Covenant House Vancouver

Our young people tell us frequently about the dangers of living on the streets:  getting robbed while you're sleeping (sometimes even having shoes removed in the middle of the night) or getting assaulted is commonplace.  Street youth say it's difficult to focus on bigger health issues when you're just trying to find your next meal.  This Tyee article shines a light on the sheer danger of trying to survive on the streets.

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Covenant House Vancouver's blog is officially launched!

We hope that youth, donors, volunteers, staff and everyone who is interested in street youth and the issues of homelessness will subscribe to our feed and contribute to our blog.

We will be updating regularly so if you subscribe, you will be notified of new postings.

If you would like to submit something to the blog, please email: clausius@covenanthousebc.org or simply make a comment.

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I just received a phone call that I thought should be shared with everyone.

Just recently, we had two youths staying with us from Quebec one of whom could only speak French. After staying with us for awhile, Covenant House and Directions joined forces and repatriated them to Quebec. I just finished talking to one of their mothers (who is also strictly a francophone) and she just wanted to extend a grand merci to everyone.

Have a nice day everybody!

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