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TREC Education has pioneered educational programs about renewable energy and energy conservation for the past decade. Our hands on experiential educational programs have grown out of interest of the Windshare turbine located at Exhibition Place which is the first urban-sited, cooperatively owned turbine in North America. Our Programs -Our Kids' World of Energy program offers curriculum linked programs for elementary and secondary school students that introduce climate change, engineering and energy science. Through these curriculum links, we are able to help students explore the science behind renewable energy systems and the opportunities they hold. -Our Kids' World of Festival inspires and educates thousands of students and parents each year in the science and importance of renewable energy, energy conservation and sustainability. In community spaces across Ontario, we facilitate fun, hands-on workshops that provide a memorable experience for the young and not so young.

We support students and teachers in the K-12 school system, with curriculum-relevant education programs in topics related to energy, water, waste, forests and land use, and climate change. We provide free classroom presentations, outdoor field studies, classroom resource materials, and professional development programs for teachers.

The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights is a charitable, non-profit organization dedicated to human rights education in Edmonton and beyond through innovative and engaging programming and events, with a large focus on youth. Since 1998, the JHC has organized major workshop events, implemented a successful annual summer camp program, developed a number of educational resources which are used in schools across Canada, and worked to establish Edmonton as Human Rights City.

Opening in 2014, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will take you on a journey of inspiration unlike anything you’ve experienced before. From the moment you enter through its massive stone roots, to the time you emerge in its light-filled Tower of Hope, you will be moved by the power of human rights. Canada’s newest national museum rises from the Prairie earth in Winnipeg at The Forks, where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet on Treaty One land at a doorstep of the historical location of Métis occupation and Louis Riel’s provisional government, the Museum sits on land that has been a meeting place for over six thousand years. The only museum in the world solely devoted to human rights awareness and education, it stands as a beacon for visitors from around the globe. Ramps of glowing alabaster criss-cross galleries designed to challenge, motivate and uplift. Multi-sensory exhibits explore human rights concepts with an international scope, but through a uniquely Canadian lens.

Their mission is to increase access, retention and graduation rates of students attending our member schools, identify and prepare member schools’ students who have significant leadership potential, and create a pipeline for employers of highly-qualified member-schools, students and alumni.

YEF will finance education using profits from YEF operated farms. Profits will be used to fund elementary and high school tuition fees for orphans. Tuition fees directed towards a particular student are dependent upon that student’s participation in the program, and will be paid at the beginning of each semester. Each YEF student will be required to maintain a pre-determined level of academic achievement as outlined by the YEF board of directors. Beyond this, students will be expected throughout their tenure in our program to attend once weekly a YEF designed educational course taught at their attending school teaching career planning, basic business skills and community development. The purpose of the YEF educational course is to allow students to learn the steps needed to achieve their dreams following their completion of high school, while ingraining the importance of contributing to the development of their own community in their adult years.

People for Education: • operates a toll-free parent help line • publishes tips and information for parents in 13 languages • hosts an informative website and open discussion board • conducts an annual survey of Ontario's schools • publishes parent-friendly research reports on a variety of topics • has a network of parents across Ontario • offers workshops and webinars to parents, educators and students • sits at a number of government policy tables • participates in consultations on education • makes policy recommendations • encourages ongoing public dialogue about education & works with the media • brings together parents, trustees, educators and community members at our annual conference to learn, make connections,and hear about the latest education research.

WHO WE HELP...African children, especially orphans by providing curriculum and supplies and assisting African teachers. Many governments are overwhelmed by their national needs. In some countries, local groups organise schools with whatever limited resources they have available. By partnerships with national NGO’s (Non-Governmental Organizations), we transfer donor funds and materials to meet local educational needs. WHERE WE HELP...Since 1997 our focus has been in Zambia in south-central Africa, In 2003 Malawi also began receiving assistance, as well. Since 2000 more than 20,000 African students and their communities benefitted through EWB offices in Zambia. HOW WE HELP... We organize gifts of supplies and quality curriculum with a character-building focus. ...Pupil books for the primary curriculum are printed in Zambia. ...We provide annual teacher training, and small honoraria to supplement low wages paid by parents through school committees.

The Vietnam Education Society was established in 2005 to raise funds to cover the cost of construction for new preschools and primary schools in rural Vietnam. Local authorities manage and operate the facilities, which are inspected by VES and our partner, East Meets West, on a regular basis. VES opened its first school in Vietnam in June 2007, a ten room school that serves close to 400 students in the small community of Cat Ne, Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam. A multipurpose room and early childhood development centre were added to the school. Since that time, VES has built three other schools and is currently (Spring 2013) working on plans for the fifth facility. VES also works with the Pacific Links Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping stop human trafficking along the border regions in Vietnam. VES provides 40 scholarships for at risk girls and sponsors a summer camp to provide these girls with support and life skills