All available resources will be dedicated to ensuring children in developing countries have access to our humanitarian programs and children in Canada can access our educational programs for the long-term.

This is a heartbreaking decision. WE Charity, one of the largest youth organizations, was built by 2,500 current and former staff, thousands of volunteers, and countless supporters.

WE Charity will sell its Global Learning Centre headquarters and other assets to fund a new endowment that will be managed by an independent board with a mandate to sustain our humanitarian programs for the long-term.

While no new school, health or water projects will be possible, the endowment will ensure the continued operation of WE Charity global projects currently in place. It will also ensure that a quarter century of curriculum, service campaigns, and youth mental health materials will remain available for Canadian educators and students at WE.org.

It is impossible to express the profound sense of regret that we have about all of this coming to a close; a feeling matched only by our immense gratitude to all who made these impacts possible.

Our greatest thanks go to the hard-working student volunteers for the past 25 years of impact. You can count on us to always support you on your journey. During these trying times in our world, we hope that you will continue to believe in goodness, act with empathy, have compassion for each other, give others the benefit of the doubt, and strive to be global citizens and shameless idealists.

Sincerely,

Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger WE Charity Co-Founders