This is actually proof of the official safety net failing. It's a private project funded by donations from people and local companies, not taxes. They're helpin

This is actually proof of the official safety net failing. It's a private project funded by donations from people and local companies, not taxes. They're helping people who fell through the gaps of the social safety net. For all it's progressive reputation, Netherland has had economically conservative right-wing governments for a long time now, and vocal extreme-right parties trying to push further into that direction, while the left has been dwindling. A couple of years ago there was a massive long-term scandal where poor families of a mixed background where treated as fraudulent criminals, which has done tremendous harm, and despite everything coming to light and everybody being upset about it, the main person responsible for it is still our prime minister. It's good that the Dutch people and companies are stepping up where the government is failing, but it would be better if the government wasn't failing this sort of thing.