Poverty

Poor Filipinos continue to bear the brunt of climate change, says new report

Geneva, 29 January 2013:  A new report released today by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) shows how ineffective urban governance combined with substandard housing leaves the poorest Filipinos the most exposed, yet the least well equipped to cope with  natural hazards.

Connecting Farmers and Consumers

An article about Greek farmers working closely with urban families to improve their connection with food production has sparked a study project by an East Yorkshire farmer.

Toronto Ontario Charities Support 13 Charities Helping the Poor the Homeless Th? Passion Campaign(TM)

(1888PressRelease) Th? Passion Campaign™ ?? ?r??t?ng awareness b? supporting 13 charitable organizations th?t ?r? οn th? frontline feeding th? hungry, poor ?nd homeless living in Ontario and Toronto streets; www.thepassioncampaign.ca/html/participants.html

Support and Donate Today to Ontario and Toronto Charities: The Passion Campaign(TM) Helping to feed the homeless, poor and less fortunate every day in Toronto Please Donate today to one of these great 13 charities and to your local food banks!

Real Cookie Cook-off and Bake Sale, 1/12/2012 @ 6:30pm


Do You Like REAL Cookies?
Fairview Baptist Church welcomes everyone to the Real Cookie Cook-off, Dec. 1 at 6:30pm! The church will provide all the ingredients and facilities you need to bake the finest cookies ever seen! At the end of the night, the cook-off becomes a bake sale where the cookies will be judged and sold to the highest bidder--be prepared to fight for those cookies!

Online Sitcom HUSBANDS Presents Live Fundraising Event at Jeanne Wagner Theatre November 11

SALT LAKE CITY (October 29, 2012) – In Utah, two out of three LGBTQ youths report being harassed with slurs or worse and two out of three of LGBTQ teens say their communities are not accepting of their sexual orientation.  Estimates of LGBTQ youth suicide attempts run as high as one per week. HUSBANDS The Series is working to change these grim statistics and bring the community together around a new normal of loving understanding.

Young and low-income families facing toughest winter since the 1850s

Millions of households will be plunged into the kind of fuel poverty last seen in Dickensian times because of the relentless rise in energy bills, experts fear.

Orange County Rescue Mission Encourages Community to "Serve Hope"

TUSTIN, Ca – The fall campaign of the Orange County Rescue Mission, appropriately named “Serving Hope,” is now in the hands of the community, literally. The OCRM’s idea is to have the people of Orange County innovate the campaign on their own terms by using their ideas to create and implement ways to raise support for the mission.

Services Cooperative Association To Host BooFest

(HOUSTON) Oct. 20, 2012 – The oldest business development group in Houston is gearing up for their 30th Annual BooFest Charity Event and Costume Contest taking place at the HESS Club Oct. 31 from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

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