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"During the worldwide economic crisis, in the ‘European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion’, and three days after World Food Day, it is particularly important for child poverty to also be given appropriate attention at European level. Every six seconds, a child dies of hunger on Earth. There are several million undernourished children in Europe. The rate of children living in poverty, often with multiple disadvantages, is 19% at EU level, exceeding the rate for the total population by 3%. The need for special attention is also supported by the figures, and the strategy for children’s rights at EU level must also attach proper emphasis to this. The worldwide economic crisis we experience today is not only a burden upon us but also an opportunity. An opportunity for creative thinking, for a shift of approach in business life, and an opportunity for a paradigm shift in our way of thinking in terms of economy, society and the environment, to which our societies are increasingly receptive.
Social solidarity and local initiatives can contribute to the mitigation of child poverty and malnutrition. As a result of the ‘Sufficient food for all children!’ initiative recently launched in Hungary, several thousand children can get warm meals on a daily basis. At the same time, as a result of the initiative launched by the Franciscan monk, Csaba Böjte, in Transylvania, close to 2 000 children are fed and supervised in 18 children’s homes and 40 day care homes. In agreement with the opinion of the Eurochild international organisation, I would also like to emphasise that combating child poverty should be handled not only as an economic challenge but also as a children’s rights issue."@en1
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