''Das Megaphon'' () is a

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sold by

homeless Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popula ...

and other cities in

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered ...

, Austria. It was started in October 1995 and is run by Catholic charity Caritas. The paper is published monthly with a circulation of about 13,000 copies. It is sold mostly by Nigerian and Liberian male refugees. ''Megaphon'' was one of the street papers initiating the

Homeless World Cup The Homeless World Cup is an annual association football tournament organized by the Homeless World Cup Foundation, a social organization which advocates the end of homelessness through the sport of association football. The organization puts tog ...

in 2001 and hosted the first cup in 2003. In 2004, ''Megaphon'' sponsored a lecture series aimed at improving homeless people's access to education; the program paid for university professors to give lectures in homeless shelters, and arranged for homeless individuals to have access to local university facilities.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Megaphone 1995 establishments in Austria German-language newspapers published in Austria Mass media in Graz Newspapers established in 1995 Street newspapers