The many faces of poverty
17/10/2021: World Poverty Day: Children from poverty-stricken families often carry a heavy burden and problems from an early age. Without additional support, it is hardly possible for these children to escape poverty.
The outbreak of the Corona pandemic and its consequences have resulted in decades of progress in the fight against poverty being undone. According to the World Bank, between 88 and 115 million people are driven into poverty by the crisis.
Poverty has different causes and manifestations. Poverty means not having enough food, not being able to access adequate health care, lacking access to education, clean water and sanitation, having precarious or no work and housing, experiencing social exclusion, being afraid of the future and living from one day to the next. Children from poverty-stricken families often carry a heavy burden and problems from an early age. Without additional support, it is hardly possible for these children to escape poverty.
Poverty and misery right in front of us
There is no one cause of poverty. Poverty has many faces, which differ from place to place. Being poor in Austria is different from being poor in, for example, Bulgaria, the Republic of Moldova or Kosovo, where the state social systems are not yet developed enough to guarantee a certain level of social security for the particularly vulnerable population groups.
Regardless of location, poverty is a situation that people want to escape.
Poverty is therefore a call to action - a call to change the world so that everyone has enough to eat, a decent roof over their heads, access to education and health, a say and protection from violence and abuse.
Concordia Social Projects has been fighting poverty and social exclusion of affected children, youth and families for 30 years. We are always on the side of people in need and want to contribute to a fairer society by helping to expose discriminatory practices and norms.
We are committed to child protection and equal opportunities. We fight for every child to have the chance of a self-determined life out of marginalisation. No child should be left behind!
