Learnt Lithuanian
The parents of Dimitrijus (name changed) cared more of alcohol than of children and thus, at the early age of four, the boy settled in the children’s home. He remembers he could only speak Russian and being a problem child. “After some time, I started speaking Lithuanian. Also, I learnt to share.
DetailsThe Recommendation of the CNLE on the follow-up on the 2010 European year combating poverty and social exclusion was issued and sent to the French Government at the end of February 2011, calling for the adoption of a global, multiannual and multidimensional national plan of action. Access it here on their website.
Recently, EAPN Germany took part in the Consultation on the Conclusions of the Fifth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion.
DetailsAnti-poverty campaigners in the UK have been active leading protests against the Government’s push to reduce benefit payments made to people who are unable to work through ill-health or disability.
DetailsAlong with over 100 NGOs and networks of NGOs, EAPN has signed a letter addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, encouraging him to organise a high-level conference on the taxation of the financial sector.
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{jathumbnail}Governments’ austerity measures have only been worsening an already dramatic situation, shows EAPN’s new report on the social impact of the crisis and of the recovery policies in 2010. Read more.
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 04 March 2011 – Current economic governance proposals will only result in increased poverty and inequality and put at risk the commitment of people to the EU project.
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EAPN’s latest report on the social impact of the crisis and of the recovery policies in 2010 Governments’ austerity measures have only been worsening an already dramatic situation, shows EAPN’s new report on the social impact of the crisis and of the recovery policies in 2010.
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{jathumbnail}EAPN’s latest report on the social impact of the crisis and of the recovery policies in 2010
Governments’ austerity measures have only been worsening an already dramatic situation, shows EAPN’s new report on the social impact of the crisis and of the recovery policies in 2010.
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