This document summarizes the missions and goals of several prominent non-profit and non-governmental organizations. The Red Cross aims to improve lives through mobilizing humanity's power around the world. Doctors Without Borders provides medical relief in over 70 countries. Greenpeace works to protect the environment and promote peace through changing attitudes. Several other organizations mentioned work on issues like democracy, violence prevention, job training, street youth support, racial advancement, poverty solutions, freedom of expression, and human rights.
This document summarizes the missions and goals of several prominent non-profit and non-governmental organizations. The Red Cross aims to improve lives through mobilizing humanity's power around the world. Doctors Without Borders provides medical relief in over 70 countries. Greenpeace works to protect the environment and promote peace through changing attitudes. Several other organizations mentioned work on issues like democracy, violence prevention, job training, street youth support, racial advancement, poverty solutions, freedom of expression, and human rights.
This document summarizes the missions and goals of several prominent non-profit and non-governmental organizations. The Red Cross aims to improve lives through mobilizing humanity's power around the world. Doctors Without Borders provides medical relief in over 70 countries. Greenpeace works to protect the environment and promote peace through changing attitudes. Several other organizations mentioned work on issues like democracy, violence prevention, job training, street youth support, racial advancement, poverty solutions, freedom of expression, and human rights.
Red Cross / Red Crescent : The Canadian Red across
mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the
power of humanity in Canada and around the world
Doctors Without Borders : is the world's leading
independent international medical relief organization, implementing and managing medical projects in close to 70 countries worldwide and with national offices in 21 countries.
Green Peace : Greenpeace is an independent global
campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by
YWCA/YMCA :
The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA is
Ottawas leading resource for health, fitness and recreation, child care, camping and outdoor education, and social services.
Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD) : Were
dedicated to making democracy work for everyone. We pursue projects where citizens can make a positive impact on tough policy issues, community problems, and divisive campaign practices. We work with communities and other organizations to identify issues, offer resources to educate the public, and create meaningful opportunities for discussion and action to solve problems and strengthen our democracy.
CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence) : CAVEAT is a
grass-roots charitable organization serving as a non-partisan voice for all Canadians, working together for safety, peace, and justice.
Goodwill Industries :
Goodwill Industries International Inc. is
an American nonprofit 501 organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-based programs for people who have disabilities. Wikipedia
Street Kids International :
Street Kids International (or
Street Kids) is a Canadian based non-governmental organization The organization focuses on providing street youth with the opportunity to lead safer and better lives through three main programmer avenues: street health, street work and street rights. In 2008, Street Kids International expanded its operations to the United Kingdom with Street Kids International UK.
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) : The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an AfricanAmerican civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 by Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois.
Oxfam : Oxfam is an international confederation of 17
organizations working in approximately 94 countries worldwide to find solutions to poverty and what it considers injustice around the world.
International PEN :
PEN Canada is a nonpartisan
organization of writers that works with others to defend freedom of
expression as a basic human right, at home and abroad. PEN Canada promotes literature, fights censorship, helps free persecuted writers from prison, and assists writers living in exile in Canada.