Kwela 1% Plan
Kwela created its own 1% Plan to help increase funding of causes we care about. This means that we donate 1% of our revenue annually – irrespective of profits made – to selected social and environmental causes.
We split the entire 1% equally among our chosen charities – it’s one more way in which we work together and both get involved in something which is striving to help make the world a better place.
The current charities we support include (listed alphabetically):
Ecojustice www.ecojustice.ca
Ecojustice is Canada’s largest environmental law charity. From coast to coast to coast, they have a proven history of winning key cases and securing environmental protections. Taking polluters to court is in Ecojustice’s roots. They started as the Sierra Legal Defence Fund back in 1990 as a direct response to the Exxon Valdez disaster — then the world’s worst oil spill. What began as two determined people working out of the back of a car is now a leading Canadian charity led by lawyers, scientists and subject matter experts.
Education Without Borders www.educationwithoutborders.ca
Education Without Borders is a Canadian charity whose mandate is to provide educational opportunities and school facilities in black communities in South Africa. Some current initiatives are: the design and implementation of a teacher volunteer program, the implementation of Math programs, the building of food gardens, and the establishment of photographic arts and dance programs.
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society www.vafcs.org
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society has been providing quality programs and services to the Vancouver’s urban, Indigenous constituents for over 50 years. They aim to meet the needs of the Aboriginal Peoples making a transition to the urban community. VAFCS provides programs in health and welfare, social services, human rights, culture, education, recreation and equality for all genders of Aboriginal Peoples of all age groups.