Related Links
Engaging with like-minded organizations and institutions in Canada and on the African continent strengthens the work of Canada-Africa Development and Relief Agency (CADRA). To help build connections, we offer the following links to web pages, web sites and resources provided by allied organizations and others with useful information on issues related to Africa and CADRA's priority campaigns.
CANADA
Africa Community Technical Services (ACTS)
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.
www.acts.ca
African Fair Trade Society
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.
www.africanfairtradesociety.com
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.
www.akfc.ca
ASK - Action of Solidarity for Scientific Knowledge and Research
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.
www.asskr.org
Athletes for Africa
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.
www.athletesforafrica.com
C4L Canada
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.
www.c4lc.org
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 Wets 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.
www.cciorg.ca
Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief
A non-profit, 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 grassroots organizations become increasingly self reliant, and informs Canadians about the global effort for health and development.
www.cpar.ca
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.
www.redcross.ca
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 innovate 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.
www.care.ca
Coptic Orphans Canada
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.
www.copticorphans.org
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.
www.cuso.org
Fair Aid Society
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.
www.fairaidsociety.org
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.
www.farmershelpingfarmers.ca
Health Partners International
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.
www.hpicanada.org
Journalists for Human Rights
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.
www.jhr.ca
Leprosy Mission Canada
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.
www.leprosy.ca
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.
www.lifewater.ca
New Hope Schools Society
A registered Canadian charity formed for the purpose of raising funds to build schools in rural areas of developing nations. Our pilot project is a school in progress in a village in rural Uganda.
www.newhopeschoolssociety.com
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.
www.nilebasin.com
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 living conditions as they work to overcome poverty and powerlessness.
www.oxfam.ca
Partnership Africa Canada
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.
www.pacweb.org
Right to Play
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.
www.righttoplay.com
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.
www.savethechildren.ca
Unicef Canada
Our organization works for the survival, protection and development of all children worldwide through education, advocacy and fundraising.
www.unicef.ca
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.
www.usc-canada.org
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.
www.vsocan.org
