Homeless figures in Australia number around 116,427 (0.045% of the total population).

This is of concern to each of us and every Australian. There are various reasons for this but efforts of the government & NGOs are there to tackle this.

Few months back, I was crossing the Circular Quay station and spotted a homeless individual. My thoughts have gone back to India.

In India, there are over 3 Million homeless living on the street (0.22% of the total population of India). India has the highest number of children on the street in the world. An stimated 80 Million children are not going to school.

Two-thirds of people in India live in poverty. An estimated 68.8% of the Indian population lives on less than $2 a day.

Over 30% even have less than $1.25 per day available - they are considered extremely poor.

How much money, as Indian Muslims, are we spending on Iftars and Sahris all over the world? Even 10 % of the total amount, which we spend on lavish food, donate for the education for deserving worlds kids, can make a difference to the poor. Does this need a think tank action from all of us?

ICSOA is interested in establishing in future a think tank to discuss issues and possible suggestions for reducing poverty and for promoting education

If you are interested and can devote some time on this issue, please contact us on: [email protected]

A link from the Aljazeera about India:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/trump-failed-pay-heed-child-poverty-india-visit-200301115853050.html

Link for Homelessness in Australia
https://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/about/homelessness-statistics