LAST NIGHT I LEARNT MORE ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. TODAY I AM HUMBLED.
Dan O'Donnell
National Practice Lead @ Bluefin Resources | Go To Market Recruiter - Leadership, Sales & Success, Marketing & Brand, Digital, Communications, Product & Design, Market Research, Insights & CX Strategy
Last night I joined over 1,400 CEOs across Australia to take part in the 2016 Vinnies CEO Sleepout.
In doing so, I gave up many of the familiar comforts that are often taken for granted. My warm, comfortable bed was replaced with cold, hard concrete. My safe and secure home with a cardboard box. A hearty, homemade meal with a humble cup of soup.
It was a cold, uncomfortable and restless night but I would not trade a minute of it because it gave me a very small glimpse into the harsh reality that over 105,000 people are faced with every single day.
No one deserves to live this way. Especially not the 17,000 children who make up part of this figure.
Tonight, I will be back in my own warm bed. But unfortunately, this is not an option for the men, women and children who have no home to return to.
Just because the event has come to an end, it does not mean that Australia’s homelessness crisis is even close to ending.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
https://www.ceosleepout.org.au/ceos/nsw-ceos/daniel-odonnell
#CEOSleepOutAU
And children all should deserve a shelter in this world!!!
Feel touched in what you all did and now we learn to appreciate little things we have or receive life
Configuration Management Engineer at nbn? Australia
8 年How is it possible that such a huge developed country like Australia has such a large number of homeless people, especially children? Have you found the actual root cause?
Retired IT Professional
8 年If every CEO in Australia also contributed 1% of their salary to this cause the plight of the homeless, especially children, could be greatly improved
Director of Sales at The Mastermind Group | Driving Sales Growth with Cloud Expertise
8 年I did it last year, I just didn't see the need to tell the world.