The historic heart of Vancouver is our Downtown Eastside (DTES). One of our oldest neighbourhoods, it is home to many low-income residents. Here people volunteer, contributing countless hours to help improve the community, working for social justice. The residents of the Downtown Eastside struggle with complex challenges including the overdose crisis, escalating crime connected to […]
Jeff Bezos Wants Your Donations To Help Amazon Employees
I can’t believe that Jeff would come up with such an idea…. Jeff Bezos, World’s Richest Man, Wants Your Donations To Help Amazon Employees A man worth over $100 billion, who makes, on average, $230,000 per minute calling on the public to help his own impoverished employees was not met well by many. Alan Macleod, […]
ZIMBABWE: Please Send LOVE — 8 Minutes @ 8 PM and/or 8 AM
Lesley has asked us to include Zimbabwe — added to 8 @ 8 — please SEND PRAYERS AND LOVE Could you please put forward a Prayer Plea for this poor beleaguered country – they have suffered for decades, with no let-up, despite a change of corrupt leadership. I’d be so very grateful. With kind regards, […]
Citizen’s Basic Income: A Response to Poverty
By Citizens Basic Income Trust, February 27, 2020 https://citizensincome.org/news/citizens-basic-income-a-response-to-poverty ATD Fourth World has published the results of its Understanding Poverty in all its Forms research project: an international project that is asking people in poverty what for them are its most important dimensions. A report has now been published on findings for the UK: https://atd-uk.org/projects-campaigns/understanding-poverty. […]
Mobilizing Every Citizen of the World to End Extreme Poverty
Taking global action to eradicate extreme poverty. US $350 Bn would, they estimate, eradicate extreme poverty in the world. Extreme poverty is defined as living on under $1.90 a day. Promo: Actor, producer and Global Citizen Ambassador, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Hugh Evans, the founder and CEO of Global Citizen, sat down with Bloomberg’s Mallika Kapur […]