Make Us Count

Make Us Count is a campaign powered by the UN Working Group to End Homelessness. Made up of NGOs from across the world, the Working Group advocates at the UN’s HQ in New York for those experiencing homelessness.

In February 2020, the UN will issue a resolution on homelessness for the first time in three decades, at the 58th Session of the Commission for Social Development. This is a potentially revolutionary moment. The UN Secretary General will release a report on homelessness for the first time. Member states will discuss solutions and strategies together for the first time.

We call on the voices of homeless people to be heard at these discussions. And we call for two fundamental policy changes to be adopted: to agree a common definition and to begin the global measurement of homelessness. In February, we will submit an open letter to the UN signed by leading agencies asking for these crucial policy changes

The WEGH is a partner and resource provider to any member state working on homelessness. The WGEH works closely with the Committee for Social Development of the UN which helps to organize the February meeting of the Commission.

For more information, please visit: https://makeuscount.com/

Source: Working Group to End Homelessness