PEO Kingston Chapter

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Vancouver Professional Chapter Presents THE ROOT
CAUSES OF POVERTY
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AGENDA

• Poverty Reduction
• EWB Overview
• WOKSHOP The Root Causes of Poverty
• EWB Overseas programs
• EWB In Canada programs
• What can you do?

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Living on less than 2/day?
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EWB Overview

• EWB is a registered Canadian charity
• EWBs mission is to promote human development by
  driving change in Canada and in developing
  countries.
• We do this with our Overseas and In-Canada
  programs
• Raising awareness and making Canada a model
  global citizen in the fight against poverty.

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The Workshop

• Part 1 - Identify causes and effects of poverty
• 15 min.
• Part 2 - Map out causes effects of poverty
• 15 min.
• Part 3 - Comparison and discussion
• 5 min.

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The Workshop

• Part 1 - Identify causes and effects of poverty

An effect of poverty is a symptom of poverty. It
would go away if the underlying causes were
addressed.
A cause of poverty is the underlying reason why
some experiences the effects/symptoms of
poverty.
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The Workshop

• Part 2 Map Out Causes Effects

Can you split your stickies into Causes Effects?
Can you split into Proximate vs. Ultimate causes?
What are the final effects?
Can you establish a chain that links them?
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The Workshop

• Part 3 - Compare and Discuss
• How did it feel to go through this exercise?

• Difference and similarities between each groups
  diagrams?

• If you had 1 Billion dollars to invest, where
  would you put it?

• If you were in his shoes, what would you do?

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What We Do Overseas

• Long term volunteers (1-3 yrs)
• Build capacity
• Help design programs
• Get implementation right
• Work primarily at Organizational level
• Short term volunteers (4 months)
• Execute projects
• Learn
• Work primarily at Individual level

Thulasy Balasubramaniam Long Term Volunteer
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What We Do Overseas

• Focus in 4 African countries
• Ghana (Western Africa)
• Burkina Faso (Western Africa)
• Zambia (Southern Africa)
• Malawi (Southern Africa)
• Focus in 3 sectors
• Agriculture and Food Products
• Facilitating Agricultural Value Chains
  (Field-to-Market)
• Water and Sanitation

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What We Do In Canada

• Workplace Engagement / High School outreach
  (Lunch Learns, Workplace Reps)
• Public Outreach (eg. local conferences,
  Development Drinks)
• Member Learning (eg. book club, speaker series)
• Fundraising (eg. wine cheese, sponsorship)

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What You Can Do

• Get Informed
• Influence Government
• Help change your companys practices
• Get Involved with EWB
• Make a Donation
• Ethical Investing
• Buy Fair Trade

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To learn more EWB Canada www.ewb.ca EWB
Vancouver Professional www.vancouver.ewb.ca What
You Can Do www.playyourpart.ca