War Child Canada is a registered Canadian charity dedicated
to providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance
to war-affected children around the world. Working
closely with the music industry, War Child Canada helps
generate awareness, support and advocacy for children’s
rights everywhere.
Tangible Deliverables
War Child Canada provides emergency relief, such as
food, blankets and medicines and other basic necessities
during crisis situations. It also supports war affected
communities through long term programming in education,
skills training and trauma healing as they rebuild
after conflict and war.
“[They] support war affected
communities through long term
programming in education, skills
training and trauma healing as they
rebuild after conflict and war.”
Competitiveness and Efficiency of Deliveries
About 93% of all donations go to charitable programs
overseas to purchase supplies and to pay wages (teachers,
construction workers etc). War Child Canada mostly
depends on peace partners and volunteers to run its administrative
functions. The organization strives to work
with the locals, by implementing partners across borders
to deliver programs. Furthermore, War Child Canada
does not impose any requirements on local partners or
communities to brand its humanitarian activities with
the War Child name or logo.
Competitiveness (Financial Efficiency)
The charity strives to maintain the highest ethical standards
in all policies and programs. It values every donation
and it always seeks new ways to maintain a low overhead.
Also, War Child Canada has adopted the Canadian
center for Philanthropy ethical fundraising and financial
accountability code as its policy and does not sell, rent or
trade donor databases.
Management Accountability to Clients
War Child Canada is adherent to the code of conduct
for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement
and other non-governmental organizations in
disaster relief.
Commitment for Sustainable Development
All of the War Child overseas programs focus on creating
a climate of sustainable change, rather than bandage
solutions. War Child is an implementing agency;
it creates, implements, monitors and evaluates its own
projects and programs.
Volunteerism
The organization promotes excellence amongst staff in
Canada and all around the world.
