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HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS ARE NECESSARY FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITIES. AS ECOSYSTEM HEALTH IS IMPACTED BY A VARIETY OF FACTORS AND AS COMMUNITIES EXPAND INTO FIRE-PRONE AREAS, WILDFIRES ARE AN INCREASING THREAT TO RESOURCES AND PEOPLE. PROACTIVE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IS NECESSARY TO MITIGATE WILDFIRE IMPACTS. HAWAII WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION DISSEMINATES CRITICAL INFORMATION, AND IMPLEMENTS FUELS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH THAT PROTECTS IRREPLACEABLE NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITIES.

OneMama's mission is to bring prosperity and health to people all over the world by empowering women as caregivers, mothers, businesswomen and agents of change for their rural communities. OneMama's began with a pilot program in Uganda. The program consists of building a medical clinic where midwives can provide safe post and prenatal care to their patients as well as teach about family planning, and economic sustainability. As OneMama grows, we will gradually replicate this program in 250 different communities around the globe.

An all-volunteer group of concerned Atherton residents formed to collaborate with town officials, Menlo Park Fire, Atherton Police, and other professional emergency responders and the California State “Get Ready” and FEMA’s/US Citizens’ Corps' Ready.gov programs to help educate, communicate with​ and aid fellow Athertonians in preparing for major emergencies and natural disasters. ADAPT is a 501(c)(3) public charitable organization, which has been in existence since the mid 2000s and generally works with the community on a number of initiatives including: 1) Helping to build out and manage the town's emergency communication network, mobile communication command vehicle and equipment caches, 2) Setting up neighborhood coordination - response teams throughout the town's 16 designated sub neighborhoods as part of our Fire Protection District, 3) Participating in county-wide and local emergency drills and 4) Helping to promote general disaster/emergency planning awareness and education at the household level.