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The Lifesaving Society is a full-service provider of programs, products and services designed to prevent drowning. We are a national volunteer organization and registered charity composed of tens of thousands of individual members, and over 4,000 affiliated swimming pools, waterfronts, schools and clubs. The Lifesaving Society is a leader and partner in the delivery of water safety education throughout Canada and around the world. We represent Canada in the Commonwealth Royal Life Saving Society and the International Life Saving Federation. The World Health Organization recognizes ILS as the world authority in the global effort to prevent drowning. The Lifesaving Society takes lead responsibility for drowning prevention in Canada.

At the Buck, we aim to end the threat of age-related diseases for this and future generations. We bring together the most capable and passionate scientists from a broad range of disciplines to study mechanisms of aging and to identify therapeutics that slow down aging. Our goal is to increase human health span, or the healthy years of life. Located just north of San Francisco, we are globally recognized as the pioneer and leader in efforts to target aging, the number one risk factor for serious diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, macular degeneration, heart disease, and diabetes. The Buck wants to help people live better longer. Our success will ultimately change healthcare.

CAUSE Canada is an international relief and development agency working in West Africa and Central America. Our development priorities include: Primary Health Care (PHC) Water and Sanitation Education Reforestation Gender-Specific Development Initiatives (Women’s Projects) Micro-enterprise Projects CAUSE Canada understands that development is a process rather than an end, and that to develop is not to have but to become. Consequently, CAUSE Canada plans, organizes, fundraises for, implements, and evaluates international development programs, in close long-term partnership with communities, that focus on the strengths people and communities already posses and assisting them to utilize those assets to become what they want to become. This is our affirmative assets-based approach.

Street Ministry: There are people in need in our community. We commit daily to meet the immediate physical needs of those who find themselves in the unfortunate situation of being on the street, hungry or lonely. Inn From The Cold: A nightly need in our community is for emergency shelter. Open Arms facilitates this program from November to April each year. “Drop In”: The Open Arms Community Resourse Centre is located in downtown Kentville. This is our hub where we network our services and clients with local churches and government agencies. Here we counsel guests on services available that will help them move forward towards greater physical and spiritual health.

Toronto-based Mindfulness Everyday, a registered charitable organization, has assembled a dedicated team of professionals, experienced in conducting mindfulness programs. Mindfulness Everyday offers MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) workshops, in non-clinical settings, as well as programs for youth, parents and educators. We are committed to improving the health and well-being of community members and the networks that support children and youth, by providing tailored mindfulness programs. Many of our adult participants voiced the wish to have learned mindfulness much earlier in their lives. We have been continually developing programming, facilitating research, and teaching mindfulness in schools and community settings since 2009.

What our clients have to say: “The year has passed – the first of new beginnings, hope, curiosity and a new language. The JIAS LINC school is more than a school for learning English. It is also a place to learn about Canadian history and culture, a place for making friends, and an information service." “I was invited to join Youth-to-Youth. Talking with others who shared my background, mentality and past experiences was exhilarating. Our leaders helped us engage in meaningful conversations about our feelings about Canada. The program gave me the opportunity to be more engaged in the community and learn leadership skills" “Just to let you know I have joined a company two weeks ago as Infrastructure Team Lead, where I lead teams of engineers in Toronto and the US. Thanks for all the support, mentoring, dedication and much more during my journey. If I will have an open position or so, I will definitively would call you to see if you have any potential candidates”.

We work with a broad range of stakeholders to improve cooperation for more effective water protection - including monitoring, data sharing, outreach, education, and research. We are in the process of re-designing Water Connections, an online portal to connect Canada's water community, in order to better serve its users. www.waterconnect.ca will allow everyone to share data, experiences, best practices, templates, news, and events about their own water activities, and will generate engagement within communities for water protection. Other important initiatives include educating shoreline owners and recreational water users how to best conserve the health of lakes and rivers. Our location is also home to an impressive demonstration site for a zero discharge wastewater garden!

There are an estimated 57 million children around the world who do not attend primary school - more than half of these are girls. Basic literacy and numeracy are the fundamental tools that will enable girls and women, as well as boys and men, to take hold of their lives and develop solutions adapted to the needs of their communities and country. Research convincingly shows that programs directed to the education of girls are more effective than virtually any other community investment in the developing world. Basic quality education provides girls with access to health and nutrition information for themselves and their family - including helping to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS. It provides a safe place to grow as they learn. It gives them the knowledge to provide economic support to their family.

The Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba is a charitable organization dedicated to helping school children learn, grow, and succeed by supporting breakfast, snack and lunch programs. We’re unique because we’re based in Manitoba – and all of the funds we raise stay in this province, reaching children in all regions of Manitoba. Since 2001, the Council has supported nutrition programs and raised awareness about nutrition issues and the need for food and nutrition policies in schools. We’ve also helped guide decision-makers in developing food and health policies, becoming a recognized voice for issues regarding nutrition programs for school-age children in Manitoba. We are always working on new partnerships, research, and opportunities for programs.

Since 1993, ACCES has been working with Kenyan partners to provide educational opportunities in the Kakamega Region of Western Province. We have provided post-secondary scholarships for over 1,300 Kenyans to study in Kenyan universities and colleges. We operate 8 primary schools serving over 1,300 pupils. We also support an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign that has reached more than 20,000 people, small business training and loans, organic agricultural training, adult education, community health services, water wells, and secondary school education. ACCES guarantees that 100% of donations dedicated to programs will be used on those programs - our modest administration costs are covered through special board initiatives.

Do peacemaking, agricultural and economic development, youth and adult basic literacy, community health, gender equality, and environmental protection at the village level. For example, CPI built its first village. Land was purchased, subdivided and sold to eleven families. These families will get training needed to raise the crops needed to pay for the land and the house each family will got. The houses were built by the partner families. Payments from houses and land will be placed in a rotating fund and will be used to help more families acquire houses and land. CPI has introduced computer assisted learning to Honduras an is offering a computer based junior high school in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa. See our website by googling Canadian Peacemakers International.

Families contribute what they can to the projects, including small financial contributions. Most importantly they contribute their time. Together, we develop strategies that address the root causes of poverty. It has been a wonderful and rich learning experience for us all as we exchange ideas, share knowledge, contribute resources, and collaborate to enhance children's access to educational opportunities and health care. Bolivia Kids strives to promote equality, develop sustainable solutions, and create collaborative and inclusive processes. Addressing current needs is our immediate focus. However, Bolivia kids and the children at our projects have shared many dreams for the future, including a Canada-Bolivia youth exchange. We're just getting started, and welcome you to be a part of it!