Alejandro

Alejandro

[Translated from Spanish] “I’ve been in the streets since my parents died.  Sometimes, I can stay in a hotel, but others I have to stay in the street.  I usually sleep in a park – today I am in Alameda – but sometimes I take the metro to another...
Jesús

Jesús

[Translated from Spanish] “I was in jail – since then I’ve been free for two years.  When you have been in jail, it’s so difficult to find a job because they investigate you.  They reject you if they find out that you were in jail. So there is...
Davíd

Davíd

[Translated from Spanish] “Because I’m old, they have no work for me.  Because of my age, they laid me off – because of the sickness (COVID).  It’s fucked up.  I’m eating food I find in the street.  the good thing is that we are in...
José, Roberto, Mónica, Cristían

José, Roberto, Mónica, Cristían

[Translated from Spanish] “When we want to get a job, we usually get rejected because we don’t have documents or ID’s.  We don’t have a good education.  It is very difficult to find work.  Usually when we ask for money, people say...
Pablo

Pablo

“I was a security guard before COVID.  But I lost my job and have been living in the streets for the last six months.  I don’t have family, so there was no one to help. The good thing is, I don’t have family to take care of.  But meanwhile, I’m...