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Global Conference 2010 McGill University hosted the Global Conference on Human Rights and Diverse Societies in October 2010. This international conference brought academics, writers, journalists, legislators, diplomats, activists and others who are active in the field of international human rights and who devote their lives to building, supporting and studying diverse societies. MORE |
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Youth Summit 2010 Following on the success of the first conference, the Human Promise organized a second conference in February 2010. The theme of this conference was child rights. Delegates heard speakers discussing issues concerning child rights in the developing world and the developed world, and were able to interact with each other and discuss the new ideas they had learned about. MORE |
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Carte d'Identité On January 13, 2010, The Human Promise was proud to present Carte d’Identité, an extraordinary one-man play by Diogène Ntarindwa chronicling his life as a Tutsi exile in Burundi. $3,000 was collected through ticket sales and used to buy cattle for orphans of the Rwandan genocide, creating a livelihood for those who have lost so very much. MORE |
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Senegalese Flood Concert On December 6th, 2009, The Human Promise collaborated with the Senegalese diaspora in Montreal and organized a charity concert to raise funds for aid in Senegal, where torrential rains had created over 264,000 disaster victims over the previous month. $1,200 was raised and sent to Senegal. |
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Soccer for Peace In 2009, The Human Promise organized a high school soccer tournament to raise money for Darfur. The event was very successful. In 2010, in partnership with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, a second soccer tournament was organized. Called "Kick out Malaria", the money raised from this event went to buy bed nets to protect African children from being infected with this terrible disease. MORE |
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Youth Summit 2008 Our first educational event was held in November, 2008. We hosted close to 200 young people of all backgrounds from all over the Montréal area to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. MORE |
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Hockey A floor hockey tournament was THP's first fundraiser and is now in its third edition. The most recent event, held to raise money for Darfur in 2008, raised over $8,000 and was attended by hockey legend and Member of Parliament Ken Dryden, as well as local MP and celebrated human rights defender Irwin Cotler. Both are supporters of The Human Promise and their presence was inspiring. MORE |
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Bingo with Bubby Many African grandmothers are forced to care for their grandchildren, some of whom are HIV positive or AIDS infected, because their own children have already died of this disease. They have little to no means with which to turn back the clock and become parents again. MORE |
