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Founded in 1942, the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Department works in combination with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department to provide fire protection, emergency medical services, fire prevention and life safety education to the citizens of Fairfax County. As part of this responsibility, it is our mission to buy, own, maintain, and operate fire and rescue apparatus; acquire real property, construct and maintain buildings; and raise funds to ensure we continue to meet this purpose.
As a registered charity, the Children’s Aid Foundation raises funds for programs of the Children’s Aid Society and other child welfare organizations that support children in three critical areas: Education programs that give children a chance to pursue their dreams and build successful lives for themselves, Enrichment programs that provide recreational and cultural opportunities so that disadvantaged children can experience healthy development, and Prevention programs that provide support for families before abuse and neglect begin.
- The Mission of Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia is to promote the health of the people and educate patients through Comprehensive, Sustainable, Community-Based Primary health Care. - The Vision of Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia is to transform communities using community based health care models for medical and dental care through education and services, especially to women and children. - The primary goal of HWHL is to improve the health and welfare of the people of Liberia with an emphasis on preventative healthcare programs for women.
Our Mission At National Child Safety Council (Ncsc) Is To Prevent Needless Accidents And To Help Save Lives By Providing Local Law Enforcement Departments With Meaningful Safety Educational Materials And Programs For Children, Adults, And Seniors. Ncsc Leads The Industry By Providing Thousands Of Public Safety Organizations Across The U.S. Over 4 Million Pieces Of Safety Material Annually. Ncsc Is Proud To Say That It Has Been A Law Enforcement Partner Since 1955.
Kupona Foundation was created in 2009 to support Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT). Kupona and CCBRT's mission is to prevent disability and maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity and to provide equitable access to affordable, quality medical and rehabilitative services. With a direct link to local activities, Kupona ensures maximum return on donor investment and programmatic benefit for CCBRT and its patients and clients. Supporting development of CCBRT's new maternal and neonatal health facility is a priority for Kupona Foundation.
We are the people who are here, day or night, 24/7, to answer the calls from those who are reaching out for help. Callers may have simple questions. Or they may be in crisis. Either way, with 181 volunteers answering nearly 40,000 calls a year, we provide an integral, important and vital service in the community. At any given time of day or night, people out there require our help. Whether they’re depressed, lonely, overwhelmed or so distraught they’re contemplating suicide, they will find a supportive and caring person at our end of the line. People of all ages, races, genders and social-economic groups call our confidential service. Patient, understanding and giving, Distress Centre volunteers are trained to listen, talk through concerns or provide community resource information. In other words, whatever is needed, our volunteers are there. What else do we do? We provide training for other community groups. Our renowned trainers provide training on diverse topics.
At Millennium Promise, our vision is the eradication of extreme poverty, hunger, and preventable disease within our lifetime. We believe that extreme poverty can be cut in half by 2015, even in some of the poorest, most remote places in the world. Through the Millennium Villages Project we are showing how, using a holistic, science-based approach to benefit more than 500,000 people across sub-Saharan Africa. Our mission is to provide the operational platform and resource mobilization for the Millennium Villages Project.
Helen Keller International is a global health organization dedicated to eliminating preventable vision loss, malnutrition, and diseases of poverty.Co-founded by Helen Keller—and guided by her fierce optimism and belief in human potential—the organization delivers life changing health solutions to vulnerable families in places where the need is great but access to care is limited.In the U.S., Africa, and Asia, Helen Keller’s proven, science-based programs empower people to create opportunities in their own lives and build lasting change.
The Berwyn Fire Company provides fire suppression, rescue, EMS, and fire prevention services for the people who live, work and travel through 14 square miles of Tredyffrin & Easttown townships with a population of 40.150 residents. The coverage area spans north to south from Valley Forge National Park to Newtown Square. East to west from the Chester County line in Strafford to roughly the middle of both townships, including sections of US Route 202 and the PA turnpike.
SASS Go is on a mission to eradicate assault, abuse, and trafficking against women and girls globally through prevention education, self defense training, and crisis response consulting. Our dedicated team believes all women deserve to learn the skills needed to save their own lives. The women and girls we serve are as diverse in age, background, and experience as the world they inhabit with over 50% receiving our services through partial or full scholarships. Together we work hard to #protectthetribe.
All services are offered from a holistic perspective that addresses the socio economic barriers encountered by immigrant women and their families. RIWC is committed to supporting and caring for our clients, bearing in mind the marginalizing experience that immigrant women face due to barriers of gender, age, poverty, language, racism and violence. Emphasis is thus placed on the practices of empowerment that include prevention/education strategies, skill and leadership development, and asset building that harnesses prior learning, skills and experience from immigrant communities.
At more than 150 years old, the YMCA proudly continues to serve people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. We are dedicated to helping people attain good overall health through prevention, rehabilitation, self-management and the social support needed to grow in spirit, mind and body. In everything that we do, we try to inspire a sense of responsibility to each other and the global community. We believe in leveraging the power of one for the benefit of the collective good. My Y. For Good.