Tag Archives: poverty reduction
Food Security is a Major Issue
Several of us from Family Matters attended a food security forum in Greenwich last week. It was an interesting two days, filled with many perspectives on food. According to the World Health Organization, food security is when all people at … Continue reading
Annapolis County: What’s Next?
Annapolis County residents are asking, “What’s next?” Is there any end to the hits we have to take? How long will it be before we are non-existent? Pearson Peacekeeping Centre is closing in Cornwallis because of lack of federal funding. … Continue reading
The Groundswell Continues
Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network shares progress with provincial cabinet minister! You will see from the following article that other communities have come together to slay the beast that is poverty. Every bit of work helps (Martell): The Peterborough Poverty Reduction … Continue reading
Minimum Wage Hike From Food Costing
The following article is from Patty Williams of the Food Costing Project the Valley Poverty Coalition held and event for. The debate of minimum wage rages on. Martell Even with minimum wage going up to $10 an hour this fall, … Continue reading
Poverty Hides Amid Saudi Arabia’s Oil Wealth
This story comes from www.npr.org and struck me as amazing. Many of us don’t think of poverty in the countries where the richest hide their money. Saudi Arabia apparently experiences the same issues we do, but are even better at … Continue reading
The US Has It’s Issues Too!
As you will see from below, this article from Natural News Dot Com shows that things aren’t much better on the other side of our shared border: (NaturalNews) Almost half of all children living in the United States will receive … Continue reading
For You Viewing Displeasure
No real commentary needed… Maybe video form will help us understand and take the time to do something about it? Martell
JVK’s Thoughts On Poverty
Hi I’m 11 years old and my screen name is JVK. I’m going to talk about what poverty means to me. I think poverty is a big problem in our world and is an issue that people have to talk … Continue reading →