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Until There’s A Cure® is a national organization dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS by raising awareness and funds to combat this pandemic.

Sisterhood Agenda is an award-winning, tax-exempt nonprofit organization that creates and implements activities for women and girls around the globe for education, support and empowerment. Sisterhood Agenda promotes positive social change and has over 6,000 global partners in 36 countries. Global partners create an extensive sisterhood network to increase local organization capacity and unite women and girls. Sisterhood Agenda's SEA (Sisterhood Empowerment Academy), based in the U.S. Virgin Islands, attracts international participants. On global and local levels, Sisterhood Agenda addresses social, health, economic and cultural issues facing women and girls to promote positive life outcomes. Sisterhood Agenda's social impact is expanded through partnerships with agencies, individuals and businesses throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, India, the Caribbean, United Kingdom, Africa, Australia, and other geographic regions. Sisterhood Agenda maintains its social networking sites and blog at www.sisterhoodagenda.com.

The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) is an adaptable and flexible, non-bureaucratic organisation responding promptly to conservation threats by supporting trusted, reputable individuals and organisations operating in the field. Lean on administration but generous on funding, the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation supports a range of innovative, vital and far-reaching projects throughout Africa and Asia, achieving real results for wildlife survival by: - sending undercover agents into the field to investigate illegal wildlife crime, training and supplying anti-poaching patrols - establishing nature reserves and other protected areas - working with governments to establish conservation laws and regulations - educating wildlife consumers about the plight of the animals they 'use' - teaching young people about endangered wildlife through art and school projects

Health Poverty Action's charitable purpose is 'to preserve and protect the health, through the provision of primary health care, of communities who receive little or no external assistance because of political instability and / or conflict'. Our Vision A world in which the poorest and most marginalised enjoy their rights to health. Our Mission We work to strengthen poor and marginalised people in their struggle for health.

Kindness to Animals has no boundaries. Since 2007, Animal-Kind International has been raising money for animal rescue organizations in some of the poorest countries around the world.

femLENS' mission is to visually educate and make technologically aware the most vulnerable and resourceless women of our society through documentary photography made accessible by mobile phone cameras and cheaper point and shoot cameras.

The Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is the global network for rights related to habitat. Through solidarity, networking and support for social movements and organizations, HIC struggles for social justice, gender equality, and environmental sustainability, and works in the defense, promotion and realization of human rights related to housing and land in both rural and urban areas.

To promote and implement a social development programme for the Anglican Church in Southern Africa for the improvement of the Spiritual, Physical and Emotional Well Being of the Poor and Oppressed People of Africa on a non-denominational basis. Our Vision is to empower communities through an integral Mission including Health, Opportunity, Partnership, and Employment. Our Strategic Objectives are to: -- Understand the needs of the communities -- Develop capacity of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa to respond to the needs -- Create a support mechanism for life-long community development. Our Programmatic Focus going forward include: -- Community Sustainability: Creating a sustainable agenda for the communities we work with. -- Food Security: Ensuring equitable production distribution and sharing or resources for community sustenance. -- Public Policy: Building societies where individuals live and interact with their environment and one another by fulfilling their responsibilities as active citizens. -- Socio-Economic Justice: Mutual respect of Human dignity, rights, and taking responsibility towards a creation of a holistic, comprehensive response that aims to repair, restore and balance the relationship between human being and the environment.

1. To act as a leading organisation and a global voice for the rights of those who face discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sex characteristics (SOGIESC). 2. To work towards achieving equality, freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people through advocacy, collaborative actions, and by educating and informing relevant international and regional institutions as well as governments, media and civil society. 3. To empower our members and other human rights organisations in promoting and protecting human rights, irrespective of people's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sex characteristics and to facilitate cooperation and solidarity among ILGA regions and members. 4. To promote the diversity and strengths of persons of diverse SOGIESC around the world.

Women Deliver is a leading global advocate that champions gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women. Our advocacy drives investment—political and financial— in the lives of girls and women. We harness evidence and unite diverse voices to spark commitment to gender equality. And we get results. Anchored in sexual and reproductive health, we advocate for the rights of girls and women across every aspect of their lives.

Rise 2 Shine Project set its Vision as: "To lead Peers by positive example" and to reach this Vision, we have the following Aims and Objectives: 1. To empower young girls and boys by teaching them their rights and responsibilities; 2. To empower young boys and girls to make healthy and positive decisions in order to eradicate the threat of HIV an AIDS, other STD's and face the challenges of any health risks that might occur, e.g. The Covid-19 pandemic; 3. To teach young girls and boys about abstinence and encourage them to abstain from i) sex until marriage, ii) drugs and alcohol, iii) any form of violence, iv) criminal activities and v) to let them who already had sex reclaim second virginity; 4. To involve and empower parents and communities in addressing domestic-, and gender-based violence; 5. To uplift the moral and social life of young people by restoring Christian moral values; 6. To bring inner healing and acceptance to those young girls and boys who are traumatized through any form of physical, emotional, verbal, spiritual abuse and/or violence; 7. To reach and empower young people to live healthy lives and to contribute to healthy and clean communities; and 8. To empower young girls and boys to stay in school and complete their education. To accomplish all these aims and objectives, Rise 2 Shine Project embarks on the following activities: 1. Weekly/Monthly face-to-face gatherings in group settings; 2. Educational and Leadership Camps - to empower young girls and boys to make positive and healthy decisions and to be successful in education year-end examinations; 3. Girls/Boys and/or Youth Conferences to plan, and discuss issues concerning youth in Namibia; 4. Road Shows/Talk shows to raise awareness on abstinence among young people; 5. Visitations to i) hospitals , especially for encouragement of young people who are sick and in hospital, ii) old age homes for encouragement to senior citizens; 6. Community services - including but not limited to: going to shop for elderly, cleaning yards of elderly people and baby sitting; 7. Dramas/Role plays to spread different prevention messages; 8. Yearly pledging ceremonies; 9. Yearly Awards Ceremonies; 10. Any other activities that may deemed fit under the Aims and Objectives of the Project. Rise 2 Shine Project follows different evidence based Life Skills and Behavior Change intervention prevention Programs/Manuals to accomplish her Project Goal: "Empowered young people creating safe and healthy environments/communities in Namibia by 2030". Therefore the Rise 2 Shine Project is about: i) educating and guiding young people to abstain from sexual intercourse to prevent early and unintended pregnancies, getting infected with HIV/AIDS or any other STD's and ultimately destroying their education and future; ii) empowering young girls and boys on their respective gender roles and responsibilities in order to create "the safe and decent living environment" Vision 2030 is talking about. Empowering young girls and boys on gender roles and responsibilities, the vicious circle of "abused/violated becoming the abuser/violator" can definitely be broken; ii) emphasizing the importance of a good and successful school career that is based on soberness; iv) an all-inclusive holistic program that focusses on the young person as a whole in addressing issues depriving him/her from being spiritual, physical and mentally well; v) incorporating life skills education using Sport2Life methodology into sport activities on topical discussions themed around building self-esteem of adolescents; vi) enhancing community involvement in sports 4 youth development to create conducive and healthy environments/ communities. Our Mission is rightfully captured in our STATEMENT OF BELIEVE: : "We believe that individuals and whole communities have the inherent capacity to change attitudes and behaviors.....We recognize that behavior change at individual and community level is a complex and on-going process. It is inextricably linked to such basic human values as care, love, faith, family and friendship, respect for people and cultures, solidarity and support. ....Our experience as affected and infected individuals proves that behavior change is possible......Therefore we as young people embarked on this journey of Behavior Change to fight not only current pandemics but also those pandemics in future who might threaten our human existence." Rise 2 shine Project is build on 4 pillars with integrated activities to address cross cutting issues, namely: Pillar 1: Health and Wellness Prevention Clubs Awareness raising activities Pledging ceremonies Healthy Body/Healthy Minds Sports 4 youth development Teenage Pregnancies Pillar 2: Crises Intervention Prevention Clubs Drug and alcohol interventions Gender-based/Domestic violence interventions Crime prevention interventions Covid-19 (other possible pandemics)prevention interventions Awareness raising activities Pillar 3: Education Afterschool activities Educational Camps Leadership Camps Arts and Culture Awards Ceremonies Bursaries Re-engaging young people into education system Pillar 4: Inner healing Counselling Activities Psychosocial Support Rise 2 Shine Project got official permission from the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture in 2022 to work in the 61 schools in the Hardap Region for the next five years. These schools host a total of +/-26 000 learners. Our target population of adolescents age 12 - 19 years comprise of at least between 16000 to 18000 out of the total learners in the Region. For the first two years of implementation we targeted 10 schools with the aim to reach between 4000 and 5000 learners.

Our mission is to champion innovation and act as a catalyst, empowering individuals and local communities to preserve and protect the world's wildlife and wild places for future generations. We act together with a network of individuals and organizations who are on the front lines of conservation and environmental protection, providing crucial support in the fight to protect and defend species and habitats from the myriad of threats that are faced. Through targeted donations and grants, sharing of knowledge and expertise, and amplification of their remarkable stories to our global audience, we are enabling our project partners to enhance their impact and continue doing their vital work.