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Arnold Sodeman: known as "The School-girl Strangler"; killed four children in Melbourne in the 1930s. [19] Executed in 1936. [20]David and Catherine Birnie: responsible for "The Moorhouse Murders"; raped and murdered four women in Willagee in 1986; David died by suicide in 2005, while Catherine remains incarcerated and serving a life sentence.
Pope Francis made a pastoral and state visit to the Philippines from January 15 to 19, 2015. He was the third pontiff to visit the Philippines after Paul VI in 1970 and John Paul II in 1981 and 1995, officially the first papal visit in the 21st century and 3rd millennium after the title was originally scheduled for World Meeting of Families twelve years earlier in 2003 but postponed due to ...
Velasquez has been involved with several charitable organizations. She became associated with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in 2001 and worked on a documentary titled Speak Your Mind, which is about homeless children in Payatas, Quezon City, one of the Philippines' largest open dumpsites.
Homelessness in Indonesia refers to the issue of homelessness, a condition wherein people lack a stable and appropriate place of housing.The number of homeless people in Indonesia is estimated to be up to 3 million people in the country, over 28,000 in Jakarta alone.
The 2000 Yunnan earthquake left 92,479 homeless and destroyed over 41,000 homes. [7] Homelessness among people with mental health problems is 'much less common' in China than in high-income countries, due to stronger family ties, but is increasing due to migration within families and as a result of the one-child policy.
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Kotjebi, kotchebi, or ggotjebi [1] (Korean: 꽃제비; RR: kkotjebi; MR: kkotchebi; lit. flowering swallows) is a Korean term for North Korean homeless people, given because of the Kotjebi's constant search for food and shelter. [2]
Homelessness is in part a direct result of families migrating from rural to urban cities and urbanization. [12] Migration to urban areas can occur for a variety of reasons ranging from loss of land, need for sustainable employment, lack of clean water and other resources, and in some cases like the Bargi Dam Project, loss of all property and complete displacement. [13]