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VIDEA facilitates communication, cooperation and strategic networking among Canadian groups working for global justice, peace and sustainable development; supports community to community connections with rural parts of Africa; creates globally focused learning resources; promotes fair trade initiatives; and works in partnership with African organizations such as the WHEAT Trust in South Africa, Women for Change in Zambia, and Mpambo, the African Multiversity, in Uganda, to support development initiatives focused on women’s economic empowerment, community development and education. VIDEA’s Breakthrough for Africa project supports the creation at a community level of sustaining linkages between Canadian and African communities. The Kelowna-Zambia Partnership and the Nelson Kaoma Alliance are part of VIDEA’s Breakthrough for Africa project.

Hope Without Borders is an independent, non-discriminatory humanitarian aid organization created to promote humanitarian aid - with the simple wish of helping those in need. It is a registered Canadian Charity and has no religious affiliation. "Many people around the world are suffering; women are physically and verbally abused; families are living through poverty without hope - and they all need help. We should not let borders limit our will to give support. We believe it is the duty of each of us to contribute to the improvement of all human rights around the world." Hope Without Borders. Current active projects we support: 1) Shelter for abused women and children in Lebanon 2) Orphanage for 45 children in Mwanza, Tanzania

The Scholarship Foundation was established in 1993 as a registered charitable organization and renamed the Lampe Foundation in 2010. It aims to support the education of men and women in our community and to encourage continuation of studies. We believe that educating people enables them to contribute meaningfully to our society, both in their chosen career and their family life.

The Belinda Stronach Foundation (TBSF) creates partnerships with individuals,non-governmental organizations, businesses small and large,as well as other foundations whose goals are to work within and beyond our borders to confront challenges and create opportunities. TBSF focuses on the following pillars: - Girls and Women - Malaria - Aboriginal Youth

ACCESO International promotes greater access to all levels of education in Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. It is an incorporated non-governmental organization that is completely volunteer-operated. ACCESO International works in partnership with locally-based and Canadian affiliated organizations to provide support for marginalized children, youth and women so that they can study in their own country, in their own culture and in their own language. ACCESO International provides educational resources to daycares, schools, homework centres, orphanages, libraries and women’s human rights workshops. It also provides individual bursaries for primary, secondary and post-secondary students; the bursaries cover the costs for uniforms, supplies, shoes, packsacks, tuition, transportation, nourishment, health care and lodging. As a testament to our commitment to accountability, ACCESO International ensures that all receipted donations are allocated directly to its education projects.

Amarok Society is a Canadian charity that goes into the world's most forbidding slums to teach mothers to teach children too poor for school. Daily, each mother goes from her Amarok Society Womens' School to teach at least 5 children from her neighbourhood in her own home. Amarok Society teaches literacy in Bangla, English and numeracy as well as health and hygiene and child care and development. The wonderful women of our Mothers of Intention Projects overcome a lifetime of bitter discouragement to find inspiration and hope in the promise that the children will be able to work their way out of their terrible poverty and debilitating ignorance. This is a new, effective, sustainable and cost-efficient method of addressing a very serious and dangerous problem that has resisted improvement in the past. Teach a Mother, Change the World

Medical Mercy Canada (MMC) is a registered, non-governmental, non-religious, charitable organization. It provides medical supplies and education, as well as, social & wellness programs to Burmese refugees, impoverished Ukraine villagers and to the people of Nepal. Projects include homes for the elderly, health & dental clinics, schools, sanitation, and medic training, agricultural programs for orphans, and women's education.

The true characteristic of our Institute, the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception,is that of simple and joyful women of various nationalities who have come to recognize the gratuitous Love of God in their life. We are 587 religious working in 13 countries; we collaborate in the life of the local Churches where we are in service. We live the evangelical values in a spirit of joy,hope and thanksgiving.

The Centre has trained and experienced Christian workers, which offer the following services free of charge to women, men and families in need: •Free pregnancy tests •Information on options •Confidential support services •Adoption information •Maternity and baby items •Post abortion support •Parenting education •Referrals to community resources •Abstinence presentations •Resource material and lending library

The Sing Canada Harmony Scholarship Fund was created to assist Canadians by providing financial assistance for educational and training opportunities in vocal music performance, vocal music leadership, vocal music administration and vocal music composition, arrangement, adjudication and staging. The intent is to provide funding for learning opportunities for Canadian men and women, particularly children and youth to gain expertise and experience in the field of a cappella vocal music harmony singing in quartets and choruses. Sing Canada Harmony is the official charity of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) in Canada; is endorsed and supported by Harmony, Inc. and is supported by members and Chapters of Sweet Adelines International. Our Board of Directors is comprised of Canadian women and men from across Canada who are committed to supporting vocal music in our schools and communities. For more information, please visit our web site: http://www.SingCanadaHarmony.ca

Since 1984, the Montreal Assault Prevention Centre, a non-profit organization and a registered charity, has been offering an array of workshops on assault prevention to groups particularly vulnerable to assault - children, adolescents, women of all ages and people with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. All our programs focus on developing skills and resources to help people face difficult and dangerous situations.

Regent College is a graduate school of Christian studies that seeks to educate, nurture and equip men and women from around the world to live and work as servant leaders. *Please note: Donors wishing to give to Regent College should donate to this charity profile. "Regent College Foundation of Canada" is an old foundation that has been carried over, and "Regent College 2000 Foundation" handles our endowments.