Denmark could pay for prepping for people who struggle to afford supplies

Authorities and the government last year issued recommendations for all Danish residents to ensure they have enough supplies to last three days in the event of a crisis.

Among the recommended crisis supplies are enough food and water to last three days, a wind-up radio, some cash reserves and a first aid kit.

That can be expensive for people in marginalised groups where households are struggling to make ends meet, so the state should pay for prepping boxes for people in such circumstances, the government Social Democrats say in a joint proposal with the Danish Red Cross.

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“Looking at crisis preparedness across society, it’s important to remember that there’s a group which finds it difficult to prep and needs help with that,” Social Democratic emergency preparedness spokesperson Kasper Roug told newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

Roug said he envisaged the packages could be offered to vulnerable people already under the care of welfare services.

Financing for the scheme could come from Denmark’s recently-increased defence budget, he said.