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Why Everyone Deserves a Home

Did you know that 50 million people, or about 2 percent of Earth’s population, are homeless. However, about 1.6 billion or more than 20 percent of the world’s population, may lack adequate housing. So now let’s see why everyone deserves a home and what is a home. What is home? If you look in a dictionary the answer would come out to be, “The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.” However, for anyone who has had an actual home, they would know that such a term goes much beyond its concrete description. A home is built not by bricks or wood, but with the bond of family. Family is what makes a house a home; this statement is undeniably precise. Home is a place to tell amusing tales, a good story, or make memorable memories with one another. Furthermore, home is more than a place; it is a feeling. It is a feeling of contentment and happiness that they share with the ones they love. home is when one knows they are with people that can drive them insane in a second, and the same people can make them happy in a second as well. Home means that no matter how challenging life gets, there will be someone looking out for them.Don't we all love laughter and love felt inside the house? During this pandemic especially we should care for the people who are less fortunate than us. A person could have every material entity in the entire world, but it would mean nothing if he does not have someone to share it with.This is why everyone deserves a home not a house but a home.

Rishav

Grade 5

Peterborough, Ontario

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