You don’t have to dig too deep — part two.
The ties that bind. International NGOs and the Canadian mining industry. Here a listing of Canadian NGOsand the mining companies that acknowledged as a “Donor”, “Alliance Partner”, “Major Corporate Sponsor” on their website. In some cases such as Plan Canada, WUSC, World Vision (for which CIDA was a driver) and UNICEF some details like the dollar value of the partnership has been made public by the NGO.
AMREF: Better Health for Africa
Barrick Gold
Capital Drilling Limited
IAMGOLD
Kenya Fluorspar
Major Drilling Group
Pan African Mining
CARE Canada: Defending Dignity. Fighting Poverty.
Teck Resources Limited
Doug Horswill, Chairman of the Mining Association of Canada, is on the board of directors
CUSO International: Harnessing the power of volunteering to help reduce global poverty
Dan Wright, Treasurer of CUSO, has experience in the Canadian mining industry. His web bio allows that “his mining work included the use of dynamite but he generally prefers subtler approaches to facilitating change.”
PLAN Canada: Improve the lives of children
IAMGOLD
Save the Children: Creating lasting change for children in need in Canada and around the world
Candente Gold
Candente Silver
Teck Resources Limited
UNICEF Canada: Working tirelessly to help children and their families
Teck Resources Limited: Newly-minted $5 million partnership announced on April 3, 2013
World University Services of Canada: Education Changes the World
Rio Tinto Alcan
World Vision: For children. For change. For life.
Barrick Gold
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