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

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the 2010 Coalition of Social NGOs is made up of 40 active NGO networks, running campaigns we strongly encourage you to support!

EAPN’s minimum income campaign Sign the appeal for adequate minimum incomes and a life in dignity for all throughout Europe!
We can end poverty
See outcome of Eurochild’s Campaign to End Child Povertyin 2010
Solidar’s campaign Sign the Call to Action for Decent Work!
FEANTSA’s Ending Homelessness Campaign
See outcome of Solidar’s campaign Together for Social Europe
Voices of People experiencing Poverty
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