We think the best way to learn is by example. The resources
in this section tell great stories about Community-based Poverty
Reduction to inspire you to make positive changes in your
own community. Just click to read about them!
Women
in Transition Out of Poverty (Canada)
This report
by the Canadian
Women's Foundation describes how community engagement
principles were used to reduce poverty rates among women.
It is also a helpful resource, but its focus on case studies
makes it a great story, too. From Victoria, British Columbia
to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, this initiative shows that community
engagement is a powerful weapon against poverty, especially
among women.
Poverty USA - Success
Stories (USA)
Poverty USA’s success
stories are communities that have really reduced poverty
for the people who live there, often with a little help from
outside. The Poverty USA website is a great introduction to
Poverty Reduction concepts, featuring a multimedia
tour, statistics
and fact sheets, and most of all, syllabi
for teaching students and adults about poverty, and how they
can help to reduce it.
Opportunity Development Accounts
(Waterloo, Canada)
Opportunities 2000 and Lutherwood CODA ran a pilot project
using Opportunity Development Accounts to reduce poverty.
This profile
describes how the project worked, the results it got, and
the lessons learned by the organizers. This is a great story
of one method of reducing poverty in Canada. The OP2000 Series
of publications produced by Caledon profile several other
great stories, like the Quint
Development Corporation and the Cambridge
Self-Help Food Bank.
Have we missed something? Know a great resource
we should include here? Email us at tamarack@tamarackcommunity.ca.
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