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The Foundation funds locally but its interests are global. We are dedicated to improving quality of life by increasing access to clean water and sanitation in areas of extreme poverty. In addition, the Foundation recognizes and celebrates the sacred and life affirming role that water plays in all life.

· Our main goal is to ensure the continuation of the Program which requires donations annually of at least $120,000 · Our next goal is to Fund raise for needed renovations to the building which we now own. Kitchen upgrades, building maintenance etc.

The Kensington Conservancy is a land trust that works to protect lands and waters by purchasing property, accepting donations of land, and through voluntary conservation agreements. These protection methods are all aimed at protecting our precious landscape in perpetuity. The Kensington Conservancy believes that conservation and preservation can also be achieved through the good stewardship practices of all property owners. We work with local landowners, farmers, governments, schools and other organizations to develop programs that will promote greener and less intensive development, best land and water management practices, invasive species control, and low impact recreational activities. Our Vision is to inspire all members of the North Channel community to embrace positive conservation values that will promote the protection and preservation of natural ecosystems for all generations.

Raising The Village works with the most remote villages in Uganda, providing tools, training and critical infrastructure. In partnership with the village, communities prioritize their own needs and provide their own volunteer labour, and together with Raising The Village, build their own future.

The ABLE Network has six core programs: work, recreation/healthy lifestyle, literacy, transit training, volunteering and social networking. All core programs are designed to improve the participants functioning in the community, improve the participants quality of life, develop healthy lifestyles, ensure safety while they gain the necessary life skills to move towards independence and to support inclusion in the community. Participants come to our program Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30. Each individuals' daily program is tailored to their needs and capabilities with a strong emphasis on work experience. This core program endeavours to increase job skills of participants, increase work opportunities (paid, unpaid, volunteer) in the Aurora community and to provide training and support to local businesses to support inclusion. The inclusion of people with disabilities in natural settings allows them to have an equal opportunity to contribute to the health and well being of their community

Metchosin’s coast, meadows, forest, woodlands and mountainous areas include some of Canada’s rarest species and ecosystems. Being located in the rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains has produced a mild, seasonally dry climate that favours flora and fauna that are unique in Canada. Our Garry oak woodland is one of the rarest ecosystems in Canada, featuring displays of camas and fawn lilies that draw admirers from far and wide. The remnant old growth Coastal Douglas-fir forests at Mary Hill and Rocky Point are considered globally significant. The Metchosin Foundation was started in order to preserve our rare species and the forests and meadows that they inhabit. To that end we work with landowners to ensure that the landscapes they love will be protected into the future. Facilitating and supporting conservation covenants is the main tool at our disposal to help preserve these ecosystems.

The equality effect brings together leading human rights experts from Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, and the international context, to conduct ground-breaking legal work on women’s and girls’ human rights issues. The equality effect provides knowledge leadership and human rights education. The equality effect works to advance women’s and girls’ human rights, and promote their empowerment, through the development of equality research, strategic action plans, and the implementation of practical equality initiatives (e.g. public legal education, policy reform, judicial training, litigation, etc.) that will result in tangible change. The primary focus of the organization’s work relates to violence against women, the feminization of HIV/AIDS, and women’s property rights.

The 1st CLC course in Canada was held in Windsor, Ontario in 1953. Courses have been offered continuously since that date, and have spread across the country from Vancouver Island to Cape Breton. CLC courses are currently offered in six provinces from coast to coast. Each year, more than 1,000 Canadians join the ranks of CLC's successful graduates. Our Instructors CLC courses are taught by dedicated teams of qualified volunteers who have themselves benefited from taking the course and undertaken to pass on to others the skills that they received. CLC course instructors additionally benefit from more advanced on-going training. This important feature -- that all CLC instructors are graduates of the program -- makes possible programs which are sensitive in their approach, time-proven in their effectiveness and yet affordable. As a non-profit educational and charitable organization the fee is only for the cost of materials and administration.

Imagine a place where community members of all ages gather to learn new things, create amazing art, build connections and have FUN! Now imagine that place in the heart of Musquodoboit Harbour… That's the Old School! The Old School Community Gathering Place Cooperative is an old elementary school that was taken on by the rural community of Musquodoboit Harbour to help further the goals of the area’s new community vision. (www.halifax.ca/visionhrm) Currently, the Old School provides space for a variety of community events, programs and activities to promote the health, well-being, cultural and artistic expression, and community spirit of people of all ages in Musquodoboit Harbour and the surrounding area. The Old School hosts the Eastern Shore Summer Arts Festival, V-Day on the Shore, a Youth Arts Festival, Social Sundays (part of a project to enhance and provide mental health services in the area) etc. The building is a municipally recognized heritage site established in 1924.

GTTI is a not-for-profit organization working to bring training opportunities to our community. Programs are coordinated through our local facility in Sutton, which hosts advanced technologies for learning.

The sexual exploitation is a form of slavery where humans are traded commercially to be used sexually. Their participation is largely involuntary because even when they give their consent, as in the case of prostitution, it is through manipulation, kidnapping or taking advantage of their vulnerability.