POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sweatshop, Food Bank, Structural Adjustment
27 Jul 2016
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Sjc: canadian organization based in montreal- since 1975. Started out as a couple of people in their basement, who began to hire a small staff and it grew over a period of years. Engage citizens to build a more socially just world. One is advocacy program: meeting world bank and imf on a weekly basis to discuss structural development programs and criticize or comment in constructive ways big problems they have around the world. - Education program: elementary school till phd- wide variety of workshops and content- half given in school, and other half given in other ngo"s like. Oxfam international, amnesty international, food bank kind of organization- whenever doctors without borders sends doctors abroad they have a training there. Center of training for ngo"s who send staff abroad- realm in the ngo community. Elimination of sweatshops- working on a number of sweatshop networks- community of ngo"s. Ngo setor: development, social work, human rights.
