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YMCA Canada Guiding Principles for the International Program

• Maximize the participation of staff, volunteers and the community;
• Are based on collaboration, transparency and mutual respect;
• Are non-discriminatory;
• Contribute to self-reliance and sustainable long-term development;
• Promote opportunities for reciprocal learning;
• Develop the leadership capacities of young people;
• Focus primarily on the most serious human and social development needs;
• Foster social action while remaining non-partisan

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What we do in our International Work

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