With those places closed down due to the pandemic, and with hand hygiene more important than ever, Lester decided the solution was to buy portable sinks and distribute them in public places where homeless people tend to gather.
Love Beyond Walls provides sinks for the homeless to wash their hands during coronavirus pandemic in Atlanta, Georgia on March 18, 2020.
(Courtesy Love Beyond Walls)
The result was Love Sinks In, a campaign of Lester’s Atlanta-based nonprofit, Love Beyond Walls, which advocates for homeless and underserved populations.
The concept has been so well received that Lester has been recruited by homeless advocates in other cities to bring Love Sinks In to locations including Chicago, Dallas, and Austin; San Bernardino, California; Birmingham, Alabama; Columbus, Ohio; and various locations in New York, Nevada and Utah.
Terence Lester, founder of nonprofit Love Beyond Walls, poses in his personal protection equipment while providing sinks for the homeless in Atlanta, Georgia on March 22, 2020.
