‘Being on the street is not easy’: 3,000 survival kits distributed to city’s homeless to provide winter relief
Posted on January 20, 2020 in News
Four years ago, Maria was panhandling downtown Toronto on Yonge Street when she was approached by someone carrying a “survival kit.”
What she didn’t know at the time was that the kit — packed with a sleeping bag, hat and other winter essentials — would be the catalyst that would ultimately turn her life around.
“This kit, it actually provided me with the motivation to remind me of where I aspired to be and what I wanted to become,” Maria said.
Since then, Maria has landed a job and a house, but said she doesn’t want to give her last name because of the stigma surrounding homelessness.
