Child Poverty – Germany

German children blighted by poverty, By Steve Rosenberg, July 16, 2009, BBC News: “Twelve-year-old Jasmin Thiel and her twin brother Florian do not look poor. They have a DVD player and a colour TV. Jasmin is clutching a mobile phone.  But they are among the millions in Germany caught in a growing pool of poverty. Much of what this Berlin family owns, from their furniture to their clothes, has been handed out by local charities…”