On Tuesday we went to Aden Bowman and we took part in their Collective Voice program. They write radio shows and articles for the local paper; we told them about the documentary we were writing for ALSO week and they told us about what they had done. It was a cool that they each got to have their own voice, and that it was so public.
After we were done there we went to The Lighthouse. The Lighthouse does many things for the community, low cost living, emergency shelters and dormitories. They have really great staff and the Lighthouse Family/clients that we met seem very happy and caring. It was nice to see so much effort being put into the help of the community. The last place we visited was the food bank. At the food bank we got to do some hands on work and it was actually kind of fun. Besides some minor heat stroke I think everyone had a good time.
On Wednesday we got to go to Regina. When we arrived in Regina we went to the Carmichael Outreach which is a place were people who are homeless or don't have a lot of money can go and get food, clothes, take a shower, and just hangout in other peoples company. With our time at the Carmichael Outreach we volunteered by helping sort clothes and serving food to those in need. After we spent some time helping out we reflected on poverty as group for about an hour. After lunch we went to SCIC. (Saskatchewan Council For International Cooperation) We got to hear from all the workers there about what SCIC is, what they do, and what we can do to help countries in the Global South. After spending about an hour at the SCIC headquarters we started our journey home.
Jared & Abby
Jared White
April, 28, 2015
