1. Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research
The Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR) is an academic and applied research centre with sites at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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2. Child Trauma Academy
The mission of the Academy is to help improve the lives of traumatized and maltreated children and their families. It's mission to improve the systems that educate, nurture, protect and enrich children.
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3. Children's Defense Fund - New York
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind? and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventative investments before they get sick, into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. We have never taken government funds.
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4. CLaSH Namibia
CLaSH promotes the rights of the communicatively impaired child by actively working towards creating and/or improving facilities and services for children with language, speech and hearing impairments in Namibia.
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5. LoneStar Fatherhood Initiative
We offer affordable DNA testing to the community, as well as legal services to men and fathers dealing with family law issues.
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6. Make-A-Wish Foundation
We grant wishes for children with life threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, stregth and joy.
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7. Mothers for Clean Air
Non-profit organization concerned with air pollution in the Houston-Galveston Texas area and its effects on children's health. Provides newsletter, events and air quality information.
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8. NOCIRC of Maine - Monmouth
Advocates for circumcision prevention providing educational information to parents, health care professionals, child advocates and anyone interested in the well being of children.
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