Tag Archives: rural poverty
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
Food Costing Event: Follow Up
The Annapolis Valley Poverty Coalition hosted an event on May 12th at the Nova Scotia Community College in Middleton. There was a large crowd out to this event and we are hopeful that many of the people who attended will … Continue reading
Humility
The lowest time of my life was when I was living in Halifax. I had a two year old daughter. My partner was seriously ill and unable to work. We also had a teenager living with us, having left his … Continue reading
Ignatieff.me
I received an email recently that made my blood boil. It was from the Federal Conservatives and it was promoting a newly formed website dedicated to the denouncement of Liberal leader, Michael Ignatieff. The website is ignatieff.me and I’m sure … Continue reading
Poor Pay Up
DeNeen Brown, a staff writer for the Washington Post, wrote an article entitled “Poor? Pay Up.” The article illustrates how much more things cost when living below the poverty line. It made me think. Let’s say I am a single … Continue reading
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 →