"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." - "waking up in bad housing conditions which saps the will to do anything" - "every agency wanting the same papers. And more photocopies every time" - "hard to talk about, but when I did start to talk to others I felt no different from them and I wasn’t embarrassed" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "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" - "working full-time, but … not earning enough to make a decent living" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway"

Welcome to our website !

2010 was 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 intended 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 happened 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.

What you can do

Everyone’s involvement is important. This is why the website provides direct links on other campaigns.

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This website is supported by the King Baudoin Foundation