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The Pacific Post Partum Support Society (PPPSS) offers support to women and their families who are experiencing postpartum depression and/or anxiety (PPD/A), as well as to women who are pregnant and experiencing emotional distress. The Society's support program is based on a self-help/mutual aid model. Trained group facilitators and telephone volunteers support mothers attending PPPSS groups throughout the Lower Mainland of BC, and during public phone hours staff provide helpful information and understanding support to callers (Tel. 604-255-7999). PPPSS also offers information nights for partners; interactive talks at mother and baby groups; workshops, lectures and training programs for interested groups and professionals; and free information in print. Publications for sale dealing with PPD/A include "A Self-Help Guide for Mothers", "Un guide pratique pour les méres", "A Reference Manual for Group Facilitators", and "A Reference Manual for Telephone Support Volunteers".

A 501c3, Warriors For Peace Theatre’s (WFPT) mission is to provide catharsis, PTSD and suicide prevention treatment, and reintegration for veterans by way of the theatre arts. Our purpose is to not only help those who have served but to build bridges between communities, support disenfranchised groups, promote diversity, empower women, narrow the civil-military divide, and foster peace among nations. ALL CLASSES ARE FREE FOR VETERANS!

Serving Eastern Ontario since 1933, St. Mary's Home is a social service agency in Ottawa that provides a full range of programs and services for young pregnant women, young moms and dads, and their infants and young children. Goals for teen parents include: having a healthy pregnancy and birth; becoming effective parents with happy, healthy child; continuing education. Services are offered in a respectful, nurturing environment and in partnership with the community.

SURVIVOR'S HOPE PROGRAMS: SARAH provides trained support workers (24/7) who offer crisis support to survivors and secondary victims of sexual assault. Our workers provide individual support, information sharing, referrals, and follow-up contacts. Emergency contact with SARAH is usually made through the RCMP or the Emergency department at our local hospitals. SADI helps youth develop healthy relationships, avoid potential violence, and understand the factors that contribute to abuse. Our school-age (Grades 6, 8, 10 and 12) workshops address the issues of sexual violence and relationship abuse, as well as topics which cover the aspects of a healthy self image and healthy relationships. The ultimate goal of the SADI program is to help keep students safe. REACHING OUT builds on the SADI and SARAH programs. We are reaching out to women to improve access to resources that will help them identify abuse, seek support and break the sense of isolation rural women often experience.

Founded on a core commitment to the ideals of service and engagement, our work centres on the themes of Education, Conservation, Women's Initiatives, Economic Opportunities, Multimedia & Digital Technology and Social Entrepreneurship. Through these initiatives, our goal is to establish a portal for developing new partnerships and synergies that can help create alternative pathways toward a strong, healthy and more sustainable future on the Tibetan Plateau. To read more about our work, please visit: www.machik.org.

Transforming girls' lives through musical excellence. The Girl Choir of South Florida presents the compelling sound of young women's voices in outstanding performances through a quality music education program. We currently have five choruses with 150 members ages 6 to 18. We provide a supportive environment where girls pursue excellence in artistic performance and music literacy skills while developing a greater understanding of themselves, each other, and the world around them.

Concordia fosters a dynamic intellectual environment... …marked by students engaged in learning both inside and outside the classroom, by faculty dedicated to excellence in teaching, mentoring, and professional achievement, and by a rich blend of rigorous undergraduate programs. Concordia delivers a distinctive education… …That integrates fields of study, connects theory to practice, combines liberal with professional education, and promotes interaction between campus life and classroom learning in order to form men and women who will flourish in an increasing diverse and interconnected world.

LifeLight members are Christian men and women who have experienced God's love and forgiveness. We are an organized group of committed believers taking the gospel to the world, starting in our own back yard. LifeLighters are united in sharing God's Word in the living languages of each nationality at home and abroad. LifeLighters place Scriptures and Scripture portions in schools, hotels, motels, prisons, universities, hospitals, libraries, and other places where the public will pick up and read God's Word.

Our programs and activities are currently focused in the eastern rural areas of Nepal. The beneficiaries of our programs are ultimately the home communities and villages of the young women and girls we support. Our immediate work is to help girls break the cycle of poverty through improved access to education. Our approach is based on helping a select few motivated individuals who show promise and are enthusiastic about being leaders within their community – that is, we seek to leverage the talents of a few who will inspire action in many.

Project TEMBO or 'TEMBO'(Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity) is a registered Canadian charity that provides funding and support to girls and women pursuing educational and small business goals in the Maasai homeland of rural northern Tanzania. TEMBO'S focus is in the villages of Longido and Kimokouwa in northern Tanzania. Our objectives are to: 1. Enable girls to pursue secondary school education by providing financial assistance and materials. 2. Provide funding for vocational training and for teacher training. 3. Operate a Community Library Program open to all residents in Longido District.