这个停车场在晚上变成了无家可归者的避难所

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2019年11月16日

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This Parking Lot Is Turned Into A Safe Haven For The Homeless At Night

这个停车场在晚上变成了无家可归者的避难所

Homelessness is an issue that has always been prominent in our world. Many people don’t have a home because of an illness or because they lost their job. They have bad health and can’t start working, because of that they can’t pay for a doctor, so it’s a neverending loop.

无家可归一直是我们这个世界上一个突出的问题。许多人因为生病或失去工作而无家可归。他们身体不好，不能开始工作，因为他们付不起医药费，所以这是一个永无止境的循环。

Homeless people don’t have anywhere to go, so they sleep on the streets, covering themselves with newspapers or cardboard boxes, rummaging through the trash cans to find some food or warmer clothes.

无家可归的人无处可去，所以他们睡在街上，用报纸或纸板箱盖住自己，在垃圾桶里翻找食物或暖和的衣服。

This charity decided to help these unlucky people.

这个慈善机构决定帮助这些不幸的人。

Seeing these horrible ‘living’ conditions, the Australian charity Beddown decided to help these people in need. They came up with an amazing idea to make shelters in places that are vacant at night – like parking lots! The organization asked one of the largest car park operators, Secure Parking, and they agreed to launch a two-week trial in Brisbane.

看到这些可怕的“生活”条件，澳大利亚慈善机构Beddown决定帮助这些需要帮助的人。他们想出了一个绝妙的主意，在晚上空闲的地方建造庇护所——比如停车场!该组织要求最大的停车场运营商之一，安全停车，他们同意在布里斯班进行为期两周的试验。

This is how the parking lot looked before the Beddown charity and a group of kind volunteers got to work on creating a safe environment for homeless people to finally get a good night’s rest.

这是在慈善机构和一群善良的志愿者开始为无家可归的人创造一个安全的环境，让他们得到一个良好的夜间休息之前的停车场的样子。

The founder of the charity Beddown Norman McGillivray came up with this idea while walking through an empty parking lot at night, why not use it as a shelter? After some careful planning, they finally made this idea a reality.

慈善机构Beddown的创始人Norman McGillivray在晚上走过一个空停车场时想到了这个主意，为什么不把它用作避难所呢?经过仔细的计划，他们终于把这个想法变成了现实。

The aim of this charity is to take common places only used in the daytime and make them into shelters for the homeless at night. They provide safe and secure locations for people to get a good night’s rest.

这个慈善机构的目的是把那些只在白天使用的公共场所变成无家可归者的避难所。它们为人们提供了安全可靠的场所，让人们睡个好觉。

Many of the homeless suffer from sleep deprivation because of their living conditions, and it can lead to many other problems, like: depression, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, memory loss, it can also impair cognitive function and lead to alcohol or drug use, they are also constantly at risk of being attacked and the little things that they do have being stolen.

许多无家可归的人容易睡眠不足,因为他们的生活条件差,这可能会导致其他问题,如:抑郁,糖尿病、高血压、肥胖、记忆丧失、它还可以损害认知功能并导致酗酒或吸毒,他们也不断被攻击的风险,他们也会被盗。

The charity also provided multiple services to the guests, like doctors, nurses, dentists, hairdressers. They gave them new clothing, a place to clean themselves and helped provide social services.

该慈善机构还为客人提供多种服务，如医生、护士、牙医、理发师等。他们给孩子们新衣服，给他们一个清洁的地方，并帮助提供社会服务。

“We will look to get as close as we can to a proper comfortable bed to provide the homeless with a great night’s sleep is our ultimate goal. Sleep deprivation is a massive issue for our homeless, so being in a place that offers shelter and is safe, secure and comfortable we believe will have a big impact on those who use Beddown” – The creators of Beddown wrote on their Instagram page.

“我们的最终目标是尽可能靠近一张舒适的床，为无家可归者提供一夜好眠。”对于这些无家可归的人来说，睡眠不足是一个大问题，所以我们相信，身处一个提供庇护、安全、舒适的地方，会对那些使用Beddown的人产生很大影响。”Beddown的创建者在他们的Instagram页面上写道。