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In 2010 there are in the European Union 80 million people (17%) below the poverty line and among them 19 million children. The poverty of children is considered mostly in the context of poor family, poor local community, or poor country. The poverty of children emphasizes the moral aspect of the phenomenon of poverty, especially if the poverty touches children in the richest countries which are capable of fulfilling the most sophisticated needs of the population. The vulnerability of children to poverty is related to the fact that, in that period of life, there is a very large scale of needs that should be met properly in due time, and that children are completely helpless if their needs are not met Neglect in the period of childhood cannot be repaired in the future. Poverty acts to the detriment of the physical and psychological welfare of a child, its intellectual development, patterns of behaviour and cultural habits, learning capacities, and future professional abilities and skills.