Cookies for a smile: baking students for seniors in Ternitz
Cookies for a smile: baking students for seniors in Ternitz
Ternitz, Österreich - in Ternitz, students of the middle school baked Christmas cookies with enthusiasm and personally handed them over to the residents of the Senecura Social Center on December 11, 2024. Under the guidance of their teachers, the children have created a variety of delicious cookies that have served as a loving surprise for the residents for several years. LAbg. Mayor Mag. Christian Samwald was present at the handover and praised the creativity and the commitment of the young bakers, such as Meinbezirk reported .
increasing poverty in Lower Austria
At the same time, a current survey is illuminating the worrying situation of increasingly more citizens affected by poverty. In the Soogut Social Market in Mödling, many customers learn great difficulties to even be able to afford the staples. A single mother who works 20 hours a week described that she and her family are dependent on social markets to make ends meet. According to a sora survey, three out of four people who receive social assistance can not even afford a main meal every other day, so . The inflation of basic foods such as bread and vegetables reinforces the need, because many those affected have to assume to make their purchases.
Market manager Nazife Asik tells of a significant increase in customer frequency in social markets; The number of purchases has doubled compared to the pandemic. Many people who once came out with a stable income are now faced with the challenge of no longer being able to finance simple foods that are available in the supermarket. The need for fresh food has increased while the donations decrease at the same time. Wolfgang Brillmann, Managing Director of the Soogut markets, urgently demands reforms on the social network to meet the growing needs of the population.
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