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The NCWC Education fund works closely with the National Council of Women of Canada, which represents over 750,000 Canadians through its 24 Nationally Organized Affiliated Societies, Provincial Councils in 6 Provinces and 15 Local Councils of Women. Joint research has been done and public education programs held over the past 10 years on: *Young Women and Violence Prevention *Securing Our Future-the Economics of Later Life action plans/curricula developed to help young women plan for a healthy economic future *'Canada's Water'07 AGM panel re water shortages,impacts of mega dams, drought, mining, a need for a National Water Strategy *'The Water/Energy Connections Project' 08-10 i.e. NCWC Education Fund AGM programs re Great Lakes, Nuclear,'Soft' Water/Energy Paths,Climate;Public Meetings, Newsletters, Web site, Cross -Canada Survey on water/energy use & public opinion on government energy and water policies (*Project funded by the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation)

The Education Foundation of Niagara raises funds to support over 36,000 District School Board of Niagara students. Funding is directed to schools or initiatives that are not eligible for ministry or board funding. We - help students in financial need - provide annual student awards and bursaries for post secondary education - support projects and initiatives in DSBN schools in areas of the arts; character education; healthy, active lifestyles; outdoor education and environmental stewardship; innovative practices - provide leading-edge resources to the community such as Prom Project Niagara - manage donor designated gifts in accordance with donor specifications.

UCEF is a registered Canadian charity that supports Ukrainian Catholic education through a variety of Endowments, Funds, and Programs for Catholic Universities, students, seminarians and educators. Among them: summer programs and internships, professorships, scholarships and bursaries, travel and research grants, and grants for publication of scholarly religious books, shipments of books, and others.

Asha for Education Canada (AfEC) is a secular, apolitical, non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to socio-economic change by supporting education of under-privileged children in India. AfEC is run entirely by volunteers so that 100% of donations and funds raised go towards the education and development projects we support in India. AfEC has active volunteers in most major cities of Canada, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Kingston. AfEC is the canadian chapter of the parent organization, Asha for Education, founded in California, USA in 1991, now spanning more than 60 chapters worldwide.