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.
To support the poor in their own process
of organizing to achieve an increased, active role in promoting
peace, democracy, human rights, and improved living conditions,
accomplished through: growth in understanding of unfair structures
and the growing popular resistance to those structures; learning
from people with whom we partner to accompany them in the struggle
for justice; and acting in development with a sense of urgency
and commitment.
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to identify in cooperation with the indigenous
people of other countries the root causes of their poverty
and to assist them in finding long-term solutions;
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to support projects in various parts of the
developing world which lead to self-sufficiency and a more
just distribution of the world's resources;
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to maximize the effectiveness of each donated
dollar by applying to government agencies for matching grants
and by ensuring appropriate administration of funds; and
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to educate Canadians about the developing
world to bring about an awareness of our global interdependence
and solicit support for greater justice and equity.
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Mission and Mandate