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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 Clean Nova Scotia Foundation (commonly known as the Clean Foundation) is a not-for-profit organization that provides education-based programs and services to help people consider the environment in the choices they make. We offer a host of programs, services, and resources, focused in the areas of water stewardship, youth education, energy efficiency, waste reduction,and sustainable transportation. Founded in 1988, Clean is proud to provide leadership and knowledge in environmental practices and sustainability development.

Our Objectives are to: A. Assist impoverished communities and families in moving out from temporary shelters into proper housing facilities. B. Provide educational scholarships for the impoverished but deserving students in India. C. Support inmates of old age homes and orphanages in India by providing basic amenities. D. Support, develop, design programs to motivate and retrain teachers, enhance and improve the learning experience in the classroom and add new facilities in the existing schools e.g., provide drinking water, blackboards and toilets where required.

We facilitate the linking of Canadian volunteers (including those from ethnic communites, recent university graduates and retirees) with indigenous organizations and their humanitarian initiatives in third world countries. We provide management and technical support to these volunteers as well as tax-deductible receipts for their donors. Our service enables volunteer Canadian 'humanitarians' and their third world partners to implement projects in health, water, agro- forestry, income generation and education. In short - We help people help people!

Our objective is to expand our YMCA in order to assist our community with providing enhanced family-based recreational opportunities for Kingston area residents. Specifically, our project will: 1. Increase the capacity of our community to offer water-based activities for all ages. 2. Enhance our ability to deliver quality learn-to-swim programs for both able-bodied individuals and children with physical and intellectual disabilities. 3. Update and expand our current recreation-focused programs for families and individuals looking to be physically active.

CCNB has been at the forefront of environmental action in New Brunswick since 1969. We are a membership-based organization with charitable status in Canada. Our members are citizens who care about the future of our planet - citizens who want to support environmental protection in the Maritimes. We work on two fronts: 1. We act as citizen watchdogs for the public good, safeguarding our land, air and water. 2. Through research and education we develop and promote solutions to pollution and resource destruction.

Donations received on CanadaHelps will be committed to the Foundation's collaboration with "Maison de la Gare" of Saint Louis, Senegal. Tens of thousands of "talibé" children beg on the streets of Senegal's cities for 6 to 10 hours each day for their food and for money to give to the "teacher" who controls them. They live under unconscionable conditions, without access to running water, rudimentary hygiene or nurture, often without shelter and subject to severe abuse. Maison de la Gare works within this situation to improve the taibés' living conditions and to give them hope of becoming productive participants in Senegalese society.

We help install and monitor barrier fencing and culverts to reduce road mortality of amphibians in coastal British Columbia. We monitor how well these mitigation efforts work to improve habitat connectivity. We also help protect wetlands from habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species, and disease. We share information and promote stewardship of wetland habitats through public slideshows, workshops, school programs and by providing scientific advice to land owners and local planning departments. We highlight the connection between productive wetland habitat, water quality and human health in our presentations.

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.

Annually, over 1,000,000 Canadians participate in our swimming, lifesaving, lifeguard and leadership training programs. As Canada’s lifeguarding expert, the Lifesaving Society sets the standard for aquatic safety and certifies Canada’s National Lifeguards. The Lifesaving Society is Canada’s Full Member in the International Life Saving Federation and represents Canada in the Commonwealth Royal Life Saving Society. We are the governing body for lifesaving sport – a sport recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation. We are a national, independent, charitable organization. We’ve been teaching Canadians how to be safe around the water since 1896.

The Lifesaving Society is a full-service provider of programs, products and services designed to prevent drowning. We are a national volunteer organization and registered charity composed of tens of thousands of individual members, and over 4,000 affiliated swimming pools, waterfronts, schools and clubs. The Lifesaving Society is a leader and partner in the delivery of water safety education throughout Canada and around the world. We represent Canada in the Commonwealth Royal Life Saving Society and the International Life Saving Federation. The World Health Organization recognizes ILS as the world authority in the global effort to prevent drowning. The Lifesaving Society takes lead responsibility for drowning prevention in Canada.

Our public service is available to visitors to our library. Our computer library catalogue has over 20,000 records and materials on regulatory reform, policy, law and legal precedents, materials from environmental organizations and advocacy groups. The focus is on Ontario and Canadian issues but increasingly includes United States and international resources as well. The range of topics is wide: air pollution, biotechnology, climate change, environmental health, environmental law, environmental politics, Great Lakes, international trade and development, land use planning, northern development, pesticides, toxic substances, waste management, water quality and quantity, wetlands, wildlife and endangered species.