Getting Out of Poverty: Slovakia

A. Watch the following video:

http://www.tvlink.org/povertyineurope/

Augustin and Jelka  from Bratislava /Slovakia

This homeless couple Augustin and Jelka are playing roles as actors. They really like the fact that they are part of a team in the theatre. Everyone contributes to the end result. There they all have to pull together to ensure that the audience enjoys the play. A well-performed play makes them all happy.

B. Read the script - Διαβάστε το script
Find via a seaching machine (GOOGLE) the map of the country - Βρείτε το χάρτη της χώρας.
Find out a picture of the town - Βρείτε μια φωτογραφία της πόλης.
Write your impressions  on a ppt file - Γράψτε τις εντυπώσεις και τις παρατηρήσεις σας σ' ένα αρχείο ppt.
Show your work and discuss the results with the other members of the team - Παρουσιάστε το αποτέλεσμα στην ομάδα.

Augistin said:

"I like working with the disabled, we’re like family, we’re not separated in homeless and disabled."

Getting out of poverty: Estonia

A. Δείτε το ακόλουθο video:

http://www.tvlink.org/povertyineurope/

Ljudmilla from Tallin/Estonia

Ljudmilla, along with her husband and four children, live in social housing in North Tallinn. Her husband lost his job and the family went into a spiral of debt.

B. Δείτε τo script
Βρείτε το χάρτη της χώρας.
Βρείτε μια φωτογραφία της πόλης.
Γράψτε τις εντυπώσεις και τις παρατηρήσεις σας σ' ένα αρχείο ppt.

Bethel association in Tallin works with people on the streets. So this is often how information gets passed around. We meet people on the street and they pass the word on, so when we give out food packages we hear about other families in difficulty
"Do not get depressed. Inevitably, everything will work out", Ljudmilla said.

Getting out of poverty: Netherlands

A. Δείτε το ακόλουθο video:

http://www.tvlink.org/povertyineurope/

Femia from Hague/ Netherlands

Femia is 88 years old and lives in The Hague, in the Netherlands. After her husband died a year ago, she had to take care of her financial situation herself. And soon the debts piled up.

B. Δείτε τo script
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A government subsidised organisation of welfare workers helped Femia.
"Everything is going well now. Semret is taking care of everything. She checks my mail and the bills that come in. I’m very grateful for that.", she said.

Getting out of poverty: Denmark

A. Δείτε το ακόλουθο video:

http://www.tvlink.org/povertyineurope/

Yildirim  from Copenhagen/ Denmark

Yildirim doesn’t often go back to his old neighborhood in Copenhagen. It was here he got involved in the criminal activities that got him into prison. Today, Yildirim tries to stay out of trouble. Cafe-Exit, an organisation helps him get out of social exclusion, get their life back on track by looking for an education, a job, a place to stay. He lives with girlfriend, who is excpecting his baby.

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"A good family is a family that you can rely on 100%, so we'll see", Yildirim  says.

Getting out of poverty: Cyprus

A. Δείτε το ακόλουθο video:

http://www.tvlink.org/povertyineurope/

Nicos from Nicocia / Cyprus

Nicos, 28 years old, blind from birth he has studied Music and sound technology in the UK. After 2 years of struggling to find his place in society, he is now working as sound technician for the PanCyprian Organization for the Blind, the PCOB.

B. Δείτε τo script
Γράψτε τις εντυπώσεις και τις παρατηρήσεις σας.

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Getting out of poverty: Portugal

A. Δείτε το ακόλουθο video:

http://www.tvlink.org/povertyineurope/

Manuel from Lisbon

Having a mental health condition, Manuel dealt with a lot of problems and ended up homeless. For more than 12 years he lived on the street, isolated from everything and everyone.

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Poverty in Europe

Almost 80 million people, of whom 19 million are children, live below the poverty line in the EU.

  
Despite an improvement in overall living standards over the past decade, poverty and social exclusion remain major issues in most countries, with substantial differences across the EU.

Human Planet

The stories aren't determined by skin color, only by the people whose survival is intimately entwined with their natural surroundings. We care about human being means we care about the environment.

Rate of population below the poverty threshold and wages