Over 40,000 are experiencing homelessness in Chile, and it is going up (inequality, immigrants, etc.). Still, the capacity to assist them is not more than 6,000 beds nationwide, including all civil society. Once they become homeless, the longer it takes, the more difficult it is for many of them to get back into housing/re-inserted, and they can face long or repeated episodes of homelessness. Like other zones, bitter winters (and summers) are becoming more extreme each year in the southernmost part of the world, worsening the homelessness problem. Special attention and urgency are given to women in this condition because most of them likely will suffer abuse and exploitation or are prostituted to get “protection.”

Bitter winters are becoming more extreme each year in the southernmost part of the world. In regions such as Balmaceda in the extreme south of Chile at 1,056 miles from Santiago, the thermometers marked -21.9 C° on Monday, June 24, 2024 (DMC data), and deep south in the Concordia-Antarctic Region, it was -71.7 C° on the same day.

Regarding south-central Chile, an emergency blue code was activated in May throughout those regions, a month before the official start of winter. It came accompanied by heavy weather conditions of rain, flooding, and low temperatures that severely impacted the area, claiming lives—those who are the most vulnerable and experiencing homelessness hit the hardest.

 

Challenge
Extreme poverty is more challenging when those who live on the streets also face extreme cold. At Hogar de Cristo, we are actively helping people experiencing homelessness and surviving the southernmost winter on the roads -over 40,000 people are in this situation across Chile. Please help us save lives!

 

Through our shelters and residences, we help people experiencing homelessness in Chile. They get care, meals, hot showers, and dignity in a secure space. Your help and commitment are essential to transforming a shelter into a proper home. Would you like to stretch out your hand to help somebody who lives their worst nightmare confronting heavy rain and cold on the streets?

 

Long-Term Impact
Hogar de Cristo has 86 social programs to welcome people experiencing homelessness. We can serve over 10,000 people and are present in all regions throughout Chile.
In the face of the extreme weather and cold from one of the southernmost winters in the world, our hope and mission is to continue providing them assistance in this long winter. Saving a homeless person in extreme weather is the first step in reintegrating socially and getting them back into society,
including employment.

 

Donate – How your donation impact and help people experiencing homelessness:
30 USD One night in a shelter for one person.
60 USD Two nights in a shelter for one person.
90 USD Three nights in a shelter for one person.
120 USD One month of meals in a shelter for one person.
210 USD One week in a shelter for one person.
420 USD Two weeks in a shelter for one person.
880 USD One month in a shelter for one person.

 

Donate to this saving life cause HERE.