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History
Canadian Feed The Children is an independent registered charity that was founded in 1986 as Canadian Feed the Children Society in the province of British Columbia, Canada. In the early 1990s, the head office moved to Toronto, Ontario, and application was made under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, to form a corporation without share capital and also to obtain a charitable registration number. Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada issued Letters Patent dated July 10, 1992 in the name of Canadian Feed The Children.

Organization
Canadian Feed The Children is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and employs 20 staff members, working out of its Toronto office. There are local country representatives on staff who live and work in four of seven program countries, including Bolivia, Ethiopia, Haiti and Uganda.

The agency is guided by a volunteer board of directors made up of 10 professionals with experience and/or interest in child and community development.

Vision
A world in which children thrive, free of poverty.

Mission
The mission of Canadian Feed The Children is to reduce the impact of poverty on children by working with local partners internationally and in Canada to enhance the well-being of children and the self-sufficiency of their families and communities. Canadian Feed The Children provides a bridge between those who can help and those who need help.

Programs
Canadian Feed The Children is a non-governmental organization (NGO), partnering with community-based groups in Canada and six other countries around the world to fulfill the agency’s mission. Local country representatives help co-ordinate and monitor programs in their respective countries.

In partnership with community-based groups based in developing countries around the world, Canadian Feed The Children helps families in the areas of food security and nutrition, clean water access, health and hygiene, sustainable agriculture, sanitation, income generation, capacity building and education.

Canadian Feed The Children currently helps reduce the impact of poverty on children in several countries, including:
 * Bolivia
 * Canada
 * Ethiopia
 * Ghana
 * Haiti
 * Sierra Leone
 * Uganda

Bolivia
Bolivia is the poorest and least developed country in South America, with more than half of the population living under conditions of absolute poverty. Illiteracy, poor sanitary conditions, absence from school and infant mortality due to malnutrition are among the highest in the region. Because of this great need, Canadian Feed The Children implemented its first programs in support of children in Bolivia in 2004.

Activities in Bolivia: Some program activities in Bolivia include:
 * 1) Education, counselling, health care, HIV prevention and children's rights workshops for elementary school girls and teenage girls who have been forced into prostitution.
 * 2) Support and education to street children and raising awareness of children's rights through mobile centres.
 * 3) Food, health care and early education programs for children under the age of six and health education for their parents, in eight community childhood centres.
 * 4) Formal and technical education, shelter, nutrition, health care and psychological, social and legal support to street children.
 * 5) Food, health care, educational support, and access to care in daycare and community centres.

Partners in Bolivia: Canadian Feed The Children partners with several Bolivian organizations, including:
 * Alalay (La Paz, Santa Cruz, El Alto)
 * Juana Azurduy Centre (Sucre)
 * La Paz Foundation (La Paz)
 * Niño Jesús de Praga (NJDP) (Cochabamba)
 * Pro Mujer (El Alto)
 * Sant’ Egidio (Cochabamba)
 * Sociedad Católica San José (La Paz)
 * Tomas Katari Polytechnic Institute (IPTK) (Sucre)

Canada
Although Canada is a developed country, there are pockets of poverty within this country that Canadian Feed the Children is committed to address. It provides support to child nourishment programs across Canada, the majority of which are high-nutrition school- and community-based lunch and snack programs.

Activities in Canada: Some program activities in Canada include:
 * 1) Daycare and pre-school program delivering and providing fresh apples to daycare and pre-school programs, located in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
 * 2) Nutrition program focusing on Aboriginal children, both on and off reserve, partnering with small, well-established rural organizations and reserve schools in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. This nutrition support is vital for children who face a great many challenges in their community, such as poverty (double the national average), lack of potable water, high school drop out rate (more than double the national average), crowded living conditions, lower than National average life span, and higher than National average infant mortality rates.

Partners in Canada: Canadian Feed The Children partners with several Canadian organizations, including:
 * Acwsalcta School Nutrition and Outreach Program (Bella Coola, British Columbia)
 * Atelier 850 (Montreal, Quebec)
 * Dakota Plains First Nations School (Edwin, Manitoba)
 * Dauphin River First Nations School (Gypsumville, Manitoba)
 * Eel Ground Reserve School (Eel Ground, New Brunswick)
 * Elsipogtog First Nations School (Big Cove, New Brunswick)
 * First Nations School of Toronto Jr & Sr (Toronto, Ontario)
 * REACH (Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger) (Regina, Saskatchewan)
 * Recognize the Real - Life Skills & Education (Toronto, Ontario)
 * Saddle Lake Boys & Girls Club (Saddle Lake, Alberta)
 * School Lunch Association (St. John’s, Newfoundland)
 * Sergeant Tommy Prince First Nations School (Scanterbury, Manitoba)
 * Standing Buffalo First Nations School (Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan)
 * Thompson Boys and Girls Club (Thompson, Manitoba)

Canadian Feed The Children also operates an apple distribution program out of its Toronto, Ontario warehouse, bringing fresh apples to pre-school children in areas around this city affected by poverty. Apples are delivered to 11 community partners in 40 separate locations.

Ethiopia
Children's access to health, education, welfare services, water and sanitation in Ethiopia is among the worst in the world. With community partners, Canadian Feed The Children is helping some of the thousands of children living in impoverished communities in this country.

Activities in Ethiopia: Some program activities in Ethiopia include:
 * 1) Preventative and curative health care including hygiene, sanitation and malaria prevention education, mosquito netting for disease prevention, and educational materials on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, family planning, and sexually transmitted diseases
 * 2) Basic education provided for children who have been forced to leave the formal education system or have never started school, and rights education
 * 3) Publishing and distributing educational materials
 * 4) Natural resource preservation; education on improved soil quality, composting and natural pest control methods; and tree seedlings to address deforestation and erosion.
 * 5) Provision of agricultural training, including seeds and tools

Partners in Ethiopia: Canadian Feed The Children partners with several Ethiopian organizations, including:
 * Aberash’s Memorial Development Organization (AMDO) (Woldia Mekedella, Oromiya National Regional State)
 * Emmanuel Development Association (EDA) (Akaki-Kaliti Sub-city, Addis Ababa)
 * Integrated Service for AIDS Prevention and Support Organization (ISAPSO) (Sululta, Sancho Towns, North Shoa Zone, Oromiya National Regional State)
 * Children Aid-Ethiopia (CHAD-ET) (Woliso Town and surrounding Kebeles, Southwest Shoa Zone, Oromiya National Regional State)
 * Multi-Purpose Community Development Project (MCDP) (Kirkos Sub-city, Addis Ababa)

Ghana
In the Upper West region of Ghana, more than 28 per cent of the population live below the poverty line, and has a national literacy rate of only 57 per cent. The overall goal of the programs in Ghana is to improve school performance of girls and boys, and increase access to higher education for girls. In addition, the health, hygiene and capacity of the communities will be improved. Drama performances and discussions will be held to raise awareness of human and child rights and responsibilities, HIV/AIDS, and to increase school enrolment and retention.

Activities in Ghana: Some program activities in Ghana include:
 * 1) Construction of classrooms and provision of teaching and learning materials
 * 2) Teacher training
 * 3) School lunch programs, nutrition education
 * 4) Agricultural training
 * 5) Business training and credit services for women
 * 6) Construction of school-based latrines, water tanks

Partners in Ghana: Canadian Feed The Children partners with other Ghanaian organizations, including:
 * Sustainable Integrated Development Services Centre (SIDSEC) (Nadowli District)
 * Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS) (Tamale)

Haiti
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Families are faced with little or no clean water, lack of access to food, no money for health care and medicines, dangerous sanitation conditions. Eighty per cent of the population lives under the poverty line, and more than half live in abject poverty. Most children are not immunized against preventable diseases and almost half of all children are malnourished or undernourished.

Activities in Haiti: Some program activities in Haiti include:
 * 1) Health care and nutrition provided to children’s hospital, where 18 per cent of admitted children are HIV positive and suffer malnutrition and poor health
 * 2) Provision of food and health care to newborn babies whose mothers have HIV, as well as inpatient HIV-positive infants and children
 * 3) Sanitation and preventative health care to pregnant women and women responsible for children suffering from acute malnutrition
 * 4) Training provided for community members, orphanage staff, older children in programs
 * 5) Medicines (antibiotics, vaccines, vitamins) provided to community health clinics
 * 6) Sanitation improvements including construction of latrines
 * 7) Food and school supplies provided for children living in orphanage

Partners in Haiti: Canadian Feed The Children partners with other Haitian organizations, including:
 * House of Hope Orphanage (HOH) (Port-au-Prince)
 * International Child Care (ICC) (Delmas)
 * Organization de la Mission Evangelique de Salem (OMES) (Thor 65, Cameau)
 * Service Oecumenique d’Entraide (SOE) (Goyavier)

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world, as well as one of the lowest life expectancies. With the brutal Sierra Leone Civil War in its recent past, and affecting every part of families lives, challenges facing the population is overwhelming.

Activities in Sierra Leone: Some program activities in Sierra Leone include:
 * 1) Provision of health care to families, improving children's health
 * 2) Livestock and agricultural support

Partner in Sierra Leone: Canadian Feed The Children partners with MRC (Medical Research Centre), located in Bo.

Uganda
Uganda has one of the highest rates of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in the world. The social network of the traditional African extended family system has been severely stretched by the AIDS-related burden. The goal of the Ugandan program is to improve the quality of life for children and reduce poverty levels through support of basic education, health, capacity building, family income and increased food production.

Activities in Uganda: Some program activities in Uganda include:
 * 1) Provision of school materials, school fees and uniforms to sponsored children
 * 2) Health workshops for community health workers
 * 3) Essential medicines provided to health units
 * 4) Home visits to sponsored families
 * 5) Distribution of mosquito nets, for prevention of malaria
 * 6) Nutritional supplements provided to children with HIV/AIDS
 * 7) Family income planning
 * 8) Agricultural workshops, better seeds, planting materials, chicken and hybrid livestock to farmers

Partners in Uganda: Canadian Feed The Children partners with other Ugandan organizations, including:
 * Feed The Children Uganda (FTCU) (Kampala)
 * Uganda Community Based Association for Child Welfare (UCOBAC) (Kampala)

Memberships and Associations
Advocacy on behalf of children is an important part of its mission.

Canadian Feed The Children is a member of:
 * Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)
 * Imagine Canada

Canadian Feed The Children has associations with:
 * Campaign 2000
 * Campaign Against Child Poverty
 * Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC)
 * Canadian International Development Agency
 * Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
 * Make Poverty History
 * Microcredit Summit Campaign
 * Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC)
 * Partnership Africa Canada (PAC)
 * 25-in-5 Network for Poverty Reduction

Financial
Fiscal responsibility is achieved through the mandate to focus resources on the children and communities served; to be highly accountable to donors; and to uphold programming principles, which have been adapted from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including gender equality, environmental responsibility, community participation, partnership and ethical allocation of resources.

In 2007, 86 per cent of the $20 million budget was directed to programs and public engagement; 10 per cent was directed to fundraising activities; and 4 per cent went to administration expenses. Medicines such as antibiotics, antipyretics (for fever), antiparasitics, antibacterial, anti-malarial and tuberculosis drugs and other gifts-in-kind were put to life-saving use by communities in Sierra Leone and Uganda.