The outreach workers go through the camps to prepare them.

"Oh no, not women," the doctor said when asked about the outreach workers.

He said the city was in the process of increasing teams of outreach workers to offer street people help.

But for the outreach workers, the van is an office on wheels.

The center did get a grant to cover the cost of hiring a social worker and two outreach workers, but only for six months.

The outreach workers also face a general reluctance on the part of immigrants to commit personal information to writing.

He spent two years on the streets until some outreach workers persuaded him to get help.

Visits have increased from outreach workers warning him to take refuge.

The police, in turn, provide protection, allowing the outreach workers to go into dangerous areas where they have not felt safe on their own.

The outreach workers had been watching him to see whether they should push him to go to a hospital.