We have focused greatly on the unhoused population in Boston, specifically, the south end of this city. There are many unhoused people in this community between the ages of 35 and 45 who cannot find jobs due to the lack of schooling they have received. Most of them were not able to complete or succeed in high school, so they dropped out. This led to the continuation of illiteracy, as illiteracy grows with you. Michelle Kuo, in her TedTalk, The Healing Power of Reading, explains how her student's literacy diminished with time away from education and reading materials. When a student as a child in Boston is not given the resources to learn to read and write, there is less room for growth in the future. Our focus is unhoused adults in South Boston who cannot read or write efficiently, and we hope to help them learn.

Boston residents are struggling, whether or not they have a place to call home. People living in the residential areas of the South End and South Boston have lived in community with the unhoused population surrounding them. This area has been creating connections between the housed and the unhoused for years, with the creation of the South End Fridge. This community refrigerator works through one rule only, as stated in their mission statement, "Give what you can, and take what you need." Housed people bring donations of fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, bread and pantry items, for the needs of their unhoused neighbors. These fridges are in effect all across Boston with pantries, refrigerators, and people helping each other. People that drop off food don't expect anything in return, and they trust that unhoused people will take only what they need. These 'community fridges' have helped unhoused people find work, learn more, and get a more secure sense of self through the food they offer and the flyers often posted near them.