What We Do
We believe investing in children’s health today will help to build even stronger communities for tomorrow.
Current Projects
SICKKIDS CENTRE FOR GLOBAL CHILD HEALTH
Funds raised by Mining4Life go toward programs that treat and prevent disease, build and maintain healthy living and promote and advance education – near and far. Your generosity provides support for ground-breaking international research projects, as well as makes fellowships possible for bright, young physicians at SickKids. Fellows like Dr. Sam Brophy-Williams, Dr. Paulo Neves, and Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran, who are focused on projects ranging from febrile illnesses and reductions in infant mortality, to the investigation of the preconception and pregnancy determinants of undernutrition in infants under six months of age from low- and middle-income countries. There is also the International Patient Program, which helps children from around the world receive care they cannot access in their home countries. Since 1979, over 800 patients from over 100 countries have come to SickKids to receive life-saving care. Children from every corner of the globe deserve high-quality care. Thanks to your support, SickKids is ensuring all children can access it.
BC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRIAGE PROGRAM
EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN
Plan International is helping youth in Peru to shape their futures by broadening their life and employability skills. Last year, Mining4Life’s support of the She Decides project in Loreto, Peru, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, directly reached over 26, 000 young people ages 15-24 through the project activities.
With Mining4Life’s significant contribution of $1.5 million over the next three years, Plan International will address the key barriers faced by youth, especially adolescent girls and young mothers, and position them to pursue safe and sustainable ways to earn a living and lift themselves, and their families, out of poverty. Mining4Life will be supporting phase 2 of this incredible project, which equips youth with life-skills development, financial literacy, and technical training for entrepreneurship and employment, including how to increase savings, start their own businesses and pursue jobs that are safe and secure. She Decides will support transformational changes that creates brighter futures for you in Loreto, Peru for years to come.
Past Projects
MINING4LIFE CHAIR IN MINERAL NUTRITION
Over 2.5 million children die every year from malnutrition. It’s one of the world’s most pressing health issues.
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS IN GHANA
A child’s right to learn is not up for debate, yet more than 540,000 children and youth are currently out of school in Ghana, the majority of whom are girls. These children have missed out on a significant portion of their education due to poverty, migration and distance to the nearest school. In many cases, children, especially girls, are never enrolled or are absent for extended periods because household poverty requires them to contribute to their family’s income. When these children are finally able to return to school, they may be too old to enroll in the grade appropriate for their learning level.
Mining4Life’s donation funded the final stages of a large-scale accelerated learning program to catch these children up on the time they have missed, so they could re-enter the formal school system and succeed in their education.
What’s more, Plan International’s partner, Educate a Child, has matched funds donated to this project five times over, so Mining4Life’s $500,000 contribution resulted in an impact of $3,000,000.
BC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SEPSIS PREVENTION
CAMPAIGN FOR BC CHILDREN
CARIBBEAN PAEDIATRIC CANCER AND BLOOD PROGRAM
GLOBAL SICKLE CELL DISEASE NETWORK
THE SICKKIDS-GHANA PAEDIATRIC NURSING EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (PNEP)
Funds raised by Mining4Life, have helped support the SickKids-Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership (PNEP), which embarked on a mission to advance both child health and the profession of nursing in Ghana through practice focused paediatric nursing Education. Although PNEP program is now complete, the program achieved and exceeded targets which includes the training of 501 Nurses from all 16 regions in Ghana.
PETER GILGAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND LEARNING
This 21-storey tower is a place where researchers and students come together to share ideas that will help transform child health care. The centre, which is located in Toronto, Canada has the capacity to conduct 2,763 active clinical trials in 244 research labs.