Vietnam — Homeless World Cup (2024)

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Which country has highest homeless rate? ›

Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2024 that 1.53 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter". Nigeria and India are the two countries with the largest homeless populations. Nigeria ranks 1st with 25 million homeless people and India takes 2nd place with 18 million homeless people as of 2024.

It creates an environment for them in which they are empowered to change their own lives. Each year, the Homeless World Cup Foundation's international network of 68 member countries inspires more than 100,000 homeless people to change their lives for the better.

The Beautiful Game is a fictional movie about the very real Homeless World Cup Tournament, which for two decades, has brought together hundreds of people for a soccer tournament.

The idea for Homeless World Cup (HWC) Foundation emerged in 2001. It was created by The Big Issue, a magazine that supports homelessness, co-founder Mel Young and Austrian journalist Harald Schmied with the aim of transforming lives, creating opportunities and changing perceptions of homelessness.

42 Countries. In 2010 the Homeless World Cup travelled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tournament took place on the beautiful Copacabana Beach, where the hosts Brazil took the honours in both the men's and women's competitions.

As an English football squad heads to Rome for the Homeless World Cup, their talented new player must let go of his past and learn to be part of a team. Watch all you want. Academy Award nominee Bill Nighy stars with Micheal Ward ("Top Boy") in this stirring drama directed by Thea Sharrock.

As the game gained popularity, it earned the title of “the beautiful game” for various reasons. The simplicity and elegance of the game, the teamwork involved, the unpredictability, and the sheer joy it brings to fans and players.

The Beautiful Game was filmed in the Uk and Rome, Italy, is directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You) while the screenplay is by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (The Railway Man).

While Vietnam veterans came home to an indifferent-to-hostile society, the biggest catalysts for homelessness were the lack of mental health care, addiction treatment and job training.

Vietnam's rapid economic growth has lifted many people out of poverty, but a large group of the population remains economically vulnerable. Around one in five Vietnamese usually live below the economic security line of $5.50-a-day, and one in ten are vulnerable to occasionally slipping beneath it due to a shock.

How much of Vietnam is in poverty? ›

In Viet Nam, 4.4% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2021. In Viet Nam, the proportion of employed population below $1.90 purchasing power parity a day in 2022 was 1.2%. For every 1,000 babies born in Viet Nam in 2021, 21 died before their 5th birthday.

California, New York, Florida and Washington had the most homeless people in 2022, according to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report. The four states accounted for more than half of the nation's homeless population, with 30% of the total living in California alone.

New York has the highest population of homeless individuals in the U.S, with approximately 78,604 people in 2020. In 2020, Los Angeles reported approximately 41,290 homeless individuals. In San Francisco in 2020, there were approximately 8,035 homeless people. Seattle had 11,751 homeless people recorded in 2020.

Today, Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, has the highest number of homeless people in the world— around 4.5 million.