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The objective of Kutu Chand Foundation is to relieve poverty in Bangladesh by providing grants for healthcare, education, nutrition, sanitation, clean water and skills training designed to enable individuals to generate sustainable income and be self sufficient.

To collaboratively support and empower the less privileged in deprived rural communities through tailored youth capacity-building training and the provision of clean and safe drinking water, using the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) technique.

The Friends of the Tay Watershed (FoTW) is a non-profit association, dedicated to preserving and enhancing the health of the Tay River Watershed. It was founded and obtained incorporated non-profit charitable status in 2001. The Tay is a magnificent tributary of the Rideau Canal system in eastern Ontario, covering 95 kilometers and encompassing 46 lakes and numerous streams and wetlands. The FoTW involves landowners, water users, and other interested parties in programs to improve the health of the Tay River Watershed. It works to: 1. educate the public and watershed stakeholders on the benefits of maintaining and improving wildlife habitat, recreation, and water quality and quantity in the Tay Watershed; 2. carry forward the recommendations of the Tay River Watershed Management Plan; 3. promote the coordination of water protection and improvement activities from the range of organizations involved in watershed management. Please visit our website at www.tayriver.org

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is the charity that saves lives on South African waters. Established in 1967, the NSRI is a registered non-profit organisation that is committed to drowning prevention and focusses on saving lives, changing lives, and creating futures for those threatened by immersion or submersion in water in South Africa. Our Rescue Services are run by nearly 1500 highly skilled, unpaid volunteers who are on call 24/7 at 47 rescue bases along the coast of South Africa and at inland dams and waterways. Our Drowning Prevention initiatives include preventative measures such as Pink Rescue Buoys for emergency flotation, emergency signage, rescue swimmers, lifeguards, active patrols during peak seasons, and drowning prevention training such as Water Safety Education and Survival Swimming lessons in under-resourced communities throughout South Africa. The NSRI is entirely funded through donations and sponsorships.

CPAR Uganda Ltd's mission, through training and mentoring, is to ensure that households in rural Uganda ably meet the basic needs of their members through enhanced livelihoods; access to health care, clean water, sufficient and nutritious food.

The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust is a community-based, not-for-profit, non-governmental charity in Haliburton County. The Land Trust works to conserve the plants, wildlife and clean water of Haliburton County to ensure a legacy of forests, fields and wetlands, and the species they nurture.

Our Mission: BASAID - Basic Aid for a better life and a better future We are a trust-based non-profit organization of volunteers We support underserved communities We focus on four strategic and sustainable pillars: agriculture, water & sanitation , healthcare and education

The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation is dedicated to the conservation and wise stewardship of Lake Huron's coastal ecosystems. Our coastal priorities include water quality, biodiversity, coastal processes and climate change. We deliver our programs through research, education and community outreach.

The Stream of Dreams Murals Society is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to educating people about the importance of conserving and protecting our water resources and endeavoring to inspire behavioral change to that end. Based at the beautiful Fraser River Discovery Centre, in New Westminster, BC, it delivers its award winning eco-education program about water and watersheds and their connection to the ocean and fish habitat. The Society presents its program primarily in elementary schools in Greater Vancouver and on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, and has trained teams to deliver its trademarked Stream of Dreams eco-education and community art program in other regions of BC, in Calgary, AB and several regions of Ontario.

Through enhancing active community participation and in collaboration with government, non- governmental organizations, supporters and others engage in demand-driven development programs in the areas of education, health, livelihood, water, sanitation and hygiene, integrated population health and environment thereby empower and change the economic and social status of the society.

Established in 1992, the Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association (BBEMA) is a not-for-profit charitable organization focusing on conserving and enhancing the environment through planning, education, partnerships and projects. BBEMA supports community action environmental initiatives that mitigate climate change, maintain water quality and improve the ecosystem biodiversity.

We are a team of passionate people working to connect our community to our environment, so that both thrive. WAI Wanaka's kaupapa* is to empower communities to take action to achieve measurable, enduring benefits by better understanding their water, their environment and their impacts. With almost every catchment in Aotearoa New Zealand at risk from human activity in one way or another, we believe that it will take all of us, working together, to safeguard and sustain Te Taiao**. *Kaupapa is the māori word for purpose. **Te Taiao is the natural world that contains and surrounds us - land, water, climate and living beings. Te Taiao also refers to the interconnection of people and nature, an eternal relationship of respect, reciprocity and interdependence.