"being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "working full-time, but … not earning enough to make a decent living" - "every agency wanting the same papers. And more photocopies every time" - "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" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway" - "my children inheriting my poverty" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "stealing our future by keeping us out of touch with the knowledge-based society" - "what really wears homeless people out is time. Always waiting, always being on the go…" - "hard to talk about, but when I did start to talk to others I felt no different from them and I wasn’t embarrassed" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions"

Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (Conference of European Churches)

See online : Conference of European Churches


To send a message

  • CALENDAR OF EVENTS
  • COUNTRY FOCUS
  • TAKE ACTION !
  • USE OUR LOGO
Voices of People experiencing Poverty
EU
This website is supported by the King Baudoin Foundation