Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa are the regions where the countries with the highest levels of inequality, with the lowest income and consumption capacity, are concentrated. This condition hinders the reduction of poverty and the creation of prosperity, the World Bank highlighted in the report. Paths out of the polycrisisreleased yesterday. The organization warns that, … Read more
Two Greek regions were included in the regions of the EU Member States where their inhabitants were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2023, with more than 35% of their citizens, while in five regions around 1 in 3 citizens are at such risk, as emerges from the data released on Tuesday by … Read more
Walking through some streets of Milan on any given evening it is possible to meet groups of young people who distribute dinner to homeless people. They are not specialized operators but young people between 16 and 20 years old who come from the city’s speakers. Volunteers who decide to spend an evening helping those who … Read more
Bill Gates, one of the richest people in the world, with assets exceeding $ 130 billion, has said that it is an inappropriate concept to accumulate such a fortune without contributing to the well-being of society. This publication has sparked a heated debate about the redistribution of wealth and the role of billionaires in today’s … Read more
Poverty and indigence experienced a drastic increase in the first half of the year in Argentina, reaching 52.9% and 18.1% of the population, respectively, as reported this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec). . These data reflect a deterioration compared to the 2023 indices. The shortage increased from 40.1% of the … Read more
Beggars from foreign countries visit many Gulf countries during their pilgrimage. Many live well in their own country. However, this flow to the Gulf countries is aimed at the large amount of money that can be obtained through begging. It is a regular occurrence that the mafia, which works to conduct and control the pilgrimage, … Read more
The city of Bern launched a pilot project in 2023. It enabled low-threshold financial support for foreign nationals affected by poverty who do not receive social assistance. The SVP filed a complaint against this at the beginning of 2024. Government representative Ladina Kirchen approved it at the beginning of September. The government representative assessed the … Read more
Monterrey, NL.José Antonio Fernández Carbajal, director and president of the board of directors of Fomento Económico Mexicano (Femsa), urged employers to review the salaries of their workers so that no family is below the poverty line and does not depend on social programs. “From the private sector, we must review our payrolls to ensure that … Read more
Today, Fatou, 12, is going to the sea. Not yesterday, nor tomorrow. Just today. «Apart from a day this summer at the Noisy-le-Grand park with the Secours populaire and a trip to the Beauval zoo last year, which were great, I never go away because we don’t have any money, says this schoolgirl from Seine-Saint-Denis, … Read more
According to the Bertelsmann Foundation, daycare workers in Hamburg were sick for an average of 33.2 days in 2023. The Hamburg-wide average for all professional groups is 18.9 days. The sick leave rate in daycare centers was thus 75% higher. This puts Hamburg, along with Bremen, at the top of the western German federal states. … Read more