Struggles of aging in poverty

Struggles of aging in poverty

Our country continues to witness an alarming rise in the number of elderly people turning to the streets to beg to survive the economic hardships. This problem is big in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba and Mzuzu cities, where elderly men and women often approach motorists and pedestrians, pleading for financial support. This trend represents a shift from the previously familiar case of street-connected children known for begging and engaging in certai…

The cost of stabilising inflation – the precarious success of this government – has been the sacrifice of vulnerable sectors, the excessive benefit to the richest sectors and greater indebtedness. The previous efforts have responsibility, although Massa and Guzmán still refuse to do a self-criticism. Poverty in Argentina has been a persistent scourge for decades, even when former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ended her term, with a po…