childhood poverty

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Empty beds in a shelter
Health
Schools increasingly seeking aid for homeless kids
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Back view of children in a primary school classroom raising their hands to answer the teacher's question
HealthBusiness
Some 200,000 children in poverty in the Netherlands; Thousands can’t afford eyeglasses
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Food bank
Business
Poverty in Netherlands increases for the first time in five years
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Child playing with chalk
Health
Laptop and school lunch not enough to improve children in poverty's outlook on life
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The GroenLinks-PvdA delegation in the parliamentary debate on the national budget, 17 September 2025
Politics
Border checks, burqa ban, and Gaza kids: Over 60 motions filed on budget
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A woman works on her bills, stressed about her finances.
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyle
CBS: One in three people in poverty struggled with problematic debt in 2023
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Cropped view of child touching teddy bear near blurred window with raindrops
BusinessCultureLifestyleEntertainment
Dutch charities unable to meet soaring demand for summer help as child poverty grows
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Primary school child alone at school
Business
The Netherlands is failing pupils that grow up in poverty: Youth Education Fund
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Children playing in a fountain in an Enschede park
Health
Dutch kids have highest well-being in world, with exceptions
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Child reading a book
Business
Kids from struggling families the victim of more focus on language, mathematics: study
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Three children running into a lake
HealthPolitics
Netherlands violating the rights of vulnerable children: KidsRights
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View of Rotterdam city and Nieuwe Maas river
Business
Wealthy family to pay off all debts for 3,000 Rotterdam families, as Arnhem helps others
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Child playing with chalk
Business
Netherlands failed to reduce childhood poverty: UNICEF
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A Red Cross worker distributing food packages in Amsterdam
Business
Nearly 1 million NL residents will live below poverty line next year: Planning Office
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Food bank
Politics
Netherlands getting €413 million from EU for labor market, poverty support
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Crying baby
Health
Poverty can cause developmental delays from infancy: Rotterdam researchers
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Child playing with chalk
Health
NL residents underestimate how many kids live in poverty
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Children playing at a daycare center
Business
Most Dutch unaware of childhood poverty
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Primary school classroom
Business
Poverty affects children's school performance: report
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Business
More Amsterdam households struggling with long-term poverty
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Volunteers sorting food bank donations
Business
Fewer Dutch living in poverty
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Children
Politics
Netherlands drops to 15th place on KidsRights Index; below Thailand, Tunisia
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Business
Child poverty policies ineffective in the Netherlands: Report