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Kravchuk and his family moved to Canada from Ukraine in September 2023 and he remembers having to start his life over from scratch. While he holds degrees in psychology and marketing, Kravchuk said it\u2019s been difficult finding stable employment and there are essentials that he has to turn to food banks for. \u201cSometimes, somebody can lose their job (and) need more money to feed his family,\u201d Kravchuk, who sometimes volunteers at Daily Bread, said. \u201cIn one day, everything can change.\u201d A new report from&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, Canada Print and Online, and USA Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2026%2F11%2F03%2Ftorontos-child-hunger-rates-nearly-double-as-city-sees-4-1m-food-bank-visits-report%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sadeen Mohsen When Volodymyr Kravchuk visits the Daily Bread Food Bank, he\u2019s constantly thinking about his two young sons. 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While he holds degrees in psychology and marketing, Kravchuk said it\u2019s been difficult finding stable employment and there are essentials that he has to turn to food banks for. \u201cSometimes, somebody can lose their job (and) need more money to feed his family,\u201d Kravchuk, who sometimes volunteers at Daily Bread, said. \u201cIn one day, everything can change.\u201d A new report from... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, Canada Print and Online, and USA Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2026%2F11%2F03%2Ftorontos-child-hunger-rates-nearly-double-as-city-sees-4-1m-food-bank-visits-report%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-level-8","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Toronto\u2019s child hunger rates nearly double as city sees 4.1M food bank visits: report - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/torontos-child-hunger-rates-nearly-double-as-city-sees-4-1m-food-bank-visits-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toronto\u2019s child hunger rates nearly double as city sees 4.1M food bank visits: report - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Sadeen Mohsen When Volodymyr Kravchuk visits the Daily Bread Food Bank, he\u2019s constantly thinking about his two young sons. 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