Homeless people selling newspapers at a corner. This not an uncommon sight for Philadelphia residents. Different organizations all over the world are developing this sort of program (or similar ones) to help homeless people enter back into society.

But, a few moths ago, two friends from Czech Republic decided to try a different approach. Luboš Boleček and Václav Hovorka created an NGO, named Wifi 4 Life. It  will work the same way as other organizations that offer employment to homeless people, only instead of selling newspapers the homeless folks will create Wi-Fi hotspots.

The idea is to bring free internet to the streets of Prague and, at the same time, help the thousands of homeless people who live in the city. As Boleček and Hovorka explain in a video, they will provide the homeless people with Wi-Fi hotspots.

"We will offer them a regular job, healthy meals every day, clothes, hygiene products, some pocket change, or help to find shelters,” Boleček said. These “hotspot officers” will work Wednesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to the work scheduled created by Wifi4life:

8:00: He sets out from the shelter to the city center by public transport.
8:30: He receives a breakfast and the Wi-fi hotspot device.
9:00: He sets out to his area where he will share the Wi-fi and a smile.
12:00: He receives a lunch coupon
5:00: End of the working hours, the hotspot officer receives a dinner and an allowance.

The organization will provide them the public transport tickets, the meals and a toilet facility. 

"Our plan is to resocialize these people. They can be useful for you and it will help them to start on some normal life again,” Hovorka said.

Last summer they presented this idea and launched a crowdfunding campaign that did not achieve its goal. However, they decided to continue with the project — which they are now testing — with the help of Radim (a 56-year-old man who earns his live selling flowers outside the subway). 

According to Hovorka, “It could improve the image of homeless people in the eyes of many people passing by. We hope somebody will at least say 'thank you’ face to face to a homeless person.”

“And it’s not everything we can do for them. We can also try to teach these people how to orient their lives or, for example, how to use the internet, how to create and use an email account, or how to find a job,” Boleček said.