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Dear reader, 2023 was marked by two concerns which, as always at Streetnurses, quickly turned into action: creating housing for our patients and improving their mental health.

The year 2023 was marked by two major concerns that, as always with Streetnurses, lead to action quickly: creating housing for our patients and improving their mental health.

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Join our team for the Brussels 20km on 26 May 2024, and run or walk to show your commitment to ending homelessness!

Since 2006, Street nurses have helped more than 200 people in Brussels and Liège to find a home again. As part of the campaign "Donation after donation, let's build a future for homeless people", Emilie Meessen, co-founder, and Pierre Ryckmans, physician, talk about the organisation’s commitment in caring for homeless people through housing.

Brussels / Liège, 4 December 2023 - Street Nurses, a medical-social association that supports homeless people in Brussels and Liège in order to rehouse them on a long-term basis, is launching its winter campaign, entitled "Donation after donation, let's build a future for homeless people." The campaign runs from the end of November to the end of December, with the aim of raising public awareness of the need to end homelessness through housing, civic solidarity and the collection of donations.

Access to decent housing is an absolute necessity to reintegrate homeless people into society. It’s the most important condition to feel better and to undertake the necessary steps at the social level or regarding one’s physical/mental health. Nevertheless, our patients encounter difficulties in obtaining a home: Eileen and Aymeric, social workers at Street Nurses, tell us about their experiences.

It's simple: the solution for homelessness is housing. Yet in 2023 more than 200 people still sleep in the streets of Liège. What are the challenges and how can we tackle them? Hélène, housing manager at Infirmiers de Rue Liège, gives some answers.

The very commercial Black Friday has just passed... It has been tempting to spend money on things we don't always need. It is true that all these promotions are designed to distract us from what really matters: people.

So this year, make a different decision that will have a real impact on the lives of the most vulnerable homeless people: donate to Street Nurses.

Getting homeless people off the street and housing them permanently requires persistence and perseverance. In that process, relaxed and comfortable moments are just as important as medical-social counseling. They allow us, with our patients, to identify and use their own skills for their sustainable reintegration.

By the end of 2023, Liège Street Nurses needs €50,000 to finance its action with the most vulnerable homeless people. But what does this action actually consist of? Here is a brief overview of what a day could look like for the Liège team!

This autumn, Street Nurses launched a campaign to raise, by the end of 2023, €50,000 for its work against homelessness in Liège. This sum will enable us to maintain our capacity to support our homeless and rehoused patients.

You can make a difference: here are three concrete reasons to make a donation.

Operating since 2019, the Liège Street Nurses team has 10 people and aims to get homeless people in extremely precarious situations off the streets, and reintegrate them sustainably into housing and society. By the end of 2023, Street Nurses is looking for €50,000 to fund her activities.

Interview with two Street Nurses field workers: nurse Amy, 27, who joined a year ago, and social worker Doriane, 35, who joined 3 years ago.