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Environmental Centers of Setauket Smithtown: Sweetbriar Nature Center is a private not-for-profit, 501c3 corporation. Through education and examples, ECSS encourages responsible decision making, appreciation, and respect for the unique wildlife and ecosystems found on Long Island. At Sweetbriar, we are dedicated to preserving and nurturing the natural world. We accomplish this by overseeing a diverse range of wildlife habitats, showcasing native plantings, a butterfly vivarium, maintaining a historical garden, and offering scenic hiking trails on the Nissequogue River. Moreover, our center is home to over 100 non-releasable wild animals, including reptiles, mammals, and a captivating variety of birds. Inside our museum, you'll find a demonstrative beehive, an interactive rainforest room, and a host of reptiles, amphibians, and friendly domestic animals. Beyond exhibitions, Sweetbriar is a refuge and medical facility for injured, orphaned, and sick wildlife. We provide essential care to over 2,000 creatures every year, all without any cost to the public. Education is at the heart of our mission. Our dedicated staff and passionate volunteers work tirelessly to inspire a sense of wonder and responsibility for the natural world. Through engaging with our programs, we aim to nurture the next generation of nature enthusiasts and conservation advocates. Our nature center proudly extends its educational outreach to over 250 schools, libraries, parks, and various community spaces across Long Island. Through an array of engaging programs, we aim to foster a deep appreciation for the local wildlife and environment among students and the public alike. Through these efforts, we not only educate but also inspire individuals to actively participate in the preservation and protection of the natural world that surrounds us on Long Island.

The Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation (SNF) was founded by Thai intellectual, writer and social critic, Sulak Sivaraksa, in 1969. SNF is one of the first social organisations set up in Thailand - with a broad mission of supporting struggling artists and writers, and facilitating educational, cultural and spiritual activities that encourage detachment from consumerism. Named after two prominent writers and scholars of Thai culture, the foundation has acted as an umbrella for a number of sister organisations, which have sprung up under its auspices, through the encouragement and support of Sulak Sivaraksa. Together, they have been working modestly for social transformation and an end to structural violence, as well as promoting peace and justice in the region. What distinguishes SNF and its sister organisations from other social organisations is a deep commitment to social change through combining spirituality with social action. This approach is guided by the practice of 'engaged spirituality'. The main objectives of the foundation are as follows - (1) To support and promote persons who create art and cultural work, and to promote any activity which makes progress in the fields of arts and culture. (2) To support and give assistance in activities which will bring about the progress of Thai literature and arts. (3) To support and promote the conservation and/or development of arts, culture, education, as well as environmental and antiquity preservation for the progress of humanity. (4) To publish news concerning domestic and international issues. (5) To support and collaborate in social work for the benefit of society. (6) To support and promote all work of the foundation without political aims. The following is the broad organizational structure of SNF - Patronage SNF is under the patronage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama SNF Sister Organizations Wongsanit Ashram Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute (SPDI) International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) INEB Institute School for Wellbeing - Studies and Research Spirit in Education Movement (SEM) Social Enterprises Suan Ngen Mee Ma Publishing House and Social Enterprise Siam Baandin Natural Housebuilding Social Enterprise SNF is closely associated with - Foundation for Children and Moo Baan Dek (Children's Village School) Buddhika Suksit Siam and Kled Thai Publishing Houses Komol Keemthong Foundation Institute for Contemplative Learning Sekhivadhamma Areas of engagement Some key themes being addressed through the foundation and its sister organisations include: Alternative Economics Through the School for Wellbeing, SNF is collaborating with the Centre for Bhutan Studies and Chulalongkorn University on theoretical and practical applications of Gross National Happiness in Thailand. Two social enterprises have also grown out from the Foundation, providing models of social engagement that contribute to new paradigm thinking and sustainability. Art and Culture SNF continues to support local artists in their contribution to commentary on social and political issues, aesthetics, and their own personal journeys of exploration and expression. INEB is also supporting the rediscovery and exchange of Buddhist art traditions across the Mekong region and beyond. Youth Activism INEB's Young Bodhisattva programme includes exchange of youth among partner organizations, and a foundational Socially Engaged Buddhism training integrating spirituality with social analysis. Strengthening Civil Society Grassroots empowerment has been a foundational approach across many of the programmes under SNF's organisations. The Assembly of the Poor - a social movement representing vast networks of grassroots people across Thailand - continues to be supported through the Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute (SPDI). Both the Spirit in Education Movement (SEM) Laos and Myanmar programmes focus on grassroots empowerment, community organizing and public awareness raising as a means to strengthen capacities of civil society and create platforms for social change. Sustainable Living and Environmental Integrity Wongsanit Ashram is a core member of Global Ecovillage Network - Asia and Oceania, and with its partners, has facilitated the International Ecovillage Design Education training since 2007, which seeks to provide models for sustainable community living. The 'Towards Organic Asia' programme under the School for Wellbeing also focuses on sustainability and wellbeing of communities through supporting organic agriculture farming and mindful markets across the Mekong region and Bhutan. INEB is also involved in recent initiatives on interfaith approaches to Climate Change and biodiversity conservation, which seek to bring a moral voice to the growing urgency for action to stem the current climate crisis. Gender SPDI and the Assembly of the Poor continue to organize capacity building activities for women groups within the network. INEB also contributes long-term thematic work on gender regarding women's' ordination and women's empowerment across Asia. Peace and Justice The 'Cross-Ethnic Integration in Andaman' project is working with migrant workers from Myanmar, including upholding and advocating migrant worker rights at policy and practical levels, and building trust and solidarity among migrant workers and local communities through cultural and social celebrations. INEB and its partners have collaborated on peace and justice initiatives in the Asian region for decades. Over the last years, focus has been on roles of the Buddhist Sangha in communal violence in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and restorative justice for Tamils during and after the civil war, and the impacts of the devastating Fukushima disaster of 2011. Alternative Education SEM Thailand works specifically on empowerment education for the Thai public, focusing mainly on inner growth and relationship building; and with organisations, government agencies, universities and private businesses to build workplace environments that support wellbeing. Under SEM Myanmar, the Coalition for the Promotion of Monastic Education is supporting local schools to become more open and democratic in their management, alongside encouraging holistic child-centred learning, engaging parents, and breaking the walls which separate the school, monastery and community by becoming starting points for wider community-driven development. Media SNF continually publishes books and magazines in both English and Thai languages, including the long-running Pacasaraya magazine, Puey magazine (in memory of Dr. Puey Ungpakhorn), and the Seeds of Peace. SEM Laos has also continued providing materials in Lao language on Buddhism and social engagement.

"No child's life shall be curtailed by the circumstances of his or her birth because each one deserves absolute love and infinite opportunity to grow" Established in 2012, our fundamental purpose is to deliver those without means into this world safely and render them to a loving family securely. To provide and ensure quality healthcare, education, and recreation to all children, is our broader initiative. We have due to the support of donor organizations made progress by leaps and bounds. Our presence in Machar Colony has helped the community in providing them with services that are the basic right of every individual. Following are the projects that we have initiated in Machar Colony: 1. Khel- A learning and rereational centre for children in Machar colony, which solely focus on providing a learning space, a play area and a secure environment for children who work at night in shrimp peeling factories and are found gambling or aimlessly roaming the streets in the day time. 2. Sehat Ghar- a maternal and child health clinic under the name Sehat Ghar and since its inception in 2014 has treated 45,000+ patients for Hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis, water-borne diseases, scabies, respiratory disorders and diabetes. Our program is working with expectant mothers and newborn children and is enabling the community through various medical camps in order to make informed decisions regarding health, family planning and child birth. The three room clinic has an ultrasound facility and a running labor room for expectant mothers. 3. Pasban-e-Mauhal- An environmentally friendly initiative focusing on solid waste management and waste disposal. A garbage loader and two sanitary workers have been assigned under this project which go door-to-door and collect waste. 4. Imkaan Ghar- A shelter for abandoned babies. Imkaan Ghar shelters babies that are rescued and are provided healthcare and a safe home until adopted by forever families.

Our vision is to help build a just society and our mission to secure rights, health and development for marginalized people. We work with the most disadvantaged people, giving priority to women and children - people living with HIV, tuberculosis and leprosy; Dalits (literally 'broken people' - the 'untouchables' of India) and the most discriminated among them; Tribals (indigenous people), women in prostitution, transgendered people, sexual minorities (LGBT), children at risk and people with disability. Our strategy is to mainstream gender, child rights, disability and the needs of the most disadvantaged people of the area. We provide direct services to fill gaps in existing facilities where necessary. But the main strategy is to encourage and support community volunteers and community based organizations to advocate for their rights and entitlements. PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE HEALTH AND MEDICAL HIV prevention and care - children, women and men at risk, sex workers, sexual minorities (LGBT) Leprosy and tuberculosis - disability prevention, detection, treatment and referral Ward, out patient facilities and referral - HIV, leprosy, and TB Village follow up, mainstreaming disability CHILDREN Promoting child rights and education through Tribal and Dalit children's groups Facilitating child focused community development through people's groups Supporting families with HIV positive children through positive women's networks WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT Assisting local and district level women's federations of mainly Dalit women. Preventing violence against women, sex selected abortion and early marriage. Supporting economic development and credit mobilization for micro-enterprise. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Arogya Agam's major strategy is to encourage and support community participation through community volunteers and people's organizations. Currently we work with Women's federations HIV positive associations HIV Positive Women's Networks Children's federations Arunthathiyar (most marginalized Dalit) advisory group Palliar tribal village committees Transgendered people Women in prostitution

Our purpose is to reduce poverty, bring hope and solidarity to poor communities or individuals in France and worldwide. We bring assistance to families, children and young people but also to the most vulnerable (homelesses, migrants, prisoners etc.). We fight against isolation, help them to find employement and we ensure their social reintegration. We provide emergency responses but also long term support, development aid and we work on the causes of poverty. The action of Secours Catholique finds all its meaning in a global vision of poverty which aims at restoring the human person's dignity and is part and parcel of sustainable development. To do so, six key principles guide this action, both in France and abroad: Promoting the place and words of people living in situations of poverty Making each person a main player of their own development Joining forces with people living in situations of poverty Acting for the development of the human person in all its aspects Acting on the causes of poverty and exclusion Arousing solidarity The actions of Secours Catholique are implemented by a network of local teams of volunteers integrated into the diocesan delegations and supported by the volunteers and employees of the national headquarters. On an international level, Secours Catholique acts in cooperation with its partners of the Caritas Internationalis network. Key figures of Secours Catholique: 100 diocesan or departmental delegations 4,000 local teams 65,000 volunteers 974 employees 2,174 reception centres 3 centres : Cite Saint-Pierre in Lourdes, Maison d'Abraham in Jerusalem, Cedre in Paris 18 housing centres managed by the Association des Cites of Secours Catholique 162 Caritas Internationalis partners 600,000 donors Every year Secours Catholique encounters almost 700,000 situations of poverty and receives 1.6 million people (860,000 adults and 740,000 children). This daily mission led in the field by the local teams and delegations, with the support of national headquarters, pursues three major objectives which aim at exceeding the distribution action and limited aid: Receiving to reply to the primary needs (supplying food and/or health care aid, proposing accommodation, establishing an exchange and a fraternal dialogue, etc) Supporting to restore social ties (bringing together people in difficulty with an aim to reinsertion, encouraging personal initiatives and collective projects, establishing a mutual support helper-receiver of help relationship, etc) Developing to strengthen solidarity (proposing long lasting solutions, establishing a follow-up over the long term, encouraging collective actions carried out by people in difficulty etc.)

Safeplan Uganda is a youth-founded and focused organization addressing the challenges youth face in finding employment opportunities in Uganda. The organization's main purpose "is empowering young people through skills and awareness to enhance their potential in becoming responsible citizens" - in short, create sustainable jobs for young people. The organization achieves its purpose through five broad program areas: Health, Environmental Awareness, Education, Gender, and ICT (Information and Communications Technology). Mission Statement We are committed to the enhancement of holistic care and assist urban dwellers and particularly rural youth and women, their local leaders and communities through networking and partnership. VISION To ensure a sound and social economically productive society where young people and other vulnerable citizens live and deliver to their full potential. Overall Goal An enlighten and empower communities working together to build a sustainable future for all Ugandan people Description of the activities The organization is strongly community oriented; it actively engages with youths, women, community elders and church leaders to help identify youths below 30 years of age, targeting nearly all school dropouts, for its programs. Safeplan Uganda is geared towards "supplementing what the government is doing for the local youth" as it recognizes that the government is not able to fully support what the "community youth need and deserve". Safeplan's understanding that "there is a need to help the youth help themselves" has led to its programming in livelihoods skills training. There are three programs at Safeplan currently: 1 - Technical skills training (carpentry and tailoring) 2 - Energy-efficient cook stoves Promoting renewable energy products across the district 3 - Budongo Women Bee Enterprise (BUWOBE) (the Prize-winning activity) Reports & Updates 1- Technical skills training-up to 50 youths have been training in Carpentry and tailoring since 2017 with the merger resources in the organization with community support. The youths are trained locally and supported to acquire national certificate from the Directorate of Industrial Training accredited certifying body by the government of Uganda. 2- Promotion of energy efficient cooking technology-more than 500 solar lantern have been sold since 2017, 12,000 cook stoves sold to community to reduce fuel consumption. More than 1000 women trained in construction of energy cooking technology in refugee settlement camps in northern Uganda Arua District. 3-Budongo women Bee enterprise-(BUWOBE) the two time award winning project has reached more than 300 women with bee keeping skills since 2014. To date the project is empowering 30 more youths and women with skills in bee keeping, business and leadership skills in Nyantonzi village. This particular project has been made possible by YouthPower learning program PROUDLY support by the United State Agency for International Development. (USAID)

Wildtracks is a well established conservation organization working towards the sustainable future of the natural resources of Belize, through conservation of ecosystems and species, building engagement and strengthening capacity towards effective environmental stewardship at all levels. The organization was established in 1990, and registered as a Belize non-profit organization in 1996. In collaboration with its partners, Wildtracks has made critical contributions towards conservation in Belize, and has demonstrated high cost effectiveness, effective project and strategy implementation, with built-in evaluation, and with a demonstrable, consistent success record. Wildtracks is recognised at national level for its conservation successes, has a highly motivated team, and an international following of dedicated supporters. The organization is very focused - its programs and program strategies are designed to support national and global goals and address critical gaps, and fall into four areas: 1. Biodiversity Conservation (Landscapes / Seascapes; Protected Areas; Endangered Species) 2. Sustainable Development (Coastal Communities; Climate Change; Sustainable Fisheries) 3. Outreach (In-situ and Ex-situ education, outreach and engagement at all levels) 4. Support (Volunteer Programme; Capacity Building; Conservation Consultancy Services; Financial Sustainability; Administration) Biodiversity Conservation Landscapes / Seascapes: Wildtracks has partnered with other stakeholders towards the successful declaration of the North East Biological Corridor in Belize, linking key protected areas within the tropical forest landscape, and protecting wide ranging species such as jaguar and tapir. In the marine environment, Wildtracks has been providing technical support for the strengthening of river to reef communication and collaboration between five protected areas in the northern Belize seascape. Endangered Species Conservation: Wildtracks has partnered with Government and non-Government stakeholders to address wildlife trafficking in Belize, strengthening recognition of wildlife crime for improved multi-agency enforcement. It also hosts two of Belize's four wildlife rehabilitation centres - for endangered Antillean manatees and two species of primates - endangered Yucatan black howler monkeys and critically endangered Central American spider monkeys, focusing on effective wildlife rehabilitation and release as part of integrated species conservation strategies. Both have the highest success rates in the region, with strategic species reintroductions to strengthen species viability. Sustainable Development: Wildtracks works with its local partners, the Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development, providing technical support for the community based organization towards effective management of Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, one of Belize's largest marine protected areas, and an important site for manatees. The organization has worked with both the co-managers and local fishermen towards the development of a rights based fishery, protecting traditional fishing practices and building stewardship of the fish resources. It has also worked with the Sarteneja community to develop and implement a community tourism development plan that has provided a roadmap for tourism development in the community, based on a common vision. As part of this, Wildtracks has provided tour guide training for more than 30 local fishermen, allowing them to shift from fishing to tourism. It has also been working to build climate change resilience in marine protected areas and vulnerable coastal communities. Outreach: The Outreach Programme focuses on effective partnerships to build capacity at national and local levels for improved environmental stewardship. Wildtracks engages students from schools around Belize, particularly in species conservation, building awareness of ecosystem services and climate change resilience. In the coming two years, Wildtracks will be investing in infrastructure and equipment to better support its education and outreach activities, to engage youths as conservation leaders in their communities. Wildtracks achieves its outputs through its team of dedicated volunteers, who take on the daily maintenance of the endangered species in rehabilitation, and through the skill set of its directors for effective conservation planning and facilitation, bringing people together from all levels of society for concrete conservation successes. Much of the work is done on a volunteer basis, but the operating costs have been creeping higher, and there is now a critical need to diversify the income base. Income is currently through volunteer contributions to operating costs, grants, and through consultancy services in conservation planning for initiatives that meet the Wildtracks Mission, as a way of providing technical assistance and facilitation to conservation efforts on a local and national level whilst also providing a financial sustainability mechanism for support of Wildtracks activities

Mission statement The mission of Plant-for-the-Planet is to empower children and young people worldwide to engage in global solutions to fight the climate crisis. Our core focus is on the planting of trees as a generation-spanning, peace building activity, providing hope and buying us time to reach net-zero emissions. To that end, Plant-for-the-Planet is supporting global reforestation and ecosystem restoration efforts. Description Our adventures began in 2007, when at the end of a school presentation 9-years-old Felix Finkbeiner called on children of the world to plant a million trees in each country on Earth. This idea soon became an initiative backed by thousands. Plant-for-the-Planet was born! In the following years, Felix attended major conferences and events to invite children from all over the world to join his initiative as Climate Justice Ambassadors and to mobilize people around the globe to plant trees. In 2011, Felix spoke at the United Nations in New York, and called mankind for planting of a trillion trees. Only a few month later, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) handed over to us their Billion Tree Campaign - and with it the official World Tree Counter. This Billion Tree Campaign we soon expanded to become the Trillion Tree Campaign. Our claim is “Stop talking. Start planting.” In 2015, Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation in collaboration with Plant-for-the-Planet A.C. in Mexico started its own restoration site on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Here we contribute to the global goal by planting the trees donated to us and thus restore degraded forests in one of the most threatened ecosystems of the world. As we embark on the restoration journey ourselves we can also provide all organizations worldwide with adequate support based as well on science and experience. Our vision and goals Plant-for-the-Planet has two central objectives: to support ecosystem restoration efforts globally as well as educate and prepare today’s children and youth to face the challenges of the climate crisis. For the children and young people it is about nothing less than their future on this planet. To support restoration and reforestation, Plant-for-the-Planet has developed different technical tools. One of these is the Plant-for-the-Planet platform, which favors the collaboration of people worldwide by helping restoration organizations throughout the world to get funds to finance the work of restoration in their countries. A spearheading innovation is the TreeMapper App. This App allows restoration organizations throughout the world to document and monitor their work directly on the field. All collected data are matched on the Plant-for-the-Planet platform so that the donors can track the progress of planting just from the sofa. To empower children and youth worldwide to make themselves heard Plant-for-the-Planet supports them in multiple ways. First of all with the Plant-for-the-Planet Academies, one-day-workshops during which children learn from their peers and train to become Climate Justice Ambassadors in their turn. In these academies, the children experience in a vivid way how the climate crisis threatens their future and the lives of people around the world. In working groups, they develop initial ideas for their actions they can take to mobilize for their future.. This is aimed at familiarizing them with social and climate justice, as well as their own civic duty. To date, 1,656 Academies in 75 countries have taken place and 92,837Climate Justice Ambassadors have been trained. The Ambassadors can then further their education and involvement by following online-workshops offered by Plant-for-the-Planet and held by individual experts and coaches or e-learning materials. We also enable our Climate Justice Ambassadors to hold speeches at events to raise awareness about the climate crisis and inform others about the mission of Plant-for-the-Planet. The impact of COVID-19 The global pandemic has had an impact on our activities. While our Plant-for-the-Planet international offices employees were able to work from home - thanks to digital communication tools and well prepared workflows - in Mexico our forest restoration team cannot. However, we are happy to report that we are able to continue working on our planting site and thanks to the implementation of measures ensuring the safety of our workers. Regarding our Academies, we had to move to an online format to ensure the safety of the participants and their family. Transparency and monitoring If you wish to learn more about how our organization operates, you can find our latest reports on our website.

The UK-Bangladesh Education Trust seeks to contribute to the relief of poverty, social injustice and exclusion from civil society in Bangladesh through innovative programs run in partnership with local individuals, organizations and agencies. The UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET) is a registered charity in UK) and International NGO in Bangladesh. Founded in 1993, it has built strong educational links between the two countries to provide educational training and support in Bangladesh. At present, we have three programs. Please find brief description of them : 1. Doorstep learning project (DSLP) for the children engaged in domestic labour : Research and surveys conducted by ILO, UNICEF, Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) and Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS), indicate that more than 4 million children and adults are employed as domestic workers in Bangladesh and 83% of these, mostly children, are female. The employment of children doing domestic work is in violation of the national convention 1989, United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child (CRC), ILO minimum age Convention (No.138) and the ILO's worst form of Child Labour Convention (No.182). In addition to working in harsh and demanding conditions and facing abuse and exploitation, children doing domestic work are deprived of the opportunity to access education. Approximately one-third of domestic workers are not literate, 37% can only write their names and less than a quarter (23%) have any experience of primary level education. Child domestic workers can also suffer from extremely low self-esteem and confidence linked to humiliation, abuse and mistreatment from employers; lack of time with families and friends; being unaware of their rights; their socio-economic condition. Child domestic workers are often exposed to physical, mental and sexual violence by their employers. Physical violence, torture, sometimes leading to fatal injuries, and suicide are not uncommon. Child domestic workers can face beating, having their heads banged against the wall, cigarette burns, sexual harassment and rape. Non-payment of salary is also used as a form of control. UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET) has initiated "Doorstep learning project"- an innovative project for the education, rehabilitation and over all wellbeing of these children. Child domestic workers are unlikely to be allowed to walk/travel to a nearby education centre by their employers. To be responsive to these issues, and to maximise the project's impact, we take the learning opportunities directly to the child domestic workers' doorsteps. The project starts with careful and sensitive negotiations with the working children's parents/carers and employers as their 'buy-in' and support is essential for the success of the project and to help create the socio-cultural context for subsequent shifts in perspectives, policies and practice. The innovative project involves the following: - undertake awareness-raising among domestic workers, their parents/carers and employers - train and support teachers recruited from targeted community to provide literacy, numeracy and life skills classes, support and signposting/referrals for child domestic workers and their families - provide 1:1 and small group literacy, numeracy and life skills programmes for child domestic workers at or near the homes in which they work - provide regular leisure/enrichment activities - undertake awareness-raising activities including public meetings and workshops - monitor and evaluate the impact of the project - develop and freely share an intervention model with supporting guidance and materials to support replication and upscaling nationally. The project has started working in 08 different wards of Sylhet City Corporation (north eastern city of Bangladesh) involving 96 Children, 85% of whom are girls, from January, 2019. Since there is a huge demand for our work, we would like to expand to the other 19 wards of Sylhet City Corporation and other areas of Bangladesh. The children undertaking domestic work who will benefit from the donation are some of the most vulnerable and exploited children in the world. The Doorstep Learning project will engage, support and have a transformative impact for children doing domestic work, 80% girls, aged between 5 to 14 years old. 2. UKBET's working children project for the children engaged in domestic labour: One morning, Munna, a boy of 12 and a welder, woke up and struggled to open his eyes. He was in extreme pain as his eyes were burning. His friends said that he had been injured by the gas from a welding machine. Like many other working children, he spends his days welding without any safety glasses. 13 year old Abu Sufian used to work in a lathe machine workshop in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He had a potentially fatal injury at work when a heavy metal bar dropped on to one of his legs. He had to undergo major surgery as his femoral artery was almost ruptured. It took him almost a year to recover from this injury and to be able to walk again. In Bangladesh 3.4 million children are engaged as child laborers. Among them 1.2 million like Munna or Abu Sufian are working in hazardous and exploitative conditions in the informal economy. They frequently suffer from accidents and injuries due to the absence of any health and safety measures. Working very long hours in unsafe conditions like these, has a serious and long-lasting physical and psychological impact on these children. UKBET has initiated "UKBET's working children project"- a project to support working children move from hazardous work into formal education or vocational training or non-hazardous work. With permission from their parents and employers, children come to UKBET's Centres for Working Children several times a week. This is an important opportunity for them to develop their skills in literacy and numeracy as well as learning important life skills. The project activities also include awareness raising program for the families of the children and the employers who employ children in hazardous work, and support to raise the income level of the families so that they would not need to send their other children to work. Impact: - 700 children have been taken under the project in Sylhet which is a north eastern city of Bangladesh. - 390 children have been withdrawn from hazardous work - 240 children have joined school or vocational training. - 400 employers have attended awareness-raising programs and health- safety workshop series (16 programs are included in this series) - 300 employers have been trained on first aid. They have been provided with first aid boxes and other safety items as a measure to reduce the dangers at work as first instance. - 130 families are supported to raise their income - Almost 0% other children belonging to families of the children involved with the project, have joined work because of our robust awareness-raising - The culture of employing children has been radically changed and the employment of children has decreased in our project areas. Challenge: Prevalence of Child Labour is a common phenomenon in most of the least developed and developing countries and Bangladesh is no exception. Instead of going to school and passing their childhood with joy, many children are compelled to work for their family and livelihoodIn 2013, the government of Bangladesh officially identified 38 different types of work as being 'hazardous'. The Government also legislated that anyone under 18 should not be employed to do hazardous work. Despite this, UKBET's local research shows that even just within Sylhet (north eastern city of Bangladesh), approximately 3,000 children from as young as 8 years old, are doing high-risk hazardous work such as car repairs, paint stripping, spray painting and operating lathe and steel cutting machines and welding tools - in their bare feet and with no protective clothing at all. In line with this national policy and local need, this project aims to rehabilitate the hazardous working children by bringing them back to mainstream education, safer workplaces and conducive working environments. The project has adopted a comprehensive model where both rights based approach and need based approach work together in a complementary manner. The involvement of all primary stakeholders e.g. children, parents, employers, government agencies, local NGOs working on this issue, lawyers working with victims, as well as education providers and local elites, is a unique strategy of this project. The result so far confirms that the expansion of the project with these activities will change the culture of employing children significantly, making any continuing practices safer and ultimately radically reducing the number of child laborers. Our Awareness and Advocacy campaign will make parents and the wider public understand that sending a child into an unsafe work environment is irresponsible and a shame on the whole community. Similarly, employers employing child labour in an unsafe environment will not be able to avoid the accusation of exploitation and exposure. The ultimate beneficiaries of the project will be the children whom we will introduce into formal and informal education programs. So far we have worked with only 700 children in Sylhet City. We would like to take the benefits of the project to many other children who are engaged in hazardous work. 3. Teacher training project: As a nation, Bangladesh recognises that fluency and use of English is key to enhancing its ability to play a key role in the global economy. UKBET has been running training courses in English language teaching and learning development since 1993 and have trained over 3,500 school teachers. Our programmes are organised in partnership with Learning Unlimited , St' Giles Educational Trust,UK

The Scout House organization began in 1938 and developed into a championship competitive Corps in North American. It disbanded in 1967 and reformed in 1998. In 2012 the Scout House Cadet Drum & Bugle Corps formed with a 10 person drum line. It has now added a 20 person horn line and is executing a five year plan to reach a 90 person competitive Corps. Cadet ages range from 10 to 18 and up to 83 in the Scout House Band with younger members continually joining. (17 new band members in 2014). No member receives any compensation for their services. The Band is managed by an elected Board Of Directors under a Province of Ontario Corporation Charter. It is a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency 88877 4791 RR0001. Funds are derived solely from corporate and personal donations, performance fees and fundraising events. Financial challenges include instrument replacement, uniform replacement, transportation equipment and performance regalia.

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Protection and promotion of health and life; social inclusion; Prevention and emergency response; Promotion of International Humanitarian Law and International Cooperation; Youth development and culture of active citizenship.