10+ Inspiring Homeless Stories That Prove Everyone Deserves a Second Chance

The reasons that lead a person to leave home and go live on the streets are several: drug use, alcoholism, family disagreements, etc. Be that as it may, reinstatement is not usually an easy task. It requires willpower, love and often a dose of support and goodwill from family and friends. Anyone who has left the streets knows what this process is like.

O incredible.club brings you a selection of beautiful and curious stories about homeless people and shows how solidarity can help change the reality and future of these needy people.

Úrsula, better known as “Maravilhosa”, is a transsexual who lives in the streets of Porto Velho (Rondônia) and became a success when she paraded live on a broadcast by TV Allamanda, an SBT affiliate. After the repercussion of the “fashion show”, she won the make-up artist Alisson Motta a princess day with makeup and hair. Alisson spoke about the difficulties faced by Úrsula for being LGBT+ and living on the streets.

João Marcos Ribeiro Santos is 28 years old. He ran away from home at 12 when his mother died and lived for a long time on the streets of Curitiba. As a homeless person, he found in some lines he received as a donation, the thread of hope that would save him from that situation. João started making crochet pieces and selling them and that’s how he earns a living. With his art, he managed to leave the streets and today he manages to maintain himself. His dream is to open a shop to sell his handicrafts.

Fábio Barrinuevo has lived on Rua Guaxupé (MG) for about 3 years and is very popular in the city. Because of this, businesswoman Jessyka Bueno asked him to make a video to publicize her store on social networks. The work was so successful that the businesswoman hired him. Other merchants today help the boy by donating food and even services like a haircut. The goal is to help Fábio get off the streets.

Carlos Augusto Lima de Souza has lived on the streets of São Paulo since 2016 and supports himself by collecting recyclables. He said in an interview that his big dream was to see his family back in Barueri, in Greater São Paulo. A TV station managed to organize the meeting. Carlos got a haircut and a beard, a nice jacket and was able to visit his brothers. Now he wants to change his life.

Waste picker Daniel Neves took advantage of Internacional’s match against Palestino in Chile for the Copa Libertadores, held at the Beira-Rio stadium, to collect the recyclable garbage left by the fans. A supporter of the Porto Alegre team, he portrayed himself as Inter’s mascot, a saci. But he didn’t count on the solidarity of a fan, who offered him a ticket to, for the first time, enjoy a game of his favorite team inside the stadium. Daniel, of course, had one of the most emotional moments of his life.

Gerson Flores is an artist who has lived on the streets of Belo Horizonte for over two decades and sells his paintings to support himself and his mascot, Pitoco. He says that life on the streets is very difficult: ‘Nobody sees me, but they see my paintings’. But Gerson is not discouraged. He depends on the solidarity of people who donate canvases and paints so that he can carry on with his work.

Anderson left home because of his drug addiction and ended up on the street. He had the dream of being a makeup artist and one day, going through the trash, he found a makeup case. Out on the street, Anderson began to do his own makeup. Excited about his new “hobby”, he asked his mother to come home. He wanted to dedicate himself more to makeup and was willing to kick the habit. That’s when he had the idea of ​​recording makeup tutorials and became a youtuber well known for his talent. Sadly, he passed away almost 2 years after leaving the streets, from complications following a diagnosis of pneumonia.

Erlan Bastos is from Manaus and earned his livelihood as a picker of cans. He came from the capital of Amazonas to São Paulo to try a better life after his parents lost their jobs. He lived on the streets of São Paulo for six months until he started producing videos for his YouTube channel. Thanks to the success of the productions, Erlan was invited to the Vida de Artista program, on Rede Meio Norte, in Piauí.

José Marcos de Souza is 55 years old and has lived on the streets of Praia do Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro for 3 years. He says that he lived with a sister in the city of Niterói, but that because of a family disagreement he left and never came back. Today, José wakes up at dawn, rolls up his mattress, puts away his belongings and organizes his book stand, where he receives donations, but also sells second-hand books.

Cleiton has been homeless for some time and doesn’t like to talk about it. He was approached by professional hairdresser and youtuber Henrique Lopes from the Tapa na cara channel, who offered him a day of beauty. While getting a “slap on the look”, Cleiton told the youtuber that he came to the city of Belo Horizonte, ran out of money for a hotel one day, slept on the street and ended up staying.

Sebastião Luiz da Silva is 39 years old, 20 of them has been living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. He supported himself by working as a candy salesman. He met the social worker Patrícia Santana who helped him obtain documents and entered him in a lottery to receive an apartment in the West Zone of the city. Today, he works as a doorman and owns his space.

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