NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

(NGOS)

Red Cross / Red Crescent

The Canadian Red Cross mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable
people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the
world. They are dedicated to improve the situation of the most vulnerable
throughout the world. People can voluntarily demonstrate their caring for
others in need. They have values such as human values, respect and
dignity, accountability, and safety
http://www.redcross.ca/about-us/about-the-canadian-red-cross

Doctors Without Borders

We are Doctors Without Borders/Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF). We
help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency
medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or
exclusion from health care.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/about-us

Greenpeace
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:
Creating an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing
our planet: climate change.
Protecting the world's ancient forests and the animals, plants and people
that depend on them.

 Defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing,

and creating a global network of marine reserves.
Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by rejecting genetically
engineered organisms, protecting biodiversity and encouraging socially
responsible farming.
Creating a toxic free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals
in today's products and manufacturing.
http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/About-us/

YWCA/YMCA
The YMCA takes a holistic approach to community health that embodies
all aspects of physical, mental and social well-being. We engage with the
community to provide customized programs that support local needs while
embracing diversity. The YMCA of Greater Toronto is dedicated to making
our communities home to the healthiest children, teens and young adults.
http://ymca.ca/

Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD)

is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the promotion of good
governance, citizen participation and cooperation between local authorities
and civil society. Young- Youth Organisations Unified For New
Generations: The aim of this project is to strengthen the role of civil society
in promoting democratic reform through the role of the Youth Council of the
City of Mostar. A new Youth Council (YC) has been registered and consists
of a network of local non-governmental, non-profit, apolitical youth NGOs
that work with the youth and for the youth
http://www.caveat.org/

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.
Our means of support is a community of Canadian shaken by senseless
acts of violence and injustice. Our membership consists of victims, the
general public, and includes a large youth contingent. The fact that over
80% of our members are not yet direct victims of violent crime gives our
work balance and perspective. It shows that Canadians are deeply
concerned about crime and public safety.
http://www.caveat.org/

Goodwill Industries
Goodwill Industries, a non-profit social enterprise, provides work
opportunities, skills development and employee and family strengthening
for those who face barriers such as disability or social disadvantage; with
the aim of advancing individuals, families and communities toward
self-sufficiency and prosperity.
http://goodwillindustries.ca/about/

Street Kids International

Street Kids International is a Canadian-based non-governmental
organization founded by Peter Dalglishand Frank ODea in 1988. The
organization focuses on providing street youth with the opportunity to lead
safer and better lives through three main programme 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Kids_Internationa

 National Association for the Advancement of Colored

People (NAACP)
Our mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic
equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
http://www.naacp.org/

Oxfam
Oxfam Canadas mission is to build lasting solutions to poverty and
injustice with a focus on improving the lives and promoting the rights of
women and girls. Our vision is a just world without poverty. We envision a
world in which people influence the decisions which affect their lives, enjoy
their rights, and live as full citizens in a world where all human beings are
valued and treated equally. Our mission is to build lasting solutions to
poverty and injustice, with a focus on improving the lives and promoting the
rights of women and girls.
https://www.oxfam.ca/about

International PEN
PEN International promotes literature and freedom of expression and is
governed by the PEN Charter and the principles it embodies: unhampered
transmission of thought within each nation and between all nations.
http://www.pen-international.org/who-we-are/

 Amnesty International (Video)

Amnesty International is a global movement of over 7 million people in
more than 150 countries working together to protect and promote human
rights.
Our vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights
enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other
international human rights instruments.
Our mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and
end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose
rights have been violated.

We believe that we are at our most powerful when we stand together for
human rights. Each person, no matter who or where they are, can make
change happen by acting in concert with others who share their vision of a
world where everyone lives in dignity
https://www.amnesty.ca/about-us