Its a homeless person. What context do you need?
Homeless people's life expectancy averages 50 years old, due to the fact that they more likely to get sick, struggle with mental health and/or substance abuse, and are often victims of violence.
This might be the last picture of that human being taken. Is he still alive?
In the United States, there were 567,715 people who were homeless on a particular night in January 2019, when the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development conducted its annual count. They are often individuals, but some families, too. There were 396,045 individuals, 171,670 people who were part of families, 96,141 chronically homeless people, 37,085 veterans, and 35,038 young people on their own.
Is he on his own? How is he doing now?
Unsheltered people live without the means to acquire the basic human comforts of warmth, health, safety, and cleanliness. They rarely take their shoes off, and often have no access to laundry services. Clean socks are a big deal to them. Even a light rain can create severe discomfort to that person or even damage personal valuables carried.
They often need personal hygiene items. Shelters will always be grateful for donations of shampoo, soap, shaving supplies, tampons, and feminine pads. Travel-size products allow individuals to carry these supplies in their own bags, as well.
They don't just need food for themselves, but many have pets, and the pets need food too.
Perhaps the biggest context question is, can we as a society do better?
