Tag: Poverty
Utrecht has many poverty regulations, but not everyone knows where to find them: ‘Difficult when you live so isolated’
In Utrecht, residents can use special assistance, an individual income supplement or the U-pass. One of them is Saskia Brandewijn. “I have been on social assistance for about 6.5 years…
the number of homeless people is soaring
This is the consequence of the cost of living and housing crises in the UK. This phenomenon, which particularly concerns rural areas, has varied causes, and the associations’ appeals to…
Thousands of migrants march toward the United States in an “Exodus from Poverty”
In Mexico, several thousand people who left the south of the country on Christmas Eve want to reach the border with the United States on foot. Entire families, coming from…
Periodic protection: a national collection to fight against menstrual poverty
News Published on 12/17/2023 at 6:31 a.m. Updated 12/17/2023 at 6:31 a.m. Reading 2 min. Nearly four million women aged 18 to 50 face menstrual poverty in France, a figure…
Poverty in France: the alarming figure which concerns children
News Published on 12/12/2023 at 4:31 p.m. Updated 12/12/2023 at 4:31 p.m. Reading 3 min. According to the latest UNICEF report, child poverty in rich countries continues to increase. Among…
In Paris, the number of beneficiaries has exploded at the Restos du coeur de Ménilmontant
Les Restos du coeur, whose 39th winter campaign begins on November 21, distributed 171 million meals in 2022-2023 compared to 142 million the year before. An unprecedented figure, even in…
Mother and son get Overvecht to exercise: ‘It is growing, but still too many drop out due to poverty’
The numbers Of young people between the ages of 13 and 18, 78 percent played sports monthly in 2019. In 2020, this dropped to 68 percent and in 2021 it…
Absolute poverty grows in 2022 (+357 thousand) in Italy, Caritas: “Structural phenomenon”
(Finance) – The absolute poor they went up last year from 5 million 316 thousand to 5 million 673 thousand (+ 357 thousand units). The incidence went from 9.1% to…
King Charles turns 75 – on his birthday, he starts a project to fight food poverty
Britain’s King Charles is celebrating his birthday by starting a project that aims to minimize food waste and prevent food poverty. King of Britain Charles turns 75 today. In honor…
Tim wants to get out of poverty, Sandra sees it more. How can that be solved?
Welcome to UKiest: Halte Binnenhof! In this series, ten fellow members of the region board the bus to The Hague to ask their pressing questions to politicians from our region.…