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We support
thriving communities

We work with governments, civil-society organizations and individual donors so young people have tools and training to achieve the extraordinary

Helping children access the basics

We address social, cultural and economic issues and help build safe, resilient communities
We engage community members to change attitudes and practices leading to exclusion, inequality and injustice
We build clean water sources and sanitation facilities and train community members on safe water, sanitation and hygiene practices
We nurture children’s health by teaching mothers how to grow and prepare nutritious food, among other activities
We build health centres and provide health supplies to fill gaps over and above what local governments provide

We support pre-natal care and safe deliveries through health-education, training health workers and more
We empower children and community groups with the information, confidence and capacity to collectively demand their basic needs and rights be met
We help adolescents, youths and adults build small businesses through finance and skills- training
We help build safe communities better prepared to respond, recover and rebuild when disaster strikes

Africa

Reducing vulnerability and reinforcing resilience to disaster-risk areas… Read more
Canada-Africa initiative to address maternal, newborn and child mortality… Read more
Improving maternal and child health: partnership and action for community transformation… Read more
ACCESS project… Read more
Promoting maternal, newborn, infant and child sustainable health efforts… Read more

Promoting holistic development of children through parental education… Read more
Lead for education achievement and progress… Read more
Saving brains… Read more
Ghana school bicycle project… Read more
TRADE… Read more

Americas

Construction and renovation of early childhood development classrooms… Read more
Preventing irregular child migration in Central America… Read more

In the 2019/2020 fiscal year, we accomplished the following...

children, teachers, parents and guardians benefited from greater access to inclusive, quality education

new or renovated classrooms and libraries created more opportunities for learning

people were reached through disaster-preparedness campaigns

community members benefited from access to maternal and child healthcare

school supplies (pencils, uniforms and books) made it possible for 45,800 children to go to school

community members were reached by health-awareness campaigns