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November 22, 2013 HAMILTON, Ontario—When Grand Challenges Canada announced $9.3 million in seed grants to improve global health yesterday, Save the Mothers’ Mother Friendly Hospital Initiative—under the direction of Dr. Eve Nakabembe—was on the list of recipients. Grand Challenges Canada is funded by the Government of Canada, and is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with …
November 4, 2013 HAMILTON, Ont.–Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese, founder and executive director of Save the Mothers (STM) will be honoured by her hometown with an induction into the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction. The Gallery honours prominent individuals, present and past who have brought outstanding credit to the city of Hamilton. “Dr. Jean” as she is …
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National Collection Week is November 18-24 October 17, 2013 CALGARY — The Canada-wide 2013 Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection season–an annual initiative of Samaritan’s Purse Canada–starts today as thousands of individuals, families, churches, businesses, sports teams, and community groups begin packing shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items, plus personal notes and photos. Samaritan’s …
October 7, 2013 TORONTO–Former Olympic rower Sarah (Bonikowsky) Chaudhery will team up with Paralympic Rower Victoria Nolan to run in the Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon on Sunday, October 20, 2013. The event begins at 8:45 a.m. The two women will run the 21-kilometre distance, tethered together. Victoria (2012 and 2008 Paralympic Games), who is blind, will wrap …
October 4, 2013 BRAMPTON, Ontario–Every year Partners International Canada brings world class ministry leaders from across the world to share their experiences with Canadians. These leaders possess outstanding vision and incredible passion for showing the love of God in their unique contexts of holistic international development and mission. Our guests this fall, Philip Timoti from …
October 2, 2013 TORONTO–Citing pressing needs for more and different space for its work, a favourable real estate market, and a buyer willing to allow time for a smooth transition, The Yonge Street Mission (YSM) has decided to sell its namesake property at 381 Yonge Street in Toronto, just south of Gerrard Street. The purchaser, …