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Other "Go Canadian" Special Projects
- Keeping Employed: The Role of Affordable Transportation
- What is a "Living Wage" and Why Does it Matter?
- The Cycle of Child Poverty
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Access to Safe Water: Is it Equitable for Everyone?
- Organizations and People Helping others
- Youth in Action!
Did you know that....
2005 statistics show us that more than 1.2 million children - one child out of every six in Canada - lives in poverty?
Special Projects
The Cycle of Child Poverty
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"A World Fit for Children is one in which all children get the best possible start in life. we will promote the physical, psychological, spiritual, social, emotional, cognitive and cultural development of children as a matter of national and global priorities." - Plan of Action Signatories to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children, May 2002. |
What are the causes and solutions to child poverty? How can we make a world fit for all children?
The problem of child poverty is getting worse all over the world; including Canada.
In May 2002, all members of the United Nations met in New York to sign the United Nations Declaration "A World Fit for Children."
Because Canada signed this declaration it must agree to develop a national plan of action to ensure that we stop child poverty in Canada.
How is Canada Doing?
How has Canada been addressing the elimination of child poverty since the year 2000?
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