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The Access Communications Children’s Fund is a registered charity operated through Access Communications Co-operative Limited to provide assistance to children and youth in need across Saskatchewan. The charity focuses funding efforts in areas which support the following children's needs: health and well being, education and literacy, crime prevention and pathways out of poverty.

Founded in 2004 by award winning author and journalist Nelofer Pazira and run entirely by volunteers DAWF sponsors basic education and skills-training classes for women who were denied the opportunity for education during years of conflict. In 2006, DAWF began funding a basic literacy program for women in a remote village in Bamiyan. 22 women, ages 18-40 enrolled in that class. The program consists of 5 levels, each 6 months in duration, and meets the requirements of the Ministry of Education. At the completion of all five levels the women will receive a diploma from the ministry that will allow them to continue their education and help them find employment. The women have currently completed their third level, and are actively sharing the skills they have learned. The cost of six months of classes is approximately $150 per student. Funds raised provide teacher salaries and locally bought books and supplies. DAWF is a Canadian Registered Charity

The Rising Star Music Fund was established to make quality music instruction available to special needs children as well as children in under served communities. This includes individual scholarships, organizational grants and the creation of low cost community programs with a music focus.

Rachel's Kids is a charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in need. The founder of Rachel’s Kids is Dr. Rachel Navaneelan, a local dentist in Cornwall. In addition to its own programs, Rachel’s Kids partners with local organizations including the United Way of SD&G, the Big Brothers and Big Sisters, The Boys and Girls Clubs, the Children’s Treatment Center as well as many others. Rachel’s Kids is mid-way through its complete renovation of the Cornwall Community Hospital Pediatric Ward. This multi-phase project is being funded and managed by the Rachel’s Kids Board directly, ensuring all monies are used for the renovation not administrative and overhead costs. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014, Rachel's Kids is proud to operate with an all volunteer board of directors and raises its funds through the local community of Cornwall, SD&G and Akwesasne as well as Ottawa.

CWAF works with field partners on the ground to facilitate and deliver programs with a clear result driven focus. We execute hands on educational training which includes health and hygiene, clean water management, income generation, agriculture, nutrition, medical care and treatment. Our purpose is to create knowledge and understanding with an outcome resulting in a healthier educated childhood and therefore a more promising future. CWAF's goal is to promote a healthy childhood by providing basic healthcare, and improving social and economic outcomes in this region. Since 1998 we have partnered with groups in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.

AYTF is a non-denominational charitable organization dedicated to helping and encouraging young people to achieve their full potential. The young hold the key to our future. Just as- "strong roots help make strong plants that in turn create a vigorous and blooming garden," AYTF offers a helping hand to under-resourced youth so that they may become better students, better persons and ultimately builders of a better society