Ending Poverty Together

with special guest Subodh Kumar, Food for the Hungry. Oftentimes, numbers and statistics can be enough to make your eyes glaze over. But what if we viewed data in a different way? What if we recognized the story and the human faces behind each statistic? In this episode, Subodh Kumar, Senior Director of Data for Good with Food for the Hungry, gets into the nitty gritty of monitoring and evaluation...

with guests Pastor Ken Nettleton & Andrew McDonald, New Life Church. How often do you wonder whose hands pick the beans that fill your morning cup of coffee? When we recognize the relational side of consumption—that there is someone behind the clothes we wear and the coffee we drink—we must reckon with our purchasing choices and if they really reflect God’s justice. New Life Church in Duncan,...

with guest Daniel Whitehead, Sanctuary Mental Health. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all felt the lonely press of isolation. We are relational beings, and this lack of togetherness can have devastating consequences. But given the long-standing stigma around mental health, how do we admit that maybe we’re not doing as well as we thought? How do we ask for help? In this episode, Daniel...

with guest Luke Wilson, A Rocha Canada When was the last time you stepped outside, took a deep breath of fresh air, and let yourself wonder at the beauty of creation? There are lots of big questions when it comes to caring for our planet, but perhaps our first step in finding the answers is to simply let ourselves rediscover wonder. From there, the next steps to fixing our broken relationship with...

with guest Alison Williams, Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Getting lost in debt can feel like a shameful thing. Yet many Canadians face the hardships of financial struggle every day. How can we break the cycle of shame to open these discussions and ask for help? As the former Managing Director & Global Head of Strategy and Business Management for BMO Capital Markets, Allison Williams knows a...

with guest Allison Alley, Compassion Canada It’s difficult to keep caring. How can we remain compassionate in light of so much hardship? Allison Alley is the President and CEO of Compassion Canada, a global development organization that exists to permanently end childhood poverty in all its forms. In this episode, Allison shares about the unexpected dimensions of poverty, the vulnerability of chil...

with guest Donna Harris, Praxis | Builders and Backers Afghanistan’s drug economy is one of the most lucrative in the country. But what happens when a new business provides communities with jobs cultivating tea as an alternative agriculture? That’s when you get something truly helpful: “redemptive entrepreneurship”. In this episode, Donna Harris of Praxis talks about “redemptive entrepreneurship”...

with Guest Dr. Cheryl Bear, from Nadleh Whut’en First Nation It’s no secret that in Canada, there’s a complicated relationship between the descendents of settlers and the Indigenous people. We see that Indigenous people more often experience material poverty and systemic racism, but many of us don’t know the historical reasons for this inequality. And we don’t know what to do about it.  In th...

with guest Dr. Brian Fikkert, The Chalmers Institute, author of bestseller When Helping Hurts . In North America, success often means lots of stuff — material wealth. Then, poverty is the lack of material wealth. And so, to help someone in poverty is to make sure they have more stuff! But is that what poverty is really all about? Dr. Brian Fikkert hits us with a healthier way of understanding who...

with guest Mike Janz, Food for the Hungry Canada. While never having experienced material poverty himself, Mike’s been running into the messiness of poverty his entire life. He’s lived in urban centres across Canada, taken trips to Haiti, ran a coffee shop, pastored a church, fundraised for causes — and is constantly faced with knowing what the best response is to poverty. What do you do when what...

with guest Jenny Shantz, Inner Hope Youth Ministry. She’s seen it all. Working with teens and young adults in western Canada for most of her adult life, Jenny has seen things unimaginable to most Canadians. A lot of that has to do with fostering teens in her own home — something she’s done more than 50 times. Recommended Resource: To view personal stories of hope, visit Inner Hope Youth Ministries...

with guest Carissa Youssef, Food for the Hungry Canada. What is poverty, really? Where does it come from? What are ways to effectively tackle such a huge problem? Carissa’s been wrapping her head and heart around it for years. She shares life-lessons on healthy helping, and tells her own personal experience with poverty and why she now is pouring her life into walking alongside others experiencing...

What is this podcast all about? Let's discuss real causes and real solutions, and the beautiful, messy attempts people all over Canada are making to help. Together, we’ll tackle the tough questions and explore how ordinary people like you can engage to create lasting change.