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International Institute of Los Angeles was founded in 1914 by the YMCA to provide a variety of services to underserved populations. IILA has expanded to provide a variety of services to immigrant communities throughout the Los Angeles area. In addition to refugee resettlement and immigration services IILA provides employment and training, childcare, nutrition programs for children and adults, senior services, transportation, and youth and family services. IILA's philosophy is to assist individuals and families achieve self-sufficiently and provide community leadership to promote multicultural understanding.

OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO SHOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED BY PROVIDING FREE FOOD, LOW COST CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS, COUNSELING AND PRAYER. WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF HELP AND CONNECTION TO CHRISTIAN MENTORS. THE MINISTRY ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS TO EXPRESS THEIR LOVE AND SERVICE TO CHRIST BY ACTS OF KINDNESS TO THOSE IN NEED.

The Family Recovery Program (FRP) helps parents who have lost custody of their children because of drugs and/or alcohol break free from addiction and reunite their families quickly by connecting parents with substance abuse treatment and a full range of supportive services, including mental health care, transportation, housing assistance and case management.

We envision a world in which people who have special needs and their families experience acceptance, inclusion and friendship as contribution members of society.The Friendship Circle aims to create an environment for teens that will nurture a sense of connection to and a responsibility for the greater community through innovative and stimulating programs. We see this as essential to developing and producing the leaders of tomorrow.

The Heart Gallery's mission is to provide innovative programs that help to promote the adoption and enrichment of Broward's foster children. It is one of over 100 independent heart galleries across the country, the first Heart Gallery was established in 2001. We work closely with ChildNet and the local foster care providers to seek adoptive families and other connections for these children.

The Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger strives to build a community where all people have the food they need to lead healthy lives. The Coalition connects people with food assistance programs and nutrition education; provides resources to a network of food pantries; and educates the public and policymakers about responsible solutions that prevent people from going hungry.

Melel Xojobal is a children's rights organization based in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Our mission is to promote and defend the rights of indigenous children and young people through participatory educational programs that improve their quality of life. At Melel Xojobal we work in a participatory manner to promote the strengthening of indigenous cultural identity, to defend human rights, to strengthen personal and cultural dignity, to ensure that justice and liberty are respected, and that the participation of all is ensured regardless of race, gender, creed, religious affiliation or ideology. We believe that education is a fundamental means by which people exercise self-determination and become the authors of their own history. Melel Xojobal's specific objectives are: 1. To implement participatory educational programmes with indigenous girls, boys, and young people to promote and defend their rights to health, education, protection from mistreatment, to regulated conditions of work, association and expression. 2. To generate through ongoing research a better understanding of child welfare, human rights and education in an urban context. 3. To inform and educate the Mexican public about the human rights of indigenous girls, boys, and young people of Chiapas. 4. To exchange and share ideas and experiences from a human rights perspective which relate to indigenous infant, childhood, and adolescent education among organizations on a national and international level. All of our work is guided by the aim of protecting and promoting five human rights established by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Rights to health, to education, to protection against all forms of mistreatment, to work, and to freedom of expression and association). Our work responds to the situation of indigenous peoples in Mexico, who account for around 10% of the population, and continue to live in conditions that marginalise them socially, economically and politically and which push them to the edge of society. To provide an indication of the need for our work: according to government statistices, in the city we work in, in 2010 61% of the population had no formal right to medical services; 24% of the population aged 3-18 did not attend school. In 2010 we formally counted 2,481 child workers in the city. In 2005 in Chiapas as a whole, 71% of the population under 14 lived in municipalities classified as being at high or extreme risk of malnutrition; in some municipalities infant mortality rates 75 in a 1000, on a par with several countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

MISSIONFree Bikes 4 Kidz MN is a nonprofit organization geared toward helping all kids ride into a happier, healthy childhood by providing bikes to those most in need. The public donates gently used bikes, we organize thousands of volunteers to clean and refurbish them, and then we give them away to youth in need. Free Bikes 4 Kidz MN represents the largest bike give-away program in the US and occupies an important and underserved segment of service to the low-income population in Minnesota.

Our Community LA (OCLA) is a Los Angeles nonprofit organization that leverages technology to improve support and resource connections for homeless or resource insecure individuals, particularly youth under 25 and families who are under-served and at-risk. Children, youth and vulnerable adults represent the economic and political future of our region and they deserve careful attention and increased community support.

Our Vision: Every young person has a family unconditionally committed to nurture, protect, and guide them to successful adulthood.Our Mission: Plummer's mission is to set a standard of excellence that improves outcomes for young people in or at risk of entering state care by deeply engaging youth, families, and the systems that impact them to develop permanent family relationships, skills, and community connections.

CASA of the South Plains inspires, educates, and empowers solution-minded community members who are committed to supporting the best interest of children in the foster care system.Volunteer advocates create connections and promote nurturing relationships for the child and family, encouraging hope and healing.Through court appointment and collaborative efforts, volunteer advocates share informed recommendations for the well-being of the child.

Public charity founded in 2008 to provide supportive services to parents of children with developmental disabilities. Parents are provided mental health support and connection to professional services for themselves and their family members. Parents are celebrated with weekend opportunities for movies, lunch or dinner outings that provide the chance for parents to exhale and reconnect with self. An annual event celebrates all parents served through HOPE.