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We're stopping the stigma and taboos of female alopecia. We empower girls of all ages to feel normal and accepted while living with autoimmune alopecia skin diseases. We get women and girls out of hiding. We re-build self-esteem and confidence. Our goal is to stop the shame and embarrassment of alopecia areata in female patients.

ALIES has two current projects; The Back Porch, an 11th hour ministry directed to educating abortion minded men and women who come into the house seeking help, and Abortion Breast Cancer Link Billboard, which is put up once a year on a highway to help bring awareness to Albertans on the link between abortion and breast cancer.

The foundation invests in the potential of 2SLGBTQ+ communities — especially LGBTQ women, girls, and other historically excluded groups — by providing rapid-response community grants, scholarships (e.g., for queer youth camps), and programs to improve health, economic justice, and representation. Its work includes building an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory and supporting grassroots organizations across the U.S. and Canada.

1. The Foundation sets up – for the Christmas period in particular – the delivery of gifts and the organization of recreational activities for AIDS sufferers living in these homes; 2. It also raises the awareness of the population to the needs of people living with AIDS and who carry the HIV virus; The Foundation will also, on occasion, distribute gift to people living in women’s or homeless’ shelters, especially during the Christmas season.

Calgary Counselling Centre is a charitable organization committed to providing compassionate, professional, and affordable counselling services to Calgarians. Through counselling and group programs, the Centre helps individuals , families, couples, children, men and women resolve emotional and social problems. Through its ongoing research and education programs, Calgary Counselling Centre strives to meet the changing needs of our community.

This program is for young women with a strong desire to bring about change in their lives. Each girl must have a willing heart to come and participate fully in the ministry. Girls will be admitted with such life-controlling problems as drug and alcohol abuse, unplanned pregnancies, suicidal tendencies, eating disorders, fear, depression, physical and sexual abuse, self-harm, and sexual addictions and drug and alcohol abuse.

Help-A-Heart is a non-profit organization (501(c)3) that Melissa Hooper & Emily Graber co-founded on May 9, 2006, to solely benefit children with congenital heart defects (CHD’s) who are hospitalized during a surgery or other health related issues for an extended period of time. Both women are directly affected by this because they have sons that were born in 2005 with a CHD.

Our mission is to create self-sustainable programs that empower women and their families. We strive to improve their health, education, and economic status in the communities where they live. These sustainable strategies are culturally, environmentally and practically sound. While we aim to be pragmatic, results-oriented organization that partners with other like minded organizations, we monitor outcomes. Our goal is to be scientifically sound and operationally transparent.

The Pacific Post Partum Support Society (PPPSS) offers support to women and their families who are experiencing postpartum depression and/or anxiety (PPD/A), as well as to women who are pregnant and experiencing emotional distress. The Society's support program is based on a self-help/mutual aid model. Trained group facilitators and telephone volunteers support mothers attending PPPSS groups throughout the Lower Mainland of BC, and during public phone hours staff provide helpful information and understanding support to callers (Tel. 604-255-7999). PPPSS also offers information nights for partners; interactive talks at mother and baby groups; workshops, lectures and training programs for interested groups and professionals; and free information in print. Publications for sale dealing with PPD/A include "A Self-Help Guide for Mothers", "Un guide pratique pour les méres", "A Reference Manual for Group Facilitators", and "A Reference Manual for Telephone Support Volunteers".

Progress Place is a charitable organization which provides an array of services and opportunities to men and women challenged by persistent mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. Progress Place has over 800 active participants and uses an approach that has been replicated by hundreds of programs around the world. Programs at Progress Place have a recovery-oriented approach that focus on participants' abilities and strengths in a natural community setting. Doctors and social workers from hospitals and case management programs in the Greater Toronto Area make referrals to Progress Place. As the Progress Place programs are accessible, under one roof, many of the needs of an individual recovering from serious mental illness can be met. Progress Place is open seven days a week. Every day men and women gain new hope, support, and friendship from their involvement with staff and peers through the programs offered at Progress Place.

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".

Olive Tree Projects runs a maternity centre just outside of Jacmel city, in the south of Haiti, providing accessible prenatal, labour and delivery, and post natal care to women in the community. OTP charges a small fee for its prenatal to postnatal care at the maternity centre. This way, we are not adding to the culture of dependency that is created through hand-outs. Through our nutrition program, we offer weekly nutritional classes for the mothers of malnourished children while monitoring the growth of these children who are being treated with a three month course of Medika Mamba, a highly fortified peanut butter meal. OTP also runs a small handicraft project for women and teens called Project Amen. The handicrafts are sold to visitors in Haiti and at fundraisers in North America. The members of Project Amen use the money they earn for education and for their families. The projects of OTP are run by Sarah in Haiti, along with a few local staff.