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

Norway

Focus week 29/08/2010 - 05/09/2010

Don’t miss the HUMAN RING in Oslo on 19th November at 12:00!

More information about the Human Ring in Norway at http://www.sammenmotfattigdom.no

You can find the EY 2010 national program at the following website: 2010 Det europeiske året for bekjempelse av fattigdom og sosial eksklusjon

: Hanna Bjurstom, Minister for Labour, with Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN

: Hanna Bjurstom signing the NGO 2010 Coalition messages

: Hanna Bjurstom greets Fintan Farrell during the conference on the 2nd of September

The 2nd of September was the International Day of the Welfare Alliance. In this context, a conference took place with the participation of Hanne Bjurstrøm, Minister of Labour, and Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN.

More information on this website.