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Outreach | Raise the Rates
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Raise welfare rates in BC. Annual Welfare Food Challenge. Poor People’s Radio. Open Letter to the CBC. Walk for Welfare Justice. Cost of Poverty Panel. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Raise the Rates. Worked with other community group to organize the Poverty Olympics. In November 2010, Raise the Rates visited the site of the most expensive homes in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood. Read the news release. Meetings with MLA’s. In 2008, Raise the Rates. The biggest message was that welfare rates, particularly th...
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Media Coverage | Raise the Rates
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Raise welfare rates in BC. Annual Welfare Food Challenge. Poor People’s Radio. Open Letter to the CBC. Walk for Welfare Justice. Cost of Poverty Panel. January 27, 2014: As a doctor, I know too well why the minimum wage needs to rise. An evidence-based approach to improving health and wellbeing to the forefront of their decision-making.”. Dr Bloch advocates for a. Income that lifts individuals above the poverty line and gives them the ability to make healthy and sustaining food choices. Minimum wages and...
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Our Activities | Raise the Rates
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Raise welfare rates in BC. Annual Welfare Food Challenge. Poor People’s Radio. Open Letter to the CBC. Walk for Welfare Justice. Cost of Poverty Panel. Raise the Rates partners with various community groups and organizations in the DTES and Vancouver in general to advocate for the rights and interests of the poor. Click on the following link to learn more about some of our past and present activities. 5th Annual Welfare Food Challenge, starts Sunday, October 16th, 2016. Please Sign the Petition.
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Annual Welfare Food Challenge | Raise the Rates
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Raise welfare rates in BC. Annual Welfare Food Challenge. Poor People’s Radio. Open Letter to the CBC. Walk for Welfare Justice. Cost of Poverty Panel. Annual Welfare Food Challenge. Welfare Food Challenge Website. In October 2012, Raise the Rates held our 1. Annual Welfare Food Challenge when people live for one week on a ‘welfare diet’, spending only $26 on food for a week. This is the amount of money a single able-bodied person on welfare has for food each week. We held the 2. Challenge in October 2013.
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Your cart is empty. Cart total: $0.00. 2014 Welfare Food Challenge. Written by Tara-Lee Gardner. Oct 14, 2014. Oct 15, 2014. Starting this Thusrday I am taking the 2014 Welfare Food Challenge. Written by Martin Hostinsky. June 13, 2014. June 13, 2014. Here are the markets you'll find my shirts at this weekend! Share them with your friends and family. Have a great weekend! New Northwest Coast Aboriginal Formline Designs. Written by Tara-Lee Gardner. March 24, 2014. March 30, 2014. Animal Advocacy Camp 2014.
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Welfare Food Challenge | At The Table Nutrition
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Food and Restaurant Industry. October 19, 2013. It is now day 4 of the Challenge and it is definitely a challenge. I have since purchased foods for the challenge – $26 does not go far. I purchased bulk lentils, chickpeas, brown rice and popcorn, 5 apples, carrots, 2 oranges, 2 onions, 4 bananas, 1 can of sardines, 2 yams, 1 litre of milk. The total is $24.91, including 14 teabags. Add to that the pear giving a total of $25.41. I have used a little oil for cooking. As I am mid-way through the challenge, w...
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What happens after World Food Day? – Taking the Kitchen
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The Fine Print: Disclaimers, Terms and Conditions. The Fine Print: Disclaimers, Terms and Conditions. November 3, 2013. What happens after World Food Day? Considering that food is a requisite of human survival and well-being and a fundamental human right. Resolution 1/79 World Food Day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. October 16, 2013 was World Food Day. A day that has been set aside since it came into existence November 1979 at the 20. Annual Welfare Food Challenge. Click to sha...
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