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Civitan International is a global organization impacting lives at the grass roots level through local service clubs. Members of Civitan share a Servant’s Heart and a desire to create positive change for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.Founded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1917, Civitan expanded rapidly into a global force for change. The message of good citizenship rooted in compassion, service, and respect for people in need is just as important today as it was on our first day more than a century ago.

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources. Winrock matches innovative approaches in agriculture, natural resources management, clean energy and leadership development with the unique needs of its partners. By linking local individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock is increasing long-term productivity, equity and responsible resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged of the world.

We provide essential and transformative eyecare, around the world and right here at home. We bring medical volunteers and partners together to care for the people who need it most. Our teams work side-by-side with local doctors and clinics to improve access to high-quality eyecare. Together we break the cycle of hardship that blindness and visual impairment cause, making patients, families, and communities healthier and stronger.

Opportunity International’s mission is to empower people to work their way out of chronic poverty, transforming their lives, their children’s futures and their communities. Our vision is a world in which all people have the opportunity to provide for their families and build a fulfilling life. Our belief is that small-scale entrepreneurs can be big change agents in overcoming global poverty. Our method is to provide microfinance services, including lending, savings, insurance and transformational training, to people in need. To do this, we build and work through sustainable, local microfinance institutions. Our motivation is to respond to Jesus Christ’s call to love and serve the poor.

Formed in 1985 Rescue International (RI) is a nonprofit, corporation formed of people, response teams and companies that provide special search, rescue, and recovery services and products to requesting agencies free of charge. RI's educational programs are based on a foundation of experienced instructors teaching students skills and providing information derived from hands on experience and supported with a written program guide and/or manual. RI has a number of Search and Rescue Training Programs available. RI's canine programs will help train SAR Canine handlers and their dog to reach a minimum Canine Training Standard for each area of operational ability.

PLAY International is a charity founded in 1999 on a conviction: sport is a source of solutions to our societal challenges. Its mission is to cocreate and implement education and inclusion projects for children and youth in vulnerable situations, using sport and sport games as educational tools. The NGO works in particular on issues such as access to and retention in school, gender equalitý, community reconciliation, health prevention, environmental education, living together, changing the way we look at disability... Since its creation, it has implemented educational and humanitarian projects, in France and internationally in 20 countries, for the benefit of nearly one million children.

Together we create world-changing solutions that make people safer, healthier and more productive. We are a 75-year pioneering research institute with a rich history supporting government and industry. SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) is organized around broad disciplines and capabilities, from research and development divisions and labs to groups who excel at identifying new opportunities, developing products and creating custom solutions. Our organization is driven by impact— delivering unique solutions for the world’s most important challenges and transforming ideas into reality for clients and partners. At SRI, we believe the greatest challenges and opportunities require a collective effort to really make a difference.

Our commitment: IntraHealth is a global champion for health workers. We have pledged to double our impact between 2011 and 2015 to ensure that more health workers are present, ready, connected, and safe. Mission: IntraHealth empowers health workers to better serve communities in need around the world. We foster local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships. Vision: IntraHealth International believes in a world where all people have the best possible opportunity for health and well-being. We aspire to achieve this vision by being a global champion for health workers.

GeoHazards International works to reduce loss of life and suffering around the world in communities most at risk from earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and floods. Our vision is a world of self-reliant communities - rural and urban - that can continue their economic, political and cultural development unimpeded by natural disasters. GHI helps communities avert disaster by creating safer buildings, assessing geophysical hazards, helping governments affordably prepare, and educating residents about what to do in the face of high risk. GHI bridges the gap between scientific experts and the people in developing countries who want to take action. In each case we work with communities toward locally appropriate and lasting solutions.

SCA International's vision to expand the reach and impact of our ministry cannot be accomplished without, first and foremost, God's direction, using His people in the process. We have nine Field Missionaries who work in British Columbia and Ontario. These missionaries minister to Canada's isolated people in various and creative ways. Whether traditional or more advanced in their methods, they seek to be "all things to all men" with appropriate approach for the audience they are trying to reach for Christ. We also have four Ministry Centres - British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario. These Centres minister to the needs of families and individuals through summer camps, after school programs in the surrounding communities, counselling, family sessions, and retreats.

Outreach International is a global nonprofit that supports local leaders and community-led groups who develop lasting solutions to poverty-related issues.Together with local leaders, we empower communities to organize, prioritize and mobilize to identify their needs, and then access the resources necessary to overcome challenges and reach their goals. Along the way, communities gain the experience of working together toward a shared objective, as well as the confidence that comes from achieving success through collaboration. Our mission is to confront the injustice of chronic poverty through community-led action. Facilitating the fundamentals of participatory development ensures that those most affected by poverty-related issues become those best equipped to permanently resolve them.

Since 2004 we have:• Provided mentoring & counseling to leaders, pastors, & missionaries • Served communities with volunteer construction aid & donated thousands of school, health & medical supplies• Partnered with multiple nonprofit organizations to provide relief aid & counseling following disasters• Preached, taught & trained people in churches, meetings, classes, clinics & conferences worldwideImparting an overcoming faith in Jesus Christ through training and discipleship!We promote and facilitate interdenominational teaming to maximize impact and outreach in communities and cities.For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 1 John 5:4