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Are you passionate about, or interested in becoming involved in international development? Consider joining our team as a volunteer member of a committee, or our Board of Directors!

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Our Team

Sombrilla is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors elected by the members at the Society’s Annual General Meeting. Any member in good standing of Sombrilla may join the Board … Continue reading Our Team

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Our Mission

Sombrilla partners with communities in Latin America to empower them to assert their democratic, economic, cultural, and social rights. We strive to improve quality of life by addressing needs such as food security, clean water, health care and education so that communities may become self-sustaining.

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Finances & Accountability

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Our History

Sombrilla International Development Society is an Alberta-based, independent Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It is non-denominational and non-partisan. It was founded in 1985 as a registered charity by a group of Canadian journalists and professors disturbed by the gross human rights violations in Central America.

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