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

Romania, ready for focus week !

Monday 5 July 2010, by European Anti Poverty Network

EAPN Romania (RENASIS) is ready to start the Romanian Focus week with a program of different events focused on…

  • Awareness-raising on poverty and social exclusion issues: challenges and solutions
  • Visibility of local anti-poverty and social inclusion initiatives (open days for example)
  • Engaging local and national media on the theme of poverty and social exclusion
  • Events involving people experiencing poverty
  • Joint events between national members of European networks
  • Media interviews

Activities during the week

1. Opening conferences "Time to ACT NOW AGAINST POVERTY! What do you do for this?" at Bacau county at the County Council, Monday 5 July 2010. From the program: Welcoming - Bacau County Prefect, Mr. CLAUDIU BALAN, Presentation of EAPN and RENASIS, Dr. Nadia Isaila, Vice-president EAPN Romania and President on REPERE Association, "Presentation of comparative statistical data on social exclusion in the NE Region of Romania vs. EU" - Permanent Technical Secretariat of the Territorial Pact for Employment and Social Inclusion, NE Region - Drd. SEBASTIAN NĂSTUŢĂ, "Introducing the importance of the new European strategy ’EU in 2020 "in the context of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, 2010, to Romania, Member of the European Union - Expert RENASIS Mag. CRISTINA LOGHIN

2. On 6 July Caritas Romania, a founder member of EAPN Romania will organised a roundtable: "Poverty and social exclusion: from goals to everyday reality" at Infoeuropa Centre in Bucharest. From the program: Daniela Czimbalmos - Head of Communications and Public Relations Department for European Affairs, ZERO POVERTY! Act now "campaign conducted by Caritas Europe - Mrs. Miriam Pikaar - Project Manager for Inclusion and Zero Poverty, Caritas Europa

3. On 9 July 2010 at the title "Time to ACT NOW AGAINST POVERTY!" we will close the week with an international conference at Commerce and Industry of Romania Chamber with the participation of Ludo Horemans, President EAPN, Luigi Leonori, President SMES, Alexandar Nikolov, coordinator of Bulgarian delegation for the PEP Meeting in Brussels, and Ana Mirela Nicolescu, Romanian participation on the 9th PEP Meeting in Brussels near authorities and EAPN Romania President, Mrs. Andreea Radut.

For the programs and details see RENASIS’ website.

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