Community Activities

As a non-profit association the Guyana Canadian Cultural Association of British Columbia provides donations to the following organizations:

surrey_memorial

SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
13750- 96th AVE
SURREY, BC, V3V1Z2
Established in 1992, The Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation’s mission is to support Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre in delivering the highest quality health care by enlisting the financial support of caring individuals and organizations

bc_childrens

BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
938 28TH AVE W
VANCOUVER, BC,V5Z4H4
Through a wide range of fundraising events and opportunities, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation is united with its donors by a single, simple passion – to improve the health and the lives of the young people who enter BC Children’s Hospital every day

royal_columbian

ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
330 EAST COLUMBIA STREET
NEW WESTMINSTER,BC,V3L3WL
As the first hospital in BC, the hospital’s Board of Management made an appeal back in 1863 to the “miners and other inhabitants of British Columbia” to contribute a portion of their gains “for the relief of their sick or wounded fellow colonists. The Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation was founded in 1978, to build on this longstanding tradition of caring and support from the community. Today, the Foundation raises over $5 million each year to fund life-saving and diagnostic equipment which benefit patients from across British Columbia.

UNITED CHRISTMAS CLUB
1406-7325 ARCOLA STREET
BURNABY, BC, V5E0A8

dharm-shala

DHARM SHALA
140 KING EDWARD ST
ALBOUYSTOWN
GEORGETOWN
GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA
Dharm Shala, a Non- Governmental Organization, was founded by Ramsaroop Maharaz in 1921 and caters for the homeless

uncle_eddies

UNCLE EDDIE’S HOME
JACKSON STREET
TUCVILLE
GEORGETOWN
GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA
Uncle Eddie’s home, a Non-governmental organization, was established 39 years ago through the initiative of overseas-based Guyanese, Mr. Edward Holford who is now deceased. The hospice has the capacity to accommodate 40 persons

guyana-book-foundation

GUYANA BOOK FOUNDATION
56 NEW GARDEN & ANIRA STREETS
QUEENSTOWN
GEORGETOWN
GUYANA, SOUTH AMERICA
Mission: To improve literacy among children in Guyana in collaboration with our partners, through the provision of low cost books and other educational resources.

Education Renewal was an organization which provided with remedial reading programs, and was Subsequently tasked with the responsibility of distributing books which were donated by the Canadian Organisation for Development through Education (CODE). This led to the formation of the Guyana Book Foundation (GBF) which was established in 1990 as a not-for-profit NGO.