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Facts and Stories

An individual addicted to herion would spend $150 to $200 a day.

38% of people impacted by homelessness have alcohol or drug problems.

THE HARD FACTS

Doctor's believe that people tend to start doing drugs to fit in and feel "cool".

Did You know 3.5 million people become homeless every year?

Lolhita's father named her after the statement, woman with sorrows. By the time she was seventeen years old, Lolhita was on the streets addicted to drugs. She looked me in my eyes during our interview and said, " Be careful what you name your children." She gave her son up at the age of twenty years old after being high on cocaine. Through her life, she experienced the way people treated her. She was raped, stabbed, and even shot in the side of her face. Seven days after Lolhita's twenty-sixth birthday, her son left to the military and committ suicide. She believed that if her father didn't name her Lolhita, she wouldn't have became the definition. A woman with sorrows.

Lolhita's Story
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