We have 132 blogposts about Homeless people and Homelessness.
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The Reality of Homelessness with InstaWeather
By Marc van Gurp on 25 August 2013Read moreSmart to use the rising star amongst smartphone apps in this campaign from the Chilean Fundación gente de la Calle (People of the streets Foundation). It’s the harsh view with InstaWeather, the app which combines Instagram with current weather...
1Yellow umbrellas to shelter from the storm
By Marc van Gurp on 7 May 2013Read moreEvery three hours in Wisconsin, a child enters into the foster system because of domestic abuse, neglect or alcohol and drugs in the home. That’s what this new campaign from Serve Marketing is about. They has partnered with the...
Don’t bother the people at the movies
By Marc van Gurp on 4 March 2013Read moreThis case study is about a campaign done in German cinemas by homeless charity fiftyfifty. They let people experience how homeless people feel in winter – live at the movies. Music by Daniel Mustard perfoming ‘Creep’. Advertiser: fiftyfifty Agency:...
Homeless People as Weather Anchors
By Marc van Gurp on 31 January 2013Read moreA weather forecast but not what you would expect. Called ‘Days of Hope’, the idea originates from Saatchi & Saatchi Berlin and focuses on the impact the cold January weather has on the many homeless people in Europe. Real...
“No one chooses to eat garbage”, especially not college students
By Claire Kerr on 29 January 2013Read moreIn December, the Salvation Army of Canada and Bermuda partnered with the Centre for Creative Communications at Centennial College in Toronto to place a “one-of-a-kind” vending machine on campus as part of a food insecurity awareness campaign produced by...
Swedish campaign rebrands homeless living as a boutique hotel
By Tom Megginson on 9 January 2013Read moreA street newspaper in Gothenburg, Sweden, has launched an interesting fundraising campaign. Using a spoof hotel chain site, Faktum (not to be confused with the Ikea cabinets) offers locals the pleasures of sleeping in the urban wasteland where the...
Cardboard hearts to make sure there is #ningudormintalcarrer
By Marc van Gurp on 28 December 2012Read moreIn Barcelona, there are around 3.000 homeless people. Arrels Fundació has been working for more than 25 years with one goal: #ningudormintalcarrer (#nobodysleepingonthestreet). This Christmas, the foundation launched a fundraising campaign with the name “People with a heart”. The...
The Story of Stuff – Red Cross Style
By Marc van Gurp on 18 December 2012Read moreNice animation from the Canadian Red Cross for the holiday season. It’s a call to donate instead of spending money on just things. At their gift store visitors can buy a Family Survival Kit with stuff Canadian families really...
Madness! You can’t live in a waiting list
By Marc van Gurp on 17 December 2012Read moreIn Belgium, about 5.000 disabled people are on a waiting list for a disabled-friendly house. Inclusie Invest, a non-profit cooperative society, organizes such housing projects. To make people aware of Inclusie Invest and the housing shortage, 6 disabled squatted...
When a homeless person gets out of the streets
By Marc van Gurp on 23 November 2012Read moreWhen a homeless person gets out of the streets … too often, they fall back in. That’s the theme of the new advertising campaign of Accueil Bonneau. Accueil Bonneau is a shelter for homeless people in Montréal Canada. It...