These stories feature interviews and offer glimpses into how people’s lives are affected, impassioned, or transformed by and through poverty alleviation in Canada and the world.
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Esmeralda* was an ambitious teenager from a poor family in La Paz, Bolivia. Like other 14-year-old girls, she spent her busy days balancing school, [ read more ]
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12-year-old Rupali is passionate about school and spends three hours every day studying—and teaching her younger sister, Sonali, how to read and write [ read more ]
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"I have to be 100% with my whole heart. That's the only way faith works." Our God is truly a great Father! I want to sing from rooftops praises to [ read more ]
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I don’t know if you will get this letter, but I wanted to send it anyway. I just wanted to convey my sense of gratitude. I know that a lot of people d [ read more ]
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Ayesha Madden grew up in Parkwoods Village, a Toronto Community Housing neighbourhood in Scarborough. As a young child Ayesha followed her big sister [ read more ]
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Are you Crazy? That was the initial response when Curtis shared his vision to ride a bicycle across Canada and use it as a platform to share his perso [ read more ]
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After suffering through a devastating accident at 5 months pregnant, Carmen was told she and her baby would not survive. But, through the rallying of [ read more ]
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“The Great Truth and Survey of the Bible studies helped me grow spiritually.” I was born in a Christian family, but I wasn’t born again until 2014. I [ read more ]
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Nathan found his identity in God while in prison. Early in life, I lost track of my identity and who I was. The day I became the victim I began to pu [ read more ]
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A $15 loan led to one cruel man's control over Thaiyamma and her family. Their abuser and slave owner was called "The Beast". [ read more ]
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Despite being locked in a cell, this prisoner has inspirational words of encouragement for us all I am a Christian, and I believed in Jesus at a very [ read more ]
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When she was 13-years-old, Veronica* ran to her mother Leonor* in tears. She began to utter words that would strike fear into the heart of any parent. [ read more ]
