Today starts just like every other day. You get up. You get ready. You go to the first of your two jobs.
It's the only way many Calgarians can pay for life's basic needs, and once they do they are just left with $7 a day. Not enough to send their kids to school. Not enough to get themselves to work. Not enough for healthcare extras and no chance to fall back on credit.
There are 122,000 Calgarians living in poverty. among the most vulnerable are single mothers with kids under the age of five, immigrants over the age of 18, Indigenous peoples and seniors. They are 1 in 10 of our neighbours and poverty is never their choice. Helping them starts with understanding, and we all need to rise to the challenge.
