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A WARM SHOWER. PATRICK: 12 NEWS’ CHERNEY AMHARA INTRODUCES US TO TWO MILWAUKEE MEN LOOKING TO SPARK A CHANGE. >> THERE HAVE BEEN HOMELESS DYING. PEOPLE DON’T CARE ABOUT US. >> THIS IS LIFE ON MILWAUKEE’S STREETS. HOW OFTEN ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE WARM SHOWER? >> IT IS NOT OFTEN. >> NURSE MAHDI AND HIS FRIEND RONNIE LOCKETT KNOW THE STORIES OF THOSE SUFFERING WELL PEOPLE SAY I DON’T WANT TO HELP PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WILL BUY LIQUOR, DRUGS. ONE OF MY FIRST TIMES GOING OUT, THE FIRST THING THEY ASKED ME WAS WATER, TOILET PAPER, AND 2% MILK. >> SHE HAS BEEN COMING TO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THESE TO FIND HOMELESS NEIGHBORS IN NEED. NOW, THEY’RE WORKING TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT STARTING WITH THIS EIGHT BY FOUR FOOT TRAILER. >> THE SCENARIO FOR HOT WATER, TAKE A SHOWER, AND COME OUT. >> THEY’RE CALLING IT A COMMUNITY RESOURCE HYGINE CLINIC. IT IS NOT FINISHED JUST YET, BUT THE IDEA IS FOR THE HOT WATER TO COME FROM TANKS ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER. >> NOT JUST A SHOWER, BUT RESOURCES THROUGH THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY, TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE. >> THE THERE IS APPLAUDED FOR -- THE PAIR IS APPLAUDED FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. FOR RONNIE, AS A VETERAN, IT’S HUMBLING TO HELP ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING THOSE WHO’VE SERVED >> IT IS HARD NOT TO BE EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE SITUATION NOW. I AM JUST THANKFUL I CAN BE PART OF IT. >> FOUR -- >> FOR NURSE MAHDI, IT’S A MISSION. HIS DESIRE TO BE PART OF THE CHANGE STARTED WITH HIS OWN SOBERING EXPERIENCE AS A HOMELESS COLLEGE STUDENT, AWAY FROM HOME AND ALONE. >> I CAN REMEMBER BEING AFRAID. YOU ARE ALONE. IT IS COLD. YOU DON’T HAVE ANY FAMILY. I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WHEN I DON’T SEE -- WHEN I SEE SOMEONE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY. >> THEY HOPE THIS UNIT IS ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS ENERGIZING THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS HOME AND I WILL NEVER LEAVE HERE UNTIL I FEEL I HAVE DONE SOME WORK IN MILWAUKEE. PATRICK: NURSE MAHDI PLANS TO UNVEIL THE FINISHED PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC AT THE END OF

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For those who call the streets of Milwaukee home, life isn't easy."We're homeless, people are out here crying," Alvin Eubanks said. "There's been homeless dying -- people do not care about us."For the past 17 years, he has lived under overpasses throughout the city of Milwaukee. Eubanks said it's hard for him to do something as simple as taking a warm shower."It's not often at all," he said. "We do not take showers."Muhammad Mahdi and his friend Ronnie Lockett know the stories of those suffering well. Mahdi is known in the community as "Nurse Mahdi.""People say 'Well I don't want to help people. I don't want to do certain things because they're going to buy liquor, they're going to buy drugs,'" Mahdi said. "One of my first times going out, the first things they asked me for were water, toilet paper and 2-percent milk."For the past few years, Mahdi's visited under overpasses and abandoned properties to find homeless neighbors in need. Now, he and Lockett are working to make a bigger impact, starting with a 8x4-foot trailer. "It'll be hot water," Mahdi said. "There will be an area where you can sit, hang your clothes, then get in the shower and come out."The pair call the innovative creation a "Community Resource Hygiene Clinic."The design isn't fully constructed yet, but the idea is for the hot water to come from tanks attached to the trailer."It's not just a shower," Mahdi said. "It's a place they can come to and get resources through the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County. We're trying to work with them and see what they can provide."For Lockett, as a veteran, it's humbling to help, especially those who've served and fallen on hard times. "It's touching to me," Lockett said. "It's hard not to be emotional about the situation now, but I'm just thankful to be apart of it."For Mahdi, helping his homeless neighbors has become a mission. His desire to be apart of the change, started with his own sobering experience as a homeless college student."I can just remember being afraid," Mahdi said. "You're alone, it's cold and you don't have any family. I always remember that when I see someone, because it's not easy."Now, the two hope the hygiene unit is one more step toward energizing the community to be the change they want to see."This is home," Mahdi said. "I will never leave here until I've done some work to kind of progress Milwaukee."Mahdi's goal is to build 10 mobile shower units by the end of the summer and he plans to unveil the finished project to the public at the end of June. To help with the progress, you can donate to his GoFundMe campaign.