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March 9, 2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
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March 11, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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March 16, 2010 - 9:00am - March 18, 2010 - 5:00pm
Our Members
BCCIC member agencies support projects overseas and/or promote an understanding of global development through education:
Examples are:
- Overseas projects in the sectors of primary health care, rural and community development, educational support, technical training and small business development.
- Emergency international relief programs
- Primary, secondary, post-secondary and community education focusing on global development issues (speakers, workshops and courses, and print and audio-visual materials)
- Overseas opportunities for BC residents as active participants in development activities
- Many members focus exclusively on international development, while others include international development as one component among their various objectives.
BCCIC stays in touch with its membership through regularly scheduled membership meetings. If you would like more information about membership with BCCIC, please contact us.
Current Organizational Members
The organizations listed here are all working towards a common purpose - to achieve a more equitable world through their involvement in overseas projects, global education and/or public awareness in British Columbia.
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| Africa Community Technical Service (ACTS) |
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The Africa Community Technical Service is a Christian technical mission currently at work in Uganda, East Africa. Volunteers assist rural communities in achieving their development goals in cooperation with the local church and other grassroots organizations. |
| African Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES) |
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African Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES) is a Canadian non-governmental organization based out of Western Province, Kenya. The mission of ACCES is to help young Kenyans obtain the skills and education needed to benefit themselves and their society. |
| Canadian Crossroads International - Carrefour Canadien International (CCI) |
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Our aim is to build a constituency of global citizens committed to voluntarism, international development and social action in the new millennium. We do this by developing partnerships with countries from the South, organizing volunteer cooperative placements and internships, and by educating the public on development issues. |
| Canadian Food for the Hungry International (CFHI) |
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Canadian Food for the Hungry International is a Christian international development agency dedicated to sustainable development worldwide. |
| Canadian Harambee Education Society (CHES) |
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CHES is a non-profit organization without affiliation to government or religious organizations. 100% of money donated for Africa goes to Africa. Administrative costs, such as postage, brochures and so on, are covered by raffles and special fund raisers. |
| Canadian Humanitarian Organization for International Relief |
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Canadian Humanitarian's mission is to break the cycle of poverty by providing orphaned and vulnerable and their families with access to healthcare, education, vocational training and the basic necessities of life such as nutrition and shelter. |
| Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) |
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CPAR works in partnership with vulnerable communities and diverse organizations to overcome poverty and build healthy communities in Africa. |
| Canadian Red Cross |
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The Canadian Red Cross in the Lower Mainland Region of B.C. offers a complete Global Education Program providing events, activities, workshops, materials and facilitators for youth, teachers and youth leaders. |
| Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria (CAPI) |
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The Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives was established in 1987 as an important element of the University's plan to expand and strengthen its links with universities and other institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, especially with China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Korea, and the developing island states of the Southwest Pacific. The Centre's primary mandate is to conduct and facilitate research on policy issues related to the Asia-Pacific region. |
| CoDevelopment Canada (CoDev) |
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For over 20 years, CoDev has been building partnerships for global justice between people in Canada and Latin America. CoDev works in four program areas, each of which helps improve the lives of women, workers, and families in Latin America and in Canada. |
| CUSO-VSO |
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CUSO-VSO's aim is to bring the expertise of those in the global South and Canada together—through volunteer placements, mutual collaboration, training, programming, exchanges, and resource sharing—so both can continue to enhance and grow vital social justice programs for the long-term. |
| Education Beyond Borders |
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Education Beyond Borders is a non-profit, non-denominational NGO devoted to closing the education divide through teacher professional development and community education. The organization focuses on the building of teacher leaders and works primarily, but not exclusively, in developing countries, in order to build self-reliance, health, and capacity. |
| Engineers Without Borders Canada – Vancouver Chapter |
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EWB formed in 2000 and is now one of Canada’s most respected development agencies. Launched on university campuses, there are now over 30 chapters with over 30,000 members. EWB Vancouver was launched in September 2005 as one of the four original professional chapters. |
| Firefighters Without Borders BC Charitable Society |
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Firefighters Without Borders BC (FWB BC) is a registered non-profit society operating from within British Columbia to provide support to emergency service organizations in countries with a demonstrated need. FWB BC’s goal is to provide a "helping hand up" to these organizations so that they can provide a higher level of emergency services to their communities. |
| Global Aid Network Canada (GAiN) |
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Global Aid Network (GAiN) exists to demonstrate the Love of God, in word and deed, to hurting & needy people around the world through relief and development projects. |
| Global Stewardship Program -- Capilano College |
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The Global Stewardship Program was created for students wishing to explore a career working for international NGOs like Amnesty International, or domestic voluntary sector organizations like the United Way, while completing their first two years of university. |
| Global Village Nanaimo (GVN) |
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Global Village Nanaimo's mission is to make educational programming and materials available locally about socio-economic development in Canada and abroad and particularly in developing nations and to encourage individual commitment to simplification of life-styles, and to increase the awareness of the interdependence of life systems. |
| HOPE International Development Agency |
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HOPE's mandate is to provide alternative technological and educational support to people in developing countries where environmental, economic, and/or social circumstances have interfered with the ability of local communities to sustain themselves by using traditional methods. |
| I.N. Network |
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I.N. Network connects Christian partners in effective Evangelism, Discipleship, and Community Development. |
| Interamericana Community Self-Development Society (ICSS) |
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Our vision is to firmly establish Interamericana Community Self-Development Society as a leading and respected provider of quality education and vocational training in underprivileged Latin American communities and to contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction for Indigenous People in Latin America. |
| International Centre for Sustainable Cities (ICSC) |
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ICSC does practical demonstration projects to show how urban sustainability can be implemented. The demonstrations deal with issues such as urban design, land-use planning, transportation, solid waste, urban greening, energy efficiency, disaster mitigation, poverty reduction, governance, and multi-party participatory processes. |
| International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) |
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IICRD is a Canadian leader in community-based, national, regional and international applications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). These applications are unique in that they provide a "culturally grounded" approach to children's rights that build on children's natural resiliency (strengths) as well as the strengths of families, communities and culture. |
| Justice Education Society of BC |
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Over the past 18 years, the Justice Education Society has been involved in international projects relating "good governance and democratic institution building." They rely on the best international practices and were developed so they may be adapted to different countries and social contexts. The Society is seen as a leader in Canada, working to engage civil society in the area of justice reform and governance and has won numerous international awards for its innovative programming. |
| Lotus Outreach Society Canada |
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Lotus Outreach supports the development of effective grassroots projects in vulnerable communities. Lotus aims to build the capacity and sustainability of our local project partners and aspire to raise awareness in our home countries of the problems presented by poverty throughout Asia. |
| Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) |
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MCC's development work around the world is in areas such as education, health, agriculture, peace and justice issues, relief work and job creation. |
| One Sky - Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living |
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One Sky is a Canadian not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in the province of British Columbia under the Societies act in August 2000. Although some might call us an environmental NGO we like to think of ourselves in broader terms that include human rights, human well-being and even human potential. Others might think of us as a development NGO because we work in developing nations but we like to think we are developing ourselves and searching for mutual solutions in a globalized world. |
| Operation Eyesight Universal |
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Operation Eyesight is a Canadian non-profit organization, working since 1963 in places like South Asia and Africa to support local eye doctors, educators and community leaders in their efforts to fight blindness. |
| Oxfam Canada |
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Oxfam Canada works with people to secure their basic human rights, combining support to long-term development and humanitarian responses with research, advocacy and campaigning against the root causes of poverty and injustice. |
| Pacific Peoples' Partnership (PPP) |
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Pacific Peoples’ Partnership is a Victoria-based, international development organization promoting the aspirations of peoples of the South Pacific for peace, security, justice and environmental sustainability. |
| Partners for Prosperity (PfP) |
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Partners For Prosperity is a registered nonsectarian, nonprofit society that works with people of all faiths to apply universal spiritual principles to community development. |
| Results / Resultats Canada |
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Results / Resultats Canada is democracy in action. It involves citizens lobbying their elected representatives to create the political will to end hunger, eliminate poverty and debilitating disease, and create a better world. |
| Seva Canada |
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Seva Canada is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is the elimination of preventable and treatable blindness. |
| Society for the Rehabilitation of the Horn of Africa (SRHA) |
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SHRA's objectives are to rehabilitate the degraded and degrading environment and dispersed poor families, victims of civil wars and conflicts; to combat brain-drain of African professionals through all possible means so as to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development; and to enhance enlightenment activities on rural and urban economic development problems to the outside world. |
| The Kesho Trust |
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The Kesho Trust will facilitate and support community led activities that foster positive relationships between local communities and the conservation of their protected areas. These community led activities may include direct conservation measures or processes, sustainable community livelihood initiatives, environmental education and awareness programmes or practices. |
| The Maria-Helena Foundation |
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The Maria-Helena Foundation is a small family-based, private, non-sectarian organization that focuses on development in South Asia, primarily Pakistan. Our goal is to reduce poverty by supporting: Education, Skills Training, and Health. |
| Trans-Himalayan Aid Society (TRAS) |
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The Trans Himalayan Aid Society (TRAS) is a Vancouver-based non-profit international development organization that seeks to improve the health and education of children and youth in Tibet, Nepal and northern India. |
| Victoria International Development Education Association (VIDEA) |
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VIDEA facilitates communication, cooperation and strategic networking among Canadian groups working for global justice, peace and sustainable development, linking local and international issues with community initiatives. |
| Willing Hearts International Society Canada (WHISCA) |
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Willing Hearts International Society-Canada (WHISCA), incorporated in B.C. in 2004, was founded by Geraldine Graber Ph.D, an educational consultant, after returning from her work in Chad. WHISCA donates 100% of all contributions directly to the projects. Administration is funded through separate donations earmarked specifically for that purpose. |
| World Community Development Education Society (WCDES) |
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The World Community Development Education Society is a group of ordinary people guided by visions of a better world. WCDES was formed to foster awareness in our community of development issues and the links between local and global concerns. |
| World Fisheries Trust |
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World Fisheries Trust is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to the equitable and sustainable use and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. It acts locally and globally. The approach is multidisciplinary, matching solutions to problems, not problems to solutions. |
| World Neighbours Canada Society |
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World Neigbours Canada Society is an international, people-to-people organization that supports grass-roots community intiatives to relieve hunger, disease and poverty in Asia and Latin America. |
| YMCA of Greater Vancouver |
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We are a charitable association dedicated to the development of people in spirit, mind and body as well as the improvement of local, national and international communities. |










































