Category: Non-Profits

Human Trafficking in Canada It’s easy to imagine human trafficking as involving women smuggled from some unknown foreign country. What most Canadians don’t know is that 94% of human trafficking victims in Canada are also Canadians. Additionally, 93% of human trafficking victims are female.  Majority of them are extremely young, with nearly half being between 18-24, and 25% being minors. Meet Our Group of the Month One Child Vision A world where every child is

Children need homes. They need love, they need hugs! The sad reality is that many children are without families and cannot get all the love, support, and life they wish to have. But this is where The Adoption Council of Canada comes in! Meet Our Group of the Month Our featured group this month, The Adoption Council of Canada, helps kids find the right families. From the Adoption Council of Canada’s website: The mission of

Group of the Month: WWF March 4 is World Wildlife Day and so this month we have picked the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) as our group of the month. Like always, you can save 70% or more on your contact lenses and like always, you can pick any group to whom we give 51% of our profits. We Donate 51% of our Profits However in March, the default group is the World Wildlife Fund –

Human Rights Watch Fights Human Rights Abuses 24/7 Hey folks! Another month means another Group of the Month! With December being Human Rights Month, it’s only fitting that we highlight our biggest human rights research and advocacy organization, Human Rights Watch. Established in 1978 and now comprised of ~400 staff members globally, Human Rights Watch uses its extensive research resources and reputation of accurate and impartial reporting to press for changes in policy and practice, in

Egale.ca is an amazing group you need to learn about! With November being Transgender Awareness Month, it’s a no-brainer that Egale Canada Human Rights Trust should be our group of the month! Egale is Canada’s only national charity promoting LGBT rights through research, education, and community engagement. Watch the video below to hear what Erika has to say about Egale.ca! And make sure to share the video with your friends and family so that they,

With November being Transgender Awareness Month, it’s a no-brainer that Egale Canada Human Rights Trust should be our group of the month! Egale is Canada’s only national charity promoting LGBT rights through research, education, and community engagement. Founded in 1995, Egale’s vision is a world wherein every person can reach their full potential, free of bias and regardless of their sexual or gender identity. To this end, they have spearheaded and participated in numerous education

Water is the source of all life. Our bodies are composed of 70% water. So why do 1 in 10 people in the world (over 600 million people) not have access to clean and safe water, and 1 in 3 people globally (2.4 billion) not have access to a working toilet? Water.org recognizes the importance of these issues and is doing tremendous work to help, and that’s why they are September’s Group of the Month.

Connecting Children, One Laptop At A Time Think about all of the ways that you’re connected to the world – your smartphone, your tablet, your laptop or desktop computer, your television. Think about the ways that those devices give you a broader understanding of the world around you, and the ways you use them to educate yourself and fulfill the social aspect of your lives. Now imagine that you didn’t have any of that. Could

The Global Fund for Women “Women’s rights are human rights.” This famous quote comes from Hilary Clinton from her United Nations conference back in 1995. Yet nearly 20 years later, women all around the world are still denied these fundamental rights. Here at ContactsforLess.ca, we support gender equality and believe all human beings on this planet deserve the same fundamental rights. Global Funds for Women is our group of the month and here are a

The Earth Island Institute is one of the coolest non-profit organisations in the world! It provides individual projects with the freedom to develop new initiatives, gives them new ideas and the tools to create them with. Since their founding, in 1982 by legendary environmentalist David R. Brower, they have provided fiscal sponsorship to more than 100 projects around the globe, making our world greener and better, one project at a time. Watch the video below in which