HUNGER AT HOME – QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Winnipeg Harvest provides how many children with emergency food each month?

ANSWER: c) 18,000

·       The number of children requiring emergency food from Winnipeg Harvest every month more than tripled in 10 years from 5,512 in 1995 to 18, 148 in 2004.  We also provide daily snacks and meals to 29 daycare centers, 48 community centers and 27 schools.      

2. People are hungry because there is not enough food in our country.

ANSWER:  False

·       Canada is actually a net exporter of food and we produce an abundance of high quality food on the Prairies.  There is enough food for everyone. 

3. Poor people don’t know how to budget properly.

      ANSWER: False

·       People working full time earning minimum wage make just over $12,000

annually.  It costs over $7,000 to rent a two bedroom apartment.  It takes much     creativity and sacrifice to pay for everything else on just $5,000 annually – food, transportation, clothing, heating, phone, medications and dental care.  That’s why people end up at the food bank.

4. People use food banks because they don’t feel like working.

ANSWER: False

·        In fact, almost one in five (18%) of Winnipeg Harvest clients are in the labour force but are not earning enough to make ends meet.  People turn to us for many reasons – almost all are in crisis.  A sudden illness can lead to job loss.  Many people live on small disability, pension or social assistance incomes.  Some are students.  No one chooses to be poor and hungry.

5. Do you think it is possible to end hunger in our community?

ANSWER:  Yes, and we do too!   CLICK HERE TO HELP FIGHT HUNGER