What does poverty look like? (Swiss Stories 2021, by Fabienne Andreoli) - Swiss Press Award

Fabienne Andreoli
Spatziergang mit Romy, Sirnach 2019 © Fabienne Andreoli
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Photo / Swiss Stories
2021
Fabienne Andreoli
Pro Senectute Switzerland estimates that around 18 percent of pensioners in Switzerland are affected by poverty. That's 300,000 people. Many of them are ashamed of it and don't speak out about their hardship, or do so only hesitantly. The woman portrayed here is one of them.