The Anniversary Project

Following up with my last post, there’s another website also owned by Nance Ackerman, the director of Four Feet Up.   Ms. Ackerman crossed Canada and interviewed 20 families and children about their lives in poverty.  It has been 20 years since the Canadian Government unanimously passed a bill in the House of Commons to end child poverty in Canada, and thus the website is  called “The Anniversary Project”.  This is a compelling website.  Just click on the year and it opens a window into the life of one of these kids.   I, personally, was powerfully struck by 20-year-old Julie, found under the 1990 tab, who lives in Vanier.  This is the community that City Kidz Ottawa is currently reaching.  Take a look, it’s well worth the few minutes.