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Bududa Learning Center is an umbrella organization that includes a vocational high school, an orphans program for children, and a microfinance program for women. It is located in the isolated mountain district of eastern Uganda. It was founded by Canadian-born Barbara Wybar, who has been living on site a portion of each year for the past 14 years. This isolated region, one of the poorest in Uganda, is over-populated with most families having an average of 8 children. They live by growing their own food. Most of the region has no running water or electricity. Both the education and health care system are severely under-funded and inadequate. Jobs are scarce. Most people are hungry most of the time. How & Who We Help. We work to address the problems in three ways: 1. Training young people in basic trades: carpentry; brick-laying; dress-making and tailoring; nursery teacher training; computer skills training; and hairdressing training. 2. Providing broad support to 170 children and young people, many of them orphans from AIDS, by providing education enrichment, food, and health care. 3. Training and providing micro finance loans to single mothers and grandmothers in the region who are bringing up children on their own and have no means of support, so they can start small businesses. How It Is Run The Center is staffed by Ugandans working in a professional capacity. Barbara Wybar acts as Executive Director and works in a volunteer capacity. There is a growing volunteer contingent of people from the west who visit and do volunteer work there and others who take on management and administrative work in Canada and the US in a volunteer capacity. A guest house and annex provide housing for up to 12 visiting volunteers at a time. Local Oversight A local Advisory Board of the Center, led by Father Paul Buyela, provides oversight to the headmaster of the school and the directors of the two other programs. It is made up of representatives of the teachers, the parents, the regional education board, and the community as well as the executive director. The chairman is a highly respected educator as well as clerical leader in the region at large. Governance and Financial Support Bududa Canada Foundation provides governance to the Center and raises funds from individuals, foundations, and organizations to support the Center. It is incorporated in Canada holds charitable status from the Canadian Revenue Authority (#82535 8286 RR0001). There is a board directors of five people, three of whom are Canadian and two American. Financial support comes from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Officers & Board of Directors Sally Bongard (Toronto), Chairman and Secretary Scott Douglas (Connecticut) Cecily Lawson (Montreal) Lizette Gilday (Montreal), President Barbara Wybar (Philadelphia, Quebec, and Uganda), Treasurer

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TAP is dedicated to the permanent eradication of drought in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa via the construction of a continuous 8,000km fresh-water pipeline across the entire African continent.

St. Paul's Hospital is recognized provincially, nationally and internationally for a number of specialty programs and services. Some are not available anywhere else in BC. As a 500-bed academic health centre affiliated with the University of B.C., the hospital serves patients from across the province, as well as the residents, businesses and visitors in Vancouver’s heavily populated downtown core. St. Paul’s also has a longstanding history of providing care to disadvantaged populations on the city’s Downtown Eastside. St. Paul's also plays a critical role in the education of physicians, nurses and other health professionals and is a major health research facility. St. Paul’s is part of Providence Health Care, Canada’s largest Catholic health care organization.

We are committed to the care of families and the cure of Alzheimer Disease and related disorders. We will achieve excellence, innovation and leadership in family-centred services, advocacy, education, fundraising through caring professional staff, active volunteers, valued partnerships and a supportive community.

Founded in 1979, the Schizophrenia Society of Canada (SSC) is a national registered charity. SSC works in a federation model with 10 provincial societies and their over 100 chapters/branches, to alleviate the suffering caused by schizophrenia and related mental disorders. To this end, SSC and its provincial affiliates carry out public awareness & education, family/individual support, advocacy and research funding initiatives and programs.

Founded in 1940, Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) is a non-profit , multi-service agency with a long history of offering programs to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people and their families.

This is accomplished through support counselling, skill development and social/recreational programs.

Burnaby Hospital Foundation raises funds to support the medical equipment needs of Burnaby Hospital. Burnaby Hospital is a 300 bed, community based, acute care hospital caring for over 230,000 people every year. Our Emergency department is one of the busiest in the Province of BC and treats over 45,000 adults and 12,000 children annually.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada was established in 1955 to fund Canadian researchers who focus on leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and Hodgkin's disease. Over the years we have funded hundreds of prominent researchers who have made significant progress in developing better, less invasive treatments in their quest to find permanent cures. Research has dramatically increased the survival rates of people stricken with blood-related cancers. Yet leukemia remains the number one disease-killer of children under 19 and alarmingly the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in adults has doubled since 1973. Our mission to find better treatments and ultimately cures, continues.

The Lung Association, Manitoba is a member of the Canadian Lung Association, which has been working to improve the lung health of Canadians for over 100 years. We are a non-profit, registered health organization that relies on donations from the public to fund our activities. We are the premier source of lung health information and initiatives in Manitoba. Our efforts are focused on lung disease education & management, tobacco cessation & prevention, improved air quality & environment, tuberculosis and occupational health services. The Lung Association has two offices to serve the province of Manitoba. Please contact the branch nearest you. Winnipeg - 629 McDermot AVE, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1P6 Phone 774-5501 Fax 772-5083 e-mail: [email protected] Brandon - 940 Princess AVE, Brandon, MB R7A 0P6 Phone 725-4230 Fax 726-5800 e-mail: [email protected]

Accountability We take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently, achieving measurable results, and being accountable to supporters, partners and, most of all, children. Ambition We are demanding of ourselves and our colleagues, set high goals and are committed to improving the quality of everything we do for children. Collaboration We respect and value each other, thrive on our diversity, and work with partners to leverage our global strength in making a difference for children. Creativity We are open to new ideas, embrace change, and take disciplined risks to develop sustainable solutions for and with children. Integrity We aspire to live to the highest standards of personal honesty and behaviour; we never compromise our reputation and always act in the best interests of children.