Negotiating Homelessness: Voices from Streets to Homes RESEARCH The Streets to Homes Follow-up Support to Immigrants and Refugees Program as delivered by COSTI Immigrant Services Written By Princie Sibanda, BSc (Hons) Econ, Cert Mgt, MPL 2008 Funding for this project was provided by The Government of Canada's Homelessness Partnership Initiative administered by the City of Toronto in collaboration with United Way Toronto through the Sharing Homelessness Innovations for Toronto (SHIFT) program. WE BELIEVE “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well- being of him/herself and of his/her family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his/her control.” THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS – ART. 25-1 About the author Princie Sibanda is a Social Planner and a graduate from Queens University School of Urban and Regional Planning. He has worked in international development field for almost a decade and has been a front line community worker for years, most recently as Settlement Services and Humanitarian Issues Program Coordinator at the Canadian Red Cross. He currently does private social planning consulting. Contact him at
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