Need and struggles of homeless people: A study based on Nepalese context

Abstract

Homeless are these people who are unable to manage their basic needs and live under the sympathy of others. Nepal experienced an increasing trend of homeless people. This study highlights the daily challenges and necessities of homeless people in Nepal. A cross-sectional study with a Qual-Quan method applied in the Nepalese context, the data were collected Province-wise during 2023. The study further shows that the basic requirements like regular food are somehow managed from the helping hand but the cloths and shelters are very challenging to manage nowadays. The challenges are the different types of homeless age groups peoples and genders in a same care center. The health issue is a critical to manage of homeless center due to the lack of facilities and services. Government and development priorities are minimal for the homeless and nowadays homeless issue are increasing. The settlement arrangement with basic privileges is very difficult to manage through the local administration and homeless-center as lack of resources and paper documentation are too hectic and prolonged. The study further concluded as the homeless needs are hardly meet and additional supports from the multi-sectoral are in demand but the government priorities are less. However, the local community supports from the self-levels benefiting homeless centers but this is not enough to manage for long time and special care and services are essential and skill-based program and additional budget from the Government sectors to the poorer is the future requirement.