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When I don’t have any [food to bring my...

Author

Anonymous Citizen of Guina-Bissau

Categories (5)

Life on Planet Earth
Finances
Current Affairs and Causes
Worldview and Perspective
Relationships and Community

Keywords (4)

Food
Borrowing
Poor
Shame

Date Added

Apr 19, 2021

When I don’t have any [food to bring my family], I borrow, mainly from neighbors and friends. I feel ashamed standing before my children when I have nothing to help feed the family. I’m not well when I’m unemployed. It’s terrible.

Deepa Narayan with Raj Patel, Kai Schafft, Anne Rademacher, Sarah KockSchulte, Voices of the Poor: Can Anyone Hear Us? (New York: Oxford Univ. Press for the World Bank.