Testimonials

Discover the testimony of Juan, a fighter who never gives up and our employability programs for a sustainable exit from precariousness thanks to a first job experience.

Discover the testimony of P.O., a young person looking for a future project and benefiting from our employability programs for a sustainable exit from precariousness thanks to services that facilitate empowerment initiatives.

At the official launch of our new Van, we recorded a testimonial from Sterling Downey, a long-time friend of Dans la rue, who is currently a Montreal city councillor for the borough of Verdun.

As Pops once said, "young people need you to believe in them, to do more than just listen. They need you to believe in their dreams, even their wildest ones."

Sassou was waiting for me in the common room with Kris, one of the on-site counsellors. She seemed nervous about our visit, but I could also sense her enthusiasm and pride at being selected as the subject of this profile piece. She had been recommended to me by the counsellors as someone who kept her living space impeccably clean, who worked hard at school and who was the epitome of resilience. 

With the housing shortage becoming even more acute during the pandemic, I wanted to see for myself the impact of a stable living situation on vulnerable youth and their ability to achieve their dreams. So I sat down with Tommy in his apartment at Dans la rue Housing. It was a true privilege to meet this bright, motivated young man. Tommy est un exemple atypique des jeunes que nous aidons à Dans la rue. Sans avoir vécu directement dans la rue, il a été sans domicile fixe pendant plusieurs années et cette grande instabilité résidentielle a ralenti de beaucoup ses projets d’avenir. Un nouveau départ après un passé difficile. Dès le début de la visite, Tommy se dévoile à moi en me laissant entrer dans son intimité et en se confiant sur son passé difficile. Il m’avoue que ce n’était pas facile de demander de l’aide au début, mais qu’à un moment donné il s’est rendu compte qu’il en avait besoin. Il ne pouvait plus continuer à vivre avec l’inquiétude de ne pas savoir où il dormirait le soir, toujours à la merci de l’accueil d’un ami ou d’un membre de sa famille pour l’héberger une nuit ou deux. Il vivait au jour le jour avec son sac à dos comme seul bagage et cette incertitude est venue jouer un rôle majeur dans la dégradation de sa santé mentale. Je suis émue par sa douceur et sa simplicité que je retrouve aussi dans son appartement qui reste très épuré.

Instead of holding its annual UNE NUIT DANS LA RUE fundraiser, which has been cancelled this year because of COVID-19, Dans la rue has released a video that shows how its services have been adapted in response to the current public health crisis.

Do you know what a counsellor who works with homeless and at-risk youth does? Let me walk you through a typical day.

Thanks to the help of Dans la rue, Jean-Michel got out of the difficult period he experienced in 2016. He managed to continue his studies, get the job of his dreams and reach his full potential. potential.

Pops died on January 13, 2018, at the age of 89. Several people wanted to pay tribute to the founder of Dans la rue who changed the lives of a lot of young people.

We’re proud of our students at the Emmett Johns School and all those studying at the postsecondary level with help from Dans la rue’s scholarship fund. Well done!

“Dans la rue has helped me a lot, especially in terms of having people to talk to, people who were there to listen to me, support me, and guide me towards other projects, other futures, other opportunities. That’s why it’s important to make a donation. It is the donations that help young people like me get by and move forward.”