Summary 5,000 sleep rough in conditions so precarious that 300 die a year from the cold and illness.
BUCHAREST:- Volunteers including Britain s ambassador to Romania have handed out hot soup and clothing to homeless people in a city where an estimated 5,000 sleep rough in conditions so precarious that 300 die a year from the cold and illness.
Dozens of homeless people received steaming paper cups of soup, tea and coffee Thursday in temperatures of -5 C (23 F ) outside the Gara de Nord railway station, where homeless people congregate and sleep in Bucharest, a city of 2 million.
Charity official Ian Tilling says the goal is to "raise awareness of the difficulties experienced by homeless people particularly in aspects of finding shelter and finding food. It s a basic human right."
