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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
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.
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.
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.
Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD) was a non-partisan, citizen action group that
emerged in December 1996 to oppose provincially-imposed municipal amalgamation on
seven Toronto-area municipalities. C4LD was also involved in a wide range of other
issues, notably provincial initiatives to radically restructure the education and health
systems of Ontario. At C4LD's peak, between February and April 1997, 1,500 to 2,000
people met weekly in downtown churches; several hundred subscribed to listservs; and
thousands of visits were made weekly to the group's Web Site. C4LD was instrumental in
pushing for and winning six local referenda on the megacity (on March 3, 1997, 76%
voted against amalgamation), as well as pushing for public hearings on Bill 103 where
dozens of individual citizens, as well as local politicians and representatives of various
organizations, spoke against amalgamation. Ultimately, however, C4LD failed to stop
amalgamation, which went into effect on January 1, 1998.
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www.redcross.ca/about"us/about"the"canadian"red"cross
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/about-us
http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/About-us/
https://ymcagta.org/about-us
https://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/request/Action?SystemName=City+of+Toronto+A
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Kids_International
http://goodwillindustries.ca/about/
https://www.oxfam.ca/about
http://www.pen-international.org/who-we-are/