About Us
SacredHand Canada (SHC) is a registered international Canadian Charity that was established by a network of women and youth in 2008. Founded in Ontario, Canada. SHC's operations are uniquely volunteer-run. Our organization operates several projects to provide services on the front-line by supplying food and hygiene kits to single-family units, seniors, refugees and immigrants, people living with disabilities and people with limited mobility. We deliver culturally sensitive and relevant provisional items by placing ourselves in the shoes of our beneficiaries. Our front-line experience and and knowledge leads us to address systemic issues behind the cause and allow us work towards collective solutions. SHC is built on team effort and realizing that more can be accomplished with collaborative work and shared goals.
Our Mission
SHC's mission is to work with all communities in different roles without discrimination. Our focus is to help individuals living with mental health challenges, homelessness, disability, and domestic violence. Our work is inspired and based on Canadian values of human dignity, self-reliance, and social justice. SHC fulfills the nutritional and provisional needs of all qualifying individuals from impoverished and marginalized backgrounds, without the consideration of race, gender, religion, or status. We operate our projects with full transparency by fulfilling commitments and holding ourselves accountable for donations entrusted to us. We strive to fulfill our mission of providing for people in need, whether it requires us to deliver food to them or to provide them with shelter if they are in an abusive situation. SHC believes in providing active support in enabling the less fortunate to get back on their feet and step into the world with dignity.
Our Vision
SacredHand Canada believes in a charitable model that includes obtaining the right aid, delivered to the right people, at the right time. Our vision is guided by Muslim principles of charity (Zakat), benevolence (Sadaqa) and love. We strive to achieve a value system that leaves no one behind.
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QUALITY: Utilizing excellent standards and processing methods to source and deliver the highest quality of aid at all times.
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PLEDGE: Contribute to the reduction and alleviation of poverty at home in Canada and across the globe.
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GUARANTEE: Within our full capacity, promote access to nutritional provisions and essential services for any person in need, particularly those deemed most vulnerable.
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APPROPRIATE: Deliver culturally sensitive and relevant provisional items by placing ourselves in the shoes of our beneficiaries and learning about their individual and respective lives, needs, and goals.
Our Values
SHC is driven by a value system that leads our approach in fulfilling beneficiary needs while working closely with our donors, community partners, & volunteer grid.
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COMPASSION: Seeing people through the eyes of kindness, care, and empathy; using our front line experience and insight to address systemic issues behind the cause and work towards collective solutions.
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ACCOUNTABILITY: Operating with full transparency; fulfilling commitments and responsibilities; holding ourselves accountable for creating an impact and achieving organizational goals by using the resources and donations entrusted to us.
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COLLABORATION: Constantly assuming the position of a team effort and realizing that more can be accomplished with collaborative work and shared goals.
Who We Have Served
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Homeless populations
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Refugees, immigrants, and newcomers
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Senior and elderly population
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Disadvantaged youth (dealing with issues such as mental health and/or domestic violence)
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People with disabilities
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Single family units
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Low income communities
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Racialized communities
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People living with long term illnesses (bedridden, mental health, physical disabilities, chronic illnesses)
