Ending Homelessness & Poverty Together.

Homeless Entrepreneur’s mission is to promote economic empowerment and poverty reduction via work and active citizenship thanks to both public and private civic partnerships, so people living in social exclusion can improve their quality of life.

We believe every citizen has the opportunity to participate regardless of age, gender, sexual preference, political alliance, or religious belief. We invite everyone to join us in our mission.

Learn more about the issue of homelessness & poverty.

I'm experiencing homeless and/or social exclusion and I want to work (more).

I want to help create job and housing opportunities.

 

Our Solutions

HELP Program

HELP Program

The HELP Program provides a support pathway to independence through incentivizing employment opportunities and fostering entrepreneurial activities. It is a holistic one-year program that targets poverty, works in conjunction with the Housing Empowerment Program or already existing housing programs in order to create sustainable change via active citizenship, community and life purpose.

Housing program

Housing Empowerment Program

The Housing Empowerment Program is designed to provide greater housing access and rental support for the first month to address the challenge of becoming a renter as Homeless Entrepreneurs enter the professional world again.

Help Line

Helpline

Our Helpline collects real-time data from and about homeless people or those at risk of becoming homeless and connects them to available resources, and aims to prevent and reduce homelessness and poverty.

Voices

Voices

Voices provides insight into the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness and/or poverty to connect them with their community along with housing and employment opportunities, so they can grow their income and build their assets.

COVID

European Social Policy Change

Homeless Entrepreneur promotes a series of social policy measures aimed at preventing homelessness and empowering people within the G7 and the EU to empower them out of poverty.

International Crisis Support

International Crisis Support

Homeless Entrepreneur's International Crisis Support seeks to provide immediate benefit to people in crisis through our Helpline and Voices Program as well as empower beneficiaries, who are eligible for our HELP program, to go beyond basic crisis assistance.

We’ve turned crises into opportunities during COVID, the war in Ukraine and the surge of inflation.

 

Social Impact

Objective for 2023-2024

150
Success Stories
+1,500
Homeless Lives Improved
 

How can you help?

Some of the many ways you can engage with our community.

Collaborate

Collaborate

We team up with global and local organizations who believe in and work towards social change.

Collaborate

Get Involved

Volunteer Program

We are always looking for proactive volunteers, who want to take part in the change they would like to see in the world.

Activities range from fundraising and CSR projects to technical support.

#HE Events

We participate in events by speaking at conferences, holding workshops and joining venues in creative ways that add value and end homelessness.

donate

Donate, Buy Products & Fund Projects

Meet Our Homeless Entrepreneurs

A Homeless Entrepreneur (HE) is a person who is willing and able to give his or her best, but does not have the network, resources, tools or continual support necessary to improve his or her situation.

Support their programs financially or contact us if you have jobs to offer.

 
 
Assistance

I'm Homeless

We help homeless people who want to tell their story and return to work to get back on their feet.

Your history

Have you overcome homelessness?

Share your story and empower others in the same situation.

 

Act Now

Want to donate? Offer government or business support? Share your skills or university connections?

Our blog is strengthening our public-private-civil society partnership impact thanks to interns, volunteers and journalists, who highlight key issues related to empowering people out of poverty by giving all of our stakeholders a voice through our commons.
— Andrew Funk, President of Homeless Entrepreneur

Country Team Locations

Contact us if you’d like to apply our empowerment-based model in your city!