Plight of the poor - Living costs

“The poor you will always have with you,” Jesus declared as he was anointed at Bethany. Almost 2,000 years later, little has changed.

In fact, nearly half of the world’s population — more than 3bn people — live on less than the equivalent of €2 a day. More than 1.3bn live on half of that figure and 1bn children worldwide are living in poverty.