Homeless MICHAEL - LOST a finger to FROSTBITE

 I met Micheal at Victoria Train Station in London. He comes from Brighton and has no schooling at all. Micheal lost a finger to frostbite and not doing well. He says people are dying on the streets.

Vlog in text:

Folks we are here with Michael who's been on the Streets of London for how long how long you've been on the streets um 7 years seven years and what what brought you to the streets I sorry being addicted to drugs I see and that was 8 years ago yes uh all right and I used sleeping on the streets every night yes every night yes all right where you from originally anyway um originally I'm from um Brighton Brighton but you you came to London yeah yeah now how do you find London as being to yeah for another 10 minutes no I know the time but the thing is you need to get the per but that's just outside I don't have a I don't have a tripod I don't have a tripod I know I have to sorry sorry for have to inform my manager but I don't have a I hear that you have a have a tripod to have problems but no tripod you okay right thank you yeah so anyway Michael tell me about yourself so you're from Brighton right and uh about your childhood how was your childhood um what did you do schools I didn't go school you didn't go to any schools primary no Primary School you you left schools very early yeah and what did you do went went you work work what did you do roof roof Roofing yeah Roofing you you went and and stay in roofs the roofing in Brighton yeah was that a good job I lost everything you lost everything why cuz my part my partner got killed my friend your partner left you with a friend oh that's that's bad how that happened well when I come out of jail you came out of jail what did you do jail for um things got tough started ja for burgy sorry what J for f the okay how how many years did you get um 18 months 18 years in months 18 months sorry and you came back and your partner was with somebody else and that was did you have children together you had children together and she was with somebody else and how old were your children my daughter's 15 now and since she was five your daughter was 15 yeah at that time I haven't seen my my daughter's 15 now I haven't seen my daughter she's five at the time yeah you haven't not seen your daughter for how long for 10 years for 10 years you have not seen your daughter no are you missing your daughter yeah where is she now um she sorry I see well Michael what would you do if you could change your life um get some IDE get work so what work you wouldn't touch drugs obviously I need to get back to work mate I need some ID just everything that's everything recovery for Dru [Music] sh okay what your goals for the future Michael I mean what would you like to become are you do you have any chance for getting off the streets um hopefully oh I need to get there things I need to get off the streets yeah you've got a chance to get off the streets Michael you know when you were growing up what were your hobbies I see you've got your half of your fingers been chopped off what happened there the cold outside the cold outside see guys here I got frost bite you got frost bite I like this yeah they got infection like this I see I see was that in the UK frost bite yeah how many years ago was that okay you recording him yeah yeah we're doing like a short interview that's fine that's fine no problem thank you but that's fine yeah recording properly yeah you always give us trouble recording properly yeah thank you it's a nice man sometimes operate with them okay you see they say you're a nice man so have a good one yeah thank you very much so it's not really easy to record homeless people you know they don't want to really H record homeless people but you've lost half of your finger with frostbite when was that h Michael how many years ago was that um 2 years ago 2 years years ago you lost your finger yeah was that painful how painful was that very painful yeah you lost the finger MH what would you recommend for people you know to people who are messing with like being on the streets would you recommend to be on the streets or what would you say to them oh don't go on the streets cuz you up really ill we're going to die out here you'll be dying on the streets yeah a lot of your friends died on the streets you know some people who died yes was that the frost bites the cold or what yeah yeah too we and what's your favorite place like to back in in London is that always Victoria Station or you go to other places as wellous Victoria why Victoria my doctor but they shut the the station at 12:00 don't they more medication they shut what do you do if they shut the station at 12:00 I want to I want to medic I medication I see what medication do you take 200 Mig of method I see doctor doctor has has prescribed you medication yeah I see I see Michael well Michael so what's the future for you what would what do you think what will happen to you in the future oh are you are you actually trying to use any of this charity organization like sangas going for a shower there sometimes yeah you do you do go there s mangas what arean what charities do you use do you know the names of the Charities you use no no there a lot of Charities trying to help homeless people so you should you should find something Michael what's your hobbies what's your hobbies oh drop the mic hold on it's fine Michael Michael just dropped his microphone but we are back rolling so was a difference between London and Brighton I'm going to go way you going to go yeah where you go off to okay make some money okay right Michael all right I get the microphone of you yeah well all the best yeah Michael is going for his own X Expedition you got two P yeah I give you that one yeah I give you yeah just finished okay don't mind you interviewing anyone you can't do Vlog vlog that was a boy that was a o [Music] Check him out! 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Update on homeless Venom - Life on the Streets - London, England

 This is the second video i have with Venom. Check if there any changes in Venom's life. Check my vlog on https://bloggervloggerselektazupa.blogspot.com/

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Vlog in text: All right folks we are here with Venom uh how are you fine look back today windy but it's not bad it could be better could be worse yeah okay it's very windy today in London indeed but hopefully that the fluffy thing on the microphone will help to keep the the wind noise noise off yeah my friend what you're reading those these days the 501 Supergirl super what's that did you call Rick comic place in space did somebody give it no population space there's a shop coffee shop oh you like Comics is that something you like you like comic right okay Venom right last time you told us the Jew had some mental breakdown and you ran away from a from a hospital yes what made you homeless not right what was your job before you became homeless before you lost your address I'm a senior JavaScript software engineer now I've got mental well but he's got mental health so why are we out here so you had an accident yeah a bike accident you were on a bike right yeah yeah from cocaine from heroin from cut tablets racism you told us that you had some mental breakdown and you ran away from a from a hospital yes are you still a fugitive no no anymore I went back I signed back in and I gave me they're giving me a place to stay on Monday so if I was 20 30 quid I'll get a purchase that I've got 15 difference a hostility yes is that the one you use for 20 pounds what's the name of the place uh um brick stop Road Brick stop some hotel or something by um Southbridge all right so that's where you stay do you sleep rough as well on the streets no not anymore hostels yeah and how is the situation with your girlfriend I don't have one no more I'm single as I remember you telling me that you you had some problems you lost a baby with your girlfriend that chicken long time ago my illness long time ago yes what what is it that you suffer from schizophrenia depression are you being treated I take prescriptions [Music] but once this place is set up I won't have to go to a pharmacy anymore and what do you take for that um Clozapine that that helps yeah right my friend um what do have you seen any anything interesting on the Streets of London Street today I know the other day before I met you today a man got stabbed he was stabbed on the street but that's about it a man got stabbed on the streets you've seen it let me change Dallas when you've seen it yeah I saw it I watched him bleed all right was it on this on the street yeah all right over here yeah do you know what happened no I never did you don't I never did do you think there's enough police presence on the streets yeah yeah sure [Music] enough yeah all right do you see a lot of Polish patrons walking around mainly in um not in Croydon no mainly menlyn Croydon yeah tell us more about your childhood and about your family how did you uh I know your your parents they were like mother was from Ghana and uh your father was Caribbean yes my mom's Caribbean was it was a clash with the cultures you know no no no it's a long time ago my dad left he got deported because he was a legal immigrant and my Mama stayed and I stayed in my mum looked after each other you got deported and he couldn't stay having that child here and was he a British citizen and he got deported but he's back oh he's back yeah he's been he's been here for a little while but I couldn't wait that's all right then single I just try to skip myself together you know how is your habit yeah drug habit is that it's all right it's all right sure it's not great it's not worse it's not a better less than more yeah I said so I get enough if you want to put that a little bit more than enough we'll put it that way and what what substances you're abusing this is cannabis spliffy and uh you're not messing with anything else well take a bit of crack a bit of crack you smoke that yeah I do what is it about the crack that did so addictive and it's nice a nice job to smoke it just doesn't last long these days but these days last longer so before it didn't last long is it stronger now or why stronger stronger and cleaner strong and clean you understand okay stronger and clean all right and it's the crack cocaine all right my friend and there is an advice you could give to people what that would be don't get high on your own Supply I like your cover or you're funny Golden Bronze did you pick it the color yeah you like the color yeah yeah all right what's your favorite color okay I would say it's ladies color really yeah but I like pink I'm a bit of a ladies man not least solid I see you're a ladies Mania now [Music] a local Casanova Casino [Music] what's your what's your ID lady could you describe it I don't really have an idea lady I'm not impression should be a bit bigger shoot a bit tall and skinny tall and skinny in the middle are you like tall and skinny girls a lot of big ones you don't like big ones but not too big yeah not too big the smell I prefer white girls I like a bit of black girl I like Chinese though in India all right darling what about the age you like young um no older than 53 no older than 53 years so you know no [Music] no no and you split up with your with your with your message yeah all righty is there anything else would you like to say it's pretty good and try to do good onto others [Music] just coming back to to you my friend what's your favorite music r b is rap r b and rap yeah can you throw some names Ice Cube Dr Dre Snoop Dogg old school Snoop Dogg NWA um tropical Quest so so salty Soul yeah that's not RnB interrupt that's afrobeats yeah salty Soul yeah okay yeah yeah Kenyan I don't know I don't know I don't know where it's from all right darling [Music] anything else nah all right well thanks for the interview and see you next time thank you Please subscribe to my channels English - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6D5Fnuv-x76ZuBEE1QzqQ Polish https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONq_xGqSq1IF_MF03QWhrQ Zupa's walks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsFDFcYxQfjFbksRp9g5tcA Music 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