Project Poverty Walks

projekt UDENFOR would like to celebrate the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010 by developing and launching alternative city walking tours: Poverty Walks. We want to make Copenhagen stand out as an actively engaging capital that includes marginalized citizens while encouraging taking part in the public open space.

The idea behind Project Poverty Walks is to teach and train motivated homeless people to be city walk guides where they present their homeless universe to fellow citizens, visitors and tourists. projekt UDENFOR hopes to let the voice of the homeless be heard.

The walking tour attendants will during a Poverty Walk hear about the guide’s street experience as well as be presented to specific historic, poverty and overlooked locations of Copenhagen.

Poverty Walks hopes to create a debate platform where different citizens are able to discuss ways of life while expanding their views and opinions regarding social marginalization.

Furthermore Poverty Walks will be an example of empowerment where homeless people are able to help themselves succeed. Instead of rejection they will experience appreciation.

Financial aid

So far Project Poverty Walks has received funding from:

Bikubenfonden DKK 50,000
Jascha Fonden DKK 20,000
Carlsberg Idé-legat DKK 10,000
Nørrebro Lokaludvalg DKK 10,000
Employment of integration and administration DKK 50,000
Ministery of Interior and Social Affairs DKK 75,000
LauritzenFonden DKK 50,000
Trygfonden DKK 50,000
Dansk Folkeoplysnings Samråd DKK 33,000
Realdania DKK 100,000
EGV Fonden DKK 50,000

Cooperating partners

projekt UDENFOR has initiated Project Poverty Walks but collaborates with The Homeless National Organisation SAND, The Labour Museum, SFOF and The Museum of Copenhagen.

Contact

For further information please contact coordinator Susannah L. Sønderlund, tel. 0045 61 62 78 50 or email sls@udenfor.dk