Community Builders Group

Our Mission 
We exist to create self-organizing social networks that foster 
personal wellness in marginalized neighbourhoods.

Our Vision
We have a desire to expand our existing social networks in 
North America and sub-Saharan Africa "organically," without
creating a centralized bureaucracy.

Our Values
• Power of Small
     • bottom-up development of social networks
     • validation of all persons, especially the most vulnerable
     • decentralized program management
• Self-sufficiency
     • financial independence through the creation of  
       enterprising non profit ventures
     • program sustainability with the support of lean business 
        management
     • self-management of community-based programs
• Love as an Active Ingredient
     • redemptive responses to persons trapped in
        poverty cycles
     • non judgmental interactions with persons holding
        contrary ideologies
     • restorative justice for victims and perpetrators of
        wrong-doing 

Our Methods
• We develop sustainable community partnerships through:
     • strategic investments from social entrepreneurs
     • empowerment of persons indigenous to marginalized  
        neighborhoods
     • ground level services from intentional (non indigenous) 
        staff and volunteers who support the efforts of 
        indigenous persons
     • innovations by social service providers who develop  
        creative ways for marginalized persons to access 
        health, legal and financial supports 
• We maintain healthy social networks that emerge through:
     • facilitation of random interactions that occur naturally in  
        safe and support environments where persons are  
        allowed freedom of movement and expression
     • recognition of patterns of wellness that result from  
        multiple random interactions with the parameters of 
        defined social networks
     • reinforcement of feedback loops that circulate 
        information on wellness patterns throughout the social 
        network
     • consolidation of lever points that tip social trends in the 
        direction of wellness priorities
• We expand our emergent neighborhoods through:
     • organic growth which recognizes community 
        uniqueness
     • natural development that waits for mature growth  
        opportunities
     • acceptance of both growth and decline in community  
        development

Spiritual Equity
Community Builders is fueled by the spiritual equity of its 
participants. The Society recognizes the intrinsic spiritual 
worth of all persons and has no religious, political or 
ideological bias. 

Community Builders Programs and Locations 
Community Builders Supportive Housing - Vancouver   
Community Builders provides "whole life housing" for 250 
person in four supportive housing centers in Vancouver's 
core area. Click here for more information. 
International Development - Burundi, DR Congo, Haiti, 
Kenya, Tanzania
Community Builders provides relationally-based and 
"bottom-up" relief and development in sub-Saharan Africa 
and Haiti. Community Builders is a member of the Canada 
International Development Agency and has created the Pay it 
Forward Micro Credit Society. Click here for more information. 
Compassionate Adoption - Vancouver and Hope, BC
Community Builders has created the Society for 
Compassionate Adoption to facilitate a private adoption 
alternative for new born children who may be apprehended 
by child welfare agencies. Click here for more information.

Legal Status 
The Community Builders Benevolence Group has been a
Canadian Registered Charity since 1992 and can issue
donation receipts for tax purposes (Registration # 
860543578RR0001). Visit the Canada Revenue Agency's web
site to view the society's official documents. Community
Builders was incorporated in 1999 under the British Columbia
Society Act.