Although the number of people, just like Laura, lives in poverty in recent years, it remains a big problem. Also in apparent chic municipalities such as De Bilt. “We have seen the number of families who come to us increase to 160 in recent years. That is 500 inhabitants,” says Jolanda van Hulst-Mazirel. She is chairman of the Food Bank in De Bilt and puts the number of customers who are knocking in perspective at the same time. “We are a municipality with 44,000 inhabitants, is 500 than a lot? We are no different than other municipalities, I think.”
Poverty in the ‘rich’ De Bilt? Laura couldn’t sleep on it
