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That’s how frequently people died of drug poisoning in Canada during one dreadful week last summer. Here, their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters share a message: the opioid crisis touches everyone.
Cheryl Pitchford holding photos of the children she sponsors

How World Vision changed my life

Cheryl Pitchford has been sponsoring children through World Vision for 45 years. The mother, grandmother and retired primary school teacher from Markham, Ont., shares her experience and hopes others will join her in sponsoring a girl in honour of the International Day of the Girl on Oct. 11