Gifts of Hope

As climate crises threaten lives and livelihoods, young people know what needs to change. This gift gives them the tools to make it happen. With it, youth will participate in advocacy training, contribute to action plans and influence climate policy at all political levels. With this gift, you’ll help youth stand up for what’s right for our planet and future generations.

This gift provides the safety, spaces and supplies children need for a chance to enjoy their childhoods and talents in full swing. You’ll help organize inclusive sports clubs where girls can equally participate and where teamwork can unite youth in challenging circumstances, like refugee camps. This gift knocks it out of the park!

Give the gift of leadership training, mentorship and opportunities for girls who live in diverse contexts within low-income communities around the world. This gift will help girls build their confidence, self-esteem and life skills so that they can make their own life choices, thrive and lead the way for the next generation.

Support girls in bridging the digital divide, by providing equal access to information technology and safe online spaces. This gift will provide safe online spaces where girls can learn about their rights and share their opinions without fear of discrimination or harassment. Help ensure girls can build thriving communities unbound by borders.

Give the gift of savings and loans to women experiencing poverty who don’t have access to banks or financing options. This gift provides financial programs for women’s groups to save money together and invest in their children and community. It will also provide money management training, improving household income and helping women boost their independence.

Girls' perspectives belong everywhere decisions are made. This gift engages girls in Canada and around the world, including those in refugee camps, in decision making. Through seat shares, advisory panels, innovation hubs, consultation sessions and more, this gift helps girls have meaningful interactions with governments, corporations and civil-society organizations. It supports training for girls that builds their leadership skills as well as community sessions for girls' perspectives to be both heard and factored into decisions.

What if your life depended on this phrase: Khajc jklc aslkjp akhcbp. Can't make sense of it? That's what life is like for the millions of women in the world who cannot read. But this gift of literacy, including financial literacy, is helping thousands of women in low-income countries make sense of the world.

The Mom Shop helps women become entrepreneurs who can support themselves and their children. This gift includes vocational training and financial­ literacy courses. It offers village savings and loan programs so women can work together to create small businesses, making things like honey, peanut butter, clothing or soap - initiatives that provide a solid income for family needs and independence.

This gift unites and enables youth to harness their passion, hone their skills, connect networks and amplify their voices through inclusive growth opportunities like workshops, mentorship, conferences and clubs. Support youth, of all backgrounds, throughout Canada, to step into their power as the next generation of global leaders.

About a third of the world has never used the internet; most are women and girls who are disconnected from learning, careers and independence – especially during crises. This gift helps girls and young women build fundamental tech and online skills so they can keep pace, create businesses and succeed amid uncertainty. It sets up development centres and computer training, and teaches the use of mobile wallets and digital financial services to increase self-reliance.

Girls have a unique ability to change the world and the lives of those around them. This gift is about unleashing that power in every girl. It’s about offering girls nourishment, education and protection.