Spaniards’ global solidarity exceeds rest of Europe
• Pew Research report sees Spaniards more outward-looking than rest of Europe • Spaniards prefer rights, aid, diplomacy to military in resolving…
Poverty
Barcelona homeless average four years on streets
• Nearly 9 in 10 homeless in Barcelona are men, 2/3 from other countries • One quarter of all individuals interviewed living…
Report says anti-gypsy sentiment still rife in Spain
• Rights group notes spike in anti-Roma slurs, incitement over the Internet • Gov’t failure to prosecute online hate crimes seen fueling…
Nearly 30% of Spaniards still at risk of poverty
• INE says 3.2 million Spaniards earned less than 332 euros/month in 2015 • Average income of Spanish households nationwide fell slightly…
Homeless activist targets Partido Popular in Madrid
• Activist blames PP for social-spending cuts that have left thousands homeless • Removed from front of party offices by police, Lagarder…
NGO supports mobile app to fight child malnutrition
• ‘Acción contra el Hambre’ & Complutense team build photo diagnosis app • Call for help in beta-testing in Spain prior to…
Andalucian NGOs shine light on ‘Invisible Poverty’
• NGO network raises awareness of multiple forms of poverty in Andalucia • A network of non-governmental organisations in collaboration with print…
Colau warns Endesa, Gas Natural on energy cutoffs
• Barcelona mayor says utilities have yet to sign up to energy cutoff protocols • Companies face 100,000-euro fines per violation under…
One-third of homeless surveyed in Basque Country have been living on streets for three or more years
• One in 10 homeless surveyed have been on streets for 10 years or more • More than one in three people…
Annual EU survey shows Spaniards among most favorable toward increasing EU development aid
• 78% of Spaniards support EU aid, 26% would like to see funding increase • Spaniards are among the greatest supporters within…
#VIDEO: NGO programme raises awareness among Madrid students about homelessness [in Spanish]
• ‘Cooperación Internacional’ NGO has homeless tell their stories to students • Programme makes youth aware that homelessness could happen to anyone…
Fair Trade activists celebrate 30th anniversary of 1986 launch of first ‘Comercio Justo’ shops in Spain
• First Fair Trade shops opened in Cordoba, Donostia-San Sebastián in 1986 • Spain’s National Fair Trade Coordinating Council (Coordinadora Estatal de…
Five NGOs press Sánchez to push sustainability, social justice to forefront of coalition negotiations
• Major ‘green’ NGOs press for commitment from parties on environment • As Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist party (PSOE) continues with…
Andalusia public health study demonstrates clear link between housing evictions and health problems
• Women evicted more likely than men to suffer illness, heart problems • A new study in Andalusia has shown that people…
Barcelona-based NGO launches mobile application to help locate, assist homeless sleeping on streets
• Arrels foundation helped more than 600 homeless find shelter during 2015 • Barcelona-based Fundación Arrels has launched a mobile app for…
Oxfam Intermón says Spain income gap greatest within OECD, second-fastest growing in all Europe
• ‘Economy for the 1%’ says 13.4 mn Spaniards risk of social exclusion • A new report by Oxfam released in Spain…
Europe’s ‘Plan B’ anti-austerity campaign is headed for Madrid, gains support from Spanish Left leaders
• Leaders of Spanish Left sign onto pan-European anti-austerity campaign • Barcelona mayor and leader of the Barcelona en Comú activist platform…
Barcelona-based Privalia and UNICEF net 600,000 euros in ‘Future for Children’ fundraising campaign
• Privalia partnership with UNICEF to benefit children worldwide • Spanish online fashion outlet Privalia and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
Homelessness up 6 percent in Barcelona in 2015, with as many as 900 sleeping on streets every night
• Fundación Arrels assisted 1,700 homeless last year, up from 1,600 in 2014 • The number of homeless people in Spain’s second-largest…
Valencia announces new plan to combat energy poverty, help families in need meet rent payments
• New plan to help 15,000 families, says Valencia president Puig • The regional government of Valencia has announced it will spent…
Report says Extremadura’s youth face high levels of unemployment, poverty-level wages in unstable jobs
• Spanish Youth Council report says 2/3 of Extremadura’s young unemployed • Nearly all new jobs filled by youth are unstable, temporary-contract…
Insurance group foundation donates 23,000 euros
to help refugees & alleviate child poverty in Spain
• Funds raised by Mutua Madrileña foundation’s annual Christmas concerts • Donations to UN refugees comission and Spanish anti-poverty organization The philanthropic…
Oxfam Intermón calls on Spain’s next government to make poverty alleviation, overseas aid top priorities
• NGO says overseas aid alleviates root causes of refugees, economic migration • Fight against poverty, inequality at home should be government’s…
#VIDEO: Richard Gere steps into Spanish election campaign, calls on next PM to remember homeless
• Actor releases YouTube video message on behalf of Spain’s RAIS foundation • Asks whoever elected Dec. 20th not to forget Spain’s…
Association looks to crowdfunding to complete survey of ‘energy poverty’ among Spanish public
• An estimated 4 million Spaniards unable to pay heating bills each winter • Researchers seek online funding to determine extent of…
Survey of homeless across Basque Country shows few receive significant government assistance
• 1,200 interviewees said to receive on average just 375 euros per month • Six out of 10 homeless said they rely…
Homeless campaigners stage flash-mob marches in 50 cities throughout Spain to demand basic services
• Cáritas, other organizations draw attention to homelessness across Spain • Groups demand basic rights, assistance on eve of national ‘Day of…
Spanish fair trade group asks political parties to focus on sustainable, just commerce in campaigns
• Group wants fairer business and trade practices at home and abroad • Foreign trade deals should incorporate environment, labor & human…
Santa Cruz de Tenerife works with local NGOs to combat homelessness in Canarias’ provincial capital
• Santa Cruz mayor announces cooperation with NGOs to combat homelessness • Groups to work with city to deliver food, shelter, healthcare,…
EU index sees child poverty on rise in Spain, despite return to economic growth
• Annual AROPE index shows those ‘At Risk of Poverty and/or Exclusion’ • 2.6 million Spanish children at risk, second highest among…
Spanish nonprofit, charitable federation calls for Constitutional change to help country’s poorest
• Red Cross, Cáritas and others want right to public assistance guaranteed • Groups urge parties to enshrine basic economic, social rights…