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Orbis is a leading global non-governmental organization that has worked to transform lives through the prevention and treatment of blindness for over 35 years. With our network of partners, we mentor, train and inspire local teams so they can save sight in their communities. Alongside those partners, Orbis provides hands-on ophthalmology training, strengthens healthcare infrastructure and advocates for the prioritization of eye health on public health agendas. Orbis operates the world's only Flying Eye Hospital, a fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft.

The mission of Project P.E.C.E.S., Inc. is to promote the educational, economic, and social development of southeastern Puerto Rico. The mission of the organization is directed to four programmatic areas: education, youth intervention and health, economic development, and community development with a special focus on youth development. Each goal seeks to strengthen the capacity of the southeastern communities- especially their youth - to resolve their own community problems. The Program for Community Education through Commitment and Service, Inc. (P.E.C.E.S., Inc.) is a non-profit community organization incorporated in the State Department of Puerto Rico, with federal tax exemption (501-C-3) and state tax exemption (101-6). The goals of Project P.E.C.E.S., Inc. are directed to four programmatic areas: education, youth intervention, economic development and community development. The objectives of P.E.C.E.S., Inc. are: To contribute to the economic development of southeastern Puerto Rico. To form leaders that participate in the social development of their communities. To improve the educational opportunities of southeastern Puerto Rico. To strengthen families and communities through programs directed to impact high risk behaviors. To prevent child abuse and neglect, high risk behaviors, and negative conduct through an integral program of prevention, counseling, orientation and social work. To reduce and prevent the abuse of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, AIDS, violence, and juvenile delinquency. To provide youth with positive alternatives, service opportunities, and leadership formation. Project P.E.C.E.S., Inc. is very proud of our following accomplishments: Operating the first licensed and accredited high school created especially for school drop outs. Preparing more than 600 community youth leaders throughout our 25 years of service in southeastern Puerto Rico. Administering the Natural Reserve of Humacao, based upon a contract of 15 years with the Natural Department of Resources, as an initiative to create employment and community economic development, as an ecological tourism business and as an environmental protection project. Project P.E.C.E.S. Inc. has established a Youth Development Center Winning the prestigious Tina Hills Award in 2003 for excellence as a non-profit organization

Books for Development addresses the book famine that prevents children and adults in many developing countries from learning to read. We do this by building library collections since we believe that the best contribution you can make to people’s development is to promote their literacy. As a non-profit, we take donated books, use volunteers to sort them and then ship them to poor countries to create libraries. We leverage our efforts--using free labor and donated books that might otherwise be dumped in a land fill. Books for Development was formerly known as Good Steward Global Initiative.

International Eye Foundation is dedicated to helping people see! Since 1961 IEF has taken up the challenge in poor countries around the world, helping to restore sight and prevent blindness. IEF offers strong new strategic directions that focus on making eye clinics financially self sufficient. IEFs achievements include developing eye health services, training ophthalmologists and para-medicals, and fighting vitamin A deficiency, trachoma and river blindness. IEF is now strengthening the management, quality of service, and income generating activities so that eye clinics are less dependent on outside donors and government funds.

Arogya World is a U.S. based non-profit organization (501(c)(3)), that has been working for the last decade to create a world without diseases. We have focused on preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCD) through health education and lifestyle change in India, where the NCD burden is extremely high. Since 2010, Arogya World has educated more than 6 million people on healthy habits and lifestyle change, and aims to reach ten times that number in the next decade. Our mission is reflected in our name: “Arogya” in Sanskrit means to live a life without disease.

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.

To provide free reconstructive surgery and dental treatment to children with cleft lip and palate anomalies in underserved areas of the world. 2. To establish comprehensive cleft treatment centers in collaboration with local professionals and inspire them to support free interdisciplinary treatment programs. 3. To foster an awareness of the necessity to provide timely comprehensive care for all cleft lip and palate anomalies. 4. To develop and implement programs to identify causes and support preventive measures to reduce the incidence of cleft lip and palate. 5. To create international understanding and goodwill by building bridges of friendship among all people.

Caring people. Strengthening lives. For more than 40 years, Canadian families have trusted Lutherwood to support them as they cope with serious child and adolescent behavioural, emotional and psychological challenges. Accredited by Children’s Mental Health Ontario, our Waterloo-based agency offers a blend of innovative approaches and evidence-informed practices that have attracted national attention. We currently provide residential treatment and assessment, community and school-based interventions, preventative services, family counselling in addition to operating a downtown youth shelter. For more information on all our programs and services please visit www.lutherwood.ca

CPA (Manitoba) Inc. is a non-profit organization representing persons with spinal cord injuries and similar physical disabilities in Manitoba. Accountable to a membership comprised of persons living with these disabilities, their families and supporters, CPA employs professional staff, uses committed volunteers and encourages self-help efforts to achieve its mission. CPA strives: to assist persons with these disabilities to lead full and satisfying lives integrated in the wider community, to assist the community to identify, reduce, and where possible, eliminate all barriers to full participation of such persons to promote efforts towards prevention and cure of spinal cord injuries

Boost is a community-based agency committed to eliminating abuse and violence in the lives of children, youth and their families. Boost offers support and intervention to children and youth in Toronto as well as the Central Region of Ontario. The centre is a registered charity and provides services in the areas of prevention & public education, assessment & treatment and child victim/witness court preparation. For 32 years, Boost has worked effectively with child protection, police, education, child care, children’s mental health and other community agencies to improve the response to children and youth who are at risk of, or who have been victimized by abuse and violence.

Muskoka Interval House is a 15 bed women's shelter in Bacebridge, Ontario. Chrysalis is a 10 bed shelter with 10 supportive housing units in Huntsville, Ontario. Both shelters offer residential services, crisis phone lines, individual and group counselling for women and children, court and legal support, community education and co-ordination, community outreach projects, collaborative multi-agency progams and events, violence prevention classes, volunteer training and recycled goods for women and children. Although operational funds are provided by the government, a number of programs and services rely solely on donated funds.

Family Counselling Centre is a not-for-profit, community based agency providing a variety of professionalcounselling, support, prevention and coordination services to Sarnia-Lambton residents. Since its beginning in 1955, the Centre has offered programs to strengthen, promote and preserve individaul and family life. The Centre seeks to assist people in resolving psychosocial problems, in learning strategies to deal with life stresses and disabilities, and in developing more satisifying interpersonal relationships. The Centre's services are available to any individual, couple or family living in Lambton County without regard to race, ethnic origin, religion, gender, disabililty, sexual orientation or economic status.