Resources and Ideas for Action
The Alberta Council for Global Cooperation
The Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) is a coalition of voluntary sector organizations located in Alberta, working locally and globally to achieve sustainable human development.
The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
CAWST, the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, provides training and consulting to organizations that work directly with populations in developing countries who lack access to clean water and basic sanitation.
Wavemakers – The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
CAWST’s Youth Wavemakers is a unique program dedicated to youth. Wavemakers informs, engages, encourages action, and celebrates the impact that youth are having on local and global water issues.
Work and Volunteer Opportunities for Students
Through various initiatives, Youth Central provides youth the opportunity to volunteer, serve on steering committees, voice their opinions to business leaders and politicians, learn about the diversity in their community, serve on a youth foundation and develop citizenship skills.
World Vision CONNECT is your space for the ideas and tools to build a better world for children.
John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights
Named for John Peters Humphrey, the principle drafter of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the John Humphrey Centre (JHC) was created based on the belief that the struggle for human rights is never conclusively won, requiring continuous need to reinforce these rights. The goal of the JHC is to see the universal implementation of human rights through teaching and education of all people, focusing specifically on children and youth. Using the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a framework, the Centre seeks for universal recognition, understanding, promotion and protection of human rights, essential to maintaining and advancing peace, ultimately for the purpose of creating an everlasting culture of peace and human rights.
Change for Children Association promotes action for systemic change and sustainable development through solidarity and partnership, by nurturing community, and by maintaining an integral, vital and stable organization.
The primary goals of the organization are to free children from poverty and exploitation and free young people from the notion that they are powerless to affect positive change in the world.
The festival showcases youth concerns and ideas about sustainability through the arts.
CHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods.
Engineers Without Borders is a movement of professional engineers, students, overseas volunteer staff, and supporters across Canada. We believe that the next generation of rural Africans should have the same opportunities to improve their lives, that we have right here at home.
Impact aims to foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among high school and university students. The view at Impact is that the entrepreneurship embodies something bigger than just starting a business–-a mind-set towards life that can help achieve any dream.
Canada's Democracy Week (September 12–16, 2011) celebrates Canada's democratic system and promotes the importance of civic education and engagement.
Volunteer Calgary has been helping people get involved in their community for over half a century.
Immigrants and their families participate fully in an integrated and cohesive Canadian society.
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan
CW4WAfghan is a volunteer solidarity network founded in 1996. It began as a small volunteer network committed to supporting the empowerment of Afghan women and girls.
The Red Cross network is vast but our approach is simple. All Red Cross programs and activities are guided by the fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. These principles allow us to provide help immediately to whoever needs it, wherever they are, whatever their race, political beliefs, religion, social status or culture.
An International Relief and Development Organization which strives to empower communities and individuals in disadvantaged regions to overcome poverty and improve quality of life. Working in West Africa and Central America, the development priorities of CAUSE include: primary health care; water and sanitation; reforestation; gender-specific development; and micro-enterprise projects.
Cuso International promotes 21st Century volunteering to fight poverty and disadvantage. The reasons for global poverty are complex, but we believe volunteering can help build the ‘social infrastructure’ – the individual skills and institutional capacity – that is so important to any nation’s future.
Drawing on the strengths of Indigenous culture, the wisdom of the Elders, with the philosophy of love and respect for the Earth and all peoples, Ghost River Rediscovery aims at empowering people of all ages and cultures to discover the natural world, the worlds between cultures and the worlds within themselves.
Global, Environmental and Outdoor Educators’ Council
To promote quality professional development for teachers in the area of global, environmental and outdoor education.
www.justicefilmfestival.ca
Marda Loop Social Justice Film Festival
The Marda Loop Justice Film Festival is a documentary film festival and a hub of global citizen engagement promoting understanding of justice issues and advocating for the wellbeing of local and global neighbours.
Committed to creating the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty in Canada and the world.
UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) is one of the world’s best recognized charities and a leading advocate for children, helping to build a world where the rights of every child are realized. Unique among world organizations and among those working with the young, UNICEF has the global authority to influence decision-makers and the grassroots partnerships to turn innovative, life-saving ideas into reality.