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Inclusion - 20.02.2006
Antwerp 'dresses" her poorest citizens
The municipality of Antwerp, Belgium, has presented a pilot scheme aiming at helping people who live in poverty to gain self-confidence by making their poverty less visible.
The municipality organises seminars where people can learn how to improve the way they are perceived by others, in order to avoid discrimination on the basis of their appearance. The seminars focus on practical advice like how to look tidy at an affordable cost or how to be aware of your body language, but also on healthy food and hygiene. Furthermore the city opened a store offering new clothes at very ...
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