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

MAJOR CALL! Human Ring around the European parliament for a credible response to the crisis! 19/11 at 12:30

Tuesday 5 October 2010, by European Anti Poverty Network

84 million people in the European Union are living in poverty! … and several other millions are at risk of poverty

We want a credible response to the crisis, focused on solidarity and social justice

Fundamental rights at the heart of European policies Equality between men and women and an end to all discrimination Redistribution of wealth to create more equal societies Adequate income and high levels of social protection Decent work to create a sustainable way out of poverty Accessible services for all An end to homelessness Participation in policy making

Ending poverty IS everybody’s business.

IF YOU SHARE OUR VIEWS, COME AND JOIN, and pass on the message!

Where? Around the European Parliament in Brussels

When? 19 November 2010 at 12.30

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