Tag Archives: urban poverty
Homeless Connect
The following article is taken from www.ctv.ca and shows a community driven effort to give some dignity to the homeless and unemployed people in the city of Edmonton. The people in this article are doing what they can to help … Continue reading
Report Card on Urban Homelessness
The Community Action on Homelessness released a report card on homelessness in Halifax. If gives a good background to the situation of poverty in urban Nova Scotia. Check it out: www.cahhalifax.org Morgan Storm
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
Rural Poverty Portal
Looking on the internet for information on rural poverty, I found: www.ruralpovertyportal.org. This site looks at rural poverty all around the world. You simply click on an area, and it gives information and statistics on rural poverty in that country. … Continue reading
Poverty Is…
� Not being able to go to McDonald’s � Getting a basket from the Santa Fund � Feeling ashamed when my dad can’t get a job � Not buying books at the book fair � Not getting to go to … Continue reading
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 →