over four years to support projects in Af-
rica, Asia and Latin America.
In 2013, the Irma and Vincenzo Pulla Chari-
table Foundation (the Pulla family oper-
ates Johnvince Foods in Downsview, ON)
partnered with CCFC to build and furnish a
preschool in Gburimani, a rural village also
in Ghana. The facility with its three class-
rooms, office and storage room is a far cry
from the previous learning environment
— either a makeshift shed or a spot under
the shade of a nearby tree. The Foundation
was so inspired by the project’s success
that a second phase was funded to culti-
vate a vegetable garden, sanitation infra-
structure and three rainwater harvesting
tanks. This multi-sector implementation
has evolved into a holistic strategy for ma-
jor gift fund development, called ‘Trans-
form Communities’.
While corporate support is immensely
valuable to CCFC, the benefits go both
ways. Companies can partner with CCFC
as part of their mandate for corporate so-
cial responsibility, taking part in programs
that can be tailored to their goals and so-
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