1. Poverty
 Present by Junnifer, Rashmi, Lekha, Jieun
and Annie

2. Advocacy Statement
 We believe that food is a basic human
right. Food is an essential part of
life, necessary to maintain the good
health of body, mind and spirit of the
children; therefore, we should come
together as a community along with the
government to support the need of
essential food resources. As responsible
advocates, it is our job to raise
awareness and take action in order to
reduce poverty rates in Greater Toronto

3. United Nations Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)

4. MDG-End Poverty and
Hunger
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7
s89I3f_8

5. Definition of Poverty
 The state of having little or no money
and few or no material possessions
 Income is below 50% of median
income, adjusted for family size and
location
 Urban area: after-tax is $21,851(lone
parent with one child)
 Rural area: after-tax is $14,295
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIWro
I1wymg-

6. Child Poverty in Ontario:
Statistics
 1 in 10 children lives in poverty
 The percentage of child poverty in
North America are high compared to
other developed countries.
Ontario
 In 2007, 11.7% of Ontario’s children
lived in poverty based on Low Income
Measure after Tax.
 Almost 6% of Ontario children lived far
below the poverty line.

7. Poverty in Ontario
 1 in 33 Ontarians use food banks
 Almost 40% are under 18
 26% increase in food bank use 2008-
2013

8. Poverty target on certain
group
 Lone parent
 New immigrants
 Aboriginal people
 People with disabilities

9. The Cause of Poverty
 Low-wage
 Social assistance system
 The skills and credential recognition
policies for new immigrants
 Lower skills, education, or literacy
 Inequality in wages
 Unemployment

10. Impact of Poverty
 Hunger can result in children’s
malnutrition, cognitive delay and poor school
performance.
 Families who live in poverty have less money to
buy healthy food and they spend more money to
buy fast food. Fast food can cause obesity, heart
problems and several diseases. The government
have to spend more money to community and
health services.
 “Higher risk of losing functioning
vision, hearing, speech, mobility, and cognition”
 The children who are under poverty might have
physical, emotional developmental/cognitive
delays, so it will be hard for the Early Childhood
Educator to plan the programs according to the
age groups

11. Action Plan
 Interview with Louise
Thompson(Community Education
Worker)

12. Action Plan
 Volunteering at North York Harvest Food Bank
- Our group sorted approx.1665 pounds of
food during our 3-hours of sorting.
- We received Training about health, safety and
expiry dates, issued on food products.

13. Volunteer in
North York
Harvest
sort food packages, cans and dry foods

14. Action Plan
 Food Drive at Centennial College
FOOD DAY
Non- Perishable Food Items Needed!
We will deliver it to a North York Harvest
Food Bank .
Donations will be accepted from:10:30 AM to
12:30 PM in front of the Cafeteria
Date: March 11-12, 2013
http://www.beth-david.org/passover-food-drive-1-march-2013/

15. Follow up
 Survey
 Using CSR as a strategy go to
business around neighborhood to
raise funds for the Food Bank.

16. Reference
 http://dict.youdao.com
 http://www.beststart.org/resources/anti
_poverty/pdf/child_poverty_guide_rev.
pdf
 http://www.un.org/millennium
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7
s89I3f_8
 http://www.google.ca/imgres?sa=X&rls
=com.microsoft:zh-cn