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POVERTY IN GERMANY
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Definition of poverty:
not enough money to satisfy the basic needs
refers mostly to the household income definition depends on the culture absolute poverty: less than 1,25 US-D a
day (approx.1€) relative poverty: income is clearly below
the average income in the nation
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Poverty in Germany
more poverty in the former GDR (east Germany)
a monthly income of 869€ or less means somebody is poor
in 2010 15.8% of the population has been poor67,8% of the unemployed7,7% of the employed14% of the retired
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Hartz IV
financial support for
unemployed people
to satisfy their basic
needs approximately 400€
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Facilities for poor people in Hanover
newspaper ‘Asphalt’: sold by unemployed people
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Facilities for poor people in Hannover trailer of ‘Neues Land’: place for
homeless people
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Facilities for poor people in Hannover ‘S.O.S Bistro’: very cheap bisto
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Facilities for poor people in Hannover ‘Fair Kauf’: very cheap department store
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Facilities for poor people in Hannover
‘Wohnheim Ferdinand-Wallbrecht-Straße’: residential home for homeless people
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
Facts about homeless people in Hannover
about 300 to 500 homeless people
Hannover offers more than 1000 accommodation options
There are many social workers
still only about 10% of the homeless people get back to normal life
Poverty in Germany Ronja Rensing Christoph Lehmann Tobias Guldner
HAZ report ‘homeless, vulnerable, discouraged’
homeless people
often get attacked
the police often
don´t believe them
most victims are too ashamed to talk about it
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
POVERTY IN GERMANY
RONJA RENSING CHRISTOPH LEHMANN TOBIAS GULDNER
