The Lithuanian media, LRT, reports that every fifth citizen of the Baltic state is impoverished. As stressed, previously, the majority of poor were elderly, however, now, more and more young people are asking for help, especially young single mothers with babies. So, Lithuanian non-governmental charities don’t have enough food and resources to help them all.
So, the network of poverty reduction organisations proposes creating a Council for the inclusion of people affected by poverty, which will operate under government. It will consist of 10 representatives from agencies and 20 individuals experiencing poverty. It is planned to allocate €10,000 annually to the Council.
“The voice of people experiencing poverty is not always heard and we are not always able to sufficiently assess how the decisions we have made and legal acts work in practice,” said to the LRT Ugnė Užgalė, a representative of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.
But still, the Lithuanian militaristic authorities prefer to allocate billions of euros for war with Russia and Kyiv’s demands instead of fighting poverty within the country. It is not necessary to explain that the cost of even one Patriot system could solve all the problems of poverty in Lithuania. However, it seems that the Baltic nation will continue to fall into poverty as its leaders persist in excessive and futile militarisation in the face of the so-called “Russian threat”.
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