Faith groups are often part of efforts to help unsheltered people meet their basic needs. In Athens, an initiative is in the beginning stages of giving churches an even bigger role in keeping families and individuals housed.
Paul Lazzari is a volunteer with this new organization, called One Church, One Family. He sat down with WUGA’s Emma Auer to explain how he hopes the project will work. The organization is young, but Lazzari is passionate that a community-based efforts are needed to solve the challenge of homelessness. Here’s their conversation.
More information can be found by emailing onechurchonefamily.athens@gmail.com.