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CISV Victoria has been positively impacting the lives of youth for nearly 50 years. Our peace education and leadership building programs are offered to youth ages 11-25 years old. Our monthly meetings, weekend camps and 4-week international summer camps are designed to provide environments where inclusion, cooperation, open-mindedness, and cross-cultural friendships are fostered. Our chapter is proud to be celebrating our 50th year in 2015! (More information can be found on our webiste www.cisvvictoria.ca)

Canadian Humanitarian is a charity dedicated to helping disadvantaged children throughout the world. We are dedicated to assisting disadvantaged children, their families and communities break free from the cycle of poverty. We are currently concentrating our efforts in Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi. Canadian Humanitarian Organization for International Relief was founded in 2003. Since this time the projects that Canadian Humanitarian supports have continued to grow as well as the number of children and families that are benefited. In 2008 Canadian Humanitarian obtained charitable status in the U.S. under the name Kids Hope Ethiopia.

Since 1988, the Festival has been part of the cultural and social ecology of the province. We are the only international and multi-disciplinary performing arts festival dedicated to the children in Saskatchewan, and we believe that creative, diverse and culturally aware communities don't happen by accident. A tolerant and vibrant society ready to face the challenges of the future results from planting seeds of inspiration, nurturing through participating and fun, and creating space for ideas to take root and reach for the sun. Imagination grows strong when we feed it the right stuff --- the confidence to try something new, the perspective to see something in a fresh way, the compassion to connect with those in a different situation.

The Vancouver Writers Fest is one of North America’s premiere literary events, held on Granville Island, Vancouver’s cultural mecca, for six days each October. The Writers Fest attracts the world’s best writers to Vancouver. Internationally renowned and undiscovered authors mingle with readers of all ages in various venues on Granville Island. The Festival has presented luminaries such as Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Peter Carey, Roddy Doyle, Timothy Findley, Tomson Highway, John Irving, P.D. James, Thomas Keneally, Rohinton Mistry, Frank McCourt, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Carol Shields. The Writers Fest offers events and programs for schools and special events throughout the year featuring Canadian and international writers. Spreading the Word, the Festival’s schools program, presents children’s writers to over 7,000 children and young people, in English and French.

PESI seeks to bridge leaders across cultures to bring about positive change in our world. Your donation will go toward fulfilling our vision of: • Investing in the young people of today to become global servant-leaders of the future • Building understanding and collaboration between the Canada, China, and other Asian countries • Fostering friendships and exchange between cultures

We are a global community of dedicated volunteers, creating opportunities for all ages to experience the excitement and enrichment of cultural diversity through our educational programmes. We are founded on our belief that peace is possible through friendship - and that the real difference can be made by starting with children. Our values are -Friendship -Inclusiveness -Enthusiasm -Engagement -Cooperation CISV provides a range of unique, education group activities, which develop cross-cultural understanding in children, youth and adults from around the world. By encouraging respect for cultural difference and the development of self-awareness, CISV empowers each participant to incorporate these values into their lives as they become global citizens and strive for a more peaceful world. Although CISV is a fun and an exciting experience, there is a lot more to it than just that. Our multicultural programmes are based on sound educational principles and objectives.

If we had a donation for every smile, photograph, playful pose and discussion that the artwork inspired, we'd be able to mount another exhibition in 2014!

VIDEA facilitates communication, cooperation and strategic networking among Canadian groups working for global justice, peace and sustainable development; supports community to community connections with rural parts of Africa; creates globally focused learning resources; promotes fair trade initiatives; and works in partnership with African organizations such as the WHEAT Trust in South Africa, Women for Change in Zambia, and Mpambo, the African Multiversity, in Uganda, to support development initiatives focused on women’s economic empowerment, community development and education. VIDEA’s Breakthrough for Africa project supports the creation at a community level of sustaining linkages between Canadian and African communities. The Kelowna-Zambia Partnership and the Nelson Kaoma Alliance are part of VIDEA’s Breakthrough for Africa project.