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Childhood Hunger @ChildhoodHunger

Our organizations purpose is to eradicate childhood hunger in Toronto

Joined July 2013
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In Canada, in the past 10 years food bank usage has gone up 20%
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1 in 3 children in Toronto are living in poverty. These children are at risk for hunger #poverty #toronto #stopchildhunger
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Amidst incredible wealth, more than 3.5 million Canadian live in poverty. With poverty comes hunger! #childhoodhunger #stopchildhunger
According to CMA, in Canada alone, 57,000 canadian families have children up to 11 years old who go hungry on a regular basis.
Did you know that 4L of milk at Walmart in Toronto costs $5.29 while in Walmarts in Buffalo it costs $2.29?
The use of food banks grew by 2.4 % in 2012, compared to 2011. This is 31% more than in 2008.
There are a total of about 882,000 people accessing food banks monthly #stopchildhunger
18% of the 93,000 people turning to food banks have a source of income.
38 percent of the 93,000 people turning to food banks each month are children and youth! #childhoodhunger #stopchildhunger
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Did you know that 93,000 people each month access a food bank for the first time on canada?!
Did you know the main cause of child hunger is poverty? #stopchildhunger
Did you know in 2010, 7.6 million children under 5 died. More than half of that number was due to hunger. #stopchildhunger
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