Every day at 19 o'clock at Siedzka Street in Wrocław begins the streetbus route, which reaches out to people in the crisis of homelessness. The bus stops at 10 points of the city, and medical assistance can be obtained in the accompanying ambulance.
A warm meal, tea, the anticipation of heating up and talking to streetworkers – from 2 November people can usage specified support in the crisis of homelessness in Wrocław. A streetbus, accompanied by an ambulance this season, left the city for the seventh time. Over 165 1000 warm meals were spent in the six erstwhile seasons.
The bus runs daily, besides on weekends and holidays. It leaves at 19 o'clock from the halt at Siedzka Street, and the last halt is at Suchej Street. The way has 4 longer stops and six stops on request. Those in request may receive not only a meal and warm tea, but besides clothing and hygiene. An crucial part of the aid is to talk to streetworkers who inform about the possibilities of shelter, therapy and further support.
– Not everyone who needs aid knows where to look or has the courage to scope for it. Therefore, streetbus reaches people in the crisis of homelessness with a warm meal and the anticipation of heating up, due to the fact that these needs cannot wait until the morning," says Magdalena Wdowaak-Urbańczyk, manager of the Department of strategy and Sustainable improvement of Wrocław City Office.
This period the bus is accompanied by an ambulance handed over to the St. Brother Albert Aid Society by the Marshal's Office. On site, you can receive first medical aid and treat wounds. In the erstwhile season, 479 people benefited from specified aid.
– You do not request to be a professional to see that individual needs help, to ask for needs and to notify the applicable services – reminds Andrzej Manńkowski, manager of MOPS in Wrocław.
Streetbus is simply a joint venture of the Wrocław City Office, MPK, the City Social Assistance Centre and the St. Brother Albert Society. In the erstwhile season, 13 streetworkers worked there, including those who themselves experienced a homelessness crisis.
AB, PAP
