NSW Police Legacy
AustraliaCommunity/Family
NSW Police Legacy was established in 1987 and is the only organisation that looks after the families of deceased NSW police officers. We provide emotional and financial support to the partners and children of deceased Police Officers and currently support over 1,300 family members. We care for children as young as two and Widows as old as 102. We provide our Legatees with emotional and financial support. Our work includes assisting with grief and trauma counselling, managing children's trust funds and raising funds to provide a range of educational and social activities for our members. In this way, we enable the partners and children of deceased Police Officers to stay in touch and share their experiences with others who have suffered in similar ways.
Nuzzles & Co.
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Friends of Animals Utah ("FOAU") is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has found homes for over 10,000 pets. Our dog and cat rescue and adoption program is the Furburbia program. Each week, FOAU's staff visits animal shelters throughout Northern Utah and rescues healthy adoptable dogs and cats, many from these shelters’ euthanasia lists. FOAU then spays/neuters, chips, and vaccinates these animals. These rescue animals are then transported daily from the FOAU Rescue & Rehabilitation Ranch facility to the Furbubia adoption center located in the Tanger Outlet Mall in Park City, Utah. At the Ranch, we provide a temporary, loving home for dogs and cats that no longer have a family of their own. The animals in our program have ended up with us for a variety of reasons, ranging from abandonment, to rescue from an abusive situation, to owner surrender because they no longer can or want to take care of them. FOAU was founded in 1990 by a group of generous volunteers determined to find homes for animals in need.
NZAEE
New ZealandEnvironment
The New Zealand Association for Environmental Education is a national, non-profit organisation that promotes and supports lifelong learning and encourages behaviours that lead to sustainability for New Zealand/Aotearoa. NZAEE is an independent voice for environmental education, empowering people to respect and nurture the environment, recognising its link with the social, cultural and economic aspects of sustainability.
NZFGW
New ZealandWomen
The New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women (NZFGW) is a non-profit, charitable non-government organisation (NGO) working locally, nationally, and internationally to improve the status of women and girls, to promote lifelong education, and to enable graduate women to use their expertise to effect positive change. We number almost 700 in 9 branches throughout New Zealand, each with its own activities. In the main centres, our branches hire academic regalia for graduation ceremonies, to raise funds for our generous scholarships, grants, and awards.
Oaks Christian School
United StatesChildren/Education
Oaks Christian School is an independent school located in Westlake Village, California. Founded in 2000, the school provides an education of unsurpassed quality to 1000 students in grades 6 through 12.
Oasis
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Oasis Domestic Abuse Service was established in May 1994 to provide emergency, temporary and safe accommodation and /or support to one of society's most vulnerable groups - women and children who have/or are suffering domestic abuse. Oasis are committed to the use the volunteers to support their work. Using volunteers enables Oasis to give women in the community the opportunity to be involved in services to women who have experienced domestic violence in a variety of ways. It also raises awareness about domestic violence within the locality. It is our belief that volunteers, with their varied skills, compliment the work of the staff and enrich and extend the services offered by the organisation.
Oasis Association
South AfricaDisability
In 1952 a group of parents found a solution to the problem of their children being excluded from mainstream society when they started their own school – an oasis – for children with intellectual disability. Today Oasis Association is a model of integrated services. We provide employment opportunities, skills development training, day care centres and residential homes for over 450 men, women and children in the greater Cape Town area.
Oasis of Peace
IsraelCommunity/Family
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam is a cooperative village of Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli citizenship. The village is situated equidistant from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam was founded in 1970 on land leased (and later given) to it by the adjacent Monastery of Latroun. In 1977 the first family came to reside here. By 2006, about 52 families are settled in the village. The members of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam are demonstrating the possibility of coexistence between Jews and Palestinians by developing a community based on mutual acceptance, respect and cooperation.
Oberlin College
United StatesChildren/Education
Oberlin is a four-year, highly selective liberal arts college and conservatory of music. Founded in 1833 by a Presbyterian minister and a missionary, it holds a distinguished place among American colleges and universities. It was the first college to grant bachelor's degrees to women in a coeducational environment and, historically, was a leader in the education of African Americans. The Oberlin community is known for its academic and musical excellence and its commitment to social justice, sustainability, and diversity. Our legacy of inclusion and respect for diversity sets the tone for campus life today. The presence of a top liberal arts college and a world-class conservatory of music on a single campus is rare and enriching. Here, students live, dine, play, and study together in a community of intense learning and discovery. We revel in our differences as much as we value the sense that we are all in this together. We share a commitment to pushing the boundaries of our determination, intellect, and creativity. Together, the campus and community create a place of urban sensibility reflecting the music, art, and cultural richness of the world. Oberlin's size, residential character, variety, and selectivity provides an atmosphere that is conducive to intellectual and personal growth.
Ocean Alliance
United StatesResearch/Dev
Ocean Alliance, Inc. was founded in 1971 by biologist Roger Payne, and collects a broad spectrum of data on whales and ocean life relating particularly to toxicology, behavior, bioacoustics, and genetics. From that data we work with our scientific partners to advise educators and policy makers on wise stewardship of the oceans to: reduce pollution, prevent the collapse of marine mammal populations, maintain human access to fish and other sea life, and promote ocean and human health. Ocean Alliance is also working to reverse humanity’s general apathy about the fundamental importance of the oceans and the degree to which the future of all life on earth is dependent upon them. Ocean Alliance believes that the oceans and their marine inhabitants are a common, unique and irreplaceable asset of humanity.
Ocean Conservancy
United StatesEnvironment
Here at Ocean Conservancy, we believe it's time to look beneath the surface to see where the health of our planet really begins. It's time to recognize the source that sustains us day to day with the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe...to discover that all living things are connected to the ocean. It's time to understand that going green starts with living blue. It's time to start a sea change. Ocean Conservancy believes it's time to change our national policies to protect entire ecosystems as the surest way to solve the most critical ocean conservation challenges we face. The ocean belongs to everyone and everyone is needed to protect it.
Ocean Research and Education Society ORES
SwitzerlandAnimals/Wildlife
ORES is a dynamic international group conducting research into the ecology and habitat conditions of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Its founder Ned Lynas, a Canadian zoologist and behaviourist, directed the research for 25 seasons. Since fall 2002, the research station is directed by Ursula Tscherter in close collaboration with several other research organisations under the supervision from the Canadian departement of Fisheries & Oceans and Parcs Canada (Parc marin du Saguenay-Saint-Laurant.
Ocean Youth Trust
IrelandChildren/Education
OYTI is a youth centered organization at who's heart is experiential learning. We do not simply take young people on a boat trip, rather we bring young people on a journey of discovery about themselves, their environment and ultimately help them to find their place in society. Our greatest asset is our volunteers and our fantastic equipment. A state of the art Adventure Camp setup and a wide range of sailing and powered vessels. Together these offer a unique platform for youth development, providing the perfect environment for building mutual respect, self esteem, core values and a connection with the wider world.
Oceana
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Oceana is the largest international organization focused 100 percent on ocean conservation in the fight for healthy oceans. Our teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life. Global in scope, Oceana has campaigners based in North America (Washington, DC; Juneau, AK; Los Angeles, CA), Europe (Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Belgium) and South America (Santiago, Chile). More than 300,000 members and e-activists in over 150 countries have already joined Oceana.
Oceana
United StatesEnvironment
Oceana, founded in 2001, is the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, protecting marine ecosystems and endangered especies. Our offices in Europe, North America, Central America and South America work together on a limited number of strategic, directed campaigns to achieve measurable outcomes that will help return our oceans to former levels of abundance. We believe in the importance of science in identifying problems and solutions. Our scientists work closely with our teams of economists, lawyers and advocates to achieve tangible results for the oceans.
Oceanswatch
New ZealandAnimals/Wildlife
In close co-operation with the world's sailors, divers and academics, OceansWatch undertakes marine conservation projects and offers humanitarian aid to coastal communities in developing countries. OceansWatch offers resources, in the form of ocean-going research vessels and expertise, such as marine biologists, members training, project management and support crew. OceansWatch strengthens the link between the global yachting and diving communities and those who are actively involved in marine research, education and conservation. In the future OceansWatch will use environmentally friendly Wharram catamarans equipped with wet and dry laboratories, dive support facilities or clinics as our project lead boats, supported by members' vessels.
Ochan Self-Help Alliance
United StatesResearch/Dev
Ochan Self-Help Alliance is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity registered in the state of Maryland. This charity is operating on the ground in war-ravaged northern Uganda to support resettlement for an estimated 4,500 civilians in their original villages in Awei sub-County, Alebtong District. While the need for relief aid is great throughout the district, our focus is to support resettlement in one village at a time. The Ochan Self-Help Alliance is currently leveraged in four different projects in Northern Uganda.
OCISO
CanadaCommunity/Family
Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO) has been providing settlement and integration services to the community for 30 years. We are a multi-service agency with award-winning programs for students and schools, English language training, immigrant women, job seekers, victims of torture, families and communities. Our services help newcomers to help themselves by providing information, counselling, and support.
Odyssey House McGrath Foundation
AustraliaCommunity/Family
There are no easy answers to the problems of drug misuse in our society and the reality is that drug problems are not confined to an isolated few. However, research has consistently shown that drug rehabilitation can work. Since Odyssey House's inception in Australia over thirty years ago, it has helped more than 30,000 people with drug and alcohol problems. The drug and alcohol programs offered by Odyssey House help to provide a 'A Calm in the Sea of Addiction' for thousands of drug affected men and women and their families. Every resident involved in the program must confront the reason why they resorted to an addictive lifestyle. Residents are also taught alternative ways of dealing with the ups and downs of daily life. Odyssey House not only saves lives, but also saves the community substantial amounts of money. After completing the Odyssey House program, residents are likely to live longer, lessen their drug use, reduce crime and ease demands on health and community services.
Off Centre
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Off Centre is a counselling, therapy, advice and information service for anyone aged between 13 and 25 who lives, works or studies in Hackney. Our services are free, confidential and aimed at helping Hackney's young people to have greater control over their lives. We help people with all kinds of emotional, spiritual and practical issues. At Off Centre we strive to respond to young people's changing needs. We continue to work to find new ways of helping those who come to us. We are committed to changing and growing as a service dedicated to the mental health and well-being of Hackney's young people. Our service aims to break the vicious cycle of homelessness, deprivation and mental ill health.