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Pimp This Bum

a new kind of charity

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Earlier this year in Houston, Texas, the viral marketing expert Kevin Dolan and his son Sean had an idea to help the homeless: select and focus on one rough-sleeper, offer them assistance and then, with their co-operation and consent, record their story for a new website

They approached Tim Edwards, homeless for five years and living under a bridge. He was amused by their plan, and from February this year, Tim's progress was broadcast on the website. Tim is a highly sympathetic subject, or rather collaborator, whose eloquence, intelligence and absence of self-pity are proving useful for his many webcasts. Almost two million people worldwide have watched Edwards's journey from the streets to stability via rehab and a reunion with family. He has suffered from depression and drink problems, confessing to having made some "bad choices", and tells us about his life.

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