DINA ASFARINA ATRAS (1420302163/CLASS E) CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

Name  : Dina Asfarina Atras

SN       : 1420302163

Class    : 5

Date    : 28 April 2016

CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

Topic   : Homelessness

Many people around us who don’t have a place to stay and they are usually referred to as the homelessness. Homelessness usually live and running of daily life at under the bridge, overhang stores, public parks, roadsides, riverbanks, railway station, or a variety of other public facilities.

Homelessness have some reason why they like that, effect experienced by the homelessness themselves, and how to reduce the impact of homelessness.

There are some causes why they to be homelessness, at the first is poverty, poverty is one of the main problems that lead to homelessness around the world. Low incomes make people unable to pay all the costs that exist, such as housing, education, health, etc. Many people ignore the cost of shelter, because the cost to stay is very large. The second is illiterate, lack of education and illiteracy make it difficult for a person to find a job that is sufficient to cope with the cost of living. As a result, the salary earned is not sufficient to cover the cost of shelter. The third is mental illness, a lot of homeless people who have mental illness. People who suffer from mental illness are often abandoned by family and friends, not being able to take care of people suffering from mental illness. The forth is drug and substance abuse, drug and alcohol abuse often leads people wasted on the streets. Usually people turn to such things as depression or could not tolerate the pressure. The fifth is domestic violence, homeless women and children are strongly associated with the causes of this one. Very many women who leave home because of violence from the husband. Many children and women who become homeless in order to escape from domestic violence. The sixth is lack of community support, social organizations often help families of the unfortunate as to lose the only family members who are productive or other disasters. The lack of such support could lead to increased numbers of homeless. The seventh is natural disasters, natural disasters lately many befall our country. Many who lost their homes and their jobs. So they chose to stay in public places such as under bridges because they were no longer able to meet the needs of increasingly longer requiring large amounts. The eleventh is staying in conflict areas, residents living in conflict areas, where they feel their security less intact cause them moved to other areas which they consider safer, especially if their homes were destroyed by the war. Many acts of violence in areas of conflict, including sexual abuse, rape, murder so that they are forced to leave the area. Then is the failure of the nomads in search of work, this is the reason most public. Stories hometown of success migrants often become a cradle for the children of the area to enliven the competition in large cities. Some of these may succeed, but most of the migrants were not aware that a powerful skill is the main capital in overseas. So that those who failed to embrace his dream, to continue his life as a homeless with embarrassment when returning home. The last is less Love, various causes so that children feel less attention, less affectionate parents, so he took to the streets to find a community that would accept him.

And the are some effects experienced by homelessness are ; health and hygiene, their house potluck, so very far from the criteria for a healthy home. Hygienic behavior is very less. Ventilation and lighting less and others. So that appear a variety of health problems. They do not pay attention to this because to eat alone they could hardly be met. They do not have enough funds to maintain health and medicine. Second, malnutrition, their inability to meet food demand due to low purchasing power of food, especially nutritious foods. They lead to malnutrition, including children and infants pregnant. They eat a satiety. The third is utilized, many small children are utilized to beg and depositing an amount of money each day to avoid violence by others more powerful or by adults who are not responsible. The forth is sexual abuse, adults who are not responsible sodomy, sexual abuse in exchange for money or under the threat of them to vent their passions. The last is drug users, many of them use drugs. Environmental influences they are very influential. They are vulnerable to HIV-AIDS by sharing needles alternately.

And the last, there are some way how to reduce the impact of homelessness are ; rehabilitatives efforts and give them jobs by giving them the skills and empowerment

And then, there are conclusion about this essay

Homelessness is a person who does not have a place to stay and usually interfere with the welfare of a country or city that is very difficult to handle and unlawful.