Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsBest pictures of the dayclipped by: zadozGallery: Best pictures of the day Lightning is seen over San Sebastian, Spain, as thunderstorms hit several parts of the country. Picture: AP  Evelyn Shepherd touches the gravestone of her late husband, Korean and Vietnam wars veteran Clarence Shepherd, during her visit to Quantico National Cemetery in the US. Picture: News Ltd Indigenous Bolivians march to protest against racial discrimination during a rally in Sucre.  Pedestrians walk on a closed sections of Broadway and 7th Avenue in New York City. Starting today, a five block section of Broadway in Times Square and a smaller section in Herald Square will be closed to vehicular traffic for use as a pedestrian promenades.  A girl performs at the closing ceremony of the IPL Twenty20 league at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg    Tags: light Veterans make up 1 in 4 homelessclipped by: disenchantedcitizenclippers remarks: This is a shameful travesty. The mental health toll from war is enormous. With the spotlight on the plight of Iraq veterans, they hope more will be done to prevent homelessness and provide affordable housing to the younger veterans while theres a window of opportunity. "People get tired of it. Its not glitzy that these are young, honorable, patriotic Americans. Theyll just be veterans, and that happens after every war." said John Keaveney, a Vietnam veteran and a founder of New Directions in Los Angeles, which provides substance abuse help, job training and shelter to veterans. A big problem is that military training does not translate to civilian jobs. What is combat specialist supposed to do? Honorable veterans should never face this situation. Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11% of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday. And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are trickling into shelters and soup kitchens seeking services, treatment or help with finding a job. The Veterans Affairs Department has identified 1,500 homeless veterans from the current wars and says 400 of them have participated in its programs specifically targeting homelessness. Some advocates say the early presence of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan at shelters does not bode well for the future. It took roughly a decade for the lives of Vietnam veterans to unravel to the point that they started showing up among the homeless. Advocates worry that intense and repeated deployments leave newer veterans particularly vulnerable. Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
2009/05/26
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