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Usernames : AEDSEL00598, HAYCOU62378 and, DASVIR __ **Canadian Non-Govermental Organizations** __
 * __ **Definition of NGO** __
 * A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level. www.ngo.org/ngoinfo/define.html


 * =__List of Atlantic Canadian NGO’s__=
 * Red cross
 * Salvation army
 * Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
 * canadian blood services
 * Canadian mental health assocation
 * Food Bank


 * =__Name of your NGO__=
 * Red Cross


 * =__Mission of NGO__=
 * The Canadian Red Cross  helps vulnerable communities in **Canada ** affected by emergencies and disaster – from situations ranging from individual house fires, power outages and floods to wildfires and hurricanes, which disrupt entire regions.


 * =__History of NGO__=
 * While Ryerson was inspired during Louis Riel's North West Rebellion in a way that would foretell the Canadian Red Cross ' development in the country, it wasn't until 1896 that he officially founded the Canadian Red Cross , which was the first overseas branch of the British Red Cross  to become established. www.redcross.ca/about-us/red-cross-stories/2013/history-of-the-canadian-red-cross

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 * =__Overview (Details: who, what, when, how, why)__=
 * The Birth of an Idea. The Red Cross  idea was born in 1859, when Henry Dunant, a young Swiss man, came upon the scene of a bloody battle in Solferino, Italy, between the armies of imperial Austria and the Franco-Sardinian alliance. www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/history/


 * __ **Reason of choosing NGO** __
 * Because they help people and because it was easist to remeber.