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Established in 1992, Quoddy Futures Foundation (SCEP*)is one of the original sites in Environment Canada’s Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP). QFF is unique in that it is located on an international river and represents the interests of both Canadian and American residents of the St. Croix Valley and Passamaquoddy Region of the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine. QFF maintains its office in the Quoddy Learning Centre located at the Ganong Nature and Marine Park near St. Stephen, NB. The organization is a not-for-profit, charity that promotes a sustainable future through its Quoddy Community Initiative and Quoddy Ecosystem Initiative; companion programs that address both environmental and community issues. Currently, QFF operates the 350 acre Ganong Nature & Marine Park, Camp Waweig, a community camp located on the Waweig River. * QFF is the operating name of St. Croix Estuary Project Inc. - SCEP

We live in a country that is experiencing an alarming increase in the incidence of HIV especially among young women. We live on a planet where 33.4 million people are now infected with HIV. Twenty-two million of these are in Sub-Saharan Africa, 60 per cent of those are women. The greatest tragedy lies with the 15 million orphans and vulnerable children left in the wake of HIV/AIDS. Bracelet of Hope reached its first target in partnership with OHAfrica, raising $1 million in support of the Tsepong Clinic. Tsepong was the first HIV/AIDS clinic in Lesotho, Africa. Bracelet of Hope will continue in its efforts to reach its second target: One African Country-AIDS free... To purchase Bracelets of Hope online and to support our efforts, simply click on the "DONATE NOW" link above. Then key in the donation amount and accept the default fund designation of "Bracelets of Hope" and key in the quantity desired in the field labeled "Message/Instructions".

G(irls)20 is about galvanizing the world's greatest resource – girls and women – and cultivating a new generation of leaders through entrepreneurship and education. What do we offer? • Workshops / skills building in communications, technology training, leadership capacity, financial training • A Global mentorship program • Non-financial investments in delegate led initiatives that take place in home communities post Summit experience. • And once a year... we bring together one delegate from each G20 country, plus a representative from the European & African Unions, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the MENA region to discus, debate and design solutions that will economically advance girls and women around the world. At the Summit, girl representatives attack the same global issues as the G20 Leaders, they generate ideas that are presented via a press conference and official presentation to the G20 lead Sherpa and then return them home and turn their ideas into action.

The primary purpose to join and organize Ecuadorians, their families and friends or other nations that live in California so that jointly we can carry on projects of assistance to those in need in Ecuador and in the United States. AECalifornia carries on its objectives by social activities, intellectual, cultural, sports and events of service to the community. The organization is open to the public at large and welcomes anyone who shares our ideas and not for profit activities, our mission and objectives. We share friendship, typical Ecuadorian food and that of other countries. Together we plan projects to help our brothers and sisters in need in Ecuador and in the United States. We share our friendship, culture, music, singing and dancing and organize activities to raise funds to carry on our charitable activities in support of hospitals, nursing homes, emergency relief, medical missions, for children and the needy. We support the medical missions from American doctors going to Ecuador to perform surgeries on Ecuadorian children and the poor.

Our role: to lend an understanding and welcoming ear. Our present-day society creates numerous conditions for psychological suffering that can lead to mental health problems, violent behavior or suicide. By providing respectful, empathetic and non-judgmental listening, Tel-Aide’s volunteer listeners allow all those who need to talk to express themselves in complete confidence and facilitate the callers’ process of finding personal solutions. The gift of listening At the heart of Tel-Aide’s mission is the generous commitment of its volunteers. Up to now, more than 4,000 trained volunteers have provided a caring ear to those who call our service. Listening, not just hearing Tel-Aide’s volunteers follow a thorough training program based on the principles of active listening, inspired by American psychotherapist Carl Rogers (1902-1987). Respect, empathy and authenticity are the three key concepts of active listening.

Our objectives: •provide practical opportunities for North Americans and citizens of many developing countries to help reduce global poverty through volunteering •link people and organizations the world over so they can together tackle social justice and development issues •increase public awareness of global issues, and encourage people to take action for equitable, sustainable development. Cuso International focuses on five development goals: In each country where we work, program staff from Cuso International or strategic partner VSO work with local partner groups and focus on two or three goals. Volunteer placements are then created to help meet our development targets. • secure livelihoods & natural resource management • education • participation & governance • disability • health Cuso International also has two cross-cutting themes that inform our work in all areas of our volunteer programs: Gender and Climate change.

The Guatemala Stove Project (GSP) is a group of North American volunteers that began working in response to a request for help from CEDEC, an indigenous non-profit group working in Guatemala's Altiplano (Western Highlands). CEDEC had identified the need for masonry cookstoves in the communities they serve, but residents lacked the material resources to build stoves for themselves. The Guatemala Stove Project was born out of this need. Currently the GSP works with 3 Guatemalan NGO's. Other activities include emergency relief, sustainable projects promoting nutrition, education, and micro-loans. Because the stoves burn more efficiently family wood consumption is reduced by about 50%. Guatemala loses 2% of its forests annually, mainly to the need for cooking fuel firewood. The Guatemala Stove Project documents its work extensively, photographing each stove and the receiving family. It costs CND $225.00 to provide a stove for a Maya family.

Why Support CJFE: Having a strong base of support is essential for CJFE to achieve its purpose not only of defending the rights of journalists but also of contributing to the development of press freedom and freedom of expression throughout the world. CJFE’s work includes: (a) advocating on free expression issues both in Canada and around the world (b) the management of the world’s largest free expression network, the International Free Expression eXchange (IFEX) which has 80 member organizations around the world; (c) to publicize and profile free expression issues through events including the annual International Press Freedom Awards Dinner which brings together more than 500 journalists and members of the business and legal communities. (d) protecting journalists through its Journalists in Distress Fund. e) In 2009, CJFE is launching the Scotiabank/CJFE Fellowship at Massey College for Latin American journalists. For more information visit www.cjfe.org

World Bicycle Relief’s mission is to provide people in need with access to independence and livelihood through The Power of Bicycles. People in developing nations suffer every day due to lack of transportation: without access to education and economic opportunity, people live in poverty; without access to healthcare, people die of preventable diseases and minor injuries.  Bicycles are a simple, sustainable way to bridge the transportation gap between needs and resources. Compared to walking, the only transporation available to many people in developing countries, bicycles represent an enormous leap in productivity and access to healthcare, education and economic development opportunities. We accomplish our mission by designing, sourcing and manufacturing bicycles designed to withstand African terrain and conditions while meeting the needs of students, healthcare workers, farmers and entrepreneurs. We encourage local economies and promote long-term sustainability by locally assembling bicycles, training mechanics, strengthening the spare parts supply chain, and providing high-quality, affordable bicycles to people in need of transportation.

The Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology for the Environment (CREATE!) was established in 2008 to help rural populations in the developing world prepare for water, food, and fuel shortages resulting from the impact of climate change on their communities. CREATE! operates on the principle that all people have a right to water, food, shelter, energy, and the means to earn a living. We work with village populations to meet these needs through a culturally respectful, participatory process grounded in our belief that people must have a stake in their development and contribute towards solving their own problems. The cooperative groups in our beneficiary villages have already demonstrated the validity of this approach. CREATE! currently operates in Senegal. Senegal is representative of many Sub-Saharan African countries that are hardest hit by the increasingly disastrous effects of global climate change. CREATE! responds to the inter-connected crises generated by climate change with strategies that decrease dependence on fossil fuels, conserve natural resources, and increase the use of appropriate technologies. Our programs produce sustainable, human needs-based development at the village level while forging resilient and vibrant communities across rural Senegal. CREATE! seeks to face these challenges and assist rural Senegalese residents with small-scale, accessible, and "appropriate" technologies - technologies that are adapted to, and fit, their local conditions - and with human needs-based strategies that can both better their lives and build their capacity to meet these inter-connected challenges. CREATE! works in six villages in two regions of Senegal. One region is in the rural north of Senegal, centered around Linguere in the Louga Region, where CREATE! implements programs in the village of Ouarkhokh. The other region is in the central-west of Senegal, centered around Gossas in the Fatick Region. CREATE! implements program activities in five villages in this region. The total beneficiary population of the six villages is approximately 12,000 people, comprised of both agricultural and pastoral peoples. The average per capita annual income of the population in these villages is approximately $350 a year. In each of these villages, CREATE! staff work closely with local and traditional authorities, including village chiefs and imams, in addition to other community leaders, families, and public schools. CREATE! values the expertise and input of community members and strives to incorporate their knowledge and participation into each stage of our programs. As a registered NGO in Senegal, CREATE! works with government officials from the regional office of the Department of Water and Forestry. CREATE! also respects the Senegalese government's strategic development goals for rural communities. Although CREATE!'s administrative office is located in the United States, CREATE! relies on local Senegalese staff and volunteers to plan and implement successful development interventions. Barry Wheeler, CREATE! Founder and Executive Director, has spent the past 27 years working to alleviate suffering and to provide basic human needs for rural villagers, displaced persons, and refugees in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. After serving in the Peace Corps for six years as an Improved Cook Stove and Appropriate Technology volunteer, trainer, and technical advisor in Togo, Barry earned a Master's degree in International Agriculture and Rural Development from Cornell University. Barry has served as Country Director for the American Refugee Committee's programs in Uganda, Sudan, and Rwanda; as a consultant for UNICEF and UNHCR; and as a team leader and training coordinator in local capacity building, renewable and appropriate technology, and sustainable rural development. CREATE! Chief Operations Officer Louise Ruhr has more than 30 years of private sector and nonprofit management experience and has spent the past eight years working with international NGOs, including the American Refugee Committee, to support women's cooperative groups in Rwanda and Senegal. CREATE! Country Director Omar Ndiaye Seck oversees program activities and conducts site visits in CREATE! communities. He also manages CREATE!'s finances and staff in Senegal. Omar closely collaborates with local and traditional authorities, community volunteers, and CREATE! staff to achieve both organizational and village goals.

The Overseas Press Club Foundation is the 501 (C)(3) charitable organization affiliated with the Overseas Press Club, which was founded in New York City in 1939 by a group of foreign correspondents to improve the profession of international journalism. The Foundation has a broad mandate to improve the media's understanding of international issues and to raise the quality of news-gathering efforts in covering the world. The most tangible expression of this charter is a scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students in American colleges and universities, who aspire to become foreign correspondents. The program began in 1992 and every year offers $2,000 scholarships to 14 talented student winners of a national essay competition. In 2006, the OPC Foundation began partnering with media organizations to offer internships. The Foundation pays travel and living expenses for interns in foreign bureaus. Six of this year's winners will have internships with Associated Press (Cairo, Johannesburg, and Bangkok) and Reuters (Singapore, Beijing, and Hong Kong). The Foundation feels it is more important than ever to encourage young correspondents to travel and work abroad particularly at a time when many major news organizations have sharply reduced their networks of experienced correspondents around the world.

Worldreader is on a mission to bring digital books to every child and her family, so that they can improve their lives. The increasing ubiquity and diminishing costs of digital technology enable us to solve these problems in a simple and straight-forward way. Using e-readers, mobile phones and other digital technology, we reach readers in 37 countries, providing them with over 6,000 book titles in 23 languages. We work with 140 publishers to acquire and digitize the best, most relevant content for our readers; 70% of our library comes from African and Indian publishers. Since 2010, we have made it possible for over 200,000 people to read 1.7 million books and our data shows this work has had significant impact. Students in our e-reader programs make more progress in oral reading fluency than those in neighboring schools, and girls in Worldreader’s school-based programs outpace their peers by a factor of three to five, closing a gender achievement gap. Through these efforts and our partnerships with the private sector, teachers, education experts, and other organizations, we continue to work towards a world in which every child and her family have the books they need to improve their lives, the practice of reading is commonplace, and where illiteracy is a thing of the past.