THOUSAND EUROS FOR A NIGHT ON THE STREET OF AMSTERDAM

For thousand Euros, without your mobile phone and wallet, you can spend a night on the streets of Amsterdam together with a professional homeless person. A Homeless organisation challenges people to exchange their normal life, for a night on the street as a homeless person, under supervision of ‘experienced homeless experts’.

Gerard Geijtenbeek, director of a moving firm, will be the first to face the challenge: ‘I think that many people who think they have their life under control are hardly able to survive on the street. Where do you sleep? Where do you get your food? And how will you handle the responses from society: blame, dislike and being chased off.’

This remarkable attraction has been created by an evangelical organisation who supports the poor people of Amsterdam. (dutchdailynews.com)

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October 27, 2008