"constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "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 undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "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" - "waking up in bad housing conditions which saps the will to do anything" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway" - "stealing our future by keeping us out of touch with the knowledge-based society" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "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."

Human Ring in Madrid!

Wednesday 17 November 2010, by European Anti Poverty Network

More than 300 people got involved in this event - a Human Ring around the Monument to the Constitution in Madrid. On 19th November at 20:00, the Human Ring joined up around the monument, located in front of the Natural Sciences Museum.

Participants with torchs formed the ring with the aim of raising awareness to the public opinion and administrations about the poverty and social exclusion.

In Spain, 20% of the population suffer poverty and social exclusion, as well as discrimination for their situation; this Human Ring will simbolize the fighting of the civil society against this and in favour of the fundamental rights and social inclusion.

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