Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

Option for the Poor We are called to recognize the poor and

vulnerable and to speak out for them. * why?

poor are forgotten/people higher in society need to speak on behalf of the poor and vulnerable

demand political action to reduce poverty and the negative effects of poverty.

essential to achieve a good and healthy society.

One in ten Canadians are living in poverty, that's roughly 3.5 million people.

Every month in Canada over 770,000 people use a food bank, 40% of those people are children.

Canada’s child poverty rate of 15.6% is 3 times higher than that of Sweden, Norway or Finland.

Myths about Poverty Having a job will keep a person/family

above the poverty line It is easy to escape generational

poverty; you just have to work hard People who are poor are mostly

addicted to drugs/ alcohol

She would have no money to raise kids

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Can we Feed the World? The simple answer is yes we can. It is

estimated that the world can provide everyone in the world with 2,720 kilocalories per person per day. We need to develop better methods to share and distribute food. This will not cure poverty but eliminating food as a problem is a huge step forward.

We Can Feed The World