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The World Partnership Walk

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World Partnership Walk Logo Retrieved from worldpartnershipswalk.com

World Partnership Walk Logo
Retrieved from worldpartnershipswalk.com

Walk the Walk, Change The World
Rahman Mohamed

After its humble beginnings in 1985 when 17 volunteers of the Vancouver Ismaili Women’s Organization Committee persuaded nearly 1000 walkers and raised nearly $55,000 in support of poverty, the Walk is entering its 29th year and has grown to be Canada’s largest annual event in support of raising awareness and funds for the alleviation of global poverty. Continue reading →

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What is Poverty?

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Bills, coins and question mark 2

How poor do you have to be to be poor?
Rahman Mohamed

It’s May so many Canadian post-secondary students have just finished writing exams even though they complain about tuition.  But high school students are just starting to think about theirs.  Some are waiting for acceptance letters and starting to think about their September tuition payments.

It’s also been two months since Toronto’s Fact Sheet for Poverty, Housing, and Homelessness was released.  According to that only 604,408 people in Toronto have a low-income.  It also says that the median income for people accessing food banks in 2012 was $691.  The report also says people relied on food banks 804 times to avoid eviction in 2011.  But is this really poverty?

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