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While there is no replacement for personalized, professional medical advice, Fuck Cancer’s goal is to provide educational resources that are reliable, relatable, and easy to understand. We want to create a community that allows people to connect, share, and communicate in a safe space online. We want to make tangible improvements in our ability to detect and treat cancer early — and to improve people’s lives in the process.

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind is dedicated to helping the visually impaired and blind population of the greater Washington region overcome the challenges of vision loss.  Our work enables people of all ages who are visually impaired or blind to remain independent, active, and productive in our society. We help people with vision loss live independently to fulfill their life's purposes.  We do this by providing comprehensive services and programs for people of all ages ( for children, adults and seniors, etc.) including employment, training, vision care, recreation and advocacy.

The Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation raises sustainable funds and awareness for the priorities and needs of Markham Stouffville Hospital(MSH). MSH is a community hospital based in Markham that was built to serve a population of 110,000, but is now serving over 330,000 people annually. MSH proudly opened its expanded building in March 2013 immediately followed by phase two of its expansion campaign – extensive renovations to its original building. This renewal, scheduled for completion in August 2014, will complete MSH’s transformation into a unique, state-ofthe-art health and wellness campus.

Courage, strength and heart: three traits that every young adult battling cancer exhibits. Alli Shapiro, founder of Alli’s Journey, exhibited just that in her seven-year fight with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma — courage, strength — and heart, to live with this disease using humour, humility and belief as her strongest weapons. Tragically, Alli succumbed to her disease at the age of 26, with the same courage, strength and heart — but most of all with dignity — in July 2006. Alli’s Journey focuses on the segment of the younger population that is struggling with cancer in various forms and degrees of substance.

By focusing on the development of communities and families, KANPE addresses the diverse needs of the Haitian people: health, nutrition, education, financial independence and assistance. KANPE is combining its expertise with that of other organizations that have proven themselves in the field, such as Partners in Health (Zanmi Lasanté), which specializes in free healthcare for the underprivileged, and Fonkoze, which is dedicated to helping impoverished families achieve financial independence. KANPE is pooling its efforts with its partners’ to create a new comprehensive program designed to assist and support Haitian society’s most vulnerable populations in their fight for a better future.

Our vision is provide basic healthcare services to over 1 million underprivileged women and children in rural India by the year 2030 and reduce mortality rate by 80% by educating communities, leveraging disease prevention techniques, and innovating healthcare treatment / delivery approaches. The first hospital, a 20-bed 6,500 square feet facility, was opened for service on October 2nd, 2011 in a rural community of Sarurpur Kalan, serving a population of about 50,000. Since its opening, the hospital has provided basic healthcare services to an average of 830 patients per month.

The Cerebral Palsy Association of BC is charitable organization that provides programs and services to over 10,000 people living with CP province wide, as well as thousands more affected by CP including families, caregivers, professionals, and the community. Our vision is to see those with CP and other disabilities live a Life Without Limits. Through our programs, we are committed to enriching and supporting the lives of children, adults, and seniors with Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities. Programs and services that we provide include: • Resource and Community Support • Educational Bursaries • Camperships • Therapeutic yoga for youth with CP and therapeutic dance for children with CP • Community Connections Series • Speakers Bureau • Roundtable e-Newsletter •Lending library and association-produced manuals and packages For more information about us, visit www.bccerebralpalsy.com or connect with us at info@bccerebralpalsy.com or by calling 1.800.663.0004

The Canadian Ectodermal Dysplasias Syndromes Association (CEDSA) will act as the national information and resource centre on provincial and territorial funding programs, medical expertise, ongoing research and support groups. Working with established ectodermal dysplasias associations around the world, CEDSA will support research towards a cure, raise awareness of EDS and connect children, youth, family and friends seeking support and a place to share information.

Our mission is to take swift and decisive action to protect and restore marine species and their habitats and to inspire people in communities all over the world to join us as active and vocal marine species advocates. The Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP), founded in 1989, TIRN's oldest and largest project, works to protect and restore endangered sea turtle populations worldwide in ways that meet the needs of the turtles and the needs of neighboring local communities using grassroots action, multimedia campaigns, hands-on conservation, environmental education, and litigation. STRP's sponsoring nonprofit is Turtle Island Restoration Network or TIRN.

Ekam USA Inc Mission Statement To develop a high quality, comprehensive, continuous healthcare model that will ensure the care of every neonate, infant, child, adolescent and mother in a respectful, caring and family-centered environment, regardless of their financial situations by supporting and improving the public health care system. To support and improve health care for children in financial need. To remove financial constraints on parents of needy children. To develop a healthy world population by improving awareness through education and preventive program, as well as providing support for children’s health care. To develop a sense of service in the community by local service projects.

HealthBridge is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization that aims to identify, understand, and bridge gaps in public health, including gaps between: • Needs and technologies • Evidence and policies • Policies and practice HealthBridge has been working since 1982 in Asia, Africa and the Americas. We are an agile and efficient organization that aims to improve the health of vulnerable populations, including those at risk of malnutrition, infectious disease and emerging epidemics, such as obesity and tobacco-caused disease. HealthBridge helps local partners develop and implement appropriate solutions, apply innovative and sustainable practices, and promote effective policies.

YouthCO was formed in 1994 to address an identified need for youth-specific HIV/AIDS services. We have been providing peer support and education throughout Vancouver and British Columbia ever since. YouthCO upholds the following values at all levels of organizational decision-making and programming: a respect for individuals & their choices a promise to responsiveness & innovation a dedication to meaningful community engagement a commitment to youth-centred consensus-based cecision-making YouthCO applies the following approaches as fundamental pillars to all areas of its programming: Peer Support and Education Capacity-building Harm Reduction Population Health Integrity