A newly published report by Save the Children Iceland states that in Europe as a whole, almost 27 million children are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. In Iceland, that amounts to 16% of all children. More than 12-thousand Icelandic children are living in poverty in Iceland, or living near the poverty line.
While the number of children living in poverty in Iceland hasn’t increased in the past few years, a member of Church Aid, Vilborg Oddsdóttir told ruv.is that the severity of their poverty has escalated drastically. Vilborg said that Church Aid puts much more money into local aid now than it did before the economic crash of 2008, an increase of ISK54 million (approx. €348,000) from 2008 to 2013. Whilst the number of people requiring financial assistance has not multiplied, their way of life has steadily worsened.
A newly published report by Save the Children Iceland states that in Europe as a whole, almost 27 million children are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. In Iceland, that amounts to 16% of all children. More than 12-thousand Icelandic children are living in poverty in Iceland, or living near the poverty line.
While the number of children living in poverty in Iceland hasn’t increased in the past few years, a member of Church Aid, Vilborg Oddsdóttir told ruv.is that the severity of their poverty has escalated drastically. Vilborg said that Church Aid puts much more money into local aid now than it did before the economic crash of 2008, an increase of ISK54 million (approx. €348,000) from 2008 to 2013. Whilst the number of people requiring financial assistance has not multiplied, their way of life has steadily worsened.
