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• 60 million girls (International: Montreal, QC)

  60 million girls is a public foundation established to support education for girls in order to create a more just and balanced world. Its objective is to support at least one major education project annually in developing countries with the greatest gender disparity in school enrollment.

• ACCESO International (International: Ottawa, ON)

  A volunteer-operated, non-governmental and nonprofit charitable organization that enables greater access to all levels of education in Latin America and the Caribbean. ACCESO works in solidarity with its student and school recipients, as well as with its supporters to promote educational equality, human rights and social justice. Our projects are located in the Bahamas, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Peru.

• ACCESS (International)

  The goal of ACCESS is to provide needy children in the developing world with school uniforms and necessary school supplies, so that they have the opportunity to receive the education required to find decent employment and support their families. Serving the countries of Columbia, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic, we are committed to providing opportunities to impoverished children in the developing world.

• Action Against Hunger (International: Montreal QC)

  Action Against Hunger is an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families while seeking long-term, sustainable solutions to hunger.

• Action Volunteer Alliance

  Our mission is to create connections between people and communities in need to bring about social change and awareness through global volunteer exchanges.

• Adventist Development and Relief Agency

  ADRA is dedicated to improving the quality of life in communities in Canada and overseas.

• Africa Community Technical Services (ACTS) (International: Comox, BC)

  An interdenominational Christian technical mission that provides assistance to rural Africans. Volunteers assist rural communities in achieving their development goals in partnership with the local church.

• African Fair Trade Society (International: Vancouver, BC)

  A socially conscious organization that imports the highest quality shea butter from West Africa, employing hundreds of women who would not be able to support their families or themselves without West African Fair Trade.

• African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) Canada (International: Toronto, ON)

  AMREF Canada helps people in Africa improve their health to fight poverty and better their lives. Receiving the 2005 Gates Global Health Award, AMREF is the largest indigenous sub-Saharan African organization with more than 120 projects in HIV/AIDS, malaria, family health, education, water/sanitation, and emergency response.

• AFS Interculture Canada

  An educational movement that promotes global education and intercultural understanding through quality exchange programs for youth and adults. We offer school base programs for youth and volunteer work/internship opportunities abroad for young adults.

• Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC)

  A private, non-denominational development agency that promotes sustainable and equitable social development in Asia and Africa, without regard to race, religion or political persuasion. AKFC also acts as a catalyst for the discussion and understanding of critical global issues in Canada, links Canadian institutions and expertise with counterparts in the developing world, and runs a variety of management training workshops and programs aimed at improving the quality of development assistance.

• AIESEC Canada Inc. (International: Toronto, ON)

  AIESEC, the world’s largest student-run organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to have a positive impact on society. In partnership with business and higher education, AIESEC has 50 years of experience in developing high-potential students into globally-minded responsible leaders. AIESEC’s innovative development process consists of unmatched leadership experiences and global internships.

  • Local university chapters

• Air Serv International-Canada

  Air Serv International is a nonprofit organization providing aviation services to the international humanitarian community and direct aid during the most desperate crisis situations in the world.

• Alberta Council for Global Cooperation

  A coalition of non-governmental organizations working in Alberta committed to advocating harmonious relations among nations and to promoting equitable community development within nations which is people-centred, democratic, just, and sustainable.

• Amberheart Breast Cancer Foundation for Poland

  An international, independent, charitable organization acting to eradicate Breast Cancer in Poland.

• Amistad Society (International: Vancouver, BC)

  Amistad Society is an independent group who are committed to bringing awareness about the condition of children in poor countries. Currently we are collecting money for school supplies and clothing for a refugee camp in Northern Uganda and will be adding more projects as funding permits.

• Arusha Centre

  A collectively run, member-supported organization that provides resources and programming on local and global social justice issues.

• ASK - Action of Solidarity for Scientific Knowledge and Research (Ontario)

  ASK is a not-for-profit organization involved in assisting Less Developed Countries (LDC), particularly in Africa, to create an environment that favours development of knowledge and scientific research.

• Association for Women's Rights in Development

  AWID's mission is to connect, inform and mobilize people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.

• Athletes for Africa (Toronto, ON)

  Athletes for Africa is Canada's only athlete driven organization dedicated to making a difference in Africa's most under-developed regions. Our aim is to fundraise for, and support the infrastructure projects and sustainable development solutions Africa needs to break the cycle of poverty, famine, and disease.

• Awdal Development Organization

  A nonprofit organization based in Canada. Its main objective is to promote the creation of region-wide schools in Awdal State (including Gabiley district), and enhance the quality of education in the region.

• Bicycles Crossing Borders - Bicicletas Cruzando Fronteras (International: Toronto, ON)

  A volunteer-driven organization which operates a sustainable transportation and capacity building project in Cuba.

• Bless Canada

  The Toronto-based nonprofit charity organization of the Coptic Orthodox Church that assists the needy and the disadvantaged Copts in Egypt.

• British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) (International: Vancouver, BC)

  BCCIC is a coalition of international development organizations. Through relationship-building with other networks, BCCIC works toward its goal of achieving sustainable global development in a peaceful and healthy environment with social justice, human dignity and participation for all.

• Builders Without Borders

  An organization of Canadian building industry volunteers who are experienced in the planning, design, construction, re-construction and maintenance of shelter. The volunteers construct shelter for those most in need, as well as shelter that has been damaged or destroyed by natural disasters or armed conflicts.

• C4L Canada (International: North Vancouver, BC)

  C4L Canada is focused on the development of resilience building and educational services and facilities in Southern Africa. We provide spiritual, logistical and financial support to AIDS orphans and young adults who want to develop themselves and their communities.

• Canada World Youth

  CWY has been providing young people with exciting international educational and work placement opportunities for nearly 30 years. Programs provide young people with an opportunity to learn about other cultures and ways of life, to explore community and international development issues first hand and to acquire practical work experience. More than 1,000 young people from some 20 countries take part in our programs every year.

• Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects (CADIP) (Vancouver, BC)

  CADIP runs youth volunteer projects in Canada and overseas focusing on: charity work; environmental protection; restoration and conservation work; archaeological excavations; festivities and any other volunteer work with social impact. The organization promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. It also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, building social ties and strengthening communities, and supporting civil society development.

• Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance Security

  CAMEO Security is a nonprofit charitable Society which has as its mission to provide safe, professional, and cost-effective humanitarian land mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) services in war-torn societies.

• Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
  
  
• Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI)

  A non-profit corporation whose general mission is to contribute, through human and financial resources, to the advancement of people in the South and to promote sustainable and participatory development through international cooperation.

• Canadian Council for International Co-operation
  
  
  • Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC)

    The Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) is a unique coalition of Atlantic Canadian organizations working together to achieve sustainable global development in a peaceful and healthy environment, with social justice, human dignity, and participation for all.

  • British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC)

    A coalition of international development organizations: church groups, regional offices of Canadian international development agencies, global education centres, other non-profit BC-based development organizations and concerned individuals. BCCIC promotes the goal of social justice in our own community, as well as in the international community.

  • Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC)

    OCIC members include development NGOs with overseas programming, volunteer-sending organizations, solidarity groups, global education centres, faith organizations as well as networks and individuals working in international cooperation and global education.

  
  
• Canadian Crossroads International

  Canadian Crossroads International brings individuals, organizations and communities in Canada and in developing countries into partnerships to reduce poverty, to fight HIV/AIDS, and to assert human rights globally. CCI builds the capacities of organizations in West Africa, Southern Africa and South America and, in so doing, strengthens whole communities and fosters solidarity internationally. Through international volunteering and partnership, CCI leverages the skills, expertise and resources necessary to address these global challenges.

• Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO)

  Founded in 1967, our purpose is to transfer Canadian expertise to businesses and organizations in developing nations, in emerging market economies of Europe and the former Soviet Union, and in Canadian Aboriginal communities. The transfer of expertise occurs by way of CESO experts, who are highly experienced in their profession or industry. They serve as advisers and trainers to clients. To date, our experts have completed some 32,000 assignments with clients world-wide. This year alone, they will respond to more than 2,000 requests for assistance in more than 40 countries including Canada.

• Canadian Feed The Children

  An independent registered charity whose goal is to alleviate the impact of poverty on children. We work with local partners in Canada and around the world in the areas of food security, clean water access, health and hygiene, sustainable agriculture, and education.

• Canadian Food for the Hungry International

  A non-profit charitable organization providing emergency relief and life-changing, sustainable development.

• CHF

  CHF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods.

• Canadian Humanitarian Organization for International Relief (CHOIR) (International: Medicine Hat, AB)

  CHOIR's mission is to provide the basic necessities of life such as nutrition, shelter, health care, and education to disadvantaged children everywhere.

• Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN) (Ottawa, ON)

  The Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN) is dedicated to the prevention and resolution of destructive conflict at the local, national, and international levels.

• Canadian International Relief Foundation Inc. (Sudbury, ON)

  Main objectives include helping war-torn areas, rebuilding communities, helping provide basic food, clothing, medical supplies, and farm equipment, and creating jobs in local communities.

• Canadian Jamaican Medical Assistance Society

  CJMAS is a non-political, multi-racial, nonprofit organization whose goals are: to work with partner groups/organizations on the island of Jamaica; to establish and support basic health care and services there; and to provide educational opportunities for needy communities.

• Canadian Landmine Foundation

  The Canadian Landmine Foundation is a private sector charitable organization with a mission to fund the eradication of anti-personnel landmines throughout the world and end the human and economic suffering caused by these mines.

• Canadian Lutheran World Relief

  The service delivery arm for development programming and overseas relief for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and Lutheran Church-Canada. CLWR has responded to human need around the world since 1946.

• Canadian Network for International Surgery

  CNIS is a non-profit organization that promotes the delivery of essential surgical care to the underprivileged. As an educational and research agency, it conducts workshops in essential surgical skills and programs in injury prevention in African countries.

• Careforce International (International: Burlington, ON)

  A Christian humanitarian organization that helps needy children around the world through child sponsorship, mission teams, relief efforts, literacy programs, health initiatives, sports activities, computer training, and other ministries.

• Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) (International: Toronto, ON)

  Canadian Jesuits International (CJI), was founded by the Jesuit Province of Upper Canada to support poor and marginalized peoples struggling for social justice and dignity in developing countries, to carry out educational advocacy in Canada, linked with our overseas work.

• Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) (International: Toronto, ON)

  A nonprofit organization established to promote and protect human rights internationally through the use of law and legal institutions. Its membership is comprised of lawyers, law students, judges, and people interested in law and international human rights.

• CEPAL - Canadian-Palestinian Educational Exchange (International: Ottawa, ON)

  CEPAL works to assist Palestinian refugees in the pursuit of their basic human rights by increasing their access to education and by raising public awareness in Canada about their struggle. Canadian volunteers teach in Lebanon and assist with events in Canada.

• Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief

  A nonprofit, non-sectarian organization dedicated to supporting vulnerable, low income people in the third world in their efforts to achieve good health. It helps individuals, communities and grass-roots organizations become increasingly self reliant, and informs Canadians about the global effort for health and development.

• Canadian Red Cross

  The Canadian Red Cross is the leading humanitarian organization through which people voluntarily demonstrate their caring for others in need. Our mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world.

• Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus
  
  
• Canadian Society for International Health

  CSIH is committed to the promotion of international health and development. Through the mobilization of Canadian resources, CSIH advocates and facilitates research, education and service activities in international health. The Society seeks to further progressive health policy and programming in all fields where global and domestic health concerns meet.

• Cane Cutters Relief (Mississauga, ON)

  Provides support and outreach to the children and families of the Haitian cane cutters in the Dominican Republic, who live within the confines of modern day slavery. This goal will be partially achieved by increasing awareness among Canadians of the conditions present in the cane cutter camps and the misery they live daily, and by encouraging direct contact between Canadians and these impoverished people.

• CARE Canada

  CARE is one of the world's largest international development and relief organizations. Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility. We facilitate lasting change by: Strengthening capacity for self-help; Providing economic opportunity; Delivering relief in emergencies; Influencing policy decisions at all levels; addressing discrimination in all its forms.

• Careforce International

  Careforce International helps to meet the needs of children suffering from hunger, poverty, disease, illiteracy, abuse and despair. Serving globally through national leadership and maintaining high standards of excellence, integrity and accountability, their goal is to effectively demonstrate God's love by bringing hope through word and action.

• Caribbean Unity Foundation Inc. (International: Toronto, ON)

  The foundation was founded in 1994 to help facilitate small scale businesses in the Caribbean community and train young people in the field of business to develop their entrepreneurial skills and supplement their income.

• CAUSE Canada

  Makes the poor the focus of our assistance because Christ made them the focus of His concern. CAUSE offers support work in geographical regions where there is an under representation of international aid organizations.

• Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)

  A Canadian nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide technical training and support in water and sanitation services for those who serve the poor in developing countries.

• Childcare Worldwide (International: South Surrey, BC)

  Childcare Worldwide is a nonprofit organization committed to helping the poorest children of the world "survive and succeed". Through child sponsorship, Childcare Worldwide educates, feeds, and provides shelter for children in 13 different countries.

• Christian Aid

  The organization works with hundreds of indigenous Christian evangelical mission agencies around the world to support their efforts at promoting Christianity.

• Christian Child Care International (International: Springhill, NS)

  A Canadian, Catholic charity that supports community initiatives in developing countries through our sponsorship, venture, and planned giving programs.

• Christian Children's Fund of Canada

  Reaches out around the world to needy children, families, and communities of all faiths. The organization emphasizes a child-centered community development ministry, starting with basic assistance, and leading to programs stressing self-help and eventual independence.

• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)

  CRWRC is a relief, development, and educational ministry. It supports 100 staff and many programs in North America and over 30 countries around the world, working with people and their communities to create permanent, positive change in Christ's name.

• Coady International Institute

  Works to aid development agencies both in Canada and overseas by providing education opportunities for their staff in the Third World.

• Communication Initiative, The

  A news and information gathering portal enhancing communication initiatives about global development.

• Coptic Orphans Canada (International: Laval, QC)

  Coptic Orphans improves the lives of vulnerable children in Egypt by providing basic necessities, education, and mentoring; raising awareness about poverty; and promoting cultural understanding. We envision every child confidently facing the future with renewed hope and an enriched life.

• Creating Opportunities and Resources for the Excluded (CORE) (International: Canmore, AB)

  CORE works in Nepal to help disadvantaged people by promoting Opportunities (skills and education) and Resources (micro-credit) to start small enterprises from which people can improve their livelihoods.

• CUSO

  Since 1961, CUSO has recruited and sent more than 13,000 cooperants on international volunteer postings. At any given time, more than 200 Canadians are volunteering as CUSO cooperants in communities and cities in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Americas and the Caribbean.
  
  Depuis 1961, CUSO a recruté plus de 13 000 coopérants qu'il a envoyés à des postes de coopération internationale. En tout temps, plus de 200 Canadiens et Canadiennes coopèrent en tant que voluntaires CUSO avec des communautés en Afrique, en Asie, dans le Pacifique, dans les Amériques et les Caraibes.

• Developing Countries Farm Radio Network

  Since 1979, the network has been helping farm families around the world learn about simple ways to increase food supplies. The network produces radio scripts in print and distributes them to 1,500 network members free of charge.

• Emmanuel International

  An international, interdenominational, evangelical Christian mission organization assisting churches worldwide to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the poor. There are five National Affiliates with the International Office located in Stouffville, Ontario.

• DMS Foundation (International: Toronto, ON)

  DMS Foundation's mission is to reduce the human, social, economic, cultural and environmental losses from natural and man-made disasters that occur repetitively in communities worldwide, and who lack the means to develop these programs on their own.

• Engineers Without Borders - Ingénieurs Sans Frontières

  The mission of EWB-ISF is to increase the contribution of engineers and engineering students toward using technology to address problems in the developing world. We offer four services - awareness and education; research; international projects; and youth internships.

• Equip K.I.D.S International (International: Toronto, ON)

  A grassroots, charitable organization dedicated to helping children with disabilities in developing nations. Through the local production and distribution of assistive technology, rehabilitative services, and education, we seek to provide these children with the tools they need to reach their full potential.

• Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education (National: Montreal, QC)

  Formerly the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Equitas works for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity in Canada and around the world through transformative human rights education programs.

• Eurovangelism Canada

  Eurovangelism has operated for over 30 years as a missionary service agency. It serves the church across Europe by envisioning, encouraging and equipping national Christian workers. As the humanitarian arm of Eurovangelism, Euroaid promotes dignity through relief and development programs in eastern Europe.

• Fair Aid Society (International: Whitehorse, YK)

  Fair Aid Society provides support to vulnerable and marginalized sick people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by funding projects that allow AMAVM health care professionals to provide medical, emotional and social care to these patients so that they are able to contribute to AMAVM-run community development projects.

• Fair Opportunities Group

  The Fair Opportunities Group (FOG) is a small, grassroots organisation that is dedicated to community development in Nicaragua. We help place interested volunteers in communities in Nicaragua and support local initiatives in health and education. FOG is entirely volunteer run.

  
  
• Farmers Helping Farmers

  An organization of community-minded people with an agricultural background from Prince Edward Island. Our goal is to assist East African farmers in becoming more self-reliant. We aim to help people help themselves, through small, practical agricultural projects.

• Fig Tree Foundation (International: Calgary, AB)

  A Calgary-based group dedicated to helping disadvantaged populations around the world by raising funds for international organizations delivering aid and development programs in the field. The FTF is committed to supporting projects that demonstrate the best potential return of every dollar raised, as measured by the net positive impact on the lives of our end users.

• Foodgrains Bank
  
  
• Free the Children

  An international network of children helping children through representation, leadership and action. Free the Children has two main purposes: to free children from poverty, exploitation and abuse; and to give children a voice, leadership training, and opportunities to take action on issues which affect them from a local to an international level.

  
  
• Gems of Hope

  Working with local partners and with a focus on women, Gems of Hope promotes the self-sufficiency of families and communities in the neediest areas of the developing world, by supporting community development initiatives in health, local enterprise, and basic education.

• Give a Bicycle

  A nonprofit charity web site that offers information to travellers going to third world areas, about how they can take a used bicycle to give to someone less fortunate.

• Global Poverty Relief Foundation (Canada) Inc. (International: Toronto, ON)

  A registered charity whose mission is to alleviate poverty in less developed communities outside Canada through fundraising for relief programs managed by international agencies such as UNICEF, World Vision, CARE, and the Red Cross.

• Gospel for Asia

  Gospel for Asia trains and sends indigenous workers to the most unreached areas in the 10/40 window. Working in the Indian sub-continent are some 11,000 evangelists and church-planters in 8 Asian nations planting almost 6 churches a day.

• Guatemala Stove Project (International: Perth, ON)

  Founded in 1999, the Guatemala Stove Project builds masonry cookstoves for impoverished households in rural Mayan villages in the mountains of Guatemala. These stoves dramatically improve the health, life expectancy and overall well being of indigenous families, particularly that of the women and children.

• Handicap International Canada (International: Montreal, QC)

  The vision of Handicap International is to promote sustainable change to ensure that people with disabilities, victims of war or natural disasters, and people affected by disease or poverty are treated as full citizens with equal opportunities for community participation.

• Handi-Care International (International: Scarborough, ON)

  Our mission is to reach out to the poor, disadvantaged rural children, women and all individuals with physical and mental disabilities, regardless of race, religion and any other discriminating factors and to help them lead a better life through education, rehabilitation and vocational training.

• Hands Helping Hands (International: Toronto, ON)

  Hands Helping Hands is an international youth driven organization working toward improving the health and well-being of individuals throughout the world. Through educational and development programs we strive to build healthy sustainable communities to create positive social change throughout the world.

• HealthBridge

  A non-profit, non-governmental organization whose goal is to improve health, especially the health of women and children, in developing regions of the world by increasing the effectiveness, availability and appropriateness of practices and technologies used in primary health care.

• Health Outreach (International: Toronto, ON)

  Dedicated to providing health services including public health, to impoverished people in remote areas of developing areas countries with the goal of enhancing lives. The organization attempts to bridge the gap between health care workers and volunteers, and those in need in Third World countries.

• Health Partners International of Canada (International: Pointe-Claire, QC)

  A Canadian medical aid agency that provides donated medicines, vaccines, medical supplies and devices to Canadian doctors and NGOs working in the developing world, and to countries that are in need of medical aid.

• Help the Aged (Canada) (HTAC) (International: Ottawa, ON)

  A non-denominational, nonprofit international development organization dedicated exclusively to assisting elderly people living in poverty in Canada and the developing world since 1975.

• Hemoglobal (International: Toronto, ON)

  Hemoglobal is a fully registered charitable organization working to provide medical equipment and treatment to Sri Lankan children with thalassemia, an inherited life-threatening blood disorder. Established in Toronto, Canada in 2004, Hemoglobal is made up of a team of concerned international thalassemia health professionals.

• Hope International Development Agency
  
  
• Horizons of Friendship

  Based in Cobourg, Ontario, the organization works on international development projects in Mexico and Central America. Self-help community development projects include safe water, health, housing and skills training.

• Human Concern International

  A Canadian charitable organization existing "to help alleviate human suffering". Since 1980 HCI has contributed over 20 million dollars towards facilitating long term development projects, and providing immediate relief assistance to many poor and strife torn countries. HCI's development projects have helped communities become more self-sufficient and the emergency assistance provided has helped communities in times of dire need.

• Humanity First Canada (International: Concord, ON)

  An international nonprofit organization whose aim is to help alleviate poverty, hunger and disease among the people of those parts of the world where humanity struggles for the basic needs of life.

• Initiatives of Change (Canada) (International: Ottawa, ON)

  Initiatives of Change Canada is the Canadian associate of a global network open to people of all nationalities, cultures, religions and beliefs who work toward change locally and globally, starting with change in their own lives.

• International Child Care (Mississauga, ON)

  Working in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this organization believes that health is an integral component of social, economic and ecological development; that societal inequities must be addressed; and that working toward the achievement of sustainable systems through participation and empowerment is the essential core strategy.

• International Children's Aid Network (ICAN) (Toronto, ON)

  ICAN is an international nonprofit organization working primarily in central Kenya, where we work closely with our sister organization ICROSS. We assist vulnerable communities in the western provinces, particularly children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

• International Children's Awareness (ICA) Canada (North Bay, ON)

  ICA Canada is committed to working in partnership with individuals, groups, and communities in order to assist people in developing nations to become self-sufficient and achieve their fundamental rights to health and education.

• International Development & Relief Foundation (IDRF) (Toronto, ON)

  IDRF is a registered Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering disadvantaged people through humanitarian programs based on the Islamic principles of human dignity, self-reliance, and social justice. Since its inception in 1985, it has been providing emergency relief and development assistance to people affected by natural disasters, war, and poverty.

• International Institute for Sustainable Development
  
  
• International Justice Mission Canada (International: London, ON)

  A human rights organization that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression. A multinational team of law enforcement professionals and a highly qualified legal staff conduct criminal investigations and collect evidence to rescue victims and bring perpetrators to justice.

• IN Network (International: Aldergrove, BC)

  A registered Christian charity working in more than 33 countries around the world with a focus on evangelism, leadership, and community development, via "indigenous" ministry. Helping people to serve God in their own country.

• International Programs of the YM-YWCA of Fredericton
  
  
• Inter Pares (International: Ottawa, ON)

  Since 1975, Inter Pares has built relationships of common cause with activist groups around the world who share our analysis that poverty and under-development are caused by structural inequalities among and within nations, and who are working to promote social and economic justice in their communities and societies.

• Ireland Fund of Canada

  A non-political, non-sectarian Canadian charity that funds community-level projects in North and South Ireland, and Irish projects here in Canada. The mission of the Ireland Fund is to be the largest worldwide network of people of Irish ancestry and friends of Ireland dedicated to raising funds to support programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community development.

• IRJA, Inc.

  Works to educate, to teach, to impart knowledge of every type and kind about Irian Jaya/West Papua. The organization works with the people of Irian Jaya/West Papua, particularly youth, by providing funds, resources and materials for the purpose of improving educational possibilities for the disadvantaged.

• Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) (National: Toronto, ON)

  A Canadian non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to raising general awareness of human rights issues in Africa by providing African journalists with the tools to report accurately and concretely about human rights issues. JHR's aim is to establish a number of programs, training seminars and newspaper supplements, increasing both the quality and quantity of human rights reporting. By empowering journalists to report on human rights issues, JHR hopes to increase the public's awareness and ability to protect their own, and others, rights.

• KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives (International: Toronto, ON)

  A partnership of 11 Canadian churches and church organizations dedicated to social justice in Canada and worldwide. With southern partners and 100 local groups, KAIROS advocates for economic and ecological justice, human rights, Aboriginal rights, and the rights of refugees.

• Leprosy Mission Canada (The) (International: North York, ON)

  Part of an international partnership of 25 independent councils raising funds that are used to bring the cure, Multi-Drug Therapy, to people affected by leprosy. We provide this care in approximately 30 countries, primarily within Asia and Africa. The money raised is used to provide diagnosis, treatment, follow-up care, as well as long-term training and assistance to those affected by leprosy, through our staff working on the front lines of care.

• Leprosy Relief Canada - Secours aux Lépreux Canada

  The organization was founded in 1961 with the mission of helping the victims of leprosy through medical and social actions. In the last 10 years, our mission has expanded to also promote and support the fight against tuberculosis through leprosy-tuberculosis combined projects.

• Librarians Without Borders (International: London, ON)

  Librarians Without Borders (LWB) is a nonprofit organization that strives to improve access to information resources regardless of language, geography, or religion, by forming partnerships with community organizations in developing regions.

• LifeCorps International (International: Richmond Hill, ON)

  A Canadian charity providing relief from poverty, supporting sustainable development, and elevating the standard of living for those in need, regardless of race, gender, or religious background within Canada and the world at large.

• Lifewater Canada

  Lifewater Canada is a non-profit organization of people from across Canada who are bound together by a common desire to ensure that people everywhere have access to adequate supplies of safe water.

• Light Up The World Foundation (International: Calgary, AB)

  Light Up The World Foundation is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to provide funding and facilitation for the development of renewable energy based solid state lighting for the world’s poor and underserved. The foundation's vision is to work to provide affordable, safe, healthy, efficient, and environmentally responsible renewable energy based solid state lighting solutions to the two billion people worldwide currently without access to proper lighting.

• Little Voice Foundation (International: Ottawa, ON)

  The Little Voice Foundation is dedicated to joining forces with local communities in developing countries in order to create sustainable projects that are run by the people for the people. It focuses on four broad areas: education, health care, housing and hospice facilities.

• Marquis Project

  A charitable not-for-profit organization based in Brandon in southwestern Manitoba. We have three main activities: we work with community development organizations in Central America and East Africa on small-scale projects that are mainly youth oriented, agricultural and environmental; we run many educational programs in Brandon and rural Manitoba on global issues; and we operate a fair trade craft shop in downtown Brandon that sells crafts from around the world, some food products, books and magazines and many unique gift items.

• MATCH International Centre

  Established in 1976, MATCH is the only international development agency in Canada devoted exclusively to promoting women's equal participation in development. It supports innovative projects developed by women from countries of the South in response to what they perceive to be their own priorities.

• MBAs Without Borders (International: Toronto, ON)

  MBAs Without Borders (MWB) was founded in Canada in 2004. Our mission is to contribute to the business and social development of upcoming nations through work rotations of MBA professionals. We develop projects within three industries: Healthcare, Agriculture and Financial. Within these industries, we partner MBAs with local businesses, international businesses and NGOs working to not only develop businesses, but also…people and nations!

• McGill Middle East Program in Civil Society and Peace Building

  The program's goal is to improve the living conditions of the poor and disadvantaged in the region. It works through its Institutional Partners, which operate community-based Centres, in low-income neighbourhoods. McGill provides post-graduate social work training to its Partner-sponsored candidates. Relationships are built and nurtured through the program's International Executive Committee, as well as through regional meetings and professional development activities for staff at each of the Centres.

• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders

  MSF is the world's largest independent emergency medical relief organization consisting of 19 sections around the world. Since its establishment in 1991, MSF-Canada has sent more than 500 Canadian volunteers to work in emergency medical aid projects amidst conflicts, epidemics or natural disasters in over 80 countries. MSF has no political or religious affiliations.

• Mennonite Central Committee
  
  
• Mennonite Economic Development Associates

  MEDA works to forge a connection between the Christian faith and daily work in the business world.

• Mercy Ships Canada (Victoria, BC)

  A global charity that has operated a growing fleet of hospital ships in developing nations since 1978.  Following the example of Jesus, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide.

• Micro-Recyc-Cooperation (International: Montreal, QC)

  A social economy organization that collects used computers and accessories from communities in Canada, in order to give them a second life in developing countries, while also providing training to young Montrealers.
  
  Organisme d'économie sociale solidaire qui recueille du matériel informatique (ordinateurs et pièces) au Canada pour leur donner une seconde vie dans les pays pauvres tout en offrant aux jeunes adultes Montréalais un milieu de stage en emploi.

• Mir Movement (International: Brights Grove, ON)

  The mission of Mir Movement is to encourage all people to work for peace in their lives and the world at large. Mir Movement believes that, regardless of one's race, religion, nationality or culture, we all benefit from working towards a global peace and the reconciliation of humankind to one another.

• Monde Solidarité pour l'Afrique

  The goal of this organization is to work in Africa providing food, clothing, shelter, and medical care to the most desperate populations.

• Na'amat Canada (International: Montreal, QC)

  Na'amat Canada is part of a worldwide progressive women's organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for women, children and families in Israel. Our members across Canada are instrumental in planning community programs and fundraising events, supporting daycares and other facilities.

• New Hope Schools Society (Victoria, BC)

  A registered Canadian charity formed for the purpose of raising funds to build schools in rural areas of developing nations. Our pilot projet is a school in progress in a village in rural Uganda.

• New Israel Fund Canada
  
  
• Nile Basin Society

  The NBS aims to foster just development in Nile Basin countries through aid and donations, relations with Canadian business, media and NGOs, improving communication capabilities and access to information and by linking Canadian residents of Nile Basin origin.

• Nishkam Sikh Welfare Organization, Canada (Mississauga, ON)

  Our mission is to work towards the provision of basic requirements, such as proper housing, education, and support for impoverished communities and families in India so that they might live a life of dignity.

• Nonviolent Peaceforce Canada (International: Ottawa, ON)

  Nonviolent Peaceforce Canada is a member organization of an international initiative to establish a standing "peace army", ready to respond to requests to provide a nonviolent international presence where it will help reduce violence and allow local people striving to achieve peace and justice to continue their important work.

• One Sky - The Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living (International: Smithers, BC)

  An environmental NGO that works on human security and environment issues nationally and in partnership with organizations in Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Nigeria.

• Operation Eyesight Universal

  A Canadian charity which treats and prevents blindness through international development partners in Asia, Africa and South America.

• Operation Rainbow Canada

  A non-profit organization which funds and organizes volunteer medical teams to go to developing countries to perform free reconstructive surgery on children, mainly, with cleft lip and palate, burn contractures and other debilitating conditions.

• Opportunity International Canada (Toronto, ON)

  A non-profit Christian organization that specializes in microenterprise development (MED). Each year, it gives out 125,000 loans to the poorest of the poor around the world for them to start small businesses and improve their lives and communities.

• Ottawa Friends of Tibet (Ottawa, ON)

  OFT is a non-political group with a mission to build partnerships with other charities, so that we might together serve disadvantaged Tibetan people in India, Nepal and Tibet, as well as increasing public recognition and appreciation of Tibet's unique culture.

• OXFAM Canada

  Works with over 125 African, Latin American and Caribbean partner organizations to develop self-reliant and sustainable communities that will improve people's basic living conditions as they work to overcome poverty and powerlessness.

• OXFAM - Québec
  
  
• Palyul Namdroling Foundation Canada

  Established in 1996, the Palyul Namdroling Foundation is primarily dedicated to the support, care, and education of some 650 Tibetan, Nepali and Bhutanese primary school age children residing at Namdroling Monastery in Byla Kuppe, South India. The Foundation supplies funds towards clothing, food, medicine, upkeep of facilities, and educational needs of the children.

• Para el Mundo (PaM) (International: Toronto, ON)

  Para el Mundo (PaM) is a nonprofit organization consisting of two sister organizations, PaM Peru and PaM Canada. PaM works with the small community of Máncora, Peru, to create sustainable, locally-run initiatives in the areas of community health, social services, and education.

• Participatory Development Forum

  An international network of development practitioners, NGOs, action-researchers, private sector representatives and policy makers committed to promoting a philosophy of participation that advocates for people's capacity and right to define and control their own development, in order to achieve social justice and equality.

• Partnership Africa Canada (International: Ottawa, ON)

  Partnership Africa Canada works to strengthen African and Canadian efforts in research and policy dialogue relating to sustainable human development in Africa; facilitate, among African, Canadian and international decision-makers, the adoption and implementation of policies that foster sustainable human development in Africa; and promote greater understanding of and commitment to sustainable human development in Africa.

• Peace Brigades International

  On invitation, PBI sends teams of volunteers into areas of political repression and conflict. In these areas, PBI provides international, non-partisan observers in situations of conflict and crisis, fosters reconciliation and dialog among conflicting parties, and offers education and training in non-violence. Organizers are currently working in Columbia, Haiti, The Balkans, North America, Guatemala, and Mexico.

• Peaceweb
  
  
• Pearson Peacekeeping Centre

  The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre is a Canadian based, international research and educational organization. Our mandate is to support and enhance the Canadian contribution to international peace, security and stability. An integral part of the Centre is an Internship Programme providing Canadian and international university students and recent graduates, who have an interest in peacekeeping and international affairs, with work experience and exposure to the activities of the Centre.

• Pediatric Aids Canada (International: Kilworthy, ON)

  Our mission is to improve the lives of children and youth struggling with the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We provide cost-effective relief, services, medical and social support, education, and advocacy to help these victims achieve their full life potential.

• Pencils for Kids (International: Markham, ON)

  Pencils for Kids strives to give every child the opportunity to dream. As a not for profit grass roots organization, they believe in the power of creating connections through small scale projects. Pencils for Kids focuses on one community at a time lifting children from poverty through education.

• Plan Canada (International: Toronto, ON)

  Plan is an international, humanitarian, child-centred development organization without religious, political or governmental affiliations.

• Planeterra Foundation (International: Toronto, ON)

  The Planeterra Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of people and communities around the world through support of community projects, local organizations, and international charities. The foundation was developed by G.A.P Adventures, a Canadian adventure travel company that offers environmentally, culturally and socially responsible tours worldwide.

• Potters Without Borders (International: Enderby, BC)

  A registered nonprofit association that is researching ceramic water filter technology as part of a solution to waterborne disease. It is part of an international nonprofit network providing socially responsible assistance to pottery groups and individuals and provides support for field technicians responding to direct requests to develop filter manufacturing facilities overseas.

• Presbyterian World Service & Development

  The mandate of PWS&D is to act as the agency within The Presbyterian Church in Canada for undertaking development activities, disaster relief and education of congregations to these world-wide needs.

• Project Brotherhood Society

  A charitable organization that enables teens to travel to Mexico to do works of charity. Other projects include international disaster relief and helping the needy in Canada.

• Project H.A.N.D.S. (International: Lions Bay, BC)

  We are a Canadian-based, nonprofit organization currently working in the rural regions of Guatemala, with plans to spread worldwide. We create sustainable change through projects that provide healthcare, education and development.

• Pueblito Canada

  is a non-governmental organization that promotes the well-being of children in Latin America. Pueblito supports community groups in Brazil, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua that actively organize around children's issues, including child care, education and health. In Canada, Pueblito works to make Canadians more aware of the causes of poverty and child abandonment and encourages people to exercise global responsibility.

• Right to Play (International: Toronto, ON)

  Right To Play is a humanitarian, non-governmental organization committed to improving the lives of the most disadvantaged children and their communities through Sport for Development. Right To Play runs sport and play programs in 20 countries throughout Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

• Rose Charities

  is a registered nonprofit charitable organization specializing in teaching and implementing low cost, sustainable rehabilitation surgery for disabled people. Our main project is in Cambodia. Typical focus areas are land-mine injuries, cleft lip and palate repair, sight restoration, birth deformities, old traumatic injury and polio victims, club feet and acid attack victims.

• Ryan's Well Foundation (International: Kemptville, ON)

  Our mission is to provide clean water, proper sanitation facilities and related hygiene education to water-poor people in developing countries through engagement with local partners. We strive to educate individuals, schools and community groups on the importance of clean water for all.

• Sahan Relief and Development Organization (SRADO) (International: Ottawa, ON)

  The main purpose of SRADO's existence is to facilitate and promote sustainable improvement in the social and the economic conditions of the civil society in the Sanaag region of Somalia.

• Samaritan's Purse Canada (International: Calgary, AB)

  An international Christian relief and development organization providing aid to victims of war, disease, disaster, poverty, famine and persecution. The charity also operates the well-known 'Operation Christmas Child' shoe box gift and 'Turn on the Tap' biosand water filter programs.

• SalvAide

  SalvAide has more than 15 years of experience working in solidarity with the people of rural El Salvador. Our mission is to promote economic and social justice. Through local partners, we support human rights, capacity building, education, health and small business initiatives. Canadians can be involved fostering people-to-people links and raising awareness and funds for the organization's programs.

• Save A Family Plan (International: London, ON)

  SAFP is a Canadian-based international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1965 by Monsignor Augustine Kandathil. SAFP is committed to seeking justice and working with the marginalized and poor of India regardless of caste, creed, gender or political affiliation.

• Save the Children Canada

  Save the Children Canada fights for children's rights. Save the Children Canada (SCC) works both in Canada and around the world bringing immediate and lasting improvements to children's lives through the realization of their rights. SCC is a non-political, non-religious organization committed to promoting long-term development at the grassroots level through partnership with local communities, government bodies and international organizations.

• Schools for Asia Educational Foundation (Abbotsford, BC)

  A small, grassroots organization aimed at helping third world students make a positive difference in their communities by equipping them with interpersonal and technical skills, critical thinking, and a desire to serve others.

• Seva Service Society

  Seva has played a key role in the development of innovative blindness prevention and sight restoration programs in Asia. The overall goal of Seva's work in blindness prevention is to save and restore sight through sustainable, locally run programs in India, Nepal and Tibet.

• Society for International Development - Ottawa-Gatineau Chapter

  Created in 1957, the Society for International Development (SID) is a unique global network of individuals and institutions concerned with development that is participatory, pluralistic, and sustainable. The mission of SID Ottawa-Gatineau is to provide a forum for knowledge sharing on issues of development, globalization and human security.

• SOS Children's Villages of Canada

  Provides children in need with a caring, loving and lifetime secure family environment where basic needs for food, health, shelter and education are met.

• South Asia Partnership (SAP) Canada

  An association of Canadian organizations working together with South Asian partners to support sustainable human development in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Canada.

• Spirale Group (International: Quebec City, QC)

  The Spirale Group's mission is to develop socio-economic projects in Nicaragua by providing financial support and by sending Canadians interns. It is a collaboration with CCOAR - Community Center Oscar Arnulfo Romero - in Nicaragua.

• STAND Canada (International: Toronto, ON)

  Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) Canada is a national student organization dedicated to inspiring student activism and advocacy addressing the crisis in Darfur. Its goal is to strengthen and focus the voice of Canadians - beginning with students - demanding leadership from the Canadian government to end the atrocities in Darfur.

• Synergie Agissante (Synag) (International: Ontario)

  Synergie Agissante is a nonprofit organization committed to three main topics: sustainable development, fair trade and the fight against slavery. Synergie Agissante activities are centred on education, communication, capacity building, advocacy and lobbying.

• Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity (TEMBO) (International: Ottawa, ON)

  Project TEMBO works in partnership with Tanzanian NGOs to provide education opportunities primarily, but not exclusively, for girls, and adult literacy and small business opportunities for women in rural northern Tanzania.

• Terre Sans Frontieres

  A non-profit organisation working since 1981 in the sphere of international cooperation. It is concerned mainly with assisting local partners on the African continent with their development projects. Since 1993, it has extended its activities to emergency humanitarian aid.

• Third World Awareness (TWA) (International: Toronto, ON)

  Third World Awareness brings post secondary students and newly employed young adults to developing nations for direct contact and learning with and from the poor. The purpose is to expose them to the realities of life for those living in third world poverty. The group adheres to a non-denominational/non-discriminatory philosophy. No young person with a true desire is refused.

• Tools For Humanity (International: Edmonton, AB)

  Tools for Humanity is a grassroots humanitarian organization dedicated to casting light on the causes of poverty, famine, and war around the world. Its goal is to increase the participation of marginalized individuals in the economic and social development of their communities.

• Tractors For Our Daily Bread Canada (International: Toronto, ON)

  A registered charitable not-for-profit organization that accepts donated farm equipment, medical devices, computers and other technological tools that are refurbished here in Canada and donated overseas to African farmers, medical clinics, schools and grassroots NGOs to combat poverty, AIDS, and illiteracy and promote sustainable community development.

• Uhuru Youth Center for African Arts (International: Edmonton, AB)

  We are a nonprofit organization that seeks to stop the cycle of poverty and unemployment in Tanzania by providing the basics of education and marketable skills in the arts to underprivileged youth.

• Unicef Canada

  Our organization works for the survival, protection and development of all children worldwide through education, advocacy and fundraising.

• United Nations Association in Canada
  
  
• Uniting Children, Communities and Nations (UCCAN) (International)

  UCCAN is part of a Canadian charity dedicated to helping children in Madagascar. The organization works with a variety of Malagasy-run projects that reach out to abandoned, orphaned and impoverished children, providing shelter, food and education.

• Urgent Action for Democracy and Development (International: Toronto, ON)

  UADD is a Canadian nonprofit organization devoted to improving democracy and international development. UADD makes this possible by direct public and stakeholder involvement through a varied line of projects that include research and direct action, and focuses from technology to social issues.

• USC Canada

  Founded in 1945 by Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova, USC offers programmes in Africa and Asia that address important issues including food security, environmental protection, income generation, community development and education and training.

• Ve'ahavta

  Ve'ahavta is a non-profit organization established in 1996 and registered in Canada and the United States. Its goal is to play a role in Tikun Olam, repairing the world, through the Canadian Jewish community and partnerships with other NGOs and worldwide organizations. Ve'ahavta hopes to accomplish this through our Jewish Peace Corps and International and local humanitarian and relief programs, response to global crisis and an educational arm

• Village Assist Ridge Meadows Society (International: Pitt Meadows, BC)

  A nonprofit charitable society set up after the 2004 tsunami. The society is focused on helping the village of Kinniya on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka by building 100 homes there in the next ten years.

• Village Education and Development Society (VEDS) (International: London, ON)

  A nonprofit development organization that facilitates the implementation of village-based sustainable development projects in the villages of Vellore, India.

• VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) Canada

  VSO Canada is the Canadian partner of VSO, the world's largest independent volunteer-sending agency. Since the founding of VSO in 1958, more than 29,000 volunteers have worked alongside people in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. Volunteers work in the areas of education, health, natural resources, business and social development, technical trades, and more; sharing skills and changing lives.

• WaterCan

  WaterCan helps citizens of developing countries build sustainable water supply and sanitation services, and encourages Canadians to lend support.

• World Accord

  Established in 1980, World Accord is a nonprofit international development organization. We work with partners in Canada and overseas to provide educational and self-help programs for the poor in the developing world. World Accord works at the grassroots to help provide services that will allow our program participants to raise their standard of living in a sustainable manner.

• World Fit for Children (International: Toronto, ON)

  An international children's charity dedicated to helping kids in the developing world. We build schools, medical facilities, and shelters for children, and provide relief measures and aid such as food, medication, water, and clothing. We also initiate campaigns and advocate on children's rights.

• World Literacy of Canada

  Promotes international development and social justice in South Asia and Canada through the funding of community based programs that emphasize literacy and nonformal education. Particular attention is given to the needs of disadvantaged women.

• World Relief Canada (International: Markham, ON)

  World Relief Canada works with local networks of Christians around the world to meet the needs of people caught in the cycle of physical and spiritual poverty regardless of their race or religious beliefs.

• World Vision Canada

  Providing relief and development activities around the world. In addition to providing the critical element of ongoing financial support through child sponsorship, many individuals also become personally involved as volunteers and employees, working both in Canada and overseas.

• World University Service of Canada

  A non-profit, non-governmental organization which involves Canadians in international development. WUSC is a network of individuals and postsecondary institutions who believe that all peoples are entitled to the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to a more equitable world. WUSC's mission is to foster sustainable human development and global understanding through education and training.

• Youth Challenge International

  Youth Challenge International combines community development, health promotion and environmental education in adventurous projects conducted by international teams of volunteers aged 18-25 years. Youth participants come from every region of Canada and represent all walks of life. International programs take place throughout each year in both Guyana and Costa Rica.

• Youth Life International Relief (International: Toronto, ON)

  Our mission is to improve the quality of life of children and youth in the rural areas of developing countries, both in their homes and in the communities they live in, through community development.

• Yubu Development Agency (International: Saskatoon, SK)

  Capacity building and awareness raising in Southern Sudan with attention to gender issues and sustainability, providing healthcare, economic and social development, clean water through training in well drilling, education and technical training, and self-sufficiency through income generating projects.

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