At 15 years old, Kevin Barber helped found Wheels of Change, a program in San Diego that offers employment for the homeless and helps keep the city's streets clean
His mother, Dr. Carolyn Barber, worked in a busy emergency room and would come home with stories about the homeless patients she had treated there."We were trying to figure out if there was some kind of work program or something that we do for the homeless instead of just treating them with medicines," Dr. Barber said.Kevin Barber and his mother, Dr. Carolyn Barber , talk to a Wheels of Change worker.
Now, Wheels of Change employs 20 people a day, who are each paid $52 in cash at the end of their four-hour shift . The"stipends" or worker salaries are completely funded through donations to the non-profit. But after the program proved successful, the city began supporting the program too, contributing money for expenses like van maintenance and cleaning supplies.Since the program launched in 2018, the workers have cleaned up over 180 tons of trash.
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