OPSEU Social Justice Fund
 

OPSEU responds to Haiti crisis

February 8, 2010 On January 12, 2010, Haitians suffered the worst earthquake in 200 years. OPSEU responded with immediate solidarity. more…

Haiti Horror

January 22, 2010 The grim stories filling our newspapers and TV screens are sparking an overwhelming response from Canadians who want to help in any way possible. more…

Haiti’s history and the connection to public services

January 21, 2010 Find out about Haiti’s history and the political forces that made this country ‘a geography of precariousness’ even before the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion
/517494/imf_to_haiti_freeze_public_wages

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Under pressure from debt relief activists, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), clarifies that its new loan to Haiti is interest-free and does not include any conditions

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion
/519364/imf_clarifies_terms_of_haiti_s_loan

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ACUDESBAL thanks the Social Justice Fund

March 12, 2009 El Salvador community organization thanks the Social Justice Fund for the truck they purchased with OPSEU support. more...

OPSEU delegates tour Honduras projects

March 11, 2009 From Feb. 18 to 27, OPSEU Social Justice Committee member Mary Cory and Senior Communications Officer Randy Robinson toured Honduras with a group from Horizons of Friendship, an international development organization based in Cobourg, Ontario. more ...

Letter of Appreciation from Memo Cuba

October 7, 2008 Medical Equipment Modernization Opportunity (MEMO Cuba) has written to thank OPSEU for the donation from the Solidarity Fund. more...

Letter of Appreciation from Eastern Cape, South Africa

March 27, 2008 The Department of Social Development of Eastern Cape, South Africa has written to thank OPSEU for its support for the Kwezana Old Age Centre. more...

OPSEU delegates tour El Salvador projects

March 3, 2008 From February 16 - 27, Sandra Snider, Executive Board Member for Region 7, and Chair of the OPSEU Social Justice Fund joined a tour sponsored by the Horizons of Friendship in Cobourg. The goal of the tour was to visit small community projects, one of them supported by OPSEU’s fund through Horizons. more...

Thank you from Makupo Village in Malawi

December 10, 2007 OPSEU Social Justice Fund helps provide clean water for village. more...

Links

Maquila Solidarity Network  http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/

Bylaws - Social Justice Fund

 President's Blog from Africa

March 27, 2008

OPSEU concludes solidarity tour of South Africa and Malawi

OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas wraps up his tour of southern Africa with a visit to Makupo village in Malawi. more...

Warren (Smokey) Thomas

 

Solidarity Fund Index

Social Justice Fund

Live and Let Live Fund

Working people everywhere share common goals - “An Injury to One is an Injury to All”.

As public sector workers, we want to build linkages with communities in developing countries.  

The Social Justice Fund supports exchanges, direct funding to development projects in education, health, water and combating poverty and emergency and humanitarian aid to those most vulnerable in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America and Asia.

OPSEU members are able to get involved in the Social Justice Fund through education, exchanges and fundraising.

The Criteria for OPSEU Social Justice Fund Project Proposals is available now for members and locals who may be interested.

If your local is interested, contact the OPSEU Social Justice Fund at OPSEU Communications in Toronto: 1 – 800 268 7376, ext. 8788


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