Comments on: The realities of the Downtown East Side http://hummingbird604.com/2008/03/23/the-realities-of-the-downtown-east-side/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Tue, 22 May 2012 20:05:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Homelessness in Vancouver: A very complex issue « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment http://hummingbird604.com/2008/03/23/the-realities-of-the-downtown-east-side/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Homelessness in Vancouver: A very complex issue « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:30:07 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=665#comment-419 [...] Park (at 4:30am on Thursday I think), in the Downtown East Side. As I have mentioned before, the realities of the Downtown East Side (DTES) are very complex, and homelessness is not an easy issue to tackle. If it were, Vancouver wouldn’t have any [...] [...] Park (at 4:30am on Thursday I think), in the Downtown East Side. As I have mentioned before, the realities of the Downtown East Side (DTES) are very complex, and homelessness is not an easy issue to tackle. If it were, Vancouver wouldn’t have any [...]

]]> By: Phaedra http://hummingbird604.com/2008/03/23/the-realities-of-the-downtown-east-side/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Phaedra Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:02:39 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=665#comment-418 I volunteer in the DTES at the Salvation Army Drop-In center. It is difficult at the best of times, but I find that I have a bit of an affinity for the area, and the people it inhabits. I know a couple of people who now live in the DTES; one was a girl I was in treatment with( she relapsed, had no support and is now back on the street). Sometimes I take walks through the alleys, stopping and talking to those who will talk to me. Everyone has a story, and most are happy to be listened too. Also good for you for challenging yourself to take a walk through the neighbourhood. Also I had no idea that Wiki had a discussion page. Now I do. I volunteer in the DTES at the Salvation Army Drop-In center. It is difficult at the best of times, but I find that I have a bit of an affinity for the area, and the people it inhabits. I know a couple of people who now live in the DTES; one was a girl I was in treatment with( she relapsed, had no support and is now back on the street). Sometimes I take walks through the alleys, stopping and talking to those who will talk to me. Everyone has a story, and most are happy to be listened too. Also good for you for challenging yourself to take a walk through the neighbourhood.

Also I had no idea that Wiki had a discussion page. Now I do.

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