Overview
- In an ntv interview, pastor Bernd Siggelkow said child-poverty figures have tripled since the 2001 federal poverty-and-wealth report.
- He argued that one of the world’s richest countries lacks a coherent strategy to curb poverty.
- Die Arche, founded in 1995, now supports about 11,000 children each day with free meals, tutoring and leisure programs.
- He said the charity has assumed state educational roles, including offering German-as-a-second-language courses for parents.
- He criticized integration policy for clustering non-German-speaking pupils in certain classes and said politicians visit for campaign photos while neglecting the issue.