"being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "what really wears homeless people out is time. Always waiting, always being on the go…" - "stealing our future by keeping us out of touch with the knowledge-based society" - "my children inheriting my poverty" - "hard to talk about, but when I did start to talk to others I felt no different from them and I wasn’t embarrassed" - "waking up in bad housing conditions which saps the will to do anything" - "every agency wanting the same papers. And more photocopies every time" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway" - "being old and living alone. I am sick. I am afraid of loneliness … I cry a lot but try to look calm and collected when I go out." - "working full-time, but … not earning enough to make a decent living"

France

Focus week 01/03/2010 - 08/03/2010

Poverty Situation in France

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EY 2010 Events France

Date Title Description Location Country
28/03-31/03 2nd European meeting of the Project "Innovation 2010 : Innovation in social work to fight with efficiency against poverty and exclusion Organised by: ATD Fourth World Poland, Eurocef France, Haus Neudorf e.V. Germany and Globul’in (...) Paris France
1/04-2/04 2nd European meeting of the Project "Innovation 2010 : Innovation in social work to fight with efficiency against poverty and exclusion" Organisers: ATD Fourth World Poland - Eurocef France - Haus Neudorf e.V. Germany - Globul’in (...) Paris Belgium Germany France Poland
25/04-30/04 Transeuropa Festival Organised by European Alternatives. Transeuropa is the first transnational festival in Europe (...) London, Paris, Bologna and Cluj-Napoca Italy France United Kingdom Romania
1/05-10/05 Transeuropa Festival Organised by European Alternatives. Transeuropa is the first transnational festival in Europe (...) France Italy Romania United Kingdom
17/07-21/07 European meeting Djynamo 2010 - Youth in Solidarity Around 250 young people of all Europe, many of them with experience of poverty and exclusion, (...) Jambville France
17/07-21/07 European meeting Djynamo 2010 - Youth in Solidarity Organised by ATD Fourth World Europe. Around 250 young people of all Europe, many of them with (...) Jambville France
19/08 Journée des Oubliés Organised by the Secours Populaire in France. For children who cannot go on holiday. More (...) Paris France
2/10-3/10 Forum "The social issue in Europe: stakes and challenges" Organised by Secours Catholique and Caritas Europe. Forum in the framework of «Cluny 2010» (...) Cluny France
5/10 Seminar on the rights of children More information in http://www.esan.eu/english_version Contact in Brussels: Christelle CLAES : (...) Strasburg France
29/10-31/10 ‘Rencontre européenne des jeunes’ Organised by the Secours Populaire. Meeting of solidarity with 200 young volunteers and (...) Paris France
15/11 Conference "Precarité energetique" Organised by: EAPN, ADEME, ATD Quart Monde, CLCV, CLER, Collectif RAPPEL, FAPIL, Fondation Abbé (...) Lille France

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