December 3rd, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Street Health is a non-profit community-based agency providing physical and mental health programs to homeless and underhoused individuals in the southeast core of Toronto. Our work is focussed on the neighbourhood around Dundas and Sherbourne Streets, which has the largest concentration of homeless shelters and drop-in centres in Canada. The area is [...]
November 18th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
CPAR Study Tour is a great opportunity to experience development on a grassroots level.
On the Study Tour you will meet with local communities; learn about CPAR’s health and development programs being implemented by those communities; meet with local officials and health professionals; enjoy some of the world’s most amazing wildlife; and see [...]
November 12th, 2009 Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries.
Founded in 1937 as Foster Parents Plan, we are one of the world’s oldest and largest international development agencies, working in partnership with millions of people around the world to end global poverty. [...]
October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Getting back into school can be difficult when you aren’t living at home anymore. It’s also hard to get back into it when school didn’t go well in the past.
We have teachers who can work with you one-on-one at your pace.
You can get regular Grade 9-12 high school credits in math, English [...]
October 16th, 2009 Posted by Tanya Hutchens
Red Cross volunteers have been providing for immediate needs of those affected by a tornado that touched down in the City of Vaughan during the evening of August 20.
“More than 20 volunteers have been deployed to support this relief effort and we have placed volunteers on standby from surrounding areas as [...]
August 31st, 2009 Some big changes are happening at a secondary school just outside of Karatu in Tanzania thanks to a group of spirited Canadians.
Awet Secondary School has been very popular for years thanks to dedicated staff members that have made it one of the highest performing schools in its District. Its rural location just outside of Kambi [...]
August 31st, 2009 The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life is a celebration of survival and a tribute to the lives of loved ones who have been touched by cancer. In 2008, for the first time in its history, Relay For Life raised more than $50 million for cancer research, and information and support services. Live [...]
August 31st, 2009 Trusting in God: Epp and McComiskey
“Being able to trust in God is an essential part of Christian leadership,” said Reverend Ardith Frey to a crowd of over 100 people at the Commissioning Service for Edwin (Ed) Epp and Dave McComiskey on June 12th at Springvale Baptist Church, Stouffville.
Marion Mills, Chair, cbm Canada Board of [...]
August 19th, 2009 posted by Tanya Hutchens
McDonald’s markets its food to children by packaging it in brightly colored boxes with enclosed toys, but most kids would probably lose their lunch if they knew about the animal suffering that goes into the company’s “Happy Meals.” That’s why PETA created Unhappy Meals to make sure that families know that the [...]
August 19th, 2009 The Issue
There are 37 million blind people and a further 135 million people with serious visual impairment in the world today.
If urgent action [...]