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By founding a chapter of Habitat For Humanity on the McGill campus (the MUCC), in line with the principles of American Habitat for Humanity, students at the McGill University School of Architecture aim to promote popular awareness of the problems of homeless people. Up to now, MUCC members have built and renovated quarters for the Montreal Diet Dispensary organisation. They were also involved in a project in New Jersey which teaches young students basic volunteer construction skills. The MUCC students then continued their awareness campaign in Quebec by taking part in the National Tent Event.
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Mutual aid, peace and justiceLast year, six students from the École de technologie supérieure in Montreal spent three months in the Central African Republic building a canning factory. They were the fifth team to travel overseas since 1994 with the Programme de regroupement étudiant pour la coopération internationale (PRÉCI). The goal was to can large quantities of fish in order to ensure the profitability of this product and encourage its development. The six future engineers went to work with the hope of improving this aspect of the lives of the local people, while ensuring that they could take over full responsibility for the entire chain of operations at the end of the engineers' stay.
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Mutual aid, peace and justiceThe Bénévole + project was born in the autumn of 1997, as the Service de pastorale de l'Université de Montréal split up to become the Service d'action humanitaire et communautaire. Under the aegis of its cofounders, Bénévole + has striven to promote volunteer activities while offering personalised follow-up. Awareness campaigns have therefore been launched in order to prompt students to reflect on the need to get involved in society. More than fifty organisations are now listed on the Bénévole + databank. Furthermore, the project has shown credibility by hosting a three-hour workshop on volunteer work for the École de service social de l'Université de Montréal.
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