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Big Oak Ranch, founded in 1974, grew out of John Croyle's dream of building the best children's home in America. Today our country is full of children who are literally orphans, whether physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually. John and Tee Croyle, along with the Big Oak Ranch staff, have been called to meet the needs of over 1,500 children by giving them a solid, Christian home and a chance to fulfill God's plan for their lives. The "cornerstone" and even the name of Big Oak Ranch has remained fundamentally rooted in Isaiah 61:3, "And they shall be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He may be glorified."

Community Hospice of Texas gives comfort to patients and families facing the end of life in carrying out its mission to provide compassionate end-of-life care. Leaders in healthcare and philanthropy created Community Hospice of Texas in May 1996 to preserve the unique gifts of not-for-profit hospice care in North Texas. Within in a year, it was the largest not-for-profit hospice in Texas. Today Community Hospice of Texas (operating as Providence Hospice in the Waco area) cares for more than 4,000 patients and families annually, providing adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care, bereavement support, advance care planning resources and more to patients in 25 North Texas counties.

THE MISSION OF THE ADDICTION CENTER OF BROOME COUNTY IS TO PROVIDE STATE-OF-THE-ART OUTPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY. WE WILL PROVIDE TREATMENT THAT IS COMPETENT, ETHICAL, AND EFFECTIVE AT THE LEAST POSSIBLE COST. WE WILL DO THIS IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. OTHER SERVICES MAY BE DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THIS COOPERATIVE PLANNING PROCESS. OUR SERVICES WITH BE OFFERED TO ALL PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, SEX, STATUS, RELIGION, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR RACE. OUR CLIENTS COME TO THE CLINIC SUFFERING FROM AN ILLNESS AND ITS DEVASTATING EFFECTS. THEY WILL BE TREATED WITH UTMOST CARE, DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

Methodist Healthcare is an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare system in Memphis, Tennessee, with locations and partners across the Mid-South. Throughout their history, they have remained affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Their faith inspires them to serve patients and improve the health of the entire community. They are committed to creating an environment that values the individual differences and unique contributions of everyone touched by their organization. And because no one knows the patients better than their family and friends, they encourage their participation in care and planning. Through their partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, they help train the next generation of medical professionals and bring cutting-edge research and treatment to their patients. They seek affiliations with community organizations and congregations that work with our underserved neighbors because they believe that everyone should receive the best possible care

THE ETHAN LINDBERG FOUNDATION, ON A CHARITABLE BASIS, WILL OFFER PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES, ADVOCATE FOR THEM TO COLLABORATE AND INNOVATE TOGETHER WITH THEIR MEDICAL TEAM TO CREATE HEALTH AND JOY-FILLED FUTURES FOR THEIR CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. TO FURTHER THE ETHAN LINDBERG FOUNDATIONS PURPOSE, THE ETHAN LINDBERG FOUNDATION SHALL PURSUE THE FOLLOWING INITIATIVES: 1. CREATING PATIENT FAMILY HOUSING FOR LONG TERM ADMISSIONS; 2. OFFERING FAMILY GRANTS TO OFFSET THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF TRAVELING FOR CARDIAC CARE; 3. SUPPORTING AND GROWING THE WORK OF THE BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL BI- VENTRICLE REPAIR GROUP; 4. CREATING INDIVIDUAL CARE PLANS FOR CHILDREN TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND CONTINUITY OF CARE; 5. ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM TO BRING JOY AND HEALING TO CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; AND 6. ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ETHAN LINDBERG FOUNDATION DETERMINES WILL CHARITABLY OFFER PRACTICAL

The Liahona Children's Nutrition and Education Foundation (LCF) is a grass-roots organization dedicated to nurturing the potential of children to lead healthy and productive lives. We do this by providing nutritional supplements to malnourished and underweight LDS children and their friends ages 6 months through 5 years who live in resource poor countries. We also promote sustained breastfeeding for infants and young children and provide education in hygienic and healthy food preparation. In areas where funds permit, LCF also provides small scholarships to elementary students to enable them to attend local school programs. The foundation is run by volunteers. Native coordinators, however, are provided a small stipend for their services in measuring children and in purchasing and distributing the nutritional supplements. The mission of the Liahona Children's Foundation is to nurture the potential of children to lead healthy and productive lives by eliminating malnutrition and providing educational opportunities among LDS children and their friends. We accomplish our mission by the following processes: -Provide nutrient dense supplements to children ages 6 months through 5 years who qualify for services secondary to underweight, stunting, or wasting as measured on standard World Health Organization Growth Charts. -Promote exclusive breastfeeding of infants until 6 months of age with introduction of complementary foods at age 6 months. We also support sustained breastfeeding until a child is at least 2 years of age. -Educate families on hygienic and healthy food preparation and meal planning. -Provide micronutrient supplementation with a focus on Vitamin A, iron, and zinc. -Provide semi-annual de-worming of children. -Monitor growth every six months -Sponsor elementary education scholarships for children unable to afford school. -Literacy training of families enrolled in the program. -Employ local resources and volunteers -Make quality improvements based on outcome data Since inception, we have expanded to 17 countries and 200 projects. We are involved with children in Africa, Latin America, Brazil, the South Pacific, the Philippines, and Asia. We will continue to expand as our funding permits to meet the nutritional and educational needs of children throughout the world.

The Global Autism Project works to build local capacity to provide services to individuals with autism in under-served communities worldwide. To address the lack of resources and extremely limited understanding of autism that plagues many under-served populations, we partner with autism centers established by local individuals in these communities and provide training and support to encourage excellence in autism treatment and organizational independence. Our community empowerment model supports systemic change by providing family and community education through workshops and hands-on training. We believe in embracing the talent and resources of the communities we serve by furnishing them with tools that engender self-reliance, sustainable development, and continued innovation. Through this comprehensive, bottom-up approach, it is our vision to build a world in which all individuals affected by autism have access to effective services. There are an estimated 70 million people in the world affected by autism, the majority of whom live in under-developed countries where services are limited or not available at all. In these countries, children with autism are mistreated, and in many cases injured, abducted, or even killed. Seeking to change the status quo, the Global Autism Project carries out its vision through a systematic, two-pronged approach that provides to our international partners training in both clinical best practices and, importantly, sustainable business practices. For all global partners, provision of best practices in clinical services entails participation in evaluations, data collection, and weekly Skype-based training-all overseen by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs). At our partner sites, the Global Autism Project employs Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), currently the only evidence-based treatment method for children with autism. Data collection conducted on all children receiving ABA therapy helps identify areas of improvement and concern to best treat each individual child and track their progress, as well as trend-level indicators for areas of concern to target on a center-wide basis. In addition to this ongoing support, the Global Autism Project visits each partner site in person at least twice a year, based on the site's individual needs. These site visits are conducted by a SkillCorps team-a highly-skilled team of four to six volunteer professionals selected through a competitive application process by the partner sites themselves in conjunction with staff at the Global Autism Project. Each team is supervised by a designated team leader and consists of professionals with a variety of skills in clinical best practices and development practices to meet the individual needs of the partner site at that time. These teams are comprised of unique combinations of individuals for each site visit, to encourage collaboration and independence on behalf of the partner site. With regard to best practices in sustainable business development, the Global Autism Project implements the "sustainability model" of NGO involvement. By using approaches based on scaffolding, the partners develop greater levels of independence throughout their partnership. All partnerships are designed to be five to seven years in length, to support sustainable program development and to encourage complete independence as a center of excellence in autism treatment in their community. In order to facilitate this, the same model is used to develop both sustainable business practices and quality clinical services. Simultaneous to receiving clinical supervision and support, each center receives supervision and assistance related to business practices based on their individual needs. This often includes assistance with organizational infrastructure, accounting and money management, facility development, business management, awareness-raising activities and events, and development of a sustainable system in their community for education and training of clinical professionals. Additionally, all local partners work closely with the Global Autism Project to complete a dissemination plan for their communities that includes a systematic review of available resources, government support, and local perceptions of autism in the community. Dissemination plans include collaboration and sharing of resources with local centers which serve children with autism, awareness campaigns, government outreach, and establishing local programming in the community where it is lacking. Ultimately, the objective of the Global Autism Project is to train its partners to develop the creativity and entrepreneurship needed to sustain and expand their own organizations. Throughout the partnership process, the Global Autism Project provides services requested by the partner, based on their individual needs. The level of training and support becomes more complex as the organization masters basic clinical and business principles, and expands to support the unique needs of that community. Other organizations that we are aware of are based on models antithetic to community empowerment and sustainability, and involve either massive in-country training with little follow-up, or the installation of full-time, non-indigenous staff on-site, which fosters dependence on the organization. Of the existing projects and efforts in this field, the Global Autism Project is the only one with an explicit goal of fostering sustainability and community empowerment.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS/BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The negative hindrance to development and economical growth in Uganda include:- Unemployment, high population growth rate, low income, subsistence agricultural dependence, low literacy levels, hunger and poverty, disease especially HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. All these culminate in chronic poverty, low income earnings and poor standards of living. The above problems have not excluded the individuals in Kibwa Zone kampala, with a majority of children orphaned, and youth drop-outs unemployed so they are unable to meet the basic necessities of life, poor shelter, shortage of land and unable to access development information about the available social services. They have no minimum capital essentially for raising incomes and improving the quality of life. So, these have over the years resorted to very low earning income/ economic activities, engaging in multiple relationships, others stay in redundancy resulting to idleness. All these have led into disease spreading, family conflicts, drug abuse and many other associated problems. Although there is some help from the Government and Non-governmental organizations and other development agencies, the result has remained. PROJECT GOALS: This is a non governmental organisation established with aim of helping Vulnerable children, improving their economic and social welfare especially orphans and Aids Infected children to attain minimum basic necessities of life and standards of living. To improve social welfare and economy of individuals within our organization especially single orphans and youth Caring and supporting children infected/affected by HIV/AIDS, war and domestic violence. OBJECTIVES: Sensitizing the community towards an HIV free generation through prevention of mother to child transmission. People living with HIV/AIDS to adhering to drugs through timely taking, nutritional support and sanitation. Starting up an orphanage centre for caring and supporting orphans/children who were infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, war and domestic violence because many of them are discriminated from families, schools and in their communities as well. Providing holistic care and support to children until they grow to a level of basic sustainability. Provide members with basic necessities such as food, clothing and shelter, and to sustain their house hold income. Setting up a Kindergarten/Primary school for orphans. Acquiring land and putting up permanent structures To provide an option of better economic activities such as the idea of good farming and poultry. To sensitize and mobilize over 300 orphans and disadvantaged children in other income generating activities e.g. poultry, farming and other disadvantaged individuals to join the profit in caravan of and other profiting economic activities so that they can abandon the non-profiting businesses. FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Most of our members have got the ability run the project activities but they lack capital and bank loans would be an appropriate source of capital to finance our projects but they carry huge interest rates. We have also tried a hand of other several projects i.e. poultry, farming which we feel if expanded, could be a good source of income to our families and hence become self reliant TARGET GROUPS: The target groups e.g. Orphans and disadvantaged children 250 50 METHODS/IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES: The primary method is that we have to put in place a workshop/seminar/meeting where our members will attend to sensitize people about our objectives. That we have put in place an office to extend our services and get in touch easily to the communities. We are also having a long run project of opening up a Nursery /primary School and a large orphanage centre for orphans, and school dropouts using the obtained funds. This will help us to enhance the sustainability of the project without more external help or funding. Meetings, workshops or seminars will be held annually to check the development and weaknesses of the organization. The plan will be put in place for members to generate systematic collection of information about the operations of the project and provide a basic for sharing information with other similar projects. Commitment and complete involvement of all members in case of any new ideas or trainings in more skills. EVALUATION: Performance indicators will be designed to determine whether the set targets are being achieved. STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION: This organization will operate with five (5) members selected due to one's skills. These will include; Chairperson, Vice-chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer/Finance, and Publicity Secretary Chairperson/Vice Chairperson: Both the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson will be responsible for planning and organizing, overseeing the project development and operation, establishing and maintaining links to community, NGOs, CBOs and scheduling of centre programs and activities. They will also be responsible for developing working valuation man ship with formal and informal community leaders. The Vice Chairperson will be carrying out the above duties in the absence of the Chairperson. Secretary The Secretary will be handling all general secretarial function for the organization; e.g. typing, printing, arranging for meetings, preparing reports and record keeping. The Secretary will be responsible for maintaining the structure and appearance of the association, routing correspondence and other forms of communication with women orphans, school drop-outs and other disadvantaged people in the community. Treasurer/Finance: The Treasurer will be responsible for the finances of the organization and; Shall solicit for funds for the Association with the help of other members. Shall receive and bank funds of the organization Shall keep books of accounts and be accountable for organization's financial report and hence come up with an annual audited balance sheet. Any other duties as required by the Committee. Publicity Secretary Shall be responsible for publicizing any matter in regard with the organization.