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Operation Lifeline - Campaign to Save the Boat People was established in 1979 as a charitable organization. Its purpose was to assist the integration into Canadian society of south Asian immigrants and refugees, particularly those from Vietnam, following the end of the Vietnamese War (1975). Operation Lifeline acted as an information provider and clearing house for sponsors of refugee families, through provincial chapters in Ontario (over 100 in 1980). Operation Lifeline also operated public education programmes and stood as a lender of last resort for those refugee families whose sponsors failed to carry through their financial obligations. The organization was shut down in 1983. Operation Lifeline was run by a Board of Directors and invited members. The officers were elected by the Board at the annual meeting. In addition, there was a provincial coordinator for Ontario directing to work of volunteers who ran the local chapters in centres across the province.