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Red Cross / Red Crescent: is a Canadian humanitarian charitable
organization and one of 189 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
The mission of the Canadian Red Cross is to improve the lives of vulnerable
people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Red_Cros)
Doctors Without Borders: is an international humanitarian-aid nongovernmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known
for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic
diseases.
Green Peace :
An organization devoted to environmental activism,

founded in the United States and Canada in 1971.
has employed passive resistance in opposition to commercial whaling, the
dumping of toxic waste into the sea, and nuclear testing. It is an example of an
NGO.
YWCA/YMCA:
is a movement of women working for social and

economic change around the world. It advocates for young womens leadership,
peace, justice, human rights and sustainable development, both on a grassroots
and global scale. It is the largest womens organization in the world, and the
second oldest organization of its kind, second only to the Relief Society The
organization is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YWC)
Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD)L: Used to describe

records and published works dealing with the ad hoc group of local activists
formed to protest the Ontario government's Bill 103 in December 1996, which
lead to the amalgamation of the seven former municipalities within Metropolitan
Toronto. (https://gencat4.eloquentsystems.com/webcat/request/Action?ClientSession=5b79eeb8:1521aad0669:7f9b&TemplateProcessID=null&TemplateProcessID=6002_915_915&PromptID
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CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence): CAVEAT is a grass-roots

charitable organization serving as a non-partisan voice for all Canadians, working
together for safety, peace, and justice.
Our
means of support is a community of Canadian shaken by senseless acts of violence and

injustice. Our membership consists of victims, the general public, and includes a large youth
contingent. The fact that over 80% of our members are not yet direct victims of violent crime
gives our work balance and perspective. It shows that Canadians are deeply concerned about
crime and public safety. http://www.caveat.org/
Goodwill Industries: Goodwill Industries is a non-profit social enterprise

that provides work opportunities, skills development and employee and family
strengthening for those who face barriers such as disability or social
disadvantage. The aim is to advance individuals, families and communities
toward economic self-sufficiency and prosperity.
http://goodwillindustries.ca/our-story/
Street Kids International:
is a Canadian based non-governmental

organization founded by Peter Dalglish and Frank O'Dea in 1988.[1] The
organization focuses on providing street youth with the opportunity to lead safer
and better lives through three main programmer avenues: street health, street
work and street rights. In 2008, Street Kids International expanded its operations
to the United Kingdom with Street Kids International UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Kids_International
National Association for the Advancement of Colored

People (NAACP):
is an African-American civil rights organization formed in 1909 by Moorfield
Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois. Its mission is "to ensure the
political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to
eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination".Its name, retained in accordance
with tradition, uses the once common term colored people.
The NAACP bestows the annual Image Awards for achievement in the arts and
entertainment, and the annual Spingarn Medals for outstanding positive
achievement of any kind, on deserving Black Americans. It has its headquarters
in Baltimore, Maryland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Col
ored_People
Oxfam:
is an international confederation of 17 organisations working in approximately

94 countries worldwide to find solutions topoverty and what it considers injustice around the
world.[1] In all Oxfam's actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights
and manage their own lives. Oxfam works directly with communities and seeks to influence
the powerful, to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a
say in decisions that affect them. Each organization (affiliate) works together internationally
to achieve a greater impact through collective efforts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam
International PEN: is a worldwide association of writers, founded in

London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among
writers everywhere. The association has autonomous International PEN centers
in over 100 countries.
Other goals included: to emphasize the role of literature in the development of
mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and
to act as a powerful voice on behalf of writers harassed, imprisoned and
sometimes killed for their views.
PEN originally stood for "Poets, Essayists and Novelists, but now includes writers
of any form of literature, such as journalists and historians.
It is the world's oldest human rights organization and the oldest international
literary organization.[citation needed]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN_International
Amnesty International (Video): is a non-governmental

organisation focused on human rights with over 7 million members and
supporters around the world. The stated objective of the organisation is "to
conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of
human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International

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Red Cross / Red Crescent: is a Canadian humanitarian charitable

An organization devoted to environmental activism,

is a movement of women working for social and

Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD)L: Used to describe

CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence): CAVEAT is a grass-roots

means of support is a community of Canadian shaken by senseless acts of violence and

Goodwill Industries: Goodwill Industries is a non-profit social enterprise

Street Kids International:

is a Canadian based non-governmental

National Association for the Advancement of Colored

is an international confederation of 17 organisations working in approximately

International PEN: is a worldwide association of writers, founded in

Amnesty International (Video): is a non-governmental

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