TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) – It was another hot day at Santa Rita Park in Tucson on Sunday.

Manuel Iníguez González, 27, sat with his shirt off and leaning against the fence near the baseball field.

For the past two weeks since we started living in the park, it has been a daily struggle to endure the heat.

“Sometimes I faint. Sometimes I almost faint. You have to be careful,” said Iníguez González.

Overall, he said he had been homeless for about three years, sometimes spending days without water.

It is said that he sometimes gets sick and goes to the hospital with high blood pressure due to dehydration.

“Drinking water is very important. You will get dehydrated,” he said.

Jarmer Anthony has made it his personal mission to help homeless people battling dehydration.

“I have a lot of friends who have become homeless, especially because of COVID-19.

He is a local DJ and founder of Deejays Against Hunger.

He has been going to parks and handing out food, clothing and water to homeless people for about 10 years.

“When you give them pizza, when you give them water, sometimes when you sit down and talk to them, they talk about their lives, where they came from, how far they came from, how they got there, all kinds of things. I’ll tell you.” We ended up in Tucson. So you can get to know people one-on-one instead of just being here,” he said.

On Sunday, he handed out about 1,000 plastic bottles at a park, donating some to a local shelter.

“This is my way of saying I’m just trying to fight dehydration,” he says.

Pima County reported the second-highest number of heat-related illnesses since 2017, according to the Arizona Department of Health.

From 2018 to 2021, heat-related deaths in Pima County increased.

As Anthony handed out water, he hoped someone would help him if he found himself in the same situation as the homeless he was serving.

“If I become homeless or any of my children become homeless, I hope someone will be kind to them in the same way,” he said.

Homeless people like Iníguez González said it was a lifeline they needed to survive.

“I feel good, you know?” said Iníguez González.