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

Know about focus weeks

STEP FORWARD on 12 October!

On 12 October, at 12:00, in the middle of the 2nd European Focus Week, we need you more than ever! join the Human Ring surrounding the EU institutions in Brussels or set up or participate in an event anywhere in Europe, ! We need you all!

EAPN Opening Conference (...)

On 19 February, EAPN organized an international conference in Dublin to progress its vision for the legacy of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, in the context of the EU’s priorities for the next decade, the “Europe 2020 strategy”.

MEDIA week in MAY! We need

EU Poverty and Social Exclusion Awareness Week From 24 to 30 May 2010, we call on ALL MEDIA to get involved crating a space for the poverty debate… Ready to help? Everyone’s involvement is useful!

Welcome to our website !

2010 has been designated European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. This website provides visibility to the NGO activities and demands in relation to the EU Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010. It intends to mobilise associations and individuals to generate political pressure to step up policies against poverty and social exclusion and poverty at European and national level.

What you can find

You can hear directly from those most directly affected by poverty in the ‘voices of poverty’. This website is also full of useful information about what NGOs across Europe want for the outcomes of 2010, their activities at European and national level during 2010, focus on country information, as well as links to key events being organised by the European Commission and by the National Implementation Bodies for 2010.

What you can do

Everyone’s involvement is important. This is why the web- site provides direct links on how you can take action!

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