Who We Help
- THE IMMIGRANT CENTRE, which conducts nutrition and cooking classes for refugees and those on low fixed incomes;
- FLORA HOUSE, which offers food and a safe haven for at-risk children who have nowhere to go after school;
- ST. AIDAN'S INTER-CITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, which provides hot meals to students who are unable to get a nutritious meal at home;
- AND MANY MORE PROGRAMS that help break the cycle of hunger by helping families feed themselves.
- 20% OF FUNDS RAISED HELP NATIONALLY. SOS donates this portion to Oxfam Canada, an organization dedicated to fighting poverty and injustice around the world.
Why Does Share Our Strength Matter in Our Community?
FOR 16 YEARS, Share Our Strength Winnipeg has worked to alleviate and prevent hunger and poverty in our city, our country and around the world.
Share Our Strength is not a traditional food bank we are a food bank of knowledge. We believe that food education is equally as important as sustenance itself. Our philosophy is:
"Give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish, and you'll feed him for a lifetime."
An unconscionable number of children live in poverty here in Manitoba. More than half of all children in Canada who live in poverty, live with parents who have earnings from employment. This is why it is so important that the money earned in a household is spent wisely. Charities that benefit from Share Our Strength events teach economic food nutrition classes that educate the participants in how to feed their families within tight financial boundaries.
Studies show that regular nutrition improves a student's grades, concentration, health and social behaviour.
