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Love Story Foundation is a charity aimed at meeting the needs of the community in Port Elizabeth. We have a desire to be involved in community upliftment and development and would like to start a culture of "giving back to the community" amongst the public of this region. Our projects include feeding schemes for the homeless and destitute, early childhood development programmes in underprivileged schools and distribution of food parcels and clothing to those in need. We have a desire and passion to expand such projects and move into other areas requiring development nationally. Our Vision: to meet needs, to show love, to spread love.

International Eye Foundation is dedicated to helping people see! Since 1961 IEF has taken up the challenge in poor countries around the world, helping to restore sight and prevent blindness. IEF offers strong new strategic directions that focus on making eye clinics financially self sufficient. IEFs achievements include developing eye health services, training ophthalmologists and para-medicals, and fighting vitamin A deficiency, trachoma and river blindness. IEF is now strengthening the management, quality of service, and income generating activities so that eye clinics are less dependent on outside donors and government funds.

The main activities of the Foundation are: Fundraising and support for the Horizons Children’s Centre in Sandema, Ghana which aims to address the basic needs of food, shelter, medical care, formal education and/or vocational training for orphaned and abandoned children. For more information, please visit www.horizonscentre.org Fundraising and support for Nav Yatra (New Journey) a project in Trivandrum, South India to train mentally challenged persons to participate in activities such as hand made paper, paper arts and crafts, screen printing and herbal gardening. Providing volunteer services and a limited amount of donations, to other charitable causes, especially for victims of natural disasters and catastrophes.

Founded in 1983 by visionary, community-minded leaders, the WindsorEssex Community Foundation, is dedicated to making our communities better places to live, work, learn and grown by strategically connecting philanthropy to community needs and opportunities. We help individuals, charitable organizations and corporations engage in philanthropy to create healthy, vibrant communities. We take a broad view of what each community needs to succeed, providing grant funding to everything from human services, education, arts, and culture to heritage, recreation, the environment and our children. We are "Inspiring philanthropy to benefit our community today and forever."

Mission: To provide a Christian home, family and education to the impoverished youth in our communities. Casa Estrella Foundation, was founded in 2006 hostessing over 150 orphans through out the years, from ages 3 to up 18 years old. In 2014 we opened the first Private Christian School, from pre-K to High School. We have 360 students, this school year we gave 90 scholarships to mothers with low income and struggling families that have been separated from parents. Monetary support is essential to the success of this ministry. Thank you for your help. God Bless!

The Bernasol Educational Foundation is driven by a single goal; to do our part in making the world a better place for all. Our decision-making process is informed by comprehensive empirical studies and high-quality data evaluation. We strive to build productive relationships and make a positive impact with all our pursuits. We want to inspire success through principles, education and mentoring. Providing economic opportunities and help develop sustainable communities. Our purpose is to provide resources to creative but overlooked individuals. Those who are trained will train others and continue the cycle to transform other lives, changing the entire nation and eventually the world.

Since 1974 we've raised $5 million to teach children about the value of nature, to help care for injured birds of prey, to plant trees, and to purchase and protect important natural lands. For more information on these projects, please call Brian Hobbs, Diretor - Development, at (905) 336-1158 extension 2255. The Foundation is currently raising funds for environmental education programs for children including the Halton Children's Water Festival and the Halton Forest Festival, the new Hawk Clan longhouse at Crawford Lake Conservation Area, the Mountsberg Shrike Recovery Project, the Mountsberg Raptor Centre and habitat restoration projects at Oakville's Glenorchy Conservation Area.

The Alberta Emerald Foundation is a small charity making a large impact on the environmental landscape in Alberta. With a staff of just 1.5 employees and fantastic volunteer support, the AEF facilitates several unique and inspiring programs each year. Our flagship program is the Emerald Awards, celebrating environmental achievements in Alberta. Complimenting this program is our Sharing Stories communications strategy, where we share stories of our environmental heroes with the broader public. Additionally, we organize Emerald Day events in communities across the province as well as provide micro-grants to youth who are engaging in the environment. We encourage you to #Keep Green and Inspiring!

Zimkids Orphan Foundation was created to underpin the presents and bolster the futures of orphan children in Zimbabwe. As a publicly supported, non-profit organization, a 501(c)(3) under U.S. law, we collaborate with carefully-vetted Zimbabwean organizations and provide funding for food, education, vocational training, medical care, and the psychosocial needs of the orphaned children by: - Paying school fees - Providing food and nutritional supplements - Facilitating the services of a volunteer physician and paying for needed testing and medication - Funding university scholarships - Creating opportunities for growth-building recreation - Establishing and maintaining vocational training programs - Providing business education, textbooks, computers and other educational materials -

For almost 25 years WindReach Farm has offered unique and meaningful opportunities for individuals with mental health challenges, intellectual, and physical disabilities. As a charitable, not-for-profit organization that receives no core Government funding, we rely on the friendship and good will of the community to support its over 20,000 visitors annually. The goal of the Foundation is to ensure long term sustainability of the services and programs provided by WindReach Farm. Additionally, to create a corporate profile for and make WindReach Farm recognized as “the organization” that is serving residents of Durham Region and the GTA by providing an inclusive, safe, and welcoming farm and natural environment to people of all abilities. With your support, WindReach Farm will continue to positively impact and meet the changing needs of the community it serves, well into the future for the next 25 years.

The National Farmers Foundation has a board of directors made up of five persons known for their commitment to education and research for the benefit of the family farm in Canada. The directors are in sympathy with the goals, objectives, and policy of the National Farmers Union. Representatives of various sectors in the country, such as family farmers, organic product marketers, new rural development groups, churches, rural youth and women, and urban consumers supported the establishment of the organization. Many of these have identified a vacuum with respect to accessible education and plain language research to help direct the crucial ventures in rural development which will mean not only survival, but the thriving of rural communities into the twenty - first century. A new awareness of the interdependence of rural and urban communities creates a challenge to promote action-oriented education and research which will create and enhance positive rural/urban cooperation.

We build community through investments, leadership and philanthropy. Investments We work closely with our donors including local government, businesses, families and individuals. We help them formulate and realize their philanthropic goals by matching their interests and concerns with community needs and charities. We help donors find innovative, responsible ways to ensure their investments have a lasting impact. Leadership We connect and collaborate – bringing people together to address community issues and encourage partnership among charitable agencies. We share expertise and knowledge - facilitating learning and networking opportunities for all. Philanthropy We are a foundation for charities. Our grants support everything including shelter, sustenance and care for those most in need, health, recreation, the arts and the environment. Since 1994, we have granted $753,000 to more than 100 charities, impacting thousands of residents in Durham region.