Beyond the Text

This week in class we had spent a good deal of time talking about poverty in children in Canada.  I came across this drawing, which I thought was very suiting.  The problem I see with this issue is that even though it is a huge issue, and there a plenty of organizations like UNICEF, World Vision, Child Care Canada and others that are trying to do something to change this; the one thing missing is that of the government of Canada.  It is here where we should be starting.  More emphasis on education, support for those children that are in a unprivileged home.  The thing about giving money and other things to the parents of the house hold, it's not always, actually rarely going to the children, the ones in need.  There needs to be more aware of this.  And I understand it's hard to do this, yet I believe it all starts with education.  There needs to be more social workers that unprivileged children can go to, so that some way they can figure out what to do that would make each one of those children a better childhood and in the long run, life.