The Homeless Can Now Freshen Up On Shower Buses Thanks To Google's Generosity
Allowing the homeless to shower on-the-go and be clean.
By Darian Goh — 22 Jul 2014, 05:05 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Google has donated RM318,000 to refurbish an old bus into a place where the homeless can shower
An old public bus in San Francisco has been converted into a portable shower station to provide hygienic bathrooms to the homeless.
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The tech giant accused of driving up rents – the one at the center of a lawsuit against San Francisco for private buses that use public stops – gifted $100,000 to Lava Mae, a San Francisco nonprofit that just rolled out a shower bus for the homeless.
washingtonpost.comSan Francisco nonprofit Lava Mae just unveiled a trial version of a bus that provides showers for the 6,400 homeless people who live in the city by the Bay. It was funded in large part by a grant from Google, which gave the project $100,000 as part of its Google Impact Challenge.
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The refurbished bus contains two bathrooms, equipped with soap, shampoo, towels and music
The retrofitted municipal bus includes two private showers — and music. Soap, shampoo, toilets and towels are free.
washingtonpost.comThe nonprofit bought and refurbished a public transit bus at a cost of $75,000, thanks to that Google money; it boasts two bathrooms with free hot showers, shampoo, soap and towels.
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The cost of fixing the bus up to include showers, two private bathrooms and toiletries was provided by private donations, including some from Google.
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This mobile shower will help the homeless be clean so that they can have a better chance to go for job interviews and feel better about themselves
Having a shower enables the homeless to feel better and increases the chance of them applying for job interviews.
Image via hdnux.comLava Mae founder Doniece Sandoval, a marketing veteran and recent transplant to San Francisco, said such a mobile sanitary station was essential for the "human rights" of the city's homeless population, and would help lift them up out of what often seems like a hopeless situation.
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“If you’re homeless, you’re living on the streets and you’re filthy, you’re trying to improve your circumstances, but you can’t interview for a job, you can’t apply for housing and you get disconnected from your sense of humanity,” Doniece Sandoval, Lava Mae’s founder, told the AP. “So a shower just in of itself is amazing for people.”
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