NON-GOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS
(N.G.OS)
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.( red cross web site )
Doctors Without Borders : Amid the Parisian upheavals of May 1968,
a group of young doctors decided to go and help victims of wars and major
disasters. This new brand of humanitarianism would reinvent the concept of
emergency aid. They were to become Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF), known
internationally in English as Doctors Without Borders. (doctor without
border web site)
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.( green peace web site)
YWCA/YMCA : The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA is Ottawas
leading resource for health, fitness and recreation, child care, camping and
outdoor education, and social services. ( ywca/ymca web site )
Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD) : Many organizations
struggle to gather meaningful input from their constituents. We convene
diverse groups in structured education and democratic deliberation
scenarios, generating structured feedback to help you solve pressing issues.
We offer our expertise to public and private institutions to advance
engagement that promotes knowledge and personal agency, not confusion
and apathy. (Jefferson Center )
CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence) : We help women in
Canada to move out of violence by funding emergency shelters, support

programs, and effective follow-up programs. We also invest in school-based

violence-prevention programs, where girls and boys learn how to stop the
violence for good. ( Canadian womans violence).
Goodwill Industries : Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing
millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in
developing countries. (plan Canada web site)
Street Kids International : For over 75 years, Children International
has been providing critical assistance to children and families struggling in
terrible poverty. Through our one-to-one child sponsorship Program, we
reduce the burden of poverty on impoverished children, invest in their
potential and provide them with opportunities to grow up healthy, educated
and prepared to succeed and contribute to society. ( children international )
National

Association for the Advancement of Colored

People (NAACP) : The mission of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social,
and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based
discrimination. ( NAAPC web site)
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. ( Oxfam Canada web site )
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. ( international pen web site)

Amnesty International : We uncover the truth about human rights

abuses, and mobilize individuals to take action so that human rights abuses
are stopped, individuals and communities are protected, and perpetrators of
human rights violations are brought to justice. ( amnesty International web
site )