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Encourage community participation and social networking
Help them achieve self-reliance and open opportunities
Teach useful skills to help with their day-to-day tasks
Beyond our international projects, Good Neighbours Canada is also committed to providing support to local communities. With support from our sponsors, we create programs that help advance the skills and independence of vulnerable individuals in Canada, giving them more opportunities and self-empowerment.
Goods4Causes is a social enterprise program working to support equity-deserving artisans with skills development and income generation, both here in Canada and internationally. Our local support, through Goods4Causes, started as a way to help vulnerable individuals participate in the Canadian economy by selling their crafts online. We work with a range of talented local vendors, prioritizing the most marginalized groups, particularly newcomers, refugees, people of colour and people experiencing financial insecurity.
Our partner vendors use our platform free of charge and keep 100% of their sales proceeds. They sell a variety of sustainable handmade items as well as benefit from workshops and training sessions that will advance their crafts and entrepreneurial skills, ultimately supporting them towards running a stable small business for secure income.
Visit our Goods4Causes website to learn more and browse our selection of socially-conscious handmade goods.
Are you a Canadian businesses that is interested in supporting marginalized communities?
The Good Shop is an initiative where Canadian businesses can partner with Good Neighbours Canada to help support income-generating projects for local and international communities. Your monthly donations goes to funding projects that promote financial stability and self-reliance.
Businesses that become Good Shop partners get perks and promotional items from us. Showcase to all your customers that you are a business that is interested in global change.
Good Neighbours Canada is partnered with PATH (Parents Association Living Toward Hope), a parent-led organization dedicated to uplifting children with developmental disabilities and providing respite for their full-time carers. This collaboration is a testament to our shared values and dedication to making a significant difference in the lives of those who need it most.
Good Neighbours Canada is presently supporting a community of over 50 families with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses, who are marginalized on account of their newcomer status, limited if any English language skills, being of a visible minority and needing to provide round-the-clock care for their children with additional needs.
Families in the group have very limited access to support services such as personal social workers for caregiving respite, or financial support to help provide for their children’s additional needs. As such, the parents of these families act as permanent caregivers and suffer from severe isolation, with no time for interpersonal connection with adult peers or vital downtime from providing care, which causes poor psycho-emotional safety.
Through PATH, we are supporting educational programs children with developmental disabilities, empower parents by providing informative resources, and strengthen the network of these families.
Good Neighbours Canada (GNCA) is committed to supporting the social participation, independence, and overall well-being of seniors in our local communities. In particular, we work with Korean immigrant seniors who may experience additional barriers to social inclusion due to language, age, limited mobility, and access to technology.
Our senior inclusion initiative has evolved over the past three years to respond to the changing needs of the Korean senior community. Each year, we have developed programs that address a different but interconnected aspect of healthy and meaningful aging.
Together, these three years represent GNCA’s evolving approach to senior inclusion:
Through these initiatives, GNCA is working to support seniors not only in overcoming practical barriers, but also in building confidence, maintaining meaningful relationships, expressing themselves, and leading healthier and more connected lives.
Our goal is to create an inclusive community where seniors feel valued, supported, and empowered to participate fully in society—regardless of their age, language, or level of technological experience. This ongoing work reflects GNCA’s commitment to empowering vulnerable and marginalized communities through education, health, social connection, and community-based support.
