One in five kids threatened by poverty according to Czech Republic newspaper

Putting this up since it seems to be one of our underreported countries. A newspaper in the Czech Republic says that 18 percent of children in the country are threatened with poverty.

"Poverty in Czech conditions does not mean that children are hungry or that the shake of cold in shabby clothes. But their access to education, computers, quality education, after-school activities, developing their intellect, spending holidays with parents outside their homes and going to schools in nature with their fellow pupils is difficult," analyst Martina Hronova is quoted as saying.

She said poverty is also reflected in a worse quality of housing and the quality of food.

The problem of children's poverty has not yet been paid any special attention, there exist no projects to eliminate it, Pravo writes.

According to the EU criteria, people whose monthly income does not reach 60 percent of the most frequent income in the country, known as median, are considered poor, Pravo writes.

It adds that median ranges between 16,000 and 18,000 crowns gross monthly.

Housing is the biggest burden for 55 percent of poor families in the Czech Republic.

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