"being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "waking up in bad housing conditions which saps the will to do anything" - "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" - "hard to talk about, but when I did start to talk to others I felt no different from them and I wasn’t embarrassed" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway" - "my children inheriting my poverty" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "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."

European Meetings where decision makers are invited by People Experiencing Poverty

Thursday 25 February 2010, by European Anti Poverty Network

Watch the video presenting the 8th Meeting. Read the full written report and more information about the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty on EAPN website. Next European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty will take place on 25 and 26 June 2010.

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