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Eurochild Video on Child Poverty

A child's socio-economic situation in the early stages of life is still one of the main factors that determine their overall well-being and future chances. Children growing up in poverty are more likely to experience health problems, to drop out of school, to have difficulty in finding or holding down a job and to lack civic engagement. The problems tend to span generations - known as the inter-generational inheritance of poverty. The cost to society is huge, both in terms of lost human and social capital and dealing with the consequences of social malfunction.In the European Union today, there are 19% of children at risk of poverty. Eurochild is an international network of organisations and individuals working in and across Europe to improve the quality of life of children and young people. Its work is underpinned by the principles enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Eurochild AISBL is funded by the European Commission within the PROGRESS Programme. www.eurochild.org - contact@eurochild.org