Stewardship Ontario and Refugee Sponsorship Program

private sponsor: 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 The Chronicle Herald. 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. 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. 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.