Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(www.
redcross.org/what-we
do )
Doctors without borders
- help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency
medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion
from health
care. (www.doctorswithoutborders
.org/about-us )
Green Peace
- independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes
and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote
peace.
- Catalysing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our
planet: climate
change.
(www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/
)
YWCA / YMCA
- eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice,
freedom, and dignity for all. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
YWCA_USA )
- worldwide organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 57
million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.
(h ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
YMCA )
CAVEAT ( Canadians against violence )
- non-partisan voice for all Canadians, working together for safety, peace,
and justice. (http://www.caveat.org/ )
Goodwill Industries
- strengthening communities, eliminating barriers to opportunity, and helping
people in need reach their full potential through learning and the power of
work. (http://www.goodwill.org/about-us/ )
- provides job training, employment placement services, and other
community-based programs for people who have barriers preventing them
from otherwise obtaining a job.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Goodwill_Industries )
Street Kids International
- help street youth worldwide develop business skills and health knowledge
to better their lives.
(https://www.charityintelligence.ca/charity-details/105-street-kids-internatio
nal )
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
(NAACP)
- to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without
discrimination based on race. (http://www.naacp.org/about-us/ )
- address the major areas of inequality facing African Americans that are the
focus of the NAACPs work. (http://www.naacp.org/about-us/ )
Oxfam
- to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of
poverty and thrive. (https://www.oxfam.org/en/about )
- save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes. And we
campaign so that the voices of the poor influence the local and global
decisions that affect them. (https://www.oxfam.org/en/about )
International PEN