In BC, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line and 1 in 3 children go to school hungry.
Families living in poverty are often forced to make brutal trade-offs like foregoing dinners for a week to pay the rent.
British Columbia has one of the highest child poverty rates in Canada with 20% of children living below the poverty line.
In BC, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line and 1 in 3 children go to school hungry.
More than 150K children live below the poverty line in BC.
1 in 3 children go to school hungry in British Columbia.
Over the weekend, children in food insecure households often don’t eat properly, or at all.
In BC, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line and 1 in 3 children go to school hungry.