(Sweden) Homelessness in Malmö: 'A vicious circle'
Homelessness in Malmö: 'A vicious circle'
As homelessness figures increase across Sweden, contributor Patrick Reilly heads to a soup kitchen in Malmö to find out more about the city's estimated 1,000 homeless people and what's being done to help them.
Malmö's Folkets Park is best known for its funfair and live music in the summer. On a recent snowy winter morning the park is busy once again but for an altogether different reason - to host a soup kitchen for the city's growing number of homeless.
Soppkök Malmö ('Soup Kitchen Malmö') has been dishing out warm meals since last April and similar operations are underway in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Organizers Janni Bjödstrup and Douha Mohammed Ali felt compelled to do something after noticing how widespread the issue had become.
"We want to highlight the problem of increasing homelessness in our so-called welfare state for the general public, as the situation has changed a lot in recent years," Janni Bjödstrup tells The Local as she sets up an awning for the temporary kitchen.
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