Thu, 04 Dec, 2014 12:04:04 AM FTimes - STT Report, Dec. 04  Two women breadline center of Espoo. File Photo – Lehtikuva. According to a recent research, more than 20,000 people in the country rely on food donation every week.
Most of those who queue for bread are pensioners, unemployed persons and people who have been laid off from work.
Most of them are people over the age of 46.
The majority of those who queue receive some form of social security; however, it is not enough to cover for instance expenses such as the high housing cost.
According to the report, people who line to receive food donation clearly fared less well than other people, had little trust and had weakened well-being.
Although food aid has become common, parents who queue up for food aid feel more humiliated than the young people.
Also, women and people of immigrant background consider receiving food aid more humiliating that Finns and men.
The research “Who stands in the Bread Queue” conducted by the Foundation for Municipal Development interviewed more than 3,500 people who join the food queues.
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