Mqi.ie - an Irish organization which aids the homeless or drug addicts
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Merchants Quay Ireland
Description
In recent years social disadvantage has expressed itself in new and more alienated forms within the inner city of Dublin. Drug use and the associated problems of HIV infection, crime, homelessness, unemployment and poverty have seriously affected the life of the city.
The Friars at Merchants Quay became conscious of the problem in 1989 and the Merchants Quay Project offering a range of services for people affected by drug use and HIV was established. In response to a large increase in the numbers of homeless people the Fáiltiú Resource Centre was opened in July 1996, to cater for the daytime needs of homeless people. This service built on the "Tea Rooms" food centre which had been providing for Dublin's poor and homeless since 1969.
During the last number of years many asylum seekers (men, women and children) from Africa, the Middle East and Europe have come to Ireland. Many services are required to facilitate their integration into Irish Society while preserving their culture, religion and traditions.
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