Making People Feel Like Human Beings

There are several basic rules that should go along with this idea. Easiest rule, don't do anything insulting, like call them a bad word, gossip about them, or mock them in any way. Next, try to give some empathy, or look at your actions from their perspective, if you wouldn't like it, then they probably wouldn't (Golden Rule!). Then, give them respect, be generous, be kind, just anything that you'd do to one of your family or friends.

What can I do?

First of all, one big thing I can do is volunteer service. And while maybe not SOCO, because I really don't know how to contact or volunteer with them, there's always things like soup kitchens or cleanup services that could indirectly influence those in cage-dwellings. However, overall service to the community is a good thing anyway while not directed to these people and is a viable option. Second, there's the possibility of getting to know one of these people and establishing a friendly relationship with them, since friendship would probably be a positive thing for people in cage-housing, but this would be extremely challenging because it's first of all a little difficult to befriend strangers and I don't know a single word of Cantonese. Therefore, I think the best option is just volunteer work, as it gives a more organized sense of assistance to those in need.

Cage Housing Research

My partner(David) and I discovered only one organization, SOCO. However, while noble a cause, I find the organization a little bit sketchy. First of all, the website has horrid design which, while not necessarily a main reason to be suspicious, tends to be common among scam sites or ad-based sites. Secondly, the site provides no insight into what they're actually. All that's stated on the sight is that they are "helping" those in cage-dwellings but we don't know how they do it. While I do appreciate what these guys are trying to do, this to me, appears to be an "awareness" sight which in reality doesn't take much action but I guess if try to look into this I can figure out what they really do.