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Charity Centre for Children and Youth Development exists to supporting HIV/AIDS education, Persons living with disabilities, orphans and vulnerable children, youth and women in Solwezi district of Zambia by providing them with, educational support (provision of school requisites and literacy materials), health and life skills and vocational Training. These enables disadvantaged members of our society live life of independence and contribute to the national economy. We envision a society that will work towards eradication of vulnerability and illiteracy among Orphans and vulnerable children, youths and women. The Organization's mission is to promote and enhance the capabilities of children, youth and women in Solwezi district and beyond to effect positive social change that would necessitate the development of their lives, communities and the nation at large.

Their mission is to provide a safe place for Haitian women to receive compassionate and respectful maternity care. They are dedicated to improving the health and well being of the women and infants of Haiti, one woman and one child at a time. This vision is achieved through the application of evidence based midwifery care, delivered primarily by Haitian midwives and supported by volunteer midwives from around the world. Healthy women make for healthy families. Their goal is to offer services to women that will decrease their risk of dying from what should be a normal life event: pregnancy and birth. However, Haiti has the highest infant and maternal mortality rate in the Western Hemisphere. It is their core belief that no woman or child should ever die because of where they live.

NIFLA was founded in 1993 to provide professional legal assistance to pro-life pregnancy centers, which now number nearly 3,000 nationwide. These centers exist to provide alternatives to abortion for women considering abortion. NIFLA concentrates its efforts in assisting centers with their day-to-day legal needs and providing assistance to centers to convert their counseling operations into life-affirming medical clinics staffed by professional health care providers. NIFLA promotes the use of ultrasound under the supervision of a licensed physician to inform women in crisis pregnancies of the life within them so that they can make an informed choice regarding their pregnancy. NIFLA provides legal counsel, resources, and training to centers that desire to make such a conversion.

Working in partnership with the Rwandan Ministry of Health, and the Rwanda Heart Foundation, TeamHeart will address the burden of cardiac disease: Through surgical development trips, TeamHeart will address the suffering of adolescents and young adults afflicted with advanced rheumatic heart disease in Rwanda with life saving surgical intervention. To work with the medical and nursing staff Rwanda to build a sustainable regional center of excellence in cardiac care. To increase the identification of disease though capacity building, provide appropriate post operative follow up care. To prevent advanced rheumatic heart disease through a combined effort of surveillance, prevention, education and early intervention as an example of effective countrywide intervention against rheumatic heart disease that can inspire replication in sub-Saharan Africa.

At Alzheimer's Family Services Center (AFSC), we believe that all memory-impaired seniors, irrespective of ethnic background and socioeconomic status, deserve the right to superior personalized care that will enable them to age with dignity at home. Across the last three decades, this belief has guided our mission to improve quality of life for families challenged by Alzheimer's disease or another dementia through services tailored to meet individual needs. We play a key role in our community's continuum of long-term care services by offering affordable access to dementia-specific adult day health care programs, a variety of support services to help caregivers manage the day-to-day challenges of care, and community dementia education and outreach.

Baby Basics is an all-volunteer organization that provides and distributes free diapers to working poor families living in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, CA. Baby Basics meets an important need for working poor families in our community. Our client families maintain regular employment and do not receive welfare. However, despite their incomes, these families remain in relative poverty due to low pay levels and extremely high local living expenses. Our current clients' average annual household income is $25,300. Our program saves enrolled families approximately $600 per year in diaper expenses. Additionally, no other local program provides diapers, an expensive health necessity, on a consistent basis.

Our mission is to promote sustainable village development in partnership with Cambodian people by helping to provide clean water, sanitation, educational opportunities, health care from birth onwards, improved nutrition, and economic empowerment. We work to increase awareness of environmental and social responsibility within families and communities by helping provide the necessary tools for villagers to improve their quality of life; feel pride and reach their highest potential. It is the fervent hope of the Cambodian Community Dream Organization to provide the following C - Commitment to access free quality education for all children C - Community involvement and honesty in all that we do D - Development of culture and living environment O - Opportunity to live a better life, breaking free of the poverty cycle

The MIELKE Foundation was formed in 2017 with the purpose of providing financial support and programs for children in the foster care system, and to offer support for MIELKE employees and family members, as well as those of our partners, vendors and clients, who may be experiencing hardships based on health or other difficult life circumstances.The MIELKE Foundation is a 501c3 charitable entity funded through a portion of our annual profits. The foundation holds an annual charity fishing tournament to benefit local charities who help the more than 6000 foster children in the Tampa Bay area. In addition, our supporters and volunteers take these children on fishing trips throughout the year so they can experience the great outdoors while fishing and learn independence, teamwork and self-confidence.

CWLA will lead the nation in building public will to ensure safety, permanence, and well-being of children, youth, and their families by advancing public policy, defining and promoting practice excellence and delivering superior membership services. CWLA challenges Americans to make children a national priority. Our mission is to engage people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm. We envision a future in which families, neighborhoods, communities, organizations, and governments ensure that five universal needs of children are met. They include (1) basics such as food, shelter, education, and health care, (2) nurturing relationships, (3) opportunities for optimal development, (4) protection from harm, (5) and healing from harm if it occurs.

The YMCA mission is: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) is the national resource office for the Y, one of the nation’s leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the U.S., 2,700 Ys engage 22 million men, women and children – of all ages, incomes and backgrounds – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation’s health and well-being and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored in more than 10,000 communities, the Y has the longstanding relationships and physical presence needed not just to promise, but also to deliver, lasting personal and social change.

Ronald McDonald House Charities Midwest | MN, WI, IA operates the Ronald McDonald House in Rochester, MN and provides caring support to families seeking medical care for their children. The Ronald McDonald House is a pediatric hospitality house serving families who are traveling from across the globe to access vital medical care for their child at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. Families who find themselves at the Ronald McDonald House have often exhausted every medical resource near their home, creating the added burden of traveling away from their personal support network while their child fights for their life. The Ronald McDonald House helps relieve financial burdens and ensures access to basic needs while providing family centered programming that supports the emotional health of families of children ages 0 to 18 with a complicated medical diagnosis. More than a place to sleep, shower or eat the Ronald McDonald House strives to ensure families can put 100% of their energy into focusing on the health of their ill child. Alleviating the financial stressors triggered by childhood illness makes it more feasible for families to travel away from home to receive the medical care their child requires. In addition, by providing family-centered activities, Ronald McDonald House works diligently to create environments that foster healthy relationships between guest families, volunteers, and staff. The Ronald McDonald House provides a safe and loving environment where kids can be kids and parents can lean on one another for support. Families find hope, strength, and love at the Ronald McDonald House. F/K/A Ronald McDonald House of Rochester, MN

The Sonoma County Family YMCA nurtures the healthy development of children and teens, strengthens families, invests in individual well-being and uplifts our entire community making it a healthier, safer, better place to live. With our expertise in health, fitness, education and aquatics we are proud to be the largest local provider of: before & after-school care, swim lessons, water safety classes and mobility programs for our aging population. The Y serves people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes. No one is turned away for inability to pay, ever. 100% of donations go directly to serving the people our programs support. Though each is independent, YMCAs collectively make up the largest nonprofit community service organization in America.