Our poverty-stricken folk in need of daily assistance

[Canarian Weekly]

CURRENT figures denote that around 10 million people in Spain are living in “Relative Poverty”, with an income of less than 500 euros a month. That amounts to an incredible 22.5% of the population, and two million of these receive incomes of below 300 euros a month, which is classified as “Severe Poverty”. “We’re talking [...]

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[bonitatime]

The staff wprking for the Mare Nostrum group gave up their xmas boxes this year and asked the compamy to give the money to Caritas to help people in need. It is a great gesture.