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To solve large-scale health problems affecting vulnerable populations around the world and to build sustainable systems that protect and promote health

NorWest Co-op Community Health Centre has served the Inkster community in northwest Winnipeg since 1972. NorWest is a forerunner in taking a multi-service, holistic, team approach to health care. We provide a wide range of health and social services including food security programming, health education, skill building, youth programs and community outreach. NorWest is the only non-profit community based health care agency in the Inkster area.

The Boundary Trails Health Centre Foundation is a group of volunteers and workers dedicated to the ongoing fundraising efforts to aid in health care in Southern Manitoba. It is our desire to see that the BTHC continue to develop and excel in health care in order that Southern Manitoba receives the best possible care. Each and every contribution plays an important role in the continuum of our community’s health care and as such is greatly appreciated.

The mission of Health and Education for Haiti is to work collaboratively with the Haitian people to address their critical needs, especially those related to health and education. We structure our work into four program areas: medical missions, education, infrastructure, and basic needs.

Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island is a registered charity whose purpose is to raise funds to support the health and well being of children and youth in need on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Our roots go back to 1922, and we were previously known as the Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children. Governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and audited annually, funds are carefully allocated to facilities, services, programs, special projects and urgently needed medical equipment that help ensure children and youth develop to their full potential. Children mean the world to us.

HEART stands for Health Education Africa Resource Team. Founded by Vickie Winkler in February 2000, HEART is empowering the people of Africa to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic by providing medical care, education, and income generating activities to create a healthy, sustainable, disease-free life.

EHANS carries out a variety of activities to achieve these goals including - The popular on-line Guide to Less Toxic Products, www.lesstoxicguide.ca - Environmental health news, analysis and practical information published in our semi-annual publication, and on line at www.environmentalhealth.ca - Gathering and disseminating information addressing the special needs of people with chemical sensitivity - The E. Bruce Elliott Memorial Fund, which supports public lectures, book donations and other educational activities - The E. Bruce Elliott Scholarship in Environmental Medicine, which provides specialized training opportunities to physicians and other health professionals - Support for individuals through a 1-800 phone line - Collaboration with other community groups working to reduce environmental toxins

Over 600 million Indians defecate in the open every day because they have no toilet. This practice cripples health, economic, and social outcomes. Open defecation (OD) causes the spread of infectious diseases that kill an estimated 300,000 children under five every year. The economic costs of OD total nearly $54 billion lost each year in India, with rural households bearing the highest per capita loss. Furthermore, women and girls who lack convenient access to toilets often miss school and work while they are menstruating. SHRI ends open defecation in India by constructing community toilet facilities that are free to use. They include eight toilets for women, eight for men, hand-washing stations, and a biogas digester (a large underground tank). Human excrement is stored in this tank where it decomposes to produce methane gas. SHRI uses this energy source to produce electricity, which powers a water filtration plant that uses a patented resin filter to remove arsenic, fluoride, iron, and bacterial contaminants. The resulting potable water is sold for $0.008 per liter, less than half the current market cost, helping SHRI to generate revenue to offset its monthly facility O&M costs. This ensures facility cleanliness, a key predictor of sustained toilet use. Thus SHRI fights alongside rural Indian communities to end open defecation as a key step in the struggle for health equity, and social and economic justice.