Refugee Sponsorship Program and Private Sponsor

inception: In the four years after its inception in 2003, the program registered an average of nearly 650 cases per year, affecting about 1,200 individuals, according to Metro News. The number of cases has been increasing steadily, rising to as many as 1,100 in 2007. The Winnipeg private refugee sponsorship program helps cover refugee support when a private sponsor can't meet his or her commitment. Refugees come from more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.KITCHENER, Ont.: Kitchener says it is the birthplace of the blue box program, which is used around the world to reduce waste and increase recycling. The city opened the first legal clinic in 2003 to offer addicts a supervised injection site. Stewardship Ontario says Kitchener brought in the first curbside recycling program in 1981 and since then Ontario blue box has become a blueprint for similar programs in more than 150 countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.