At Winnipeg Harvest, anyone who needs emergency food simply has to ask.  We share what we have.  We only require that a potential client provide a Manitoba medical number to register for food assistance.  

We provide emergency food help to 36,000  people each month.  Almost half are children.  Some people access food directly for themselves and their families.  We also supply food to soup kitchens, shelters, drop-in centres, schools and daycare snack programs.   - Click here - to view our Code of Ethics.

WHO NEEDS EMERGENCY FOOD?

The reasons people are hungry vary.  Some are students struggling with loans and part time jobs.  Some experience an unexpected illness in the family and loss of income as a result.  Marriage break-ups often lead to less family income.  Many who struggle to make ends meet are working and struggle to make ends meet because of low wages.  Many others are living on small disability cheques, social assistance or fixed pensions.

CLIENT QUICK FACTS:

THE NUMBERS

• 40,464 people rely on Winnipeg Harvest for emergency food each month
• 16,000 are children (45.7%)
• Numbers from the 2008 Food Banks Canada Hunger Count Report
• The 2007 Manitob Child and Poverty Report Card shows that Manitoba has a after-tax child poverty rate of 14% the 2nd highest in the Country!

THE CIRCUMSTANCES

• 13% are working full or part time or are collecting employment insurance
• 55.9% are collecting social assistance
• 12.7% rely on pension income