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Philanthropic / Humanitarian
Abhilasha Project, The
Email: abhilasha.project@yahoo.com
Website: www.abhilashaproject.org
The mission of the Abhilasha Project is to provide a quality education to underprivileged and handicapped children in India and in the future to children from other developing nations. Through these efforts, we are striving to foster a sense of self-sufficiency and empower the children through vocational training with marketable skills in addition to their classical educational curriculum. Our ultimate goal is to enable these children to return to their communities and contribute to society as self-reliant citizens. Also, we are striving to address, whenever possible, other issues affecting daily life such as health care, environment, socio-economic aspects and women's issues. To achieve these goals, we hope to encourage the formation of various local groups across the world to reach out to larger sections of the population. In addition at the Abhilasha Project, we believe in supporting and cooperating with persons and groups already engaged in similar activities. We also hope to provide opportunities to individuals living outside India who wish to participate in Abhilasha activities within the country.
Art of Living
Email: ottawayouth@artofliving.ca
Website: www.artoflivingyouth.ca
Art of Living is a world renown non-profit NGO which promotes health and happiness and through its many humanitarian programs significantly helps reduce stress and violence in society. At U of O we will be hosting weekly yoga sessions which will include effective breathing techniques, challenging and fun postures and guided meditations. The cost is free, so come and shed your stress and find inner peace!
Begin 2 Believe Corporation
Email: begin2believe@gmail.com
Website: www.begin2believe.com
Our primary objective is to help increase youth awareness in regards to unfortunate events occurring both in Ottawa and around the world. This will be accomplished by holding events that will encourage youth to participate and help them realize that they can make a difference.
Best Buddies, University of Ottawa Chapter
Email: bestbuddiesottawa@hotmail.com
Website: www.bestbuddies.ca
Best Buddies is a volunteer-based friendship program in which students are paired up with individuals in the Ottawa community who are intellectually impaired. Friendships are promoted through group activities as well as two outings a month between buddy pairs and a weekly phone call.
C.A.P.S.: Canadian Association of Pakistani Students
Email: canpaks@live.ca
Website: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108291741392&ref=ts
The Canadian Association of Pakistani Students is a humanitarian club designed to hold various fundraisers for humanitarian causes, with a focus on Pakistan and promote awareness of the crisis. CAPS also provides opportunities for students to participate, donate and help new Pakistani students integrate into Canadian society.
Canadian Red Cross, University of Ottawa
Email: layea059@uottawa.ca
Website: www.canadianredcross.ca or on facebook University of Ottawa – red cross club
Our club aims to create awareness and foster unity in helping those in need of help. We strive bring important humanitarian issues to the forefront and work on creating safe environments for the global citizens. We will work to help those not only in times of conflict but also in peace.
Dignitas Youth
Email: dignitas@uottawa.ca
Website: www.dignitasyouth.org/
Dignitas Youth (DY) Chapters are student-run groups whose primary function is to engage their peers in learning about and raising funds for the HIV/AIDS pandemic, with a focus on the project in Malawi. Dignitas Youth works with Dignitas International, a medical humanitarian organization.
Dreams at the University of Ottawa
Email: dreams.uottawa@gmail.com
The Dominican Republic Education and Medical Support (DREAMS) Learning Experience works in collaboration with the D.R.E.A.M.S. foundation (based in Hamilton, ON) to bring relief to impoverished areas in the Dominican Republic. The club will travel to the Dominican Republic to work on a development project (e.g., build a house).
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
Email: uottawa@ewb.ca
Website: www.uottawa.ewb.ca
EWB promotes human development through access to appropriate technology by: * Partnering with developing communities to help build the capacity of their technical sector * Raising awareness among Canadians about how they can make decisions that positively impact communities overseas * Encouraging the Canadian government to become a model global citizen by taking on a leadership role in poverty alleviation Students from all faculties are welcome to join us! Whether you are interested in Public Outreach, Fundraising, High School Presentations, learning about International Development, or developing your Personal and Leadership skills, there is something for you!
Free The Children University of Ottawa Chapter
Email: ftc.uottawa@gmail.com
Our primary goal is to free children from poverty and exploitation and free young people from the notion that they are powerless to affect positive change in the world. We do so by raising awareness through activities such as: Pub nights, discussion nights and fundraisers like the Vow of Silence.
Fundraising for Cameroon
Email: cameroon_ou@hotmail.com
Working in conjunction with the charity “Ok Clean Water Project,” Fundraising for Cameroon will organize events to raise funds for construction of pipelines in regions of Cameroon, Africa. Through such events, the club will also focus on increasing public awareness of social and economic issues that exist in Cameroon.
FYBY News
Email: info@fybynews.com
Website: www.fybynews.com
FYBY News is a balanced news outlet created for and by youth, aired within local high schools. FYBY News provides Ottawa’s youth with the chance to learn about issues, opportunities and resources relevant to them, express opinions, engage in discussion, and create a positive change within the community and world.
Islamic Philanthropic Initiative (IPI)
Email: ipi.uottawa@gmail.com
The IPI aims to provide the University of Ottawa’s students with events that attend to local non-profit community organizations/projects through volunteering/fundraising in partnership with these organizations. This club strives to instil a sense of awareness/care through these various events, beginning on campus and then outreaching to the Ottawa community.
Keep a Child Alive University of Ottawa Chapter
Email: kca.cultureconnect@gmail.com
Website: Facebook @ Kca U Ottawa
KCA University of Ottawa Chapter is an action-oriented network of university students who support the mission and work of the organization. With the objective to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic plaguing regions throughout Africa and Asia, KCA is intent on fighting this killer disease.
Kiwanis CKI Club, University of Ottawa
Email: kiwaniscirclek_uottawa@yahoo.ca
Website: www.circlekclub.com
University of Ottawa Kiwanis CKI Club is a university-level community service club sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa. The University of Ottawa shares the focus of serving children and youth in the community and internationally. As a member of Circle K International, our mission and vision of the organization is three-fold; we aspire to promote the three key tenets of service, leadership and fellowship. Through student-planned initiatives and the guidance of our sponsors, the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, we are dedicated to making the world a better place by volunteering hundreds of hours in the community and hold extensive fundraisers for various local charities and organizations. Moreover, leadership opportunities afford CKI Club members the resources and tools to become well-rounded and active citizens. Furthermore, CKI Club members benefit from their involvement in the organization by meeting and working with people with similar values and ideals, networking with professional men and women in similar fields of interest through interaction with members of the sponsoring Kiwanis Club and so much more.
Mines Action Canada, University of Ottawa
Email: uofominesactioncanada@gmail.com
Website: http://www.minesactioncanada.org
The University of Ottawa chapter of Mines Action Canada aims to help bring humanity one step closer to peace and social justice by eliminating the impacts of victim-activated weapons (mines, cluster bombs, etc). In addition, we strive to restore the dignity and rights of individuals and communities affected by such weapons.
Mobility Access Awareness Group
Email: rshar099@uottawa.ca
Raise awareness of mobility issues by creating advocacy groups promoting inclusion in society.
Right to Play uOttawa
Email: righttoplayuottawa@gmail.com
Website: www.righttoplay.ca
Right to Play is an athlete-driven humanitarian organization that uses specially-designed sport and play programs to improve health, build life skills, and foster peace in children and communities affected by war, poverty, and disease. Events will raise funds, support community development and increase awareness of the organization.
Ronald McDonald House Club
Email: rmhc_cmrm@yahoo.ca
The RMHC's mission is to become part of the "House that love built" by serving and supporting families with seriously ill children when they come to Ottawa's Ronald McDonald House for medical care.
Room to Read – Ottawa
Email: secretary@rtrottawa.ca
Room to Read – Ottawa is an innovative non-profit leader dedicated to promoting and enabling global education. This is done by establishing libraries and schools, publishing and distributing local language children's books, and providing long-term educational support for girls to pursue and complete their secondary education.
Rotaract Club of Ottawa
Email: rotaract@rotaractottawa.ca
Website: www.rotaractottawa.ca
Rotaract is an international program for adults ages 18 to 30 who want to make a difference. Our club enables members to grow personally and professionally, address community needs, and promote international understanding through friendship and service. We are a community-based club, meaning that all members of the community are invited to join. The club holds meetings every two weeks featuring speakers, discussions, and social activities. Rotaractors also get together for service projects, fundraisers, and leadership workshops.
S.E.R.R.E.S.: Special Events Responders / Répondants aux événements spéciaux
Email: uoserres@gmail.com
Special Events Responders/Répondants aux évènements spéciaux (SERRES), is both a SFUO club and a St-John’s Ambulance division. On campus and around the city, SERRES offers a volunteer based first aid service at special events. Weekly training sessions give members of SERRES an opportunity to improve their first aid skills.
Scientists Without Borders - University of Ottawa
Email: swb@uottawa.ca
Website: http://www.swb-uottawa.org
Our mandate is to improve human development by educating chapter members and the general community about issues affecting developing nations and the role scientists can perform in overcoming these issues. By creating projects to aid developing nations, we help sustain up-to-date research in scientific communities lacking resources.
Students for Accessible Healthcare
Email: uo.access.health@gmail.com
Many new or elderly immigrants cannot speak English fluently and have trouble finding a physician that speaks their native tongue. Our goal is to make health care accessible to this special class of patients by providing them with students who are fluent in their mother tongue and can accompany them at their appointments.
Taking Action in Ottawa
Email: tkaction@uottawa.ca
Website: www.takingaction.weebly.com
Our aim is to raise money and offer assistance in any way possible to local charity organizations in Ottawa. We feel that giving back to the local community hits close to home and will reward us in many ways. Close to home, close to heart.
UNICEF Club, University of Ottawa
Email: unicef.uottawa@gmail.com
Website: www.unicefclubuo.com
The University of Ottawa UNICEF Club aims to raise awareness for children's issues across the world. Proceeds from our fundraisers go to ensuring that every child has access to health, education, equality and protection, regardless of race, religion or gender.
Vision, The
Email: vision.uottawa@gmail.com
The Vision advocates raising money for research in sight impairment and the blind in developing countries. The Vision also serves to aid and better establishments in rural areas in all developing countries for underprivileged families - providing shelters, food, clean water, education, and healthcare through various charity organizations.
WUSC: Student Refugee Program (SRP) Committee
Email: srp.uottawa@gmail.com
Website: www.wusc.ca
Our club is one of 70 chapters around Canada partaking in deepening students' understanding of international developing issues and sponsoring refugee students from around the world. Every year, our chapter supports and guides a refugee student through university life. We welcome anyone interested in international development and refugee matters.