6 MILLION ITALIANS IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY FOOD
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According to the survey "Food Poverty Food Bank. Food aid and social inclusion" of Giancarlo Rovati and Luca Pesenti "published by Vita e Pensiero and produced with the assistance of the Foundation Deutsche Bank Italy, the crisis has forced many Italian families (1 of 6 ) to supply unbalanced.
6 million Italians (of which 1.3 million minors) in food poverty: that is, one in ten people suffer from food poverty and can not afford a regular meal. Not only that, between 2007 and 2014 the proportion of households that can not afford a meal with a protein component (meat, fish, in particular) at least every two days has grown from 6 to 14%. A scenario heavier, the Italian one, compared to other European countries.
In Italy also, 65% of entities affiliated with the Food Bank said increased (moderate to strong) of its clients, including: unemployed, indebted, separated, divorced and who ask to receive a food parcel. The main cause of poverty in 2014 was the loss of a job. In the south of the country the situation is even more widespread.
"This survey photographing two worlds closely related to each other: those who suffer the hardships of poverty and those who try to alleviate them and defeat them," remarks Giancarlo Rovati, professor of sociology at the Catholic University of Milan and curator of the research. "The geography of solidarity therefore offers hope to the geography of poverty. The resources to counteract this problem must however be significantly increased to move from, irreplaceable assistance to that of social inclusion."
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