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Misioneros Del Camino's: mission is to care for the orphaned, abandoned, abused and malnourished children of Guatemala. The Home offers them a healthy environment to grow in, where they receive love and an education. This prepares them to become productive citizens of the society thus breaking the cycle of ignorance, poverty, and abuse. Located in the rural area of Sumpango, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, the Home serves 50+ children, plus temporary residents that are brought to the Home for recuperation from malnutrition and abuse.Regional Neurological Center: In 2007 Misioneros Del Camino opened a Neurological Center in the rural area of Sumpango, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala to provide services for children with developmental disorders and delays Children receive treatments three to five times per week. Treatments, medications, transportation, snacks and supplies are provided free of charge. The objective of the center is to improve the quality of life for children with neurological disorders, their parents and siblings. The parents are comforted by understanding their child's disease and given tools to help them and their child to cope with their limitations. This alleviates the frustration, shame and guilt often associated with common neurological disorders. The most common disorders are autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, learning disabilities, and attention deficit disorders. Treatment services provided include: Neurological and psychological evaluation. MRI, EEG and medicines. Physical, occupational, sensorial and speech therapies. Parental and therapeutic training seminars. Every child treated at the center has seen a marked improvement in their condition. Currently The Center provides services to more than one hundred children their parents and siblings. Special Education Program: This program serves community children participating in the neurological center services. Each child is provided with a specialized education plan for his/her specific needs. Services provided include: Each child is evaluated for developmental level. Individualized educational program per child. Comprehensive educational services provided by a psychologist certified in special education. 10-12 students per teacher and assistant. Medical Missions: Since 2001 Misioneros Del Camino has been working with Emmaus Medical Mission Miami, providing two yearly missions to the area. Were many of the individuals they see have no access to a doctor. The mission provides care diagnosis and medicines. In many cases were follow up care is need they provide the need resources to help these individual. During each mission they see 1500+ patients.

Libraries Without Borders is an international nonprofit that expands access to information, education and cultural resources to vulnerable populations around the world. Our interventions address the structural causes of economic and human underdevelopment, reduce the digital divide, and promote cultural resilience. By focusing on the curation and customization of educational materials, along with the logistics and security involved with delivery, storage and construction of learning spaces, we have been able to develop innovative programs, create and re-envision library spaces and support librarians in over 25 countries. Most recently, we received the Library of Congress' International Literacy Award (2016) and won the Google Impact Challenge (2015). We advocate the idea of the library as a toolbox for communities to disseminate knowledge, promote social harmony, accompany the least fortunate, and ultimately, pursue human and economic development. We work in five areas of intervention: 1. EDUCATION LWB establishes libraries and information resource centers in universities and schools. This support manifests itself in the donation of materials, technical equipment, texts, and multimedia and electronic resources. LWB also provides support to teachers in their education responsibilities by putting in place educational resource centers as well as creating educational digital content. 2. INFORMATION AND CULTURE LWB supports the development of structures providing access to books, information and culture in developing countries. LWB enters into partnerships with libraries to help them develop their textual and digital resources and set up quality cultural programs. LWB also accompanies the creation of cultural projects for specific and disadvantaged groups such as visually impaired persons, prisoners and refugee populations. 3. CAPACITY BUILDING LWB initiates innovative specialized resource projects to reinforce the capacities of specific groups such as professionals from the medical or justice sectors. In facilitating access to verified and quality-controlled information, LWB accompanies their daily work in servicing their communities as well as their scientific research. 4. CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE LWB assists in the conservation and promotion of local written or oral heritage through the creation of specialized structures (libraries, cultural centers) and the training of personnel in these professions. Within the framework of promoting local knowledge and supporting publishers in developing countries, LWB also promotes the diffusion of local literature. 5. CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP LWB works alongside cultural entrepreneurs to design innovative and sustainable economic models. By setting up income-generating activities and training in management strategies, libraries are re-invented as social and cultural entrepreneurs with major economic benefits for their communities.

From Articles of Incorporation "Ikirwa School Project is a non-partisan, non-profit organization committed but not limited to the establishment, operation, and expansion of the Ikirwa English Medium School located in the rural village of Midawe near the town of Arusha, Republic of Tanzania. Activities included but not limited to the following: fund-raising and donation acceptance, recruitment of paid and volunteer labor, capital planning and expenditures, marketing, and maintenance for the benefit of the Ikirwa school." About Ikirwa School: The idea for this project was born during a camp-fire conversation between a Tanzanian guide and a Russian-American tourist. Gasper had a dream to build a school in his home village of Midawe to give local children access to English-language education and significantly improve their future academic and employment opportunities. After spending close to a decade managing World Bank capital, Masha was looking for a way to make a tangible contribution to development. Finally, America Educates, our NGO partner and fiscal sponsor, was looking for an education project in Africa. And so Ikirwa School Project was born. We are taking a multi-phase approach to building and establishing this school, starting with kindergarten classes and organically growing the school into a single-stream education program for up to 300 students. Tanzanian students are taught in Swahili and learn English as a second language. However, English has become a language of both commerce and higher learning, limiting the prospects of government school graduates, especially those who are unable to afford remedial language instruction, which is often needed to become proficient in English. Our project's goal is to provide the option of English language instruction to the children of Midawe and nearby villages. We will leverage resources offered by many volunteer organizations and the NGOs in both providing instruction and education materials to offer world-class quality academic instruction to the students as well as career development opportunities for the teachers. Our goal is to ensure that all our students score in the top quartile of the TOEFL test at the time of graduation and the Tanzanian instructors within 2 years of joining the staff. The seed funds for the project are coming from its founders, with Gasper contributing a plot of family land for school construction and Masha financing Phase I of construction. Students will be charged tuition and boarding fees and those funds are expected to eventually cover the majority of the operating budget. Up to 20% of spots will be allocated for underprivileged children of Midawe. The architectural plan calls for construction of 13 classrooms, 4 dormitories, offices, staff quarters, dining hall and kitchen, library and assembly hall in four phases. We have completed Phase I of the project, consisting of 4 classrooms and 2 offices. On January 7, 2013 Ikirwa School open its doors to 38 kindergarten and 1st grade students and has successfully completed its first semester on March 27th. Based on the feedback we have recevied during Parent's Day, the families are thrilled to have their children in our program and are impressed by the progress they are seeing. Our vision is to build a small school that makes a big difference and stands on its own without depending on outside donors for day to day operations. We intend to grow organically and pragmatically, building a track record and using our success to attract donor funds for capital improvements.

The Tibetan Nuns Project supports and educates Tibetan Buddhist nuns in India by funding and running educational programs, building and strengthening nunneries, and providing food, health care, and training so nuns can become teachers and community leaders.

Make Our Schools Safe is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit organization dedicated to protecting students and teachers at school. Their mission is to empower students and staff to help create and maintain a culture of safety and vigilance in a secure school environment.

The Beacon Learning Centre is non-profit educational facility providing a diverse range of age-appropriate early childhood programs designed to stimulate a love of learning and enhance childrens' learning skills. Our independent school with generous outdoor playspace is located on Ogilvie Road, north of Montreal Road, in the beautiful and quiet residential neighbourhood of Beacon Hill North. We boast excellent indoor and outdoor facilities offering supervised, safe and creative environments for play and learning and a variety of program options to accommodate your family's needs. Our highly qualified and experienced teachers and Early Childhood Educators give personalized attention to our students and offer supportive resources to parents and families.

“The predictatorship cohort of teachers at secondary and higher educational institutions is now long retired. The missing years of higher education reached its nadir after the ‘88 revolt with the periodic, and eventually the complete, closing of major undergraduate institutions. Throughout, the dominant mode of education was rote learning. The Myanmar Foundation for Analytical Education, Inc. is the major funder of a Pre-Collegiate Program in Yangon. This Program seeks to nurture a small cohort of change makers, youth who will become perceptive, empathetic, critical, capable, and proactive in engaging the society around them. After sixteen months of academic work and internships in NGOs these students will gain admission and financing at leading liberal arts colleges abroad. After graduation they will either return home immediately or pursue graduate degrees relevant to the development of Myanmar.”

Join the Dance is the Ontario representative for Pierre Dulaine's internationally acclaimed Dancing Classrooms of Mad Hot Ballroom and Take the Lead Fame. A 10 weeks Inter-curricular, Character Education program for children and youth that utilizes ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of not only the participants, but also the lives of the teachers and families who support them. Academic components of History, Geography, Literacy, Public Speaking and Social Studies are woven intricately into the joy of the dance that provides 50-minutes of good physical fitness and mental health stimulation. Culminating events allow diverse school communities to Join the Dance and Dancing Classrooms are fully endorsed by the Toronto Public and Catholic Boards. $100 will provide 1 student in a classroom with twenty 50-minute sessions for ten weeks. $2,000 sponsorship/donation provides the program to one entire classroom.

We provide scholarships and bursaries to students in one of the poorest communities in Ghana: the Techiman District. With your help, we plan to continue to do so into the future. Our goal is to support 800 students annually. The difference our contributions are making can be palpably seen in the overwhelming enthusiasm the students, teachers, and administrators showed in the inaugural award event we organized. Please see video at our own website - www.okyeremafoundation.ca. Our Canadian board of directors works directly with professionals on the ground in Ghana to publicize our scholarships and bursaries and to make our award decisions. What we ask of you is whatever contribution you can make to help us serve more children realize their hope of a full secondary school education, and the even bigger dream of the budding scholars of achieving life-long success through academic excellence, regardless of their material situation today!

The mission of Team Tobati is to help the poor of Tobati, Paraguay. The team also seeks to educate U.S. high school students by offering them the opportunity to interact and assist individuals faced daily with the challenges of underdevelopment and poverty. Team Tobati is a volunteer group made up of high school students and faculty who, along with local medical professionals and volunteers, seek to accomplish three primary goals. First, the organization hopes to raise the standard of living of the impoverished majority of Tobati, Paraguay. The team actively supports the improvement of education and healthcare within this poor rural community. Second, by spending time in Paraguay, Team Tobati members experience a radically different culture and economic reality from their own. Each March, team members spend two weeks in Tobati working extensively with community leaders and the poor of the region. Students, teachers, and volunteers see first hand the low wages, the underemployment, the malnutrition, the lack of formal medical attention, and the insufficient educational structures that exist throughout the developing world. Third, through fund-raising campaigns, various donation drives, and numerous community service projects, team members gain the perspective and pride that come from directly helping a region condemned to poverty.