This infoclip illustrates : Soup kitchen distribution in Athens, closed shops in the centre of Athens and homeless person living in an empty shopping mall.

economic situation in Greece (T)

Athens

Greece

social assistance

poverty

homelessness

bankruptcy

economic recession

Infoclip: Greece - Economic recession and poverty

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Athens, Greece, beggers on the streets of Athens, a homeless person sleeping on a bench in the city centre, (3 shots)

<p>Exterior views of the, Soup kitchen in Athens,  HILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION APOSTOLI,  NPO-NGO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATHENS, <a href="http://www.mkoapostoli.gr/">www.mkoapostoli.gr</a>, ( 3 shots) (Gallini  Soup kitchen, (means in Greek 'calmness') they serve 350 people a day, 7 days per week. In the weekends they get more people, 12h30 lunch served until 17h00. They also prepare food packages to take home. The people come in shifts, as not all can fit into the small space at the same time)</p>  <p></p>

Interior, the kitchen team of the Soup kitchen prepares the lunch, (9 shots)

Interior, the tables in the hall are prepared for lunch, (6 shots)

Exterior, a well know book shop in the centre of Athens, that just closed his business some weeks ago, (2 shots)

closed shops in the centre of Athens, (7 shots)

homeless person living in an empty shopping mall, ( 3 shots)