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Long-Term Impact
Your monthly donation allows us to take a planned, long-term approach. As an Everyday Hero, you work side-by-side with us, making long-lasting improvements to children's lives.
BEYOND HANDOUTS
The communities where we work are not looking for hand-outs – they are working toward change. The women’s self-help groups in Addis Ababa are just one great example of the sustainable, life-changing work your monthly gifts make possible.
COST EFFECTIVE
Monthly giving means low administration costs, which means that more of your money goes to where it’s needed most: reducing the impact of poverty on children.
Beyond Food
From food aid to sustainable food security
In addition to funding feeding programs, your monthly donation provides parents and communities with what they need to grow, buy and feed their families nutritious food sustainably.
Beyond Books
From school supplies to quality education
Your monthly gift increases access to quality early childhood and primary education, especially for girls. You’ll equip schools, recruit and train teachers, install water and sanitation facilities, and educate parents and communities on the value of education.
Beyond Charity
From charity to long-lasting change
Your monthly gift supports people, especially women, to earn income and contribute to household and community decision-making. Through micro-finance and skills development, families are empowered to create long-term, sustainable change that benefits children.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
BOLIVIA
Early childhood education programs in La Paz, Bolivia provide daily meals, an excellent education and before- and after-school activities thanks to CFTC’s monthly supporters. Well-run, safe spaces with qualified educators provide parents with peace of mind, freeing them to earn incomes knowing their children are being cared for and fed. These centres fill important gaps in Bolivia’s social services safety net, and help bridge the growing gap between ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ in Bolivia, as well as educating and promoting child rights and child development in the community.
School Gardens
CANADA
Monthly donors support school and community gardens -- vibrant, hands-on ways to connect students, teachers, Elders, and other community members with the source of healthy, nutritious food. Gardens build knowledge of nutrition and healthy eating, as well as community spirit and connection across generations to important cultural traditions that revolve around the land and food grown on it. In autumn, in First Nations communities supported by CFTC, students enjoy reaping the harvest of their hard work to prepare and serve a meal to their Elders in celebration and thanks.
Agricultural Training
ghana, ethiopia
Monthly donors support community-based, community-led agricultural training and extension services which help increase crop productivity, boost resilience to climate change, and create sustainable income from agriculture. Smallholder farm families are better able to feed their families consistently, despite the challenges imposed by a harsh and changing climate. Monthly donors’ support for agricultural inputs and training is improving food security for hundreds of thousands of people in northern Ghana and the Eastern Amhara Region of Ethiopia.
Community Capacity Building
ethiopia, ghana, uganda
Village Savings and Loan Associations, Self-Help Groups and other micro-finance initiatives provide participants – primarily women – with business and marketing skills, knowledge of credit and savings, and the means to earn and control their own income. Monthly donors’ support for groups like these enable parents to increase their household earnings and engage in sustainable livelihoods, resulting in lasting, community-led change that ultimately helps improve children’s nutrition and health.
School Nutrition
uganda
In-school feeding programs remain a foundational element of CFTC’s work in Uganda. Providing healthy, nutritious breakfasts, lunches and snacks keeps children in school and helps them learn effectively when there. In impoverished and food-insecure communities, school nutrition programs alleviate the immense burden on parents to provide for their children, allowing for more equitable distribution of scarce household resources and reducing hunger among the most vulnerable.
PROUDLY CANADIAN
We’re an independent, secular development agency founded and operating in Canada since 1986.
REGISTERED, ACCREDITED, BEST-PRACTICE GOVERNANCE
When you donate with us you are placing your trust in an organization that is Imagine Canada Standards accredited, a Voluntary Sector Reporting Award Exemplar, an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance, and a Financial Post Charity of the Year for 2016 and 2017.
COMMITTED TO OPENNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Our financials are independently audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers and published each year, while our volunteer Board of Directors sets and exceeds the highest standards in governance. You can count on the highest standards when it comes to use and stewardship of your generous donations.
