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WHO WE ARE
The Stanley Francis Foundation was established in 1999 by an
endowment from Stanley and Elizabeth Francis. The income from the endowment
augmented by fund raising activities is spent on charitable activities, in
Canada and developing countries, approved by the Canadian Government’s
Revenue Agency (CCRA). All work, from the members of the Board of Trustees
to the persons in charge of each project are performed on a voluntary basis,
so that one hundred percent of funds raised are spent directly on charitable
projects.
WHAT WE DO
The primary focus of the Foundation is the education and
training of disadvantaged persons to equip them with the knowledge and
skills to become independent, self sufficient and contributing members of
society.
The main activities of the Foundation are:
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Fund raising and support for the Horizons Children’s Home
in Sandema, Ghana which aims to address the basic needs of food, shelter
medical care, counselling, formal education and/or vocational training for
street children who are orphans or who have been neglected or abandoned by
their families.
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Fund raising and support for Nav Yatra ( New Journey) a
project in Trivandrum, South India to train mentally challenged persons to
participate in activities such as hand made paper, paper arts and crafts,
screen printing, batik, candle making, herbal gardening, bee keeping ,
care of fish, animals and birds, all in an ecological habitat specially
designed and built to enable the restoration of the earth, growing fruits
and vegetables organically, integrating water conservation and rainwater
collection methods and using biogas, solar energy, and agricultural waste
as fuels for cooking and lighting.
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The provision of scholarships, donations and volunteer
support to Youth Assisting Youth, a Toronto based charitable organization
established in 1976 to keep at risk children in school and out of the
juvenile justice system by matching an “at risk” child aged 6 to 15 with a
youth volunteer aged 16 to 29 who has received special training to provide
a positive youth role model.
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Providing volunteer services and a limited amount of
donations, to other charitable causes, especially for victims of natural
disasters and catastrophes.
HOW WE DO IT
The Foundation currently concentrates most of its limited
resources in
funding the three projects outlined earlier that that best meets its
objectives.
Horizons Children’s Home and Nav Yatra are two of the Foundation’s own
Projects approved by CCRA while Youth Assisting Youth is a registered
Charitable organization which the Foundation supports with donations and
volunteer services.
Each of the Foundation’s projects is headed by a Volunteer who co-
ordinates and supervises all its activities from fund raising to running the
programs within the budgets and parameters approved by the Foundation.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
In one or more of the following ways:
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You can make a donation to the Foundation to by used at
its discretion in one or more of the of the Foundation’s activities.
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You can make a donation directed towards the particular
project you wish your donation to support.
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You can volunteer your services towards fund raising for
the Foundation’s activities.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Stanley Francis Foundation
Attention Stanley Francis
22 Rustywood Drive
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3A 1R8
Telephone 416-444-9171
Email:
stanfrancis@cslcomputers.com
Horizons Childrens Home
Attention Heather Menezes
24 Marblemount Crescent
Toronto, Ontario, M1T 2H4
Telephone 416-494-2132
Email:
heather_menezes@hotmail.com
Nav Yatra (New Journey)
Attention Stanley Francis
At above address
Or
Keith Saldanha Email:
keith@navyatra.org
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