Welcome

to the Poverty Challenge Kingston website.  The Poverty Challenge is an intensive one-day summit on poverty for high school students.

NEW

Your organization can recreate

THE POVERTY CHALLENGE

in your community!

The creators of The Poverty Challenge in Kingston, Ontario have created

THE POVERTY CHALLENGE TOOLKIT,

A FREE ONLINE RESOURCE

which will guide your group through the organizational steps and provide

templates to replicate Kingston’s Poverty Challenge with your own modifications.

THE ONLINE TOOLKIT WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.

CHECK THIS WEBSITE FOR THE LAUNCH!!

Students attending the Challenge will have the chance to:

Experience poverty as it is

by assuming the role of a person living in poverty in Kingston with particular challenges and responsibilities.
For example, you are a single mother of 3.  After losing your  job, you are evicted from your apartment. Your challenges are  to feed your family, find alternative housing, and seek a job or  support from Ontario Works.

Navigate the system in a real-world simulation

by seeking help from local agencies.
Do your best to succeed by providing the necessary answers,  information and documentation. If you are not successful, you must find another way for you and your family to survive.

Become an agent of social change

by participating in the Think Tank.
Your experiences during the simulation activity will provide you  with insight into a particular social issue.  Working with others  who experienced the same challenges, you will devise a  solution to a specific problem.

You can reach The Poverty Challenge at thepovertychallenge@gmail.com