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Little Dresses for Africa is a non-profit 501c3, Christian organization, which provides relief to the children of Africa. Simple dresses are made out of pillow cases, and distributed through the orphanages, churches and schools in Africa to plant in the hearts of little girls that they are worthy! Our projects are focused through clean water, education and community.

We help children obtain an education by the paying school fees and school expenses of elementary and secondary school students through our child scholarship program. We work to keep children with their families supporting grandparents who are caring for their orphaned grandchildren. We partner with Kenyan charities that manage children’s homes (orphanages) and schools. We mitigate the effects of drought by water harvesting through the installation of gutters and tanks which collect rain water from large roofs in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. We foster individual self-sustainability by supporting community development projects. We strengthen the church by funding and working directly with local church groups. We help Kenyans to understand and apply universal values and principles that will allow them to succeed and overcome corruption and poverty.

To proctet and improve the enviroment including forests as valuable asset for the communities around Tanzania tropical forests as well as protect our people and forests. Forests has been essential part in local community sustainability especially in Tanzania through acting as source of rivers and water, agricultural development through climate and rainfalls supply, medicinal plants provision.

The Nanaimo Search and Rescue Society (NSAR) is a registered non-profit society in British Columbia. The group was formed in 1991 and is composed entirely of volunteers. NSAR is responsible for ground and inland water search and rescue within the jurisdiction of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment. The area covered includes portions of the Regional District of Nanaimo, as well as within the City of Nanaimo.

Our mission is to work in collaboration with relevant public/private partners, to build the capacities of vulnerable communities to maintain healthy biodiversity, mitigate climate change and its associated crisis,while promoting ecosystems essentials such as water, food, sanitation, health and other relevant social infrastructure that promotes the well- being of the poor and marginalized communities; as a buffer to vulnerability to climate change.

The Pumphouse is a located along the banks of the Bow River in downtown Calgary. Originally constructed in 1913 as the City of Calgary's No. 2 Water Pumping Station, it remained derelict for several years. In 1972, the Society petitioned to lease the building from the City with an eye to restoring the site and developing it into a professional venue for Calgary's emerging arts community, and youth. In 1975, the Alberta Government awarded the Society with a Heritage Award for Architecture and designated the site a Provincial Historic Resource. In 1980, the American Waterworks Association designated the Pumphouse Canada's Third Major Water Landmark. In 1990, the City of Calgary designated the site a Municipal Historic Resource. The Society provides two fully equipped theatres for Calgary's non-profit arts community. In addition, the Pumphouse provides state of the art box office services to arts organizations free of charge, and drama programming for youth ages 3 – 17 years.

The Coastal Discovery Museum inspires people to care for the Lowcountry.Together, CDM and its visitors:   • Discover connections between air, land, water, and living things for greater environmental awareness   • Explore history, culture, and art to understand ourselves and increase empathy toward others   • Take action to create a more sustainable and inclusive future

The Human Development Foundation has been operating community-building programs in the several poverty-stricken areas of Pakistan for 10 years. HDF follows the Human Development philosophy of "helping people help themselves" HDF has mobilized and organized communities and helped them build and staff health care facilities, open and staff schools, build dams and water pumps so entire villages could have fresh, safe drinking water, build roads to join communities and create micro-credit programs that allow individuals and communities to break the cycle of poverty and have a sustainable opportunity for self-sufficiency. HDF provides a grassroots level, multidisciplinary approach to development that is increasingly being viewed as the most applicable by both academics and practitioners in the field. In each year of its existence, it has grown and has helped, at the grassroots level, more and more people. Today, over 200,000 have been direct recipients of HDF services.

To facilitate long-term partnerships between Canadian communities and disadvantaged world communities for their mutual transformation. Communities include churches, schools, universities, health teams and others who are partnering with Maria Auxiliadora and Soto communities in the central region of the Dominican Republic. Current projects: 1. T.E.A.R.S. School: preschool to Grade 5 for children in Maria Auxiliadora barrio 2. Soto School: preschool to Grade 4 for Haitian children in Soto community 3. Soto water project: water purification system in Soto community 4. Health Programs: community health programs, school health clinics 5. Camps: camps for children at the TEARS and Soto Schools 6. El Camino Church: support for church in Maria Auxiliadora and their community programs (e.g. food bank) 7. Soto Church: support for church in Soto community and their community programs (e.g. refugees impacted by earthquake in Haiti) 8. Teacher Training at TEARS and Soto Schools

The Aquatic Capital of America Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was formed in 2008 to promote the myriad of aquatic activities offered in Long Beach, California; to recognize, honor and support the City of Long Beach and its aquatic athletes, coaches, and organizations; and to promote water safety and education. The Foundation also supports community and regional efforts to cleanse local waterways as well as to increase the number of local aquatic facilities.

Our goal is to educate the public to the historical significance of the trails as they traversed through the Greater Kansas City area. The country was developed on this basic form of transportation. Each trail with its own importance; Santa Fe Trail was a trail of commerce. Oregon Trail was a route of emigrants to discover new territory. California Trail went west to find “gold”. Lewis and Clark to find a primary water route that would link the east to the west.

To transform and heal the lives of people through education, health, clean water, empowerment, religious, disability, refugee's relief, children and food security and disaster relief. Thereby continue having a healthier society free of illiteracy, Inhuman rights, drugs, poverty, hunger and HIV and AIDS by providing free, relevant, inclusive education and empowerment to a girl child, orphans, streetkids, women, disabled and other needful services to inopportune people.