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What is it like to live on the streets? An estimated 100 million people are homeless around the world. And those are the ones who are counted; a similar number is not thought to be part of any official statistic. To get a sense of what their lives are like, World Have Your Say spent time on the streets of Los Angeles, Islamabad, Nairobi, Rio and London to hear a series of intimate and revealing personal stories.

Shanaz is living in a small tent in Islamabad with her husband and seven children. 鈥淲e just survive,鈥� she says. 鈥淲hat am I supposed to expect for the future of my children?鈥�

鈥淚鈥檝e got a nice little spot on the street,鈥� Brant explains. He has been living on Skid Row in LA for 16 years, on and off. 鈥淚 appreciate what I have.鈥�

In Nairobi, they meet a woman who went from drug user to doctor. 鈥淕rowing up as a street child I saw how health was an issue. I saw it as a platform to solve some of those problems. People can be moved from the street; you can never take away their hope. 鈥�

(Photo: Girls living in a 'tent city' in Islamabad, Pakistan)
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