Poverty Relief Partners (PRP) initiates connections with local organizations and compassionate individuals who share a unified mission focused on tackling key aspects of poverty through four essential pillars:
- Basic Necessities and Immediate Aid: Ensure access to essentials like food, clothing, and shelter.
- Health and Wellbeing Support: Provide access to healthcare and emotional/spiritual support.
- Educational and Employment Opportunities: Encourage skill development and job training.
- Community Development and Social Support: Foster community connections and social services.
By focusing on these four avenues, we aim to create a holistic and sustainable impact on the lives of those we serve.
What organizations do Poverty Relief Partners (PRP) collaborate with?
PRP collaborates with diverse organizations that combat poverty through immediate relief and long-term development. Our joint endeavours provide tangible assistance and personal engagement to the most at-risk groups in Vancouver, with a focus on homelessness, addiction, children, and families. Collectively, we tackle pressing issues that lead to poverty and marginalization, striving to free individuals from the cycle of poverty.
We support the organizations with the following characteristics:
- Vision: Committed to alleviating poverty by empowering vulnerable and marginalized individuals.
- Belief: Ensures everyone has access to necessities and opportunities for growth and self-sufficiency.
- Approach: Employs a comprehensive strategy to meet essential needs, connect to healthcare and counselling, support addiction recovery, and provide practical care and outreach for vulnerable and marginalized individuals, including homeless adults, youth, families and children.
- Outreach: Reaches out to those who are forgotten or left behind.
- Support: Improves conditions by providing warmth, food, and safety. Acts as a bridge for Greater Vancouver’s homeless when they are ready to transition off the streets.
Our Collaborations
These partnerships enable us to extend the volunteers’ reach and effectiveness, allowing them to provide comprehensive support to those in need. Since Jan 2024, PRP has made significant strides, thanks to partners’ efforts and our volunteers’ dedication to distributing donated items, love and care.
| Date | Partners | Donated | Sponsored & volunteered |
| 2024 08 20 | Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House: Youth Program | $2000 | Focus on Social-emotional & academic development activities |
| 2024 08 20 | Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House: New Comers Program | $500 | Social and community support |
Associated with Jesus Blessings Canada, we donated to the following partners:
| 2024 12 01 | Discipleship International Clothing Ministry: Chona Borres | $2150 | 150 pair Mitts, 150 toques, 150 pair socks, 150 underwear (various sizes), 48 plush blankets and 4 foil thermal ponchos, and tracts from Living Water |
| 2024 02 15 | Catholic Street Missionaries, https://www.catholicstreetmissionaries.org/ | $2500 | 1500 pairs of socks |
| 2024 11 20 | Catholic Street Missionaries, https://www.catholicstreetmissionaries.org/ | $2600 | 240 Emergency blankets, 288 winter socks, 150 gloves, 50 underwear, hand and toe warmers |
| 2024 04 16 | Clothing Ministry: Chona Borres, https://www.facebook.com/chona.borres.3 | $80 | – heavy-duty bins, – sandwich bags – Collected used clothes from friends and delivered to Chona |
| 2024 02 09 | Salvation Army Richmond Community Church https://salvationarmyrichmond.ca/ | $2000 | Underwear, socks, backpacks, sleeping bags |
Together, we are committed to alleviating poverty and fostering sustainable development, shaping a brighter future for individuals and communities.
For general inquiries, email us at [email protected].