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The Paul Chester Children's Hope Foundation (PCCHF) is a registered 501(c)(3) charity that provides medical assistance to children and families in developing countries, giving them a chance to live productive lives through well-conceived medical interventions. We perform reconstructive surgery (i.e. club foot and cleft palate repair, burn scar revision, ear tubes, eye surgery, etc.) and work to arrest preventable, curable diseases (e.g. trachoma, glaucoma). The foundation provides highly specialized medical assistance to individuals and families in developing countries where such services are unavailable due to logistics or economic circumstances. The foundation harnesses the expertise of medical professionals and local agencies to identify opportunities for maximum social impact, and then funds and completes the medical or surgical interventions deemed most viable. The PCCHF core base is made up of volunteers - both medical and administrative, which vary from 50-200 in any given year. On the organizational side, the small group is made up of 5-7 dedicated individuals who meet regularly to discuss, plan and pilot missions. Our medical volunteers coordinate, and execute the missions with the assistance of logistics volunteers and in-country counterparts who have requested our assistance. A typical mission takes place over ten days with a team of medical professionals and organizers in collaboration with officials from the host country. The number of surgeries performed is directly linked to funding, number of volunteers and the capacity of the local hospital. For example, a 2003 mission to Ecuador resulted in 110 successful surgeries, with a team of 20 foreign medical volunteers. Safe passage for supplies and staff was provided by the consul general and the first lady of Ecuador. The medical procedures provided largely addressed disfiguring conditions that have a tremendously negative impact on the livelihood of the afflicted individual.

The mission work of the Kizito Family Haiti USA, Inc. is to provide financial and material assistance to Sister M. Paesie and her Kizito Famille religious community of six who live and work among the poorest of the poor in different parts of the Cite Soleil, Port au Prince, Haiti. This is the largest slum area of the Northern Hemisphere. The Kizito Famille was founded 2017 in Haiti. It was founded in order to provide safety, free education and shelter to the children living on the street and to bring the light of Jesus as requested by Jesus to Mother Teresa. The Kizito Famille community operates homes for children who had been on the streets and chose to leave the streets. The first homes were for boys because mostly boys are on the streets. And then we added homes for girls. Today we have six of these homes, four for boys and two for girls. Some of the children in the homes are orphaned, others are not. Most are not orphans but have left home either because of hunger, poverty, or because of being mistreated by their parents. We try to find their parents in order to reestablish family ties, reconcile the parents of the children, and offer the possibility to visit from time to time while remaining in our homes. Additionally, the Sisters created eight schools In these schools, varying ages of children who had never been to school are received and educated. A preschool was added in service to the younger children from our homes in 2022. In total about 1,510 children attend these free schools. In most cases, the school lunch is the only food most of these children will receive each day. Depending on financial resources amidst the Haitian unstable economy and food resources, there may not be meals available everyday in the schools. The Kizito Famille operate several activity centers for developing team soccer sports, recreation and craft activities. The idea is always to set up a place where children can be safe, protected and come to know Jesus. Future plans: • to address day to day food needs in the homes and schools • to secure each school property perimeters with block walls to create a barrier of protection from foot traffic often intending malicious activities • to expand the living quarters of the current convent home • to acquire another vehicle and motor bikes for transport

Feed The World's mission is to empower poor smallholder farm families to feed themselves and provide for the future through sustainable farming. Guiding Principles - Seeds of Dignity and Hope are planted in the hearts of our smallholder farm families as they work together to provide for themselves and build a better future. Transparency & Accountability means that we will do exactly what we promise to do in the communities we serve and that we will be open and honest with our donors in communicating how funds are being used. Lasting Self Reliance is achieved as families obtain sufficient knowledge and education, manage resources wisely, and prepare for the future so that they will continue to thrive after our support ends. Sustainable Farming is practiced by smallholder farm families as they plan, plant, and harvest food for themselves and their livestock, while building human capacity to recognize and enhance the efficient use of their natural resources. Nutrition & Income are the core benefits to smallholder farm families as they grow and produce foodstuffs that provide for a nutritionally balanced diet on an economically sustainable basis. Scientifically Proven Methodology guides the implementation of agricultural best practices with our smallholder farm families and on our demonstration farms. We also support further scientific research through partnerships with universities, governments, and other non-governmental organizations (NGO's). Mutual Respect is the goal of our in-country agronomists, nutritionists, and animal scientists as they interact with smallholder farm families, seeking to understand the "why" behind traditional practices, and always exploring new possibilities. Training & Education in sustainable farming, nutrition, food preparation, and hygiene are key to ensuring that lasting self reliance is achieved by smallholder farm families. Honoring Culture means that our programs work within the local cultural framework to empower and educate smallholder farm families without imposing an outside culture on them. Family Focus involves both women and men in all aspects of decision making, training, and education; and keeps children and parents united and working together on their land. Feeding the Spirit means that while Feed the World does not identify itself with one particular religion or belief system, we honor the spirituality of all human beings and serve all program participants irrespective of their beliefs or social station. Pay It Forward means that we expect our smallholder farm families to pass on their seeds, stock, and knowledge to other families in need once they have successfully provided for themselves.

TO EMPOWER AND ASSIST THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA THROUGH THE MUTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING, EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

Their mission is to help severely impoverished small communities facilitate and develop the necessary skill sets to become economically self-sustaining. They plan to achieve this by providing education, business development opportunities, health services, and creating community infrastructure. They are guided by the principle of self-reliance and helping communities to learn to help themselves to reach their full potential.

Lifetime Orphaned Children's Ministries is dedicated to permanently improving the lives of the orphaned and abandoned children of Southeast Asia, by partnering with God in support of already established Christian orphanages that do not have resources beyond their own. The focus of our plan is soliciting help, by one sponsor to one child relationships, providing overtime a financial resource to aid all of the children at each individual orphanage.

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.