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Recognizing the radical hospitality God has extended towards all of humanity, we envision a movement of people committed to the work of radical hospitality and celebration of diversity rooted in Christ and to relationships characterized by confession, forgiveness and reconciliation. We see a movement of people made up of the rich and the poor (from neighbours who own businesses to neighbours who panhandle), the old and the young (from newborns to the dying) and men and women. We see a movement where there is greater representation of people from the different ethnic groups who make up this neighbourhood – where people from Asian and African and Latino and Aboriginal and Caucasian cultures are represented at every level of leadership and involvement. We see a movement of people who look out for the least of these among us and stand with them.

An oasis of hope in the centre of the African HIV/AIDS pandemic, Beautiful Gate cares for Lesotho’s most vulnerable children. The stories about how these children come to Beautiful Gate are shocking and gut wrenching to hear. Only shear desperation could result in such atrocities. But Beautiful Gate is a safe place, where babies and toddlers are cared for and loved so they can survive until a day they find their way home with a family, or so that they can die with dignity. Monthly donations provide consistent and regular cash flow that help Beautiful Gate care-givers plan for the core needs of the children. This includes supplies for children's houses, medical supplies for acute and chronic care and house-mother, nurse and maintenance crew salaries. Please visit our website: www.mohaleproject.org to learn about our goal for sustainable giving.

AMIGOS is a leader in international youth development, creating a world in which young people realize their full potential as leaders and global citizens. We provide extraordinary opportunities for youth to design and lead projects in collaboration with US and Latin American peers and partner organizations across the Americas. Our strong partner network, built over 50 years, enables authentic engagements in communities across the region. The AMIGOS Colorado Chapter recruits, trains, and supports AMIGOS participants and their families from the greater Denver Metropolitan Area, Boulder, and the surrounding counties. Our chapter accepts participants August through December of the fall prior to each summer experience. During the months of November through May, Colorado Chapter participants will take part in local training and fundraising events as they prepare for their AMIGOS experience.

Sign language opens the world to the Deaf Communication is the cornerstone of all human relationships. Silent Voice Canada is a community organization, founded in 1975, serving Deaf children, youth, adults and their families in American Sign Language (ASL), with programs that focus on communication. Silent Voice is the only organization in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) offering community and family-based support to Deaf children and adults in ASL - through social-recreational programs for Deaf children and their hearing brothers and sisters, and an in-home ASL teaching program for families. Also, in partnership with other organizations, we provide special assistance and outreach services to socially and economically disadvantaged Deaf adults living in the community. Communicating with ASL empowers a Deaf child and adult, opening up a world they had never imagined.

jhr was co-founded in 2002 by Ben Peterson and has become Canada’s largest international media development organization. jhr’s unique approach to training local African journalists to voice important human rights issues is changing the way local media is reporting on human rights, and as a result, changing the lives of people in need. Working in post-conflict countries where human rights are most at risk - including the Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone and Liberia - jhr reaches 20 million people regularly with human rights information. In Canada, jhr has established 25 Chapters (and counting) at universities and high schools across the country, with the goal of promoting human rights awareness at the campus and community level. From producing media, to organizing events, to fundraising, jhr Chapter Members are working towards making everyone around the world aware of their rights.

Established in 1992, Quoddy Futures Foundation (SCEP*)is one of the original sites in Environment Canada’s Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP). QFF is unique in that it is located on an international river and represents the interests of both Canadian and American residents of the St. Croix Valley and Passamaquoddy Region of the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine. QFF maintains its office in the Quoddy Learning Centre located at the Ganong Nature and Marine Park near St. Stephen, NB. The organization is a not-for-profit, charity that promotes a sustainable future through its Quoddy Community Initiative and Quoddy Ecosystem Initiative; companion programs that address both environmental and community issues. Currently, QFF operates the 350 acre Ganong Nature & Marine Park, Camp Waweig, a community camp located on the Waweig River. * QFF is the operating name of St. Croix Estuary Project Inc. - SCEP

We live in a country that is experiencing an alarming increase in the incidence of HIV especially among young women. We live on a planet where 33.4 million people are now infected with HIV. Twenty-two million of these are in Sub-Saharan Africa, 60 per cent of those are women. The greatest tragedy lies with the 15 million orphans and vulnerable children left in the wake of HIV/AIDS. Bracelet of Hope reached its first target in partnership with OHAfrica, raising $1 million in support of the Tsepong Clinic. Tsepong was the first HIV/AIDS clinic in Lesotho, Africa. Bracelet of Hope will continue in its efforts to reach its second target: One African Country-AIDS free... To purchase Bracelets of Hope online and to support our efforts, simply click on the "DONATE NOW" link above. Then key in the donation amount and accept the default fund designation of "Bracelets of Hope" and key in the quantity desired in the field labeled "Message/Instructions".

G(irls)20 is about galvanizing the world's greatest resource – girls and women – and cultivating a new generation of leaders through entrepreneurship and education. What do we offer? • Workshops / skills building in communications, technology training, leadership capacity, financial training • A Global mentorship program • Non-financial investments in delegate led initiatives that take place in home communities post Summit experience. • And once a year... we bring together one delegate from each G20 country, plus a representative from the European & African Unions, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the MENA region to discus, debate and design solutions that will economically advance girls and women around the world. At the Summit, girl representatives attack the same global issues as the G20 Leaders, they generate ideas that are presented via a press conference and official presentation to the G20 lead Sherpa and then return them home and turn their ideas into action.

The primary purpose to join and organize Ecuadorians, their families and friends or other nations that live in California so that jointly we can carry on projects of assistance to those in need in Ecuador and in the United States. AECalifornia carries on its objectives by social activities, intellectual, cultural, sports and events of service to the community. The organization is open to the public at large and welcomes anyone who shares our ideas and not for profit activities, our mission and objectives. We share friendship, typical Ecuadorian food and that of other countries. Together we plan projects to help our brothers and sisters in need in Ecuador and in the United States. We share our friendship, culture, music, singing and dancing and organize activities to raise funds to carry on our charitable activities in support of hospitals, nursing homes, emergency relief, medical missions, for children and the needy. We support the medical missions from American doctors going to Ecuador to perform surgeries on Ecuadorian children and the poor.

Our role: to lend an understanding and welcoming ear. Our present-day society creates numerous conditions for psychological suffering that can lead to mental health problems, violent behavior or suicide. By providing respectful, empathetic and non-judgmental listening, Tel-Aide’s volunteer listeners allow all those who need to talk to express themselves in complete confidence and facilitate the callers’ process of finding personal solutions. The gift of listening At the heart of Tel-Aide’s mission is the generous commitment of its volunteers. Up to now, more than 4,000 trained volunteers have provided a caring ear to those who call our service. Listening, not just hearing Tel-Aide’s volunteers follow a thorough training program based on the principles of active listening, inspired by American psychotherapist Carl Rogers (1902-1987). Respect, empathy and authenticity are the three key concepts of active listening.

Our objectives: •provide practical opportunities for North Americans and citizens of many developing countries to help reduce global poverty through volunteering •link people and organizations the world over so they can together tackle social justice and development issues •increase public awareness of global issues, and encourage people to take action for equitable, sustainable development. Cuso International focuses on five development goals: In each country where we work, program staff from Cuso International or strategic partner VSO work with local partner groups and focus on two or three goals. Volunteer placements are then created to help meet our development targets. • secure livelihoods & natural resource management • education • participation & governance • disability • health Cuso International also has two cross-cutting themes that inform our work in all areas of our volunteer programs: Gender and Climate change.

The Guatemala Stove Project (GSP) is a group of North American volunteers that began working in response to a request for help from CEDEC, an indigenous non-profit group working in Guatemala's Altiplano (Western Highlands). CEDEC had identified the need for masonry cookstoves in the communities they serve, but residents lacked the material resources to build stoves for themselves. The Guatemala Stove Project was born out of this need. Currently the GSP works with 3 Guatemalan NGO's. Other activities include emergency relief, sustainable projects promoting nutrition, education, and micro-loans. Because the stoves burn more efficiently family wood consumption is reduced by about 50%. Guatemala loses 2% of its forests annually, mainly to the need for cooking fuel firewood. The Guatemala Stove Project documents its work extensively, photographing each stove and the receiving family. It costs CND $225.00 to provide a stove for a Maya family.