Poverty in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: When winter turns off the heating

Poverty in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: When winter turns off the heating

On October 17, the international day against poverty, the pressing problem of poverty is illuminated in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Affected people like Marta Angerer, Helga Blochner and Herbert Körner share their moving stories. Angerer, 70, lives in modest conditions and makes massive cuts in their everyday life to make ends meet with their little pension. Her saying: "The car is my great freedom," shows the desperate balancing act between mobility and financial tightness. Heating costs, often not sustainable, force them to do without heat in winter.

Statistics speaks a clear language: 15.1 or 14.3 percent of the population are classified as infatie in the deanary. Körner fights with the consequences of his disabilities and often feels like a social outsider if he cannot manage the costs for a stop. For Helga Blochner, a mother of five, the financial burden is enormous; Accepting more jobs often remains the only way to feed their children. "My whole body cries, just my eyes don't," she sums up the inner suffering. Caritas and social consultants such as Thomas Ehmke are committed to the clarification of support options, since many of their rights and claims are not aware of From www.merkur.de .