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Partners for Prosperity Projects
North America
| Cowichan Green Community (Canada) |
Mission: To promote energy efficiency, healthy housing and environmental sustainability in the Cowichan Valley.
Goals:
Establish partnerships within the community and beyond which result in the development of holistic, environmental-based projects that address social/economic development issues, as well as make the link between health and environment. ?Where environment and community meet?.
Accomplishments:
- Presently working to establish an urban training centre for backyard food production (organic) targeting low-income households
- Developed a Green Home Visit Program, ?Sustainable Living? workshop series ? organic gardening, Native Plant Gardening, Healthy Housing, others, and a Climate Change Kiosk - surveyed over 1000 local residents to raise awareness of Climate Change as it relates to typical North American rural communities.
- Spawned the Cowichan Valley Cycling Coalition to help promote cycling as a legitimate, sustainable form of transportation
- Organized an ?EcoFair? highlighting local environmental organizations and their activities
- Presented to schools
- Community networking
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| | M?decins Sans Fronti?res/Doctors Without Borders (Canada) |
M?decins Sans Fronti?res/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is the world's leading independent humanitarian medical relief organization, providing crucial medical care to people affected by war, civil strife, epidemics, natural disasters, and social marginalization.
Since its founding by a group of French doctors in 1971, MSF has striven to respond rapidly and effectively to public health emergencies with complete independence from political, economic or religious powers in the name of medical ethics and human rights. MSF was the first non-governmental organization to provide emergency medical assistance and to speak out publicly about violations of human rights and humanitarian law.
MSF is a private, nonprofit organization comprised of an international network with offices in 18 countries, including Canada. Each year, more than 2,500 volunteer doctors, nurses, other health professionals, and logistical experts join nearly 20,000 local staff to provide medical care in more than 85 countries around the world.
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| | Maxwell International School (Canada) |
Maxwell International Baha'i School is based in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia. It is a dynamic learning community Canadian-based private academic school, grades 7-12, committed to: scholarship, the development of spiritual ideals, achieving excellence in moral and ethical behaviour, and the enhancement of personal character through service to humanity. Students have opportunities both on and off campus to learn about service in a variety of social settings.
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| | Maxwell Service Project (Canada) |
Maxwell Service Project is a community service oriented activity in which students work doing service projects, within the school and for the community at large. Their primary goal is to enable students to expand the range of their learning experience beyond the classroom and to benefit from planning, implementing, and reflecting with outside community members on shared activities, as well as inspiring broad public response to the issues of racism, equality for women, family violence, peer pressure and the environment. They want to develop a network of community leaders.
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| | Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute (Canada) |
NCCI is an accredited Canadian International private school (Grade 7 to High School Graduation), dedicated to inspiring academic excellence within a clear moral framework. They offer students an innovative and high quality co-educational environment where they learn to harness the power of both the arts and sciences to develop intellectual capacities, uplift the spirit, and raise social consciousness. Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute (NCCI) provides a complete academic curriculum meeting Ontario Ministry of Education standards, leading to the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).
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| | Spirits Rising Memorial Society (Canada) |
Spirits Rising Memorial Society was formed in 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to help ‘Raise the Spirits’ of our Missing Women, their children, grandchildren, families and friends through the creation of a Memorial Totem. The memorial Totem will acknowledge the grief of the community for the lives lost. This Project also represents our initial step to provide for cultural sharing, economic renewal and pride while simultaneously offering educational opportunities.
Spirits Rising Memorial Society was created to act as a catalyst for positive change, offering innovative educational and empowering initiatives that will have a real effect on the lives of all Aboriginal Women, Youth and Families in our world.
Spirits Rising Society welcomes all people, men and women, from all races and religions
We have scussefully compleated the first two months of our 1st training program and the work on the totem pole. The pole will be raised in Wendy Poole Park in late Sept or early OCtober.
On June 21st, National Aboriginal Day, Spirits Rising held the First Annual " Love, Light and Healing" Ceremony in the cente of Main & Hastings, the heart of Vancouver's downtown eastside. Healiers, elders and people of all faith groups joined us in prayers and traditional songs for healing.
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| | Sylvan Lake Retreat Center (Canada) |
Sylvan Lake's mission statement states that the center is dedicated to the spiritual development of all people and the fostering of community life. It is especially dedicated to the spiritual education of children and nurturing of the family, the foundation of civilization. Located in a beautiful setting in Alberta it boasts a place to rejuvenate spiritually and mentally, a place to renew friendships and make new ones.
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| | Action Against Racism (United States) |
The Action Against Racism Project is an evolving group of dedicated volunteers who seek to reduce racial polarization and create racial unity in the Greater Rochester, NY Community through the arts. Project Activities include an annual race unity dinner, Race Unity Days, and the 'Racism Just Undo It' school contest and various exhibitions of creative response to the idea of race unity.
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| | Bosch School (United States) |
The Bosch School was founded 1926 in Geyserville. They moved to their current location in 1974, a 67-acre campus, near Santa Cruz California, providing on campus accommodation for retreats and study weekends, bookshop, and conference facilities. Their programs foster personal spiritual growth and promote the oneness of humankind, race unity, and the equality of women and men. They also have classes on socio-economic development.
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| | Brighton Creek Baha'i Conference Center (United States) |
To become a Regional Training Center to serve the spiritual, educational, cultural and fellowship needs of the general public and a diverse Bah?'? community.
To develop sustainable income from use of the facility while providing an environment sensitive and respectful to all peoples and cultures.
To harmoniously develop and beautify the natural environment showing respect for the ancestral Indian land.
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| | Desert Rose Baha'i Institute (United States) |
Desert Rose Baha'i Institute, located in Eloy, Arizona, U.S., serves as a site for events, conferences, schools and seminars. Its ultimate goal is a Baha'i University with special emphasis on the Arts. It has retirement living accommodations that include the Senior Living Center, which has a spiritual focus. Volunteers are welcome to help in the library, dining room, or with the maintenance crews.
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| | Diversity Dance & Theater (United States) |
DD&T, based in Washington State, is a non-profit performing arts company that utilizes dance and the dramatic arts to educate communities about the healing principles of unity in diversity and to inspire them to work for positive social change. DD&T confronts racism, sexism, violence, alcohol and drug abuse, as well as the needs of the poor, and promotes the importance of family support and unity among all peoples. The goal of each performance is to create an open dialog, empowering audience members to turn attitudes of apathy into enthusiasm and ignorance into understanding, fostering multiculturalism, and a respect for diversity.
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| | Educators for Social and Economic Development (United States) |
EDSED (Educators for Social and Economic Development) is a loosely structured learning community of Baha?i Educators around the world actively working to promote Baha?i educational ideals. Many are working in Baha?i Schools and institutions.
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| | Foundation for World Peace (United States) |
The Foundation for World Peace, whose goal it is "to assist and encourage the germination of the seed of peace that is inherent in every human heart and mind." Located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, but with a national as well as local outlook.
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| | Louhelen (United States) |
Founded as a summer school in 1931. Louhelen today is a full-service retreat and conference center, offering a relaxed, inviting setting for many types of functions. It continues to offer programs, while also serving the wider community. Louhelen School offers many different programs that are of interest to many different people. Some of these include seminars on Socio-economic development. This seminar provides training in the skills necessary for systematic step-by-step development as part of a local or regional plan for growth. They also offer different programs that pertain to a variety of ages. Some of these programs are specifically designed for the youth. One such example is the Eagle Institute, designed for youth ages 15 and older, includes dynamic, interactive learning, devotional programs, service, fellowship and fun!
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| | Tahirih Association (United States) |
The Tahirih Association is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting the vision of Tahirih, who lived from 1815-1852. She was one of the earliest women in the struggle for human rights and equality.
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| | Wilmette Institute (United States) |
The Wilmette Institute, located in Wilmette, Illinois, was established in January 1995. This institute offers academic, professional, and service-oriented courses. The Wilmette Institute seeks to continue to be a trendsetter in education, especially in creating courses that are at a university level of rigor and are available for university credit. It also fosters scholarship; develops new, innovative curricular materials; creates high-quality courses. Its principal purpose is developing human resources.
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