In the past five years Greece’s economy has dropped by 20 percent and the unemployment rate is at 27 percent which is the lowest currently in Europe. This leads up to what has been happening recently in the schools at Greece, the children are coming to school starving and are rummaging through trash to find extra food to eat. They have interviewed a principal at one of the schools and even he sees the changes in the students at the school he can even recall a student who doubled over from the hunger pains he was experiencing. Parents are having a hard time in this new and lowering economy and are struggling to hold down jobs. Some have gone through they are saving and are living on next to nothing currently.
This is such a sad story to read, and what makes it even worse is that it is happening in places all over the world. So many countries are going through hard times right now economically and now children are suffering, going hungry, so bad that they are digging through the garbage to find food! Not only is this affecting the hunger of the children but their family life as well. Some parents have found that at this moment they cannot take care of their children properly and have to take them to care centers where they can be fed every day and where they are well taken care of. This not only hurts the children but the parents of the children because they feel bad for having to give up their children and not being able to take care of them while the kids don’t understand why they cannot be with their parents at this time. They need their parents in their life, but currently they can’t afford it and that is so terribly sad. I hope that soon Greece’s economy will rise so the parents can give their children back and so the kids do not have to suffer any more. (334)
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