Why $1.25?

As a personal quest, we have decided to give all of our extra money that we earn this year to the World Food Program.

In 2008, the World Bank set the poverty line at $1.25. This is less than what the average North American spends on a bottle of water. For us, this number is extremely poignant. It serves as a tangible example of how little some people have to spend on their daily needs. According to the World Bank there are 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty. This means that there are 1.4 billion people in the world who are unable to meet the most basic of human needs (adequate food, water, shelter, clothing, sanitation, health care and education). In my mind this is absolutely appalling.

We feel that as wealthy Canadians (wealthy in comparison to the people living in extreme poverty), we have a moral obligation to give money to assist in the battle against world poverty. We have chosen the World Food Program as our main beneficiary. We are also going to go 'trick or treating' for donations for UNICEF (a Halloween must!) and purchase one fistula surgery through The Fistula Foundation.