About Us

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund strives to change the way society treats its children and youth. In the pursuit of its vision, and in order to ensure that the legacy of its founder, Nelson Mandela, is secured in perpetuity, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund will:

• Develop partnerships and initiate programmes which empower and improve the well-being of children and youth;
• Promote the rights of children and youth through the influence of public policy and social awareness; and
• Sustain these initiatives through the development of a sound financial and knowledge support base.

Since 1984, Peel Children’s Centre has been helping people under the age of 18, and their families deal with mental health problems. Peel Children’s Centre is an officially approved, accredited, children’s mental health centre, based in the Region of Peel. A not-for-profit, charitable agency, it offers many excellent, creative services to more than 3,600 children, teenagers, and their families every year, confidentially and without charge.

The Mississauga Food Bank is the largest food distribution program in Mississauga, Ontario supporting over 12,000 clients each month through over 30 member agencies, including the city’s seven food banks.

Daily Bread is a registered charitable organization committed to distribute donated food to over 190 food programs in member agencies across the GTA. Agencies include neighbourhood food banks, lunch programs for children, drop-in centres, shelters and perinatal nutrition programs.

Our Place (Peel) is a registered non-profit agency founded in 1985 with a mandate to develop and operate emergency shelter and residential services for disadvantaged and homeless youth 16 to 21 years of age in the Peel Region.

Victim Services of Peel is a not-for-profit, charitable agency serving the cities of Brampton and Mississauga in the Region of Peel. Victim Services is mandated to provide immediate crisis intervention and other related services to persons victimized by crime or tragic circumstance.

The Canadian Cancer Society is a national, community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer.

Net proceeds from The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer will benefit The Princess Margaret, a leader in the fight against cancer and the largest institution in Canada exclusively devoted to cancer treatment, research, and education. Funding will go towards high content clinical trials such as the world class tumor bank, an advanced molecular profiling laboratory, and a drug development program. The Princess Margaret will also be able to put funds to work for other programs like cancer stem cell, cancer metabolism and microenvironment, immunotherapy, lung cancer, and prostate cancer programs.

The Mississauga Humane Society is a registered non-profit charity dedicated to the rescue of companion animals who otherwise may be killed in the many overcrowded city pounds, as well as animals scheduled to be sent to research.