The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted clean water initiatives and development work across the world. Right here in Canada, where some of the hardest hit communities are Indigenous, one in five First Nations communities are currently under a boil water advisory. Fill it...
With the global crisis affecting food supplies, more people are looking to support local growers. The demand for local food has skyrocketed during the pandemic, with many farmers experiencing unprecedented levels of interest. Small farms that utilize...
Subscribe: Spotify Some people see a problem and immediately rise to the occasion. Jim Estill is one of those people. When in 2015 Jim learned about the struggles facing those in war-ravaged Syria, he refused to wait for government to step in, putting his...
Frequent hand-washing is key to slowing the COVID-19 outbreak—but the more than 500,000 people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. on any given night often have no way to do it. Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization,...
Subscribe: SpotifyIf you thought homelessness was a crisis in need of attention a few months ago, it has only worsened since COVID-19. Services and amenities that people experiencing homeless depend on – like public washrooms, coffee shops and libraries –...
