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• 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!

Vibrant Communities Calgary

Vibrant Communities Calgary is an organization that is trying to stop poverty. They are trying to fix the causes of poverty. One of their projects is to teach other that having a "living wage" is really important.

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Special Projects

What is a "Living Wage" and Why Does it Matter?

Do you know what it means to be "the working poor?" Click here to find out more...

A Living Wage is the amount of money an individual or family needs to meet their basic needs and to have a safe and decent standard of living in their community.

A Living Wage For All

Many people are trying to teach others that a Living Wage is a really important first step in reducing poverty in Canada.

Test your Knowledge About Child and Family Poverty in Canada

Learn more about what needs to happen to make sure that children and families do not live in poverty. Take this poverty quz.

How can we make this a world fit for all children?

Kurtis, Gr. 12, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

What to do!

You can share your ideas as an individual or classroom. Share your thoughts, interviews with others, stories, artwork, photographs, research, or any special project that you create here on this site. We will share them in this special project's gallery.

Contact us to submit your ideas!

"I know we're poor, but it's what we are- not who we are."

Kay Rice