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The Spirit of Alexandria Foundation was created to carry on the legacy of Alexandria Bennett, a little girl whose passion for nature and generosity was evident to everyone around her. Through this foundation, it is her family and friends mission to help children experience nature and all its wonderment. The Spirit of Alexandria Foundation will work in cooperation with partners in the places that she loved, both close to home and across the country.

1. To empower women and their families by the pursuit of local social development initiatives and rural improvement. 2. To provide social services to the members and their families in the areas of livelihood development, processing and marketing of farm products, community savings, home economics and sustainable agriculture. 3. To advocate for the promotion of women's rights and women empowerment. 4. To link with other organizations, networks and entities with similar goals and objectives with the organization.

TRACHOMA PROJECT: Trachoma is the largest preventable cause of blindness with the rate of infection in a typical village being as high as 45%. We have a program where we examine the children, provide medication where necessary, provide education as to good hygene and also clean water. THE CHISHAWASHA ORPHANAGE PROJECT: This orphanage is presently the home for 40 children and we are providing some buildings and covering some of their operating costs. THE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL PROJECT: We look after the cost of 100 operations each year and in 2006 we built a residence and we look after all of its annual expenses. CATARACT PROJECT: We continue to help with the children's cataract operations. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROJECT: We are building two much needed small schools in the very remote Gwembe Valley in Zambia. CHISANGA HEALTH POST PROJECT: Also in the Gwembe valley we are building a health post in an area that is the home to over 4,500 Tonga.

HIMALAYAN LIFE is an international not-for-profit / charity with offices in Switzerland, Canada, Nepal, and India, seeking to protect, nurture and educate the children in the Himalayas. We run homes, shelters, and educational programs both in Nepal and North India for street-kids, slave-kids, and abandoned kids. Our 40 local staff are all committed to be agents of change, and work for the comprehensive and lasting transformation in the Children's lives and their families. For further details, please see www.himalayanlife.com.

Since its creation in 1987 the PTE Foundation Trust has annually provided support for Prairie Theatre Exchange operations and program. The organization reviews a request from PTE and determines what level of support it is able to provide. Typically support is given for the PTE School and new play development as both of these elements reflect the core values of Prairie Theatre Exchange. PTE began as a school and has a nation reputation for being a welcoming home to contemporary, Canadian theatre.

Fejer Megyei Esely Gyermekvedelmi es Gyermeksegito Alapitvany (Esely Child Protecting and Child Supporting Foundation of Fejer County) mission is to support those children who live in child's home in state custody. These children are in multiple disadvantageous situation. We would like to decrease their disadvantages, close to them to the normal society by ability caring, training to independent life, organizing of cultural and free time programs, drug prevention, training of professionals, constructing communities, supporting learning and healthy lifestyle.

The Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve is a 10-hectare reserve featuring a freshwater lagoon and forested acreage on the Sunshine Coast, northwest of Vancouver, BC. It is home base for the Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society. Each May, the Society hosts the annual Ruby Lake Wood Duck Wilderness Festival which celebrates the natural world and is a popular community event. Since 2003, the focus of the Society has been the construction of a first class Field Studies and Interpretive Centre in the Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve.

Gawad Kalinga Building communities to end poverty. OUR VISION. Gawad Kalinga is building a nation empowered by people with faith and patriotism; a nation made up of caring and sharing communities, dedicated to eradicate poverty and restore human dignity. OUR MISSION. Ending poverty for 5 million poor families by 2024: Land for the Landless. Homes for the Homeless. Food for the Hungry. OUR ROADMAP to 2024: The road to a First World Philippines by 2024 is guided by a development roadmap composed of three stages: Social Justice: 2003 to 2010 We begin to challenge and inspire everyone to go beyond charity and become their brother's keeper in order to heal the wounds of injustice in our country. This has opened the door to major streams of generosity through donations of land and resources to build homes for the homeless, a dream realized through the heroic response of volunteers from all sectors of society. Social Artistry: 2011 to 2017 We move forward to the designer phase we call "Social Artistry" where we invite greater expertise, science and technology to grow our holistic model for development. Through stronger collaboration with credible and distinguished institutions and individuals and by engaging them to use our GK communities as convergence points and social laboratories, we hope to pursue major innovations that will concretely and permanently improve the quality of life for the poorest of the poor, allowing them to attain their fullest potentials. Social Progress: 2018 to 2024 We envision a new standard of living to take a permanent foothold in the life of a nation. This will only be achieved by working on scale and sustainability of what have been established earlier - the spirit, the science and the structure. By this time, a new generation of empowered, productive citizens would have emerged, who lived through an exciting time of change -- moving from poverty to prosperity, from shame to honor, from third-world to first-world and from second-class to first-class citizen of the world. 7 Point Vision Each GK village aspires to become a model community that is: A Faith Community where residents are free to practice their religious belief in an atmosphere of mutual respect and reverence. A Peace Zone where neighbors live in harmony with each other and where conflicts are justly settled based on the higher principles of neighborly love and the common good. A Tourist Spot where the sense of beauty and order is regarded as an indispensable part of dignified human dwelling. A Productivity Center where the potential of human and natural resources are utilized to sustain the growth and development of the community. An Environmentally Healthy Community where residents practice the principles of proper utilization and preservation of the environment. An Empowered Community where individuals participate actively part in governing the daily life and activities of their village. A Secured Community where residents are prepared to respond accordingly in the event of a natural or man-made calamity in order to preserve lives and property. Culture of Caring and Sharing "Poverty is not a lack of resources, but a lack of caring and sharing." Poverty happens when people forget to care for their fellowmen. It is a consequence of our collective failure to be our brother and sister's keeper. Content with our own lives and our circle of family and friends, we overlook the needs of our neighbor, failing to recognize that we are part of one big family. To love ourselves is to also care for other people's needs, to be afforded the same opportunities that have been given us. The GK solution to end poverty is deeply anchored on the values of caring and sharing. Love must overflow from our homes into the world. As a concrete expression of faith in action, founded on love for God and neighbor, GK seeks to restore the dignity of the poor through a culture of caring and generosity. GK believes that by being a hero to others in need, we can bring our countries out of poverty. Seeking to give care to communities in need, GK adheres to the Filipino saying: "Walang Iwanan" or no one should be left behind. As our brother's keeper, we will help one another by giving the Best for the Least, in a spirit of service and friendship. With a lifestyle of heroism founded on caring and sharing, GK inspires and engages its workers, partners and volunteers to give the best of themselves in talents, skills, time and resources to help the poor reach their fullest potentials. At the end of the day, GK is all about caring for the world's marginalized and restoring their human dignity by providing them with a beautiful, healthy, green and productive GK communities.

The GRIT Program is an exemplary, fully-inclusive, non-profit early childhood program which assists children with special needs 2 ½ – 5 ½ years of age. Building on the family’s desires, the child’s interests and strengths and parent interaction styles, the program uses a coaching model to develop and boost an individualized program plan to best support the child’s joy of learning and development. The GRIT Program is grounded in the values of active family involvement, community inclusion, learning through play, and use of best teaching practices. Children’s program occurs in natural settings of home, community, and kindergarten, places where they would be if they did not have a disability.

Motto Inspiring our students to reach their full potential Belief Statements Our primary focus is student learning and achievement All students have the ability to learn and become contributing members of society Students learn at their own pace, and in different ways We are committed to the development of the whole student in an equitable and inclusive environment School communities must be safe, supportive and socially just, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect Education is a partnership among home, school and community and ongoing communication and dialogue strengthens this partnership We value diversity and the opportunity for our students to be enriched by diverse cultures and abilities Evidence-based decision-making and accountability are important

The core areas of the organization are: Environmental monitoring -aquatic, terrestrial and marine habitats, invasive species, biodiversity, air quality and commercial and recreational fisheries. Habitat conservation -fish habitat restoration, riparian zone rehabilitation, fresh and salt marsh renewal, private stewardship agreements and sustainable agriculture. Pollution prevention -water conservation, management of on-site systems, engineered wetland wastewater systems, energy conservation and pesticide use. Climate change -climate change predications, coastal flooding, storm surge modeling and predictive and adaptive measures. Energy conservation -energy conservation planning, home energy audits, energy farm planning and anti-idling initiatives. Environmental education -school curriculum, community involvement, citizen scientist engagement, professional development and special interactive events like field days and community demonstrations.

HELP builds on the inherent strengths of prairie and agrarian culture to create leaders in the helping sciences - both at home and internationally. We carry out research, upscale models and full scale implimentations in forestry, waste recycling, and several applications of phytoremediation. One months per year dedicated to live-in ecology camps for schools. Some of HELP's achievements include: •2,400,000 trees planted since year 2000 •1st woodlots for Community Wide Effluent Irrigation in SK and BC •1st Living Landfill Caps in Canada •1st Projects Proving Capacity of Select Trees to Reverse Severe Soil Salinity •World's 1st Floating Tree Nurseries •1st Grain Bag Recycling Program in Saskatchewan •1st Styrofoam Recycling Program in Weyburn •45 Ongoing Ecological Research Projects •19th Year of International Internships •19th Year of Live-In Ecology Camps for Schools •Successful Slum Conversion and Agro-forestry programming in Kenya and Sudan