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RESULTS
Canada receives no government funding and relies
entirely on the generosity of people who believe in the
power of our work to champion the poor.
Donations
can be mailed to:
RESULTS Canada
153 Chapel
Street
Ottawa, Ontario KIN 1H5
or by
phone by calling the office at (613) 562-9240
or
online via Paypal
Thank
you!
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Join
a RESULTS Canada Group near you!
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Results Canada is
growing! We have groups across Canada that would
love to welcome you.
Calgary
Edmonton
Gatineau
Ottawa -
community
Ottawa - university
Montréal
Québec
City - community
Québec City - university
Salt
Spring
Island
Toronto
Vancouver
Victoria
Click
HERE
to view the contact details for each city.
We are always looking to expand, so if you are
interested in starting a new group, please contact
us.
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National
Calls
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Listen in to hear
exciting guest speakers enrich our understanding of
solutions to global poverty issues.
Wednesday Nov
4th
Wednesday Dec 2nd
Wednesday Jan
6th
When:
All calls are at
5:30 pm PT,
6:30 pm MT, 8:30 pm ET
How:
613-482-4202 or toll
free
1-866-327-1931
English code -
6732861
French code -
4406889
Who:
Anyone interested in putting
an end to global
poverty
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| Who is RESULTS
Canada? |
Our
Mission
To
create the political and collective will to end the
worst aspects of poverty, and to empower individuals to
exercise their personal and political
power.Our
FocusWe focus
on proven solutions to often neglected problems that
perpetuate the cycle of poverty around the world.
Currently our focus areas include tuberculosis, malaria,
primary education, micro-credit, and
sanitation.
How We
Work
Grassroots volunteers from
around the country meet at least once a month in their
local communities for Education and Action
Meetings where they develop their knowledge on
global poverty issues, strengthen their advocacy skills
and take action.How To Get
InvolvedSend
an email to grassroots@results-resultats.ca. We'll help you determine the
most effective way that you can join this powerful
movement to put poverty on the political
agenda!Our sister
organization, RESULT:Educational FundRESULT:Educational Fund is a
registered Canadian charity founded in 1991 and is
committed to advancing the fight to end global
poverty and
needless suffering through research, education, and
awareness-raising. Click HERE
for more
information. |
Meet staff member
Elizabeth
Dove,
Public Engagement
Organizer
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This profile is
the 3rd in a series to allow volunteers and other
supporters to get to know our staff team better.
Elizabeth's inspiration
for her work comes from relationships with community
leaders and other friends in developing countries: "They
keep their optimism buoyant against all odds - economic
pressures, lack of access to decision makers, the
ongoing political and social impact of colonization -
they are so competent and only need our help to get them
access to the things we take for
granted."
Click HERE to learn more about
Elizabeth
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Impending election creates
strategic moment to advocate for increased
aid
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With
a potential election looming, all political parties must
make concrete
commitments to supporting and increasing foreign aid to
ensure that hard-won
gains of the past are not lost. Canada needs to
show leadership by finally
setting a timetable to investing to 0.7% of GNI in aid.
As Canada moves
towards that broader goal, our government must at very
least renew its commitment - due to expire in 2010 -
to
expand our aid budget by at least 8%
annually.
Click HERE to learn about actions you can
take today to influence the government to renew its
commitment
Click
HERE to read Executive Director
Chris Dendys's Sept 17th presentation to the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance during its
pre-budget
consultations
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Award-winning child advocate
to inspire at fundraisers in Calgary,
Victoria
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 Betty Makoni is building a new
generation of strong, active women citizens. In
Zimbabwean society, girls are discriminated against,
often abused, and given limited opportunities for
expression and development. Through her Girl Child
Network, Betty creates safe spaces for girls to grow and
connect with each other while using advocacy to changes
attitudes at community and national levels.
Betty
has been awarded the Dalai Lama's Unsung Heroes of
Compassion Award in 2009, the World's Children's Prize
for the Rights of the Child, Amnesty International USA Ginetta Sagan
Award in 2008 and was recently voted one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of
2009.
Calgary
RESULT:ED Fundraiser details:
Saturday Oct 24, 9:30 am -
11:30 am (doors open @ 9:00 am)
The Red and
White Club (beside McMahon Stadium, near U of C),
$40/ticket or $199/table of 6 - donations will be
requested
Order tickets online
RESULT.ED is a charity that focuses on education
and awareness-raising around tangible solutions to
ending poverty.
Victoria RESULTS Canada
Fundraiser details:
Sunday Oct 25, 2:00-4:00
pm
Hotel Grand Pacific Ballroom, 463
Belleville St
Admission is free - donations will be
requested
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"I love
attending the RESULTS fundraising events because I get
present to the level of commitment by everyone in the
room to create a better world for the poor. Inspiring
conversations help keep me in
action!"
Monica F. -
Victoria attendee
"I like to watch from year to
year how things grow and change and feel inspired each
and every year. That's why I keep coming
back."
Ray T. - Calgary attendee
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Journey to Spain, Brazil at
Montreal fundraiser
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Ar
Concert to raise funds for
RESULTS Canada
Saturday, October 24, at 7
pm.
Elogia Residence, in the dining
room.
5440 Sherbrooke East, Montreal
Through a
recital, the pianist Ghislaine Giroux will share the
history of Modern Tango.
RESULTS CANADA
volunteers will talk about the solutions that help to
end poverty for millions of people.
Free
entrance - donations will be requested
Limited
number of seats. Please book your ticket by contacting
Pamela Walden-Landry at 514-899-0398 or pwaldenlandry@gmail.com
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Contest! Send us your
stories of change
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The undeniable success of
RESULTS Canada lives in the experiences of those who
have seen a change in political will - big or small -
brought about by the power of "everyday heroes" - global
citizens who act on behalf of those living in extreme
poverty. These are moments where both the
political will, and the advocate - through new proof of
his/her power - are changed.
We need to record these
stories of change, both to remind ourselves about our
power to create political will to end extreme poverty,
and to prove it to others.
Send us YOUR
story (or stories) of change - 500 words
max.
- The most powerful stories
will be featured on the new RESULTS Canada website
(launching this Fall)
- The author of the best story
will receive a free ticket to our Saturday, Nov 21st National Conference
Banquet in Ottawa, where they will share their
story with those assembled.
Send your stories to grassroots@results-resultats.ca
by Monday
November 9th to be entered in the
contest
Read
an example by Calgary Group member Mary Ellen
Spears.
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Meet Volunteer Advocate
Francoise Briet
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 A
scientist by training, a global citizen in her heart,
volunteering with RESULTS Canada has allowed Francoise
to merge her interests and to develop skills as one of
the co-Facilitators of the Toronto
group.
"RESULTS CANADA helped me to concretize
what has been inside my heart for so many years; like a
flower, my interest in social issues bloomed. I feel now
like a complete different person from the
narrowly-focused scientist I was over the past 10
years."
Read
more about Francoise by clicking HERE.
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Featured Letter to the
Editor
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Our
featured published Letter to the Editor was written by
Ginette Beauséjour of Montreal.
The lessons of
History
Métro (Montreal), Wednesday,
September 16, 2009
The Moulin à paroles woke up
my pride, thank you ! I have been moved by a very short
text about child mortality in 1918. We have to remember
that a lot of children died at that time here, and that
a lot of children die now elsewhere in the world.
In Africa alone, 1.16 million babies die every
year within the first month of life, and a quarter
million women die during pregnancy. It is estimated that
over 60% of the 9.2 million child deaths each year can
be prevented through 23 well-proven responses, such as
breastfeeding, prevention of mother-to child
transmission of HIV, immunization, micro-nutrients, and
oral rehydration therapy to treat diarrhea.
By
creating the Catalytic Initiative to Save a Million
Lives (CI) in November 2007, Canada took a concrete step
to improve the health of young children and their
mothers. Increased donor funding is one way that this
Catalytic Initiative can have greater reach and access.
Thanks to this Initiative, many more lives can be saved.
Treating the children from elsewhere as equivalent to
the children here allows us to share the real value of
human dignity.
(Translated from
French)
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UNICEF
Canada CEO Nigel Fisher on new developments helping
children survive and thrive
