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Global Volunteers mobilizes short-term volunteer teams to work hand-in-hand with local leaders on community-defined development projects that improve children’s health, education, nutrition and livelihoods. The organization focuses on long-term, locally led partnerships and measurable, sustainable impact through in-person volunteer service and support.

The American India Foundation (AIF) works to improve the lives of India’s underserved—especially women, children, and youth—by funding and running high-impact programs in education, livelihoods, and public health. As a binational organization, it also builds partnerships and leadership exchanges between the U.S. and India to scale sustainable social change.

To live out the love of Jesus by educating and empowering the people of Uganda and the communities in which we serve

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is a grassroots network whose mission is to provide disaster relief based on the principles of solidarity, mutual aid, and autonomous direct action. By working with, listening to, and supporting impacted communities, especially their most vulnerable members, to lead their own recovery, we build long-term, sustainable and resilient communities.

TreePeople works to grow a more climate-resilient and water-secure Southern California by mobilizing people and implementing nature-based solutions. They run community forestry and school-greening programs, restore wildfire-impacted wildlands, advance water and urban resilience projects, and provide environmental education to engage communities in local climate action.

Kids of Malawi USA supports and strengthens frontline pediatric healthcare in Malawi (primarily at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe) by providing financial grants, supplies, and training to local clinicians and staff. Their work focuses on improving staffing, training, equipment/supplies, and access to care so sick children receive better, more sustainable treatment.

We take these urban kids and bring them to our Lakeside wilderness location in Newmarket and offer them experiences that make them feel like part of a family. We help hundreds of kids develop practical skills, relevant knowledge and self-confidence. We concentrate on prevention rather than rehabilitation. In this way Trails builds trust and confidence and has a real influence on the direction of youths' lives.

The Parkdale Food Centre is part of the Ottawa Food Bank’s distribution network. It serves the Hintonburg, Mechanicsville, Civic Hospital and Wellington West neighbourhoods. It is a not-for-profit, volunteer- run organization that provides emergency food aid to individuals and families in need. The Centre is funded in part by the City of Ottawa and local churches, with additional donations provided by individuals and local businesses. The Centre is currently experiencing a budget shortfall so is in the midst of a fundraising drive to support its 2014 programs. Our Mission At the Parkdale Food Centre, our mission is to provide healthy food, nutritional education and a warm and welcoming environment to our neighbors in need.

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) is a statewide nonprofit volunteer organization whose mission is to motivate and enable people to be active stewards of Colorado's natural resources.

Partner with communities and develop leaders to build a better world.

MEDICAL TEAMS WORLDWIDE IS A NONPROFIT CHRISTIAN MEDICAL RELIEF ORGANIZATION WHOSE GOAL IS TO SHOW THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST TO THOSE IN NEED. WE FACILITATE AND PROVIDE MEDICAL RELIEF IN THE FORM OF SUPPLIES, LOGISTIC AND MEDICAL PERSONAL FOR THOSE IN NEED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.MEDICAL TEAMS WORLDWIDE PROVIDES INDEPENDENT MEDICAL TEAMS WORKING ON SHORT TERM ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO WEEKS TO TWO MONTHS. THE GROUP WORKS, WHEN POSSIBLE, IN CONCERT WITH OTHER NON-MEDICAL GROUPS WHO HAVE TARGETED A GIVEN PEOPLE GROUP.MEDICAL TEAMS WORLDWIDE MAKES AVAILABLE; PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSES AND MEDICAL ASSISTANTS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

The Himalayan Children's Fund (HCF) is a way for people around the world, and the west in particular, to connect with the lives of people in the Himalayan Region of Nepal, India and Tibet. Established in 1987 by students of Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, HCF provides support for Rinpoche's many compassionate activities such as schools, monasteries and clinics. By providing support for education, food, clothing, medicine and other needs we hope to equip the children and adults with the tools necessary for life enhancement while helping to preserve their culture which is primarily of Tibetan and Buddhist heritage.