In wealthy Germany, growing up poor is a dead-end street

[Article] Chancellor Angela Merkel touted Germany as a country "in which we live well and happily" during her re-election campaign. But those words ring hollow to the one in five children living in poverty in Europe's top economy, with little prospect of climbing the social ladder.

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Even before this child has learned to walk, his odds in life are stacked against him.His family live on the poverty line in a suburb south of Berlin.His parents can't afford childcare, so when they go to work they leave him here at a childcare centre run by a Christian charity.Lars Dittebrand, director...
This article was published Wednesday, 2 May, 2018 by AFP (251 words)
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