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SCAW (other)
SCAW may refer to: *Sleeping Children Around the World *Students Coalition Against War See also * The Scaw Skagen Odde, also Skagens Odde, sometimes known in English as the Scaw Spit or The Skaw, is a sandy peninsula which stretches some northeast and comprises the northernmost area of Vendsyssel in Jutland, Denmark.Skaw (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeping Children Around The World
Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW) is a charitable organization, founded in 1970 by Murray and Margaret Dryden, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, providing bed kits to children in developing countries. In return for each $35 CAD donation, SCAW provides a child with a kit consisting of a mat or mattress, pillow, bed sheet, blanket, mosquito net (if required), clothes outfit, towel and school supplies. The kits are created in the country where they are to be distributed. This helps reduce transportation and material costs as well as providing an economic benefit to the targeted area. The organization reports that since 1970, bed kits have been provided to over 1.4 million children. All charitable contributions go directly to purchasing the bedkits. The expenses connected to the volunteers who distribute the bedkits are paid by each volunteer. Administrative costs including the sole paid employee are paid from a legacy fund set up by Murray Dryden specifically t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Students Coalition Against War
The Students Coalition Against War is a Canadian organization with members in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Edmonton, Alberta, Victoria, British Columbia, Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. The Students Coalition Against War - SCAW - is a grassroots social movement dedicated to creating and fostering progressive social change. SCAW focuses on public education, non-violent activism, organizing, advocacy and above all, reform. We aim to address and propose solutions – in a definitive and comprehensive manner – to the major social, economic and political issues, which induce, promote and sustain contemporary war, in all its forms worldwide. Such forms of modern warfare include, but are in no way limited to: both inter/intra state war, violations of fundamental human rights as defined by the universal declaration of human rights, the various forms of non-democratic economic reform which invariably undermine social well being, and the numerous systems of domination, discrimination, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scaw
Skagen Odde, also Skagens Odde, sometimes known in English as the Scaw Spit or The Skaw, is a sandy peninsula which stretches some northeast and comprises the northernmost area of Vendsyssel in Jutland, Denmark."Skagen Odde" ''Den Store Danske''. Retrieved 4 October 2013. Skagen Odde is reported to be one of the largest spit systems in Europe, created by a continuous process of marine sand and gravel deposition, moved in a north-east direction by s. The width of the spit varies from 3 to 7 km (2 to 4 mi). Contrary to common beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
