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Foodprints: CPAR at Canada Blooms 2010
Save the date! CPAR is teaming up with Ontario College of Art & Design's (OCAD) Frogpond collective to create a bold and engaging walk-through installation on solutions to food security challenges in Africa. 'Foodprints: Edible Environments, Sustainable Gardens' will be unveiled March 17-21, 2010 at Canada Blooms: The Toronto Flower and Garden Festival.
Inspired by farming communities in Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda, African tree nurseries and 'edible garden' designs, Foodprints will take visitors on a journey illustrating ways that small-scale African farmers are bringing nutritious food to their families' tables while also laying the foundation for stronger resilience in the face of climate change challenges.
Linking the commonalities between global and local food security issues, plans are also in the works for you to get involved in bringing Foodprints to your own community, school, special event or local Farmers Market. Stay tuned for further details!
25 Years of Commitment in Rural Africa
After 25 years, our commitment remains unwavering and our mission continues to focus on working in partnership with vulnerable communities and diverse organizations to overcome poverty and build healthy communities in Africa.
As we move toward the future, our dedication to rural African communities continues to light the fire that motivates us to achieve real, sustainable change.
Working for 25 years in rural Africa is a remarkable achievement for any organization and it is amazing to think that the genesis of CPAR came from one man - Dr. Mark Doidge. A Toronto based physician who had a desire to assist the most vulnerable people impacted by the 1984 famine in Ethiopia.
Over the years, CPAR's humble beginnings have expanded to include 12 program offices in Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania. When one reflects upon the history of CPAR, it is quite evident that its growth is truly an international affair of cooperation. Many people in Canada and CPAR's four program countries have contributed to making CPAR a well respected and successful non governmental organization (NGO).
We would like to say 'thank you' to all those who have contributed to CPAR from the governance and operational level. We can all be proud in sharing a sense of satisfaction in the fact that we have contributed to building a strong and dynamic organization.
Twenty-five years of struggle, growth and achievement. Twenty-five years of challenges and triumphs. Twenty five years of inspiration and empowerment.
Click Here to Read CPAR’s 25th Anniversary Newsletter
Here are some of CPAR's innovative inspirational programs that have made real, tangible change in rural Africa:
What does CPAR's 25th Anniversary Mean to You?
We asked our donors who have supported CPAR's work in rural African communities over the years - "What does CPAR's 25th Anniversary mean to you?"
In the words of CPAR supporters...
"I have been actively supporting CPAR for the last 12 or 13 years but it was probably close to the full 25 years when I first heard of CPAR and my seed of interest in the organization was planted.
It is encouraging that CPAR has grown, developed and matured as an organization over this time.
There certainly has been a lot of change from its initial days as a relief organization as it transformed into the East African grass roots organization of community health and sustainable development that exists today.
The way that CPAR has evolved from aid and relief for communities to aid and development with communities is a concept that strikes a real chord and I am pleased to have supported this great organization,"
Steve Ferracuti, World Health Day Challenge Participant, Kash Dash Organizer, and long-time CPAR Supporter - Haliburton, Ontario
"CPAR is an organisation I am proud to support. The grassroots work done in Africa does the most for the future of the people there. After working in Malawi on an unrelated project and seeing the CPAR truck I was proud to have donated to planting trees in Africa and contributing to the ever increasing momentum of the Donate a Day Annual project.
Our efforts at building wells, supporting maternal health and grassroots development are reaching individuals in rural Africa and making a bid difference in their lives. I'm proud to have been part of the origins of Donate a Day. It remains a worthwhile and important effort."
Dr. N. Kevin Wade, World Health Day Challenge Participant, and long-time CPAR Supporter - Vancouver, BC.
"To me, CPAR's 25th anniversary is a celebration of more chances to come for Canadians to get involved in contributing towards the development of some of the most beautiful and interesting communities in Africa.
It represents a growth in understanding the importance of working in partnership with Africans."
Amanda Nolan, Study Tour Participant and CPAR Volunteer - Winnipeg, Manitoba
