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The Quabbin Reservoir, located in central Massachusetts, was built in the 1930’s to provide clean drinking water for the Boston region. Over 2500 people in the towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, Prescott, and parts of seven other towns, were forced to give up their homes in the Swift River Valley to make this project possible. Today, Quabbin is recognized as one of the largest drinking-water reservoirs in the world, a remarkable feat of engineering, an “accidental wilderness” that is home to an impressive variety of wildlife, and a place that brings bittersweet memories to many who once lived here.

International Book Project collects, sorts, and ships donated books in response to requests from around the world. Our vision is to promote literacy in under-served areas of the world, both domestic and abroad. Our core values include: Literacy empowers individuals and provides opportunity; everyone deserves access to books; worthy books deserve a second life. International Book Project believes in building relationships with local and global organizations to fulfill its mission and is committed to building a grassroots donor base to achieve its funding.

Founded in 1996 in order to help Afghans all over the world in education, health and social issues. Will raise fund to build libraries, schools and provide educational, instrumental and CME to all medical sector and do research, presentation and print books to teach people of Afghanistan new ideas. Its goals are very diverse but for now we concentrate on above issues.

Friends of Kairos Nicaragua is dedicated to contributing to the building of a world of justice and love. By gathering peoples in their local communities, in the community and culture of another, or at the Kairos Center in Managua, Nicaragua, we use pedagogies based on participatory education, believing that we are all teachers, all students, all gifted with tools that are necessary for creating a just and loving world. We accomplish our goals primarily by helping communities in the developing world to realize their strengths, to formulate their goals, and organize to accomplish them. These communities do this together with communities from other cultures who work side by side with them to change our world.

Eisenhower Fellowships (EF) identifies, empowers and links outstanding leaders from around the world, helping them to achieve consequential outcomes across sectors and borders ef provides a transformational experience leading to lifetime engagement in a global network, where dialogue and collaboration make the world more prosperous, just and peaceful.

EarthCorps develops leaders to strengthen the community and restore the health of our environment. We envision a world where people and nature thrive together.

TINFA empowers teachers through technology and collaboration, to bring 21st century skills to K-12 students in under-served areas of the world.

We are a technology nonprofit committed to inspire and bring positive social change to the world. We harness the medium of innovative, digital technology to promote education, learning, and empowerment - the building blocks to lasting change. Only empowered citizens can spark and sustain the change needed for a more peaceful, safe, and equal society. This is true for all of the major conflicts the world faces, ranging from climate change to gender equality, from violent extremism to poverty, and beyond. Our vision is a world where all are educated and empowered with the resources and abilities needed to achieve and preserve such a global transformation. To such an end, NFP develops and employs innovative technology that can overcome even the largest digital barriers.

AFS-USA works toward a more just and peaceful world by providing international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals, families, schools, and communities through a global volunteer partnership.

The goals and objectives of the organization are briefly outlined below: - Promote divinity to spread world peace and harmony without any social, cultural or geographical boundaries, for the betterment of human society. - Establish the Namadwaar sanctum, a holy edifice dedicated to the continuous chanting of the “Hare Rama…’ Mahamantra for world peace and to accept prayer requests. - Propagate the chanting of the Divine Name of God as the easiest means of achieving inner peace and self-realization. - Publish books, journals and media on spirituality towards the objectives of universal love and harmony. - Organize discourses, lecture demonstrations, workshops and seminars on topics of practical Indian spirituality relevant to today’s world, by eminent speakers from across the globe. - Help and support communities in need of help on health and education fronts.

Bridges to Community’s mission is to build a more just and sustainable world through service learning and community development by engaging volunteers to work in developing countries—building community and changing lives.

United States Servas, a non-profit membership organization, fosters understanding of cultural diversity through a global person-to-person network of travelers and hosts promoting a more just and peaceful world. Established in 1949, Servas provides opportunities for personal connections among people of diverse cultures in the cause of world peace, goodwill, and understanding. Travelers are invited to share life in the home and community and concerns on social and international issues with Servas hosts in more than 130 countries.