2015-03-09

Greek Social Crisis

I won't return to take my daughter Anna, today, I can't keep her. take care of her, please, I'm sorry. It's the note left by a mother a door of a school in Athens, Greece, about her 4-year-old daughter. This is the tragedy that a lot of people is living in Greece because of economical crisis, A lot of people leave their children at schools or humanitarian organizations, then flee.
They say that have no money, no food and homeless, so they can't keep them.
One out of five greek citizens live under below the poverty line according to Statistical Office of Athens.
The financial crisis has become into a social crisis which affects thousand of citizens who queue up in front of food banks, beg or look for within garbage. ¿Are we a rich continent?
In addition, the suicides number have grown the double respect to 2008. And the country is bearing a capital flight of millions of euros every week.
Resultado de imagen de Greek Social CrisisChild in the Street

2 comments:

  1. "Today, I won't return to PICK UP my daughter Anna, I can't keep her. Take care of her, please, I'm sorry." It's the note left by a mother AT THE door of a school in Athens, Greece, about her 4-year-old daughter. This is the tragedy that a lot of people ARE living in Greece because of THE economiC crisis. A lot of people leave their children at schools or humanitarian organizations, then flee.
    They say that THEY have no money, no food and ARE homeless, so they can't keep them.
    One out of five Greek citizens liveS below the poverty line according to THE Statistical Office of Athens.
    The financial crisis has TURNED into a social crisis which affects thousand of citizens who queue up in front of food banks, beg or look for FOOD? within THE garbage. Are we a rich continent?
    In addition, the NUMBER OF suicides haS doubleD WITH respect to 2008. And the country is bearing/SEEING/ENDURING/SUFFERING a capital flight of millions of euros every week.


    That is a heart-wrenching note.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.