The condition of people without a regular dwelling and often unable to acquire and maintain consistent safe housing
What is homelessness
100
More than 4.9 million people
How many people live in poverty in Canada
100
The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support
What is poverty
100
Lack of education, poor distribution of money, high divorce rates
What are three causes of poverty
200
A charitable, non-profit organization that gives food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough food to avoid hunger
What is a food bank
200
1 in 8 Canadians
What is the amount of people who struggle with putting food on the table
200
Irritability, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating in school
What do starving children experience
200
A poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially
What is a developing country
300
The state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food
What is food insecurity
300
1 in 50 children
How many children live without a home
300
A popular organization that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries
What is Unicef
300
Defined as people who may lose their shelter either by eviction or lease expiry, with no other possibility of shelter in view
What is at risk of homelessness
400
A self-reinforcing mechanism that causes poverty to persist from generation to generation
What is a poverty trap
400
72 million children under the age of 13
What is the amount of children in the developing world that are not in school
400
Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Zimbabwe, and Burundi
What are the countries with the highest poverty rate.
400
Poor families become impoverished for at least three generations
What is the poverty cycle
500
A condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information
What is absolute poverty
500
650 million
What is the amount of children that live in extreme poverty worldwide.
500
Donating money, food and time to volunteering
What can I do to help
500
The world wide movement towards economic, financial, trade, and communication integration