CYW Poverty Challenge
- CYW Poverty Challenge
- Tuesday November 24 2015
- Gymnasium
- 376 Wallbridge-Loyalist Road, Belleville, Ontario
Students from the Child and Youth Care program will participate in a Poverty Challenge in various locations throughout campus on Tuesday, November 24.
The Poverty Challenge is designed to encourage those who are not living in poverty in Canada to care about those who do.
The Poverty Challenge has five main objectives:
- To raise awareness about the realities of poverty.
- To raise awareness in volunteers about the realities of poverty and the social assistance system.
- To provide an authentic and empowering opportunity for low- income citizens to share their stories.
- To build community.
- To increase participation in poverty-reduction related activities.
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