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Compassion Fruit Society is based in Vancouver, BC and oversees the work of Project Somos Children's Village in Guatemala. www.projectsomos.org Project Somos is establishing a village for abandoned and orphaned children in Guatemala near the town of Tecpán. The Village will have seven homes with Guatemalan Foster Mothers raising a household of children. The family homes are being built using earthbag construction. This eco-sustainable Village will use alternative power, and will have organic agriculture & orchards. The Village is being designed in collaboration with an architectural intern from the University of San Carlos, Guatemala. Education, leadership and arts will be key focuses of The Children's Village. The Village will work hand in hand with the local Guatemalan community.

Offering educational and interactive injury prevention programs for children ages 4-12 through school field trips as well as community programing . Available Programs: Pedesrtian Traffic Safety; Fire & Home Safety; Bicycle Safety; Acerage & Farm Safety; Safety Summer Camps; & Birthday Parties.

The wildfires on the Carmel Mountain have been extinguished but the emergency continues! The Carmel is devastated and vulnerable to additional fires. The fires took 42 lives, destroyed hundreds of homes, consumed over 5 million trees and destroyed 25,000 acres of forest. The people of Haifa and the Carmel need your help. We must stand and help the families who have been evacuated and who lost their homes, we must rehabilitate the Carmel forest and we must strengthen the fire truck brigade with uniforms, equipment and replenish inventories of fire retardent chemicals to start. Any donation is appreciated. For more information and updates go to www.haifa-foundation.org or contact our email us at lisaplant.haifafoundation@gmail.com

JMJ Children's Fund is supporting children in schools in Ghana, India and Malawi. We are also helping to provide food for children in a Remand Home in Nigeria, with its attached orphanage. JMJ has been supporting a program called Youth Alive which teaches young people in Malawi how to fight AIDS.

Changing our city, one tree at a time. Since 1994, Our City Forest has been the leading nonprofit in Silicon Valley for urban forestry and environmental education. We believe in the POWER OF TREES to transform homes, communities and cities. We believe in the POWER OF PEOPLE to help us achieve this needed transformation.

Green Calgary staff and volunteers provide interactive environmental education, resources, and services to ten of thousands of Calgarians each year in schools, through businesses, in communities, through our products sales, in workshops & courses, through our website, by telephone and email. As a result, Calgarians are reducing their environmental impact at home, at work, and at school.

The Canada Safety Council is a knowledge-based, charitable organization devoted to educating Canadians about the importance of safety on the road, in the community, in sports and leisure activities, on the job and at home. Behind the scenes, CSC helps in legislation, enforcement and other countermeasures to improve safety for Canadians. (Annual contribution for individual member $50, corporate member $250)

The grasslands, foothills, and forests between Yosemite and Kings Canyon National Parks provide land for farms and ranches, a home for native plants and wildlife, and a source of clean water. The Sierra Foothill Conservancy honors our natural and cultural heritage by protecting these resources and ensuring that present and future generations will continue to experience and enjoy the land in this region.

SuzukiMusic, also known as the National Capital Suzuki School of Music, was founded in 1987 to promote the musical education of children and to nurture their development through the Suzuki method. It is a registered non-profit corporation governed by an elected Board of Directors comprised of parents, teachers and interested citizens. The Board of Directors contracts with professional Suzuki music instructors to provide individual and group music lessons. All SuzukiMusic teachers are professional musicians, and have received specialized training in Suzuki teaching from accredited Suzuki institutes. Individual lessons are offered in the teacher's home studio. A parent, who also acts as a home teacher and promoter of daily practice, always accompanies the child to lessons. SuzukiMusic embraces children of all ages and abilities, including special needs children.

Established in 1995, the affiliate has built 14 homes to date. We cover two counties, Prince Edward and Hastings. Build teams are hard at work planning to start construction in early spring 2014 in Picton. In July, 2006, we opened the 49th ReStore in Canada. The store is currently located at 365 Bell Boulevard, Belleville.

Founded in 1979, El Hogar gives some 250 Honduran children a loving home and teaches them in its four centres. Boys and girls live in a nurturing environment where they learn to respect and live with others and they attend school. They receive academic and vocational training that will allow them to become productive, contributing members of the Honduran society.

Single Mothers in Progress, otherwise known as SMIP, is a Non-Profit Organization that was created to give single mothers the opportunity to provide more stable, safe and organized homes for their children. We provide many services and programs that help both the children and mothers grow, increasing their chances of finding prosperity, growth, education and stability in our community.