A person who loses his/her house may, also, end up living in the street. Only for 2010, 181.000 foreclosures and embargoes are expected in Spain. A figure that could rise up to 350.000, in three years time. There are some defence mechanism, such as the European Social Charter that Spain has not yet ratified.
El Parlament Europeu s’ha compromès: al 2015 cap persona hauria de viure al carrer a la UE. Per fer-ho realitat s'han d’engegar mesures globals però també és important l’acció local. Presentem iniciatives contra el sensellarisme que inspiren i generen debat.
Una actuació de flamenc, un dia a la platja, visitar els refugis subterranis de la ciutat o participar al cinema a la fresca. Són algunes de les propostes que Arrels fa per a aquest estiu. Activitats adaptades als temps de crisi, d’un pressupost més baix però que compten amb la mateixa il·lusió dels participants. Col·labores?
Last 27th of May, Chamber of Deputies passed a settlement plan against crisis at the proposal of Spanish Government, that expects to save up to 15.000 million Euros between 2010-2011. By that initiative they want to reduce expenses but in exchange for reducing social policies that will affect vulnerable population that before the current economic crisis were already in social exclusion risk.
Arrels Fundació attended 1.585 people in 2009, 26% more than in 2008 and 50% more than two years ago. The 87% are men, 51 years old on average, being immigrants 39%. The crisis situation points to the rise, in three years time, of people attended by the entity and that have more impoverished people in the street. The alternative: investing in stable accommodation.
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