The Poverty Challenge

The Poverty Challenge is designed to encourage those who are not living in poverty in Canada to care about those who do.

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The toolkits are available to help you run your own Poverty Challenge:

Toolkit for Professionals and Communities:
https://t.co/6VJtOQxHRE

Toolkit for High School Students:
https://t.co/xlrZiW8aEZ

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Have you attended a Poverty Challenge in the past as either a participant or volunteer? We’d love to have you join our team. Contact us to get involved.

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The Poverty Challenge is a one day simulation designed to teach participants about the realities of urban poverty in Canada. Participants learn that poverty itself is a full time job.
The Poverty Challenge is not for profit program and the team has created free toolkits.

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A student writes on the graffiti wall during the OCDSB Poverty Challenge in 2016.
We have had other events in Ottawa since then but the high school event was a special one. https://t.co/UG6ZULDQFN

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The *new* Toolkit for Professionals and Communities is live on our website! You can use this free (and very thorough) resource to run a Poverty Challenge in your own community. Download it at https://t.co/BEd9su7iEb

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Here is The Poverty Challenge 2021 Newsletter. Check it out for updates about what TPC committee has been working on over the past year! https://t.co/z2wewbNtSK

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The Poverty Challenge Working Group was fortunate to receive funding last year from the Community Foundation for Kingston and Area and @spckin. We used this funding to:
- update all our event materials
- update the DIY toolkits
- study wraparound models of service

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The Poverty Challenge has been quiet on social media this year. Due to Covid 19, we have not been able to run events recently and have instead focused on developing and updating resources.

[Parkdale Food Centre @ParkdaleFood]

Hello Neighbours,
The following are some points of resource if you need food. With the current emergency brake, please give locations a call to confirm their services. Stay safe & kind
- Your Neighbours at PFC 🍎

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What's it like to receive social benefits in Ontario? Four people share the challenges of living on OW and ODSP

The Poverty Challenge: The Realities of Living with Less (Portraits of E... https://t.co/crisH7L1gU via @YouTube

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The toolkits have been updated! You can now download a toolkit for High School Students AND one for Communities and Professionals. Go here: https://t.co/Rkdpvgfxvk

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Wondering how to run an event of your own? Watch The Poverty Challenge: Event Walkthrough https://t.co/TttAZuIyMC via @YouTube

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What would a successful wraparound model in poverty reduction look like to you?

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"Same storm, different boats."

American billionaires saw their net worth ⬆️since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Estimates range between $434 billion to $637 billion.

Meanwhile, nearly 39 million Americans filed for #unemploymentbenefits in the same time period.

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Dignity & #HumanRights for all!

[Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @LeahGazan]

At a time when people are on the verge of homelessness, now is not the time for politics! We must do whatever is necessary to uphold the Charter which means to ensure dignity and #HumanRights for all! Sign the petition at https://t.co/CjJ2LpahpS #Motion46

[Kathleen Fortin @355Kat]

Why are #ODSP recipients allowed to make$ 900.00 in Alberta & only $200.00 in Ontario before being #clawedback?
Why is there income inequality from province to province? #ODSPOVERTY @fordnation @StopgapOttawa @ODSPAction @JoelHardenONDP @ToddSmithPC

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After consulting with 38 frontline service workers from 14 Kingston-based agencies, we have seen a strong interest in having a community-based wraparound service. Frontline workers indicated that there was a strong need for further coordinated services.

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Wraparound services use a holistic approach to break down barriers and create opportunities for better, lasting outcomes. 92% of frontline workers indicated in our survey that their clients would benefit from intensive wraparound services.

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For 10 yrs, @PovertyChalleng has delivered a positive experiential learning event 2 #combat stigma & raise #empathy 4 those living in poverty. During this time, we asked ourselves "what next?" This year, we've expanded 2 research #povertyreduction wraparound models 4 #ygk