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Organisation aims and activities: Save the Children Canada fights for children's
rights and delivers lasting and immediate
improvements to children's lives worldwide.

Further details: Save the Children Canada is unique in that unlike other charitable organisations, we are active within Canada as well as in 10 countries overseas. • Save the Children Canada is a non- political and non-sectarian organisation. • We believe in involving children in issues and decisions that will directly influence their lives, as well as the communities in which they live. Child participation can only be genuine and effective through listening and respecting children's views and the way in which they choose to express them. It involves nurturing their strengths, interests and abilities through the provision of meaningful opportunities to contribute to their own development and that of their peers, families and communities. • We are an organisation that upholds the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child.

Operational level: International

Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

Organisation mandate: Provide training or education on child rights, Work in partnership with organisations

Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Child participation, Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children with disabilities, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Emergency relief, Family and alternative care, Gender and girls, Implementation, Justice, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Violence

Countries in which this organisation works: Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mali, Nicaragua

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Last updated 13/06/2007 12:20:40

CRIN does not accredit or validate any of the organisations listed in our directory. The views and activities of the listed organisations do not necessarily reflect the views or activities of CRIN's coordination team.

Save the Children Canada (SCC)