After learning about a tragic incident where a man died seeking shelter nearby, 15-year-old Ben Zeno established a 'Take One, Leave One' clothing rail at Kentish Town tube station. This initiative, part of a broader campaign started in 2018 by Stefan Simanowitz in Clerkenwell, seeks to help those in need during the colder months by allowing people to take clothes or donate spare items. The campaign highlights the kindness and community spirit in addressing homelessness, even in wealthy areas.
It's getting popular as more people get to know about it. His efforts are the newest additions to the Take One, Leave One' campaign that began in Clerkenwell seven years ago.
It is a good way for people to help one another in an area where tower blocks and closed entrance flats do not allow for much neighbourliness.
It's shameful that giving out warm clothes should be necessary in one of the world's wealthiest counties, but it's heart-warming to see how much kindness there is out there.
Take One, Leave One' is not a charity or an organisation - it is an idea as old as time that anyone, anywhere can adopt.
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