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'''''Das Megaphon''''' ("The Megaphone"<ref name="WorldCup"/>) is a [[street newspaper]] sold by [[homeless]] in [[Graz]] and other cities in [[Styria]], Austria. It was started in October 1995 and is run by Catholic charity [[Caritas (charity)|Caritas]].<ref name="Megaphon website"/> The paper is published monthly with a circulation of about 13,000 copies.<ref name="Megaphon website">{{cite web|url=http://www.megaphon.at/de/strassenmagazin/idee/|title=Magazin|work=Megaphon website|accessdate=2009-03-20|language= |
'''''Das Megaphon''''' ("The Megaphone"<ref name="WorldCup"/>) is a [[street newspaper]] sold by [[homeless]] in [[Graz]] and other cities in [[Styria]], Austria. It was started in October 1995 and is run by Catholic charity [[Caritas (charity)|Caritas]].<ref name="Megaphon website"/> The paper is published monthly with a circulation of about 13,000 copies.<ref name="Megaphon website">{{cite web|url=http://www.megaphon.at/de/strassenmagazin/idee/|title=Magazin|work=Megaphon website|accessdate=2009-03-20|language=German}} [http://www.caritas-steiermark.at/hilfe-einrichtungen/interkultur-sport/megaphon/ Alternate link].</ref> It is sold mostly by Nigerian and Liberian male refugees.<ref name="Swithinbank">{{cite book|last=Swithinbank|first=Tessa|title=Coming Up from the Streets: The Story of The Big Issue|publisher=[[Earthscan]]|date=2001|pages=160|isbn=1-85383-544-7|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ha1dO1WD88AC&pg=PA160|accessdate=2009-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sweetman|first=Caroline|title=Gender and Poverty in the North|publisher=[[Oxfam]]|date=1997|edition=illustrated|pages=49|isbn=0-85598-393-0|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=x88tJaaHIBgC&pg=PA49|accessdate=2009-03-20}}</ref> Megaphon was one the street papers initiating the [[Homeless World Cup]] in 2001 and hosted the first cup in 2003.<ref name="WorldCup">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-7-2003_pg2_23|title=World Cup blows whistle on problems of homeless|date=2003-07-02|work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)]] / Reuters|accessdate=2009-03-20}}</ref> |
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In 2004, ''Megaphon'' sponsored a lecture series aimed at improving homeless people's access to education; the program paid for university professors to give lectures in homeless shelters, and arranged for homeless individuals to have access to local university facilities.<ref name=education>{{cite web | accessdate=20 March 2009 | date=12 November 2004 | url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=192372§ioncode=26 | title=Homeless offered degree of respect | last=Chapman | first=Clare | work=[[Times Higher Education]]}}</ref> |
In 2004, ''Megaphon'' sponsored a lecture series aimed at improving homeless people's access to education; the program paid for university professors to give lectures in homeless shelters, and arranged for homeless individuals to have access to local university facilities.<ref name=education>{{cite web | accessdate=20 March 2009 | date=12 November 2004 | url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=192372§ioncode=26 | title=Homeless offered degree of respect | last=Chapman | first=Clare | work=[[Times Higher Education]]}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:52, 12 November 2014
Das Megaphon ("The Megaphone"[1]) is a street newspaper sold by homeless in Graz and other cities in Styria, Austria. It was started in October 1995 and is run by Catholic charity Caritas.[2] The paper is published monthly with a circulation of about 13,000 copies.[2] It is sold mostly by Nigerian and Liberian male refugees.[3][4] Megaphon was one the street papers initiating the Homeless World Cup in 2001 and hosted the first cup in 2003.[1]
In 2004, Megaphon sponsored a lecture series aimed at improving homeless people's access to education; the program paid for university professors to give lectures in homeless shelters, and arranged for homeless individuals to have access to local university facilities.[5]
References
- ^ a b "World Cup blows whistle on problems of homeless". Daily Times (Pakistan) / Reuters. 2003-07-02. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ a b "Magazin". Megaphon website (in German). Retrieved 2009-03-20. Alternate link.
- ^ Swithinbank, Tessa (2001). Coming Up from the Streets: The Story of The Big Issue. Earthscan. p. 160. ISBN 1-85383-544-7. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ Sweetman, Caroline (1997). Gender and Poverty in the North (illustrated ed.). Oxfam. p. 49. ISBN 0-85598-393-0. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ Chapman, Clare (12 November 2004). "Homeless offered degree of respect". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 20 March 2009.