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Episode Synopsis
The International Labor Organization (ILO) expects over 400million Full-Time Jobs will be lost in the 2nd quarter of 2020 alone due to the Covid19 crisis. Poverty has been a long-standing problem globally AND it’s about to get worse! But not only in so called developing or officially poor countries. Rich countries – Poor People that’s where my spotlight focuses for this episode of ‘Covid19 – from Crisis to Creation’.
About 8.2% of the Swiss population is classified as poor. And 14% of the people living in this rich country are at the border of poverty. The number of people going to food banks or depending on charities such as the Schweizer Tafel to get their daily substances has gone up 400% since the Covid19 crisis hit. Scenes of long queues of people waiting for food donations in rich cities such as Zurich and Geneva have made headline news.
At the same time over 2.8million tones of perfectly edible food is being thrown out and wasted in Switzerland every single year. Here also the Schweizer Tafel is trying to elevate the problem by picking up produce beyond the official ‘sell by’ date from supermarkets and other institutions and deliver them with their trucks to people in need across the entire country. Foundations and Charities like the Schweizer Tafel make a difference and will become increasingly important for thousands of people, be it the elderly, single mothers and their children or recently unemployed, in the future. They need financial and hands on support from whom ever wants and can lend a helping hand.
The official definition of who’s poor in this country is: A single person with an average income of 2.300, - USD per month or a family of four (2x adults & 2x kids) with a disposable income of 3.990, - USD per month. The Swiss Gini Index - measure of inequality - is around 29 (100 = total inequality. ZERO = total equality).
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About 8.2% of the Swiss population is classified as poor. And 14% of the people living in this rich country are at the border of poverty. The number of people going to food banks or depending on charities such as the Schweizer Tafel to get their daily substances has gone up 400% since the Covid19 crisis hit. Scenes of long queues of people waiting for food donations in rich cities such as Zurich and Geneva have made headline news.
At the same time over 2.8million tones of perfectly edible food is being thrown out and wasted in Switzerland every single year. Here also the Schweizer Tafel is trying to elevate the problem by picking up produce beyond the official ‘sell by’ date from supermarkets and other institutions and deliver them with their trucks to people in need across the entire country. Foundations and Charities like the Schweizer Tafel make a difference and will become increasingly important for thousands of people, be it the elderly, single mothers and their children or recently unemployed, in the future. They need financial and hands on support from whom ever wants and can lend a helping hand.
The official definition of who’s poor in this country is: A single person with an average income of 2.300, - USD per month or a family of four (2x adults & 2x kids) with a disposable income of 3.990, - USD per month. The Swiss Gini Index - measure of inequality - is around 29 (100 = total inequality. ZERO = total equality).
More about Mentorit.TV
http://youtube.com/mentorittv
More about Schweizer Tafel
https://www.schweizertafel.ch/de/helfen-sie-mit/so-wirken-sie-mit/
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Road Trip by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpssnpH_H4c
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