Nonprofit Organizations in Halifax

The Westend Community Food Bank is a volunteer operated food bank.  We are located on 3495 McAlpine Street, in the neighbourhood between the Fairview Cemetery and the West End Mall in Halifax.  We are open on Thursday mornings from 8:30 until noon and have between 70 and 90 clients who we distribute food to each week.

What's Your Impact brings you simple tips every month to help you in your quest to help protect the environment. Our goal is to show you that your actions can make a difference and that together we can fight climate change.

We focus on providing information and tools to help people recognize their impact and encourage them to take action. This includes a variety of educational materials about climate change, greenhouse gases, global warming, carbon footprints as well as solutions to global warming and how to help save the planet.

Wilderness Stays Limited will be a sustainable, glamorous campground located in East Dover, Nova Scotia. Manager of the company, Dave Cahill, will be building all-season tents, making Wilderness Stays a year-round attraction. The tents will be fitted with fixtures that keep the spirit of the 21^st century close, yet distant to allow for a relaxing getaway. Wilderness Stays Limited campground will feature stone pathways, walking trails, community activities, tents, tipis, rocket mass heaters, and beautiful variations of furniture.

We are a charity helping support the local community in Halifax. We take place in projects ranging from providing winter clothes for the homeless to assisting pet owners in need to afford medical procedures for their pet. We strive to help support the community and make sure no one is left behind disadvantaged due to their means.

World Vision's history begins in 1947, with our founder Dr. Bob Pierce. Today, World Vision is a Christian relief, development, and advocacy organization working to create lasting change in the lives of children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by our Christian values, World Vision is dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

Core Values

We have identified certain values that lie at the centre of World Vision's work. These "Core Values" are the fundamental principles that determine our commitment to each other and to the poor.

We are Christian.

From the abundance of God's love, we find our call to ministry.

We are committed to the poor.

We are called to relieve their suffering and to promote the transformation of their condition of life.

We value people.

We regard all people as created and loved by God. We give priority to people before money, structure, and systems.

We are stewards.

We are faithful to the purpose for which resources are given and manage them in a manner that brings maximum benefit to the poor.

We are partners.

We are members of an international World Vision Partnership that transcends legal, structural, and cultural boundaries.

We are responsive.

We are responsive to the life-threatening emergencies where our involvement is needed and appropriate.

Our Mission

World Vision is a Christian relief, development, and advocacy organization working to create lasting change in the lives of children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by our Christian values, World Vision is dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

The YMCA provides newcomer children, youth, and their families with a variety of programs and outreach services. Our approach is to deliver community-based support that is inclusive and welcoming. We also provide services for students at several partner schools. Our YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programs helps newcomers to Canada settle into their new communities while also supporting the community in understanding the issues and barriers they face.

About the YMCA of Greater Toronto

The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a dynamic charity offering opportunities for personal growth, community involvement and leadership. Our 2010-2020 strategic plan Strong Start Great Future calls upon our Association to invest in young people across their life stages to deliver on our vision of ensuring our communities will be home to the healthiest children, teens and young adults. This community health strategy includes a significant role for adults and older adults.

Mirroring the region’s diversity, the YMCA offers a variety of programs responding to the needs of the community, including employment and essential skills, education, newcomer programs, youth outreach and intervention, fitness, sports and aquatics, international programs, child care and camps.

Program Description: Next Stop Canada Youth (NSCY) is a program that provides online settlement support, learning opportunities, and mentorship to pre-arrival youth ages 12 to 19 who are destined for Canada. This online program helps overseas youth prepare for immigration by providing them with the information, knowledge, and resources needed to quickly adapt and integrate into Canadian society.

YWCA Halifax is Halifax Regional Municipality’s only organization that builds economic security, promotes wellness, and creates opportunities for women, girls, and their families by providing a strong voice and integrated services.

We are for, by, and about women and girls. We transform lives by providing a continuum of critical services and programs that build capacity for lasting positive change. We strive to change the underlying causes and issues that are root causes of inequality, violence, poverty, and homelessness.

YWCA Halifax is one of the 32 Member Associations operating within YWCA Canada’s membership frameworks. The organization was one of the first YWCAs in Canada. We have been promoting women’s leadership, and meeting community needs for more than 140 years.

YWCA Canada is the country’s oldest and largest women’s multi-service organization. More than 32 Member Associations are operating in over 400 districts and communities across the country. YWCA Canada is a member association of the World YWCA, which unites 25 million women and girls worldwide and spans 120 countries.

For more information on YWCA Canada, please click on the link below:

www.YWCACanada.ca

Your Way to Wellness is a free 6 week workshop to help people with chronic health conditions overcome daily challenges, take action and live a healthy life! Groups meet weekly (2½ hours) and are led by trained volunteers. The program is delivered in communities across the province.

YCI is an organization where diversity and talent come together to shape a better future for youth around the world. Youth innovation drives positive change and we develop creative, market-ready solutions that catapult youth around the world to succeed and prosper. Our solutions are focused – always keeping the young people we are designing for and with at the centre of the conversation. Together with our partners, our approach is rooted in creativity and constantly evolving to respond to changing needs and market realities.

Our organization is a United Nations award-winning charity and our mission is to turn young people from 'educated' to 'educator.'

We take the talents of young people and turn them into one-on-one tutors for other adults and seniors in their communities. For example, imagine a 15 year old teaching a 50 year old how to use Zoom to communicate with their family in another country, or a 16 year old teaching an adult who is new to Canada some basic English skills.