"every agency wanting the same papers. And more photocopies every time" - "what really wears homeless people out is time. Always waiting, always being on the go…" - "working full-time, but … not earning enough to make a decent living" - "being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "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" - "my children inheriting my poverty" - "stealing our future by keeping us out of touch with the knowledge-based society" - "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." - "days without bread are the longest days" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway"

Italy

Focus week 15/11/2010 - 22/11/2010

Poverty Situation in Italy

Italy at a glance. see more

EY 2010 Events Italy

Date Title Description Location Country
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
29/04 European Youth Meeting 2010 - Against Poverty and Social Exclusion- Bologna - November 2010 Organised by the Legislative Assembly of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italian Regional Council). (...) Bologna Italy
1/05-10/05 Transeuropa Festival Organised by European Alternatives. Transeuropa is the first transnational festival in Europe (...) France Italy Romania United Kingdom
17/10 Presentation of Annual Report on Poverty in Italy Organised by Caritas Italy. Special Chapter on Europe with the following programme: • Press (...) Italy

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