking regime. People living outdoor eat of what they cadge or what they get from people in streets. In the category of those addicted it ensued that the dependence on cigarettes of the homeless is a more frequent phenomenon than on alcohol. Over a half of the homeless people in České Budějovice use the sanitary facility in St. Paul{\crq}s House. People living outdoor do their hygiene in the river, mostly. In their free time, over a half of the homeless go in for their jobs or seeking for a job. In the evening people attending St. Paul{\crq}s House watch TV, and people living outdoor drink alcohol and relax. Over a half of the homeless have a regular daily routine. Most of the homeless is not concerned in what is happening around. Over a half of the homeless people do not anything about being homeless, they are unsatisfied with their life situation, they perceive it to be wrong, serious, and therefore to be changed. As for the values, they consider health the most important value, while the least important one for them is their own housing. The primary idea of this Diploma Thesis is to make both lay and professional public acquainted, and help to increase awareness of the said problem.
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