Farmers struggle to pass their family farms on because the new generation doesn’t want to be farmers anymore. For Tom Kass, one reason is the isolation that goes hand in hand with living on a farm. To avoid this, he recreated the Kass-Haff as a community project that brings people and especially kids closer to the farm. On today's Local Matters, Franziska takes you along for a visit.
Overindebtedness: How debts relate to health issues
Amélie Dolo knows: Debts make sick. And she also knows that people have to make debts to stay healthy. Amélie Dolo is the head of the Inter-Actions' over-indebtedness counseling service. In our interview on Local Matters, she explains how debts and health are related.
Overindebtedness: Ending up stuck in debts
When something unexpected happens in life – job loss or sickness – people risk making more debts than they can afford. The Ligue Médico-sociale offers consultancy for people with excessive debts. Christian Schumacher, the head of the department, is our guest on Local Matters.
Challenges for the elderly: Learning English at the senior club
At the English class for seniors at the senior club Beim Kiosk in Schifflange, learning English is one part of the deal, staying active and being together the more important one. For our third and last episode of this week's Local Matters on the risk of loneliness for elderly people, we took the microphone and participated at the English class for seniors.
Challenges for the elderly: The "Pensiounscoach" program
Upon retiring, people need to restructure their everyday life. In our interview, Laura Zuccoli and Astrid Lauterbach explain how the Gero Kompetenzzenter fir den Alter supports people taking this step. They both volunteer as "pensiounscoaches". This is our first interview of this week's Local Matters on the risk of falling into loneliness for elderly people.
Homelessness: Creating safe spaces for women
A live in the streets is more dangerous and more violent for women than for men. Women tend to hide instead of seeking help, and avoid mixed spaces as they are often not adapted to women's needs. In Brussels, the Asbl L'Ilot last month opened a new day care centre - exclusively for women. Franziska went to interview the director Ariane Dierickx.
Alternative primary schools: The Bëschklassen in Esch
On Local Matters, we have a visit at the Bëschklassen in Esch. The school is based in the Ellergronn forest. Martine Maeder, a teacher at the school, shows us around their usual learning space in the woods.
Climate crisis: Why Luxembourg's activists don't disturb
Why are Luxembourg’s climate activists so well-behaved? Whereas militants in other countries invent new forms of protest and intend to disrupt the regular functioning of society, Luxembourg’s activists stay quiet. In our interview on Local Matters, Sofia and Brice, members of the collective Rise for Climate Luxembourg tell us why they struggle to mobilize allies for more disruptive forms of protest.
Working poor: Lunch at the Vollekskichen
On Local Matters today, we had lunch at the Vollekskichen, a restaurant with low prices for people with a small budget.
Working poor: Interview with Carole Reckinger from Caritas
More and more people need to shop their groceries at the épicerie sociale. On Local Matters, Carole Reckinger, head of political campaigning for Caritas Luxembourg, tells us why.
Working poor: 13 percent of people are poor despite working
More than 13% of the population lives below the poverty threshold despite working. In our interview on Local Matters, economist Anne-Catherine Guio explains who is most affected by in-work-poverty.
Voices Matter: Charel's story about living on the streets
Out on the Theaterplaz, with his back against a pole and a cup out in front of him, Charel wishes passersby a nice day, and wraps the lingering ones up in conversation. Many who walk on come back around. Charel is so good at begging, he turned the activity into a profitable business. Join Nicolas Calmes as he too converses with Charel and learns about his life story.
Domestic violence: The Red Cross' service "Riicht eraus"
The Luxembourg Red Cross offers a service for perpetrators of domestic violence. The aim of the service Riicht eraus is to prevent people from using violence again. In our interview on Local Matters, Laurence Bouquet, the director of the service, explains how this works and why it is necessary.
Homelessness: A random encounter, a personal story
For our last episode of this week’s Local Matters series on homelessness, I went to the social restaurant "Stemm vun der Strooss". I meant to ask those who live on the streets how they manage to keep up when it’s freezing out there. One man in his fifties was happy to talk, but not really interested in the questions I had for him. Let's listen to what he he wants to tell.
Homelessness: At the emergency shelter "Wanteraktioun"
250 beds are available at Wanteraktioun (WAK), the emergency shelter for homeless people in winter.
Homelessness: The Red Cross calls for owners to rent their properties
As it is freezing outside, homeless people quickly become the most vulnerable in society. With a new call, the Red Cross wants to prevent people from ending up on the street by signing rental contracts with potential landlords and landladies. On Local Matters, we’ve had Enes Agovic on the microphone, social worker with the Red Cross.
Drug consumers: Therapy for parents with small children
A visit to the therapeutical centre Manternach, a centre for drug addictions that has recently presented their child-parent program where parents of young children receive addiction therapy together with their children.
Local Matters: Abrigado's drug consumption room
For Local Matters, Claudia Allar showed us around at the centre Abrigado in Luxembourg-city, a safe space for drug users.
Drug consumption: Interview with Nadine Berndt from the Ministry of Health
In our interview on Local Matters, Nadine Berndt from the Ministry of Health told us how many people in Luxembourg use drugs, how these numbers shifted in recent years and what is been done to prevent and fight problematic drug use.
Prisoners: A new prison for detainees on remand
For Local Matters, we’ve been to the inauguration of the new prison Ueschterhaff. 400 people can be detained there. It is built for prisoners on remand, those who are waiting for their trial and have not been convicted yet.