Reporter: AT S.O.S.
CHILDREN'S VILLAGES, THIS
SOCIAL WORKER HOPES THIS
STOCKPILE OF FOOD AND
CLOTHING WILL HELP CONVINCE
A GROWING NUMBER OF
DESPERATE YOUNG MOTHERS THEY
DON'T HAVE TO ABANDON THEIR
CHILDREN.
HE SAYS THE CASE LOAD OF
NEEDY FAMILIES HAVE DOUBLED
FROM LAST YEAR.
THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES AROUND TO
SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE.
Reporter: TERRY IS
UNEMPLOYED AND HAS TO SEEK
HELP.
Translator: WHEN YOU HAVE
THREE CHILDREN AND YOU HAVE
NO JOB, YOU'RE FORCED TO
SEEK AID FROM SOME WHERE.
Reporter: AND SOME
MOTHERS ARE SIMPLY DROPPING
OFF THEIR CHILDREN AT
ORPHANAGES BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T AFFORD TO FEED THEM
ANYMORE.
THE NATIONAL DEBT IS LARGER
THAN THE ECONOMY, WHICH
CONTINUES TO SHRINK.
67,000 BUSINESSES WILL GO
BANKRUPT THIS YEAR ALONE.
AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
HAS REACHED 24%.
HUNGER AND SHORTAGES ARE
SPREADING, AND SOME ARE
ASKING IF GREECE IS A FAILED
STATE.
THE GREEK PEOPLE ARE
DISILLUSIONED, MISERABLE,
EXACERBATED AND VERY
FRIGHTENED.
Reporter: GREEKS TOLD
US THAT THEY THINK THEIR
GOVERNMENT I IS USELESS.
OUR TAXI DRIVERS SAYS
EVERYTHING IS GOING
BANKRUPT.
GREECE WILL HAVE TO BE
REBUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.
THE CRISIS IS SUCKING MORE
AND MORE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
IN BANKRUPTCY AND HOMELESS.
LEO ENJOYED A GOOD CAREER
UNTIL THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
HIT HIM.
HE LOST EVERYTHING LAST
YEAR.
I FOUND MYSELF AT THE END
OF 2011 IN THE STREETS.
UNABLE TO PAY RENT, AND NOT
HAVING ANY CASH LEFT.
Reporter: HE SLEPT ON
PARK BENCHES FOR 45 DAYS
BEFORE COMING TO THE
HOMELESS CLINIC FOR HELP.
ABA RUNS THE SHELTER.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE, UP UNTIL RECENTLY,
HAD A GOOD STANDARD OF
LIVING.
Reporter: AT THE FREE
MEDICAL CLINIC IN ATHENS,
DOCTORS SAY THEY'RE TREATING
MORE AND MORE MEMBERS OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS, WHO YOU ARE
NOW UNABLE TO GET MEDICINE
AND LIFE-SAVING MEDICINE
FROM THE HOSPITALS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME
HERE WHO HAVE BEEN OFF THEIR
MEDICATION FOR MONTHS
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
MEANS TO BUY THEM.
Reporter: GREECE'S
MEDICAL SYSTEM IS BREAKING
DOWN.
AS HOSPITALS RUN OUT OF
MONEY, THEY'RE UNABLE TO PAY
FOR NEEDED MEDICINE.
GREECE REPORTEDLY OWNS
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
1.5 BILLION EUROS.
THIS DOCTOR CALLS IT A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
SHE SAYS MANY OF THEIR
PATIENTS THOUGHT ABOUT
KILLING THEMSELVES.
WE SEE LOTS OF DEPRESSION
AND ANXIETY DISORDERS.
MANY ARE SAYING THEY WANT TO
COMMIT SUICIDE.
Reporter: WHILE
EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS
REGULARLY UNVEIL BIGGER AND
BETTER BAILOUT PLANS, THERE
IS A GROWING CONSENSUS IN
THE E.U. THAT GREECE IS A
HOPELESS CASE AND WILL HAVE
TO LEAVE THE EUROZONE.
MOST AGREE THAT WILL TURN A
BAD SITUATION INTO A
CATASTROPHIC ONE.
THIS ECONOMIST SAYS IF
GREECE LEAVES THE EURO, HE
EXPECTS CHAOS.
THIS IS THE COLLAPSE OF
THE ECONOMY AND AT LEAST IN
THE FIRST MONTH, WE HAVE A
COMPLETE KILL.
Reporter: INFLATION
WILL SOAR, MAKING BASIC FOOD
ITEMS SCAR SCARCE AND
UNAFFORDABLE.
AND GREEK OFFICIALS SAY THEY
FEAR CIVIL WAR.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THEY'RE GOING TO BE WALKING
AND TRYING TO GET TO A
SUPERMARKET FOR A SAFEWAY,
AND THE ONLY THING THEY'RE
GOUG TGOING TO FIND VINEGAR
AND SALT.
WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH A
FAILED ECONOMY.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A FAILED
STATE.
A GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WITH
RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT
IS UNABLE TO CONTROL
ITSELF.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH.
Reporter: AND THE FEAR
IS THAT GREECE'S PROBLEMS
ARE SO DEEP NOTHING WILL BE
ABLE TO STOP AN EVENTUAL
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
MELTDOWN.
DALE HERD, CBN NEWS,
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