Melissa Giles, Training Manager at Food for the Hungry Canada, shares about how Canadian churches can partner with communities in the Global South for mutual transformation and poverty alleviation. Melissa also tells us about Poverty Revolution Boot Camps, a great weekend course for Canadian churches to help us better understand our role in global poverty alleviation.
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Melissa Giles is a Training Manager at Food for the Hungry Canada. She runs Poverty Revolution Bootcamps that help churches and individuals understand how to work with the poor in ways that give dignity, respect and empowerment. Melissa started her career as a teacher and then went on to work with Samaritan’s Purse, serving in Canada, Africa and Haiti. She has also worked in refugee resettlement in Lower Mainland, BC.