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

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:

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.
https://ymcagta.org/about-us
 Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD)
Connexions (full name Connexions Information Sharing Services) is the central
online library and archive for Canada's movements for social change. The non-profit
project also maintains a comprehensive directory of Canadian associations and NGOs.

http://www.connexions.org/CxLibrary/Docs/ConnexionsWikipedia.htm

CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence)

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

CanadaHelps is a registered charity dedicated to increasing charitable giving across
Canada. We do that by serving both donors and charities.

For donors, we offer a one-stop shop for discovering, donating, or fundraising online
for any registered Canadian charity. We process donations made using our site,
disburse the funds to the charities and provide instant or anytime access tax receipts
directly to the donors.

For charities, we provide open access to our affordable, secure online fundraising
platform and training so they can better connect with their supporters.

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/help/about-canadahelps/

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
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