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The Outdoor Recreation Council is a research, education,and advocacy organisation. The Council's members represent the full spectrum of land and water-based recreational activities in the Province. As a respected voice for outdoor recreation in BC, the Council provides information and advice on recreation policy and management practices. We work cooperatively with goverment, industry, and other groups.

Through education and advocacy, PHLUSH helps local governments and citizen groups to provide equitable public restroom availability and to prepare for a pipe-breaking seismic event with appropriate ecological toilet systems. Our Vision Toilet availability is a human right and well-designed sanitation systems restore health to our cities, our waters and our soils.

Hands of Hope Foundation is designed to operate and develop faith based communities that will function on a local, national, and international level to provide financial and/or direct assistance to individuals, families, and other organizations in meeting a wide variety of needs to include: short term housing, medical care, education assistance, drinkable water, food and clothing; as well as a place of respite for Ministers and their families. Offering Hope in Christ in the spirit of 1 Peter 3:15. Our current projects include: educational services in Liberia, Bulgaria, and Thailand. Medical clinic in Weala, Liberia. 5 new churches in Pattaya, Thailand.

Annually, over 1,000,000 Canadians participate in our swimming, lifesaving, lifeguard and leadership training programs. As Canada’s lifeguarding expert, the Lifesaving Society sets the standard for aquatic safety and certifies Canada’s National Lifeguards. The Lifesaving Society is Canada’s Full Member in the International Life Saving Federation and represents Canada in the Commonwealth Royal Life Saving Society. We are the governing body for lifesaving sport – a sport recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation. We are a national, independent, charitable organization. We’ve been teaching Canadians how to be safe around the water since 1896.

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.

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.

60 to 70 times each year, Chilliwack Search & Rescue is called upon to help those in need who by misfortune, lack of experience or poor judgment find themselves in trouble. Chilliwack Search & Rescue is a volunteer organization working under the direction of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Emergency Management BC and in coordination with the Chilliwack Fire Department, Emergency Heath Services and the Coroner. Chilliwack Search & Rescue responds to emergencies anywhere in 1100 square Kilometers of urban, rural, mountainous, swift water and wilderness terrain – a mandate that stretches from the Vedder Canal to Chilliwack Lake, and from the US border to the Fraser River.

A Canadian charitable society dedicated to assisting with the Victoria Lighthouse Education Centre in rural Uganda. We have completed a good deal of the school building and are now focusing on finishing the interior and external grounds, as well as other buildings on the property to support the school's needs. To date we have cemented the floors in the building, built new latrines and purchase text books for everyone. IN the future we have to update the water collection system (the existing one is broken), finish the walls and build a new kitchen. There are 600 children attending the school and for the last three years the school has been rated as one of the top primary schools in the area. An incredible feat for a small, rural school.

CPAR was founded in 1984 by Canadian physician Mark Doidge, in response to the extreme famine and poor health conditions faced by Ethiopian refugees in Sudan. CPAR's work started out as emergency relief in the form of food aid and medical intervention, but it has since evolved into an international development organization, committed to building healthy communities in Africa. With the idea of a healthy planet in mind, the majority of CPAR's work is focused on integrated health and sustainable development programs in the south-east region of Africa. CPAR's projects are located in Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania. We develop primary health care, water and sanitation, income generation, peace building, emergency assistance, natural resource management and food security programs to help support vulnerable communities in Africa.

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.

Lifeline Malawi established its first medical outreach in the lakeshore community of Ngodzi, where there were no medical facilities, clean water or even sufficient food. Ngodzi is a rural community of 40,000 people approx. 100km southeast of the capital city of Lilongwe. Although there were other established mission groups in the area, health conditions and medical needs of the local Yao tribes people were desperate, as there are were no trained medical personnel and there no access to medicines. Dr. Brooks initially (1998) worked with a small staff to provide a part-time medical presence in the community. In September 2001, he opened a new eight room medical clinic on land donated by the community. Since then, the Ngodzi property has been developed, through donations raised in Canada, the United States, France and the U.K, into a medical complex offering full-time medical and health-related services.

Community Education Services (CES) Canada is a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to providing access to education for orphans and other AIDS-affected children in Kenya. Project PREPARE provides access to secondary school aged Kenyan youth who have been orphaned or adversely affected by the HIV/Aids pandemic. The project seeks to build capacity and strengthen public secondary schools within the Lurambi Constituency in the Kakamega Central District of Western Province. This will be achieved through the development and availability of cross curricular teaching strategies in the area of HIV/Aids Awareness and Healthy Living. The project intends to strengthen infrastructure of schools to improve the quality of education and standards of teaching. Foundations: Project PREPARE is based on four key foundation points: EDUCATION, WATER, HEALTHCARE and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CES Canada is involved in 30 secondary schools impacting on 8,000 students.