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CAP and TCAT also undertakes active applied research focusing on active transportation, green buildings, land use and public health, green procurement, urban forestry, green energy, climate adaptation, community and corporate energy planning, link between green policies and green economic development, clean air policy and planning, green fleets, and community engagement on clean air and climate change.

aec USA, is a nonprofit organization providing a bridge for US based individuals, institutions, and corporations to connect with and support Lebanon's most underprivileged and marginalized communities, regardless of religion, political affiliation or nationality. Through fundraising efforts and additional programs, aec USA supports at risk communities in Lebanon by focusing on youth empowerment, mobility and health, sustainable agriculture and environment, responsible tourism and social support.

Since 1972 ACTS has been bringing clean water to villages in Southwestern Uganda. Our water projects include community education in the areas of health and sanitation and environmental issues. We partner with the Church of Uganda (Anglican) and have developed healthy working relationships with various local agencies as a means of providing villagers with access to resources in health (specifically HIV/AIDS testing and education) and sustainable agriculture initiatives. In recent years we have also developed Mutual Benefit Societies for widows who have limited means to support themselves and their children. Through co-operative farming, animal husbandry and handicrafts these women work together to achieve the financial means to support themselves and contribute to their communities. We have enjoyed support from CIDA in 3-1 matching funding for these projects as well as funding for Canadian youth interns to work in their field of expertise to serve these communities.

Qqs Projects Society is a value-based organization. We, along with our partners and supporters, share a common commitment to realizing specific values both in our actions as individuals and in our work as an organization: * We value our youth. We believe that our young people are our future and that they deserve opportunities to grow and learn. * We value our culture. We believe in the strength of our Heiltsuk culture and traditions and are committed to cultural revitalization that transcends generations. * We value our environment. We believe that the health of our land and waters is deeply tied to the health of our people. * We value our traditional Heiltsuk laws that govern who we are, how we act, and how we speak. * We value education and learning as a tool to help our Nation to build itself into a healthy, strong, and vibrant people. * We value respect for each other, our environment, and our friends and partners.

The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Conservancy currently protects over 2200 acres of wilderness, including Blueberry Mountain, one of the Seven Wonders of Lanark County. This property receives hundreds of local, Canadian and international visitors annually, demonstrating how MMLTC influences communities beyond its catchment area. While faithful to its core land conservation mission, MMLTC is also committed to providing the both rural and urban communities opportunities to take advantage of the full educational, physical, mental and spiritual benefits of immersion in the rich natural worlds of these wilderness properties. This more holistic community approach encourages the healthy integration of Nature into daily life and fosters support for conservation and the environment.

Results for Development Institute (R4D) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to unlock solutions to tough development challenges that prevent people in low- and middle-income countries from realizing their full potential. Using multiple approaches in multiple sectors including, Global Education, Global Health, Governance and Market Dynamics, R4D supports the discovery and implementation of new ideas for reducing poverty and improving lives around the world.

Mission statement: Empowering communities who work to ensure that children growing up in poverty get good health and an excellent education. Founding principles: We efficiently respond to the urgent needs of orphans and vulnerable children and the communities they live in. We believe that education is one of the fundamentals of success. By paying for students' school fees and providing scholastic materials (ie. school uniforms), we increase the opportunity for educational achievement.

The Shediac Bay Watershed Association (SBWA) was founded in 1999 as a result of growing concerns among residents from various local communities over the ecological health of Shediac Bay. The Association deals with issues related to water quality and habitat integrity. The SBWA has been involved in numerous projects and initiatives over the past seven years including water quality monitoring and remediation projects as well as awareness programs.

Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc. is the research arm of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (www.cleanairalliance.org). The Ontario Clean Air Alliance is a coalition of health, environmental and consumer organizations, faith communities, municipalities, utilities, unions, corporations and individuals working for cleaner air through a coal phase-out and the shift to a renewable electricity future. Its partner organizations represent more than six million Ontarians.

KITO ONLUS is a nonprofit organization with exclusively purposed of social solidarity, most in the field of education and primary school in developing countries or emergency. KITO ONLUS considers school as the best tool to get children back to ordinary life and help them overcome traumas a conflict or natural disaster might provoke in each of them. Therefore, it recognizes the importance of the right to education, especially in emergency contexts. The organization is aimed to pursue the following goals: Financing, development and building of basic structures in developing countries or in countries affected by famines, natural disasters and armed conflicts; Assistance to people victims of wars, famines, natural disasters, violence and violation of human rights; Designing of basic structures for scholastic employment; Relization of expandable, aggregatable and transportable schoolhouses (or health centers); Developing of participatory processes with the beneficiaries in the structures installation; Increasing wealth of students, teachers and scholastic staff, through policies aimed to improve their living conditions, namely health, nutrition, social services and security of children.

AMURT is a relief and development organization with projects in thirty countries across the globe, applying its philosophy that every human being deserves the opportunity to enjoy a fulfilling life. This often translates into helping people procure the basic necessities of life: shelter, healthy food and water, education, health awareness and income generating capacity. We believe that the happiness of one depends upon the happiness of many, so we build bonds of solidarity amongst people.

Life for Relief and Development is a nonprofit organization deeply rooted in the belief that saving lives should be a priority of all mankind. For this reason, we are dedicated to alleviating human suffering regardless of race, color, religion, or cultural background. Life works to provide assistance to people across the globe by offering humanitarian services such as health care and education, as well as catering to casualties of social and economic turmoil, victims of hunger, natural disasters, war, and other catastrophes.