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Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA is a proud vendor of Megaphone Magazine in Vancouver Downtown Eastside

March 31, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA says

“Selling Megaphone is great because I like the stuff that’s written in here. Megaphone represents the spirit of the Downtown Eastside people. It’s all about uprising and really that’s the spirit you find here.”

Read more of Hendrik Beune’s bio here

Megaphone is a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors. The magazine is published every two weeks. Vendors buy the paper for 75 cents and sell the magazine to customers by donation. All money from the transaction goes into the pocket of the vendor.

Selling the paper gives our vendors a sense of pride and has helped some overcome homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, and become more comfortable with their mental of physical illnesses. By giving them a place and a voice in their community it helps raise their self-esteem.


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