On Tuesday, about 3000 homeless people had a festive Christmas charity dinner in the Center of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina to mark the Christmas Eve.
People shared food, love, company, and Christmas spirit to feel the mood and the atmosphere of the season.
The event was held under the theme of "No Family Without Christmas," the event took place in front of the National Congress for the eighth consecutive year.
The Spokesperson for the Movement of Excluded Workers Mariana Gonzalez told AFP: "To say that it is a special year because there is more and more poverty is sad, but it is true," adding: "There are more and more people sleeping on the street and more people coming to the soup kitchens because they do not have a plate of food, it is a very difficult year."
Long tables were laid out on the street in front of Congress with floating balloons, music and clowns.
Guests, families, and couples the arrival of each of the trucks carrying food with shouts and applause.
Before dinner, about a hundred people managed take a shower and get a haircut or a shave in tents around the square.
Gonzalez described: "This dinner shows that there is plenty of solidarity, but it is not enough."
The levels of poverty in Argentina highly climbed in the past few months, according to the INDEC government statistics agency.
During the first half of the year, poverty jumped 11 points and reached 52.9 percent.
18.1 percent of them are homeless.
In addition, child poverty reached 66 percent.
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