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HEART stands for Health Education Africa Resource Team. Founded by Vickie Winkler in February 2000, HEART is empowering the people of Africa to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic by providing medical care, education, and income generating activities to create a healthy, sustainable, disease-free life.

The Deepwater Project awards scholarships for young people ages 10-17 to attend a small network of wilderness education programs.

Advancing patient-centered care in rural Africa. VISION: Healthier communities in rural Tanzania, where individuals from all walks of life have access to quality medical care and frontline healthcare workers have the resources they need to treat disease and save lives. OUR MAJOR AREAS OF FOCUS ARE: Operation of FAME Medical, a medical facility in the district of Karatu, Tanzania. Operation of a mobile medical service to remotely located communities in Karatu. Continuing medical education and mentoring for our front-line healthcare workers. Educational sponsorships for aspiring Tanzanian doctors and nurses.

OpEPA USA, founded in 2006, is a sister organization of OpEPA Colombia founded in 1998. The organizations were created as a means to reconnect children and adults with nature and promote positive environmental actions in Colombia and Latin America. Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. It has an incredible wealth of ecosystems, flora, fauna and cultural diversity. However, Colombia suffers from serious environmental degradation. Deforestation, high levels of urban waste, polluted water and reduced air quality are just four of a litany of similar issues. The environmental movement in Colombia has employed the range of conventional tactics to address these issues. Public awareness campaigns have dotted the airwaves, and legislative changes have improved the legal basis for pursuing polluters. But young people, "the next generation of consumers and decision makers," cannot be scolded or legislated into caring about the environment. To truly change the way they approach environmental issues, they must feel personally compelled to transform the status quo. This is what OpEPA targets to do.

Donations can be directed to specific programs such as Santas Anonymous, Social Justice, Holy Trinity Student school building project in Sierra Leone or to become a patron of the arts at the Suncor Centre for Performing Arts. Any general donations (non directed) will be used to support school programs.