VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001-- Strategic Profits Inc. (SPI) and Global Development Group (GDG) have formed a strategic alliance to deliver the PayPaq(TM) suite of e-payment and e-philanthropy service to the Canadian and International Development Organizations (NGO) community.

The alliance provides organizations of any size access to Paypaq(TM), a best-of-breed payment, security, hosting, consulting, integration, education and implementation service. It is now currently available on a regional and national basis throughout Canada.

"This alliance demonstrates e-services in action anywhere by bringing the Facilitated Knowledge Management model to life," said Gerard Van Der Burg, Vice President for Information Technology of the Global Development Group. "Together we are providing the international Development Community an appropriate technology offering that's easy to use and setup no matter where a development project is located. Most importantly, the international development community will have the confidence of knowing that it's all built on a secure, reliable and always-on Internet infrastructure."

"GDG provides Strategic Profits Inc. the expertise and synergistic knowledge management tools that are required to further implement our global business strategy, while we help NGO's worldwide tap into new fundraising channels provided by the Internet opportunity.," says Catherine Clarke, President, CEO of Strategic Profits Inc., and founder of www.helpforcharities.com.

Global Development Group

GDG's Mission and Purpose is to nurture development and commercial initiatives that create opportunities and value for its clients and stakeholders and enable them to reap the benefits of globalization. GDG is a not-for-profit holding corporation, incorporated federally under part II of the Canada Corporations Act. GDG was spawned by CARE Canada in June 1995 and is under the governance of its own board, has a constitution and by-laws. GDG currently has two operational divisions; i.e. i2K(1) and iHR(2).

GDG's i2K division specializes in Knowledge Management as it makes the difference between success and failure in the information age. i2K specializes in developing information technology tools and solutions for organizations that need to integrate and apply Knowledge Management as a strategic tool to improve the performance, relevance and accountability of their organization.

i2K has developed several software packages and adapted others for use at various levels of an organization. i2K has helped integrate these packages to improve Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting. i2K has developed a capacity to assist organizations set up their own customized Intranet Web Sites, customized portals, to improve information flow and capitalize on technology to increase the organization's capacity to create or add value. For more information visit our web site at http://www.globaldevelopmentgroup.org

About Strategic Profits, Inc.

SPI provides full Internet service offerings including online education, web hosting and design, Internet marketing, secure shopping cart and payment order systems, as well as secure payment transactions through Moneris and GPS. Strategic Profits, Inc., HP Canada Ltd. and TELUS formed an alliance, announced publicly Feb. 1, 2001, to launch their co-branded secure Internet-based credit card payment service...PayPaq(TM)!

For further information about Strategic Profits Inc.

Catherine Clarke
Strategic Profits, Inc.
(604) 684 5671 or
email: cc@strategicprofitsinc.com
www.strategicprofitsinc.com

For more information about Global Development Group Contact:

Gerard Van Der Berg
Managing Director
Global Development Group
Phone: (613) 228-5695
Fax: (613) 226-5777
Gerard@kcenter.com