Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Rights Action

Who We Are

Rights Action is a multi-faceted community development, environmental and human rights organization with its main office in Guatemala City. In both Canada and the United States, Rights Action has tax-charitable status.

Rights Action:

* provides funds directly to over 50 grassroots development, environmental and human rights organizations and projects.
* provides technical support, popular education and organizational strengthening training to these grassroots organizations.
* builds alliances for global justice between community-based organizations, both regionally and north-south.
* provides human rights accompaniment to persons at risk of repression for their environment, development and human rights work.
* does education & activist work in the US & Canada about global human rights, environmental and development issues, and about how citizens and organizations can get involved and work on these issues.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Canada Office
Rights Action (Canada)
422 Parliament St.
Box 82522
Toronto ON M5A-4N8
email: info@rightsaction.org
http://www.rightsaction.org/Templates/Who_We_Are.htm

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