Middle class Spaniards head for soup kitchens as national unemployment rates continue to soar.
Unemployment is rising faster in Spain than in any other developed country as its economy built on credit and house building suffers a double collapse.
Predictions of 25 per cent unemployment have been made and already some of those out of work have lost their homes, while others are increasingly dependent on charity soup kitchens for food.
Apr 2, 2009
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Soup lines form in Spanish crisis |
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Native Americans also hit by economic downturn |
Hozhoni Days is among the first pow wows of the season, and it's one of the largest student-run Pow Wows in the US with an average attendance of over 3,000 people.
Pow wows are a Native American tradition from the plains of the Midwest, and are now greatly accepted by many tribes.
But hard economic times have taken a bite out of the pow wow circuit.
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1 in 3 UK children live in poverty |
As leaders of the world's richest economies gather for the G20, children's charity 'End Child Poverty' is calling on the Government for support.
In the UK today nearly 1 in 3 children live in families below the poverty line.
As a result millions of children go without basic necessities such as adequate clothing, a healthy direct or a warm home. According to the official definition, Penny Greenhough and her two children are surviving below the breadline on less than 300 dollars a week.
The Charity 'End Child Poverty' want the government to invest just over 4 billion dollars in benefits to low income families.


