The Options Committee of Making Kenora Home is proposing the sixth poverty challenge, A Walk in Other’s Shoes. This year, we have asked our local business community to take the challenge.

Participants have been asked to attempt to stay within a social assistance benefits’ budget. A single person on Ontario Works would receive $305 per month, $10.00 per day, or $50.00 for the five-day period. A couple would receive $468 per month, allowing a daily budget of $15.60 or $78.00 for five days.

The budget includes all food and drink, entertainment, some personal supplies and transportation costs. Each participant will be given a daily challenge card, which will reveal an additional challenge to be completed before the end of each day.

The participants will experience some of the hurdles that people living on social assistance face. It is hoped that the event will raise awareness and break barriers for people living in poverty. The challenge takes place February 16th until February 21st, 2016.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

The End

Marion used a cloth and toothpaste to clean her teeth.
She made a delicious lunch with left over Spanish rice with tuna mixed in and added sautéed mushrooms and onions on the side with sweet potato fries.
Add to the inventory, three rolls of toilet paper, most of a tube of toothpaste and something else that I can't remember.
We made it! We are free to go back to our lives which now seem rather opulent after these five days. Thank to God for looking after us.
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