Canadian Feed The Children is a Canadian charity, based in Toronto, Ontario. It is a secular non-governmental organization (NGO), working in international development, and partners with community-based groups working to alleviate poverty in Aboriginal communities in Canada and developing countries including Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti and Uganda. It is a registered Canadian charity with a mission to reduce the impact of poverty on children, their families and their communities.
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The organization has programs that focus primarily on food security, including nutrition, education and capacity-building in Haiti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Uganda, and Bolivia. Its work in Canada is focused on nutrition in Aboriginal communities.
History
The agency was founded in 1986 as Canadian Feed The Children 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 a Letters Patent dated July 10, 1992, in the name of Canadian Feed The Children.
Finance and accountability
Fiscal responsibility and accountability is important to Canadian Feed The Children. The organization has been recognized for its best practice in financial accountability, governance and transparency by Queen's University Centre for Governance and the Certified Professional Accountants of Ontario, being named a finalist in the Voluntary Sector Reporting Awards in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and winning the award in its category in 2012 and 2013.
The organization also become one of a very small, select group of non-profits in Canada to be certified by Imagine Canada under its Standards Program in May, 2013.
For details on Canadian Feed The Children's revenues and expenses, please see its annual report and audited financial statements.