Region / Location: India
More than 13 million people in India are blind; two million of them are children. With the knowledge and equipment now available, up to 80 percent of blindness cases are curable or preventable.
Region / Location: Haiti
Following the devastating hurricance in January in Haiti, the Spirit of Big Five Foundation is supporting the work of Edeyo, a non-profit working on the ground in Port-au-Prince to help children and their families.
Region / Location: Galapagos Islands / Ecuador
To help protect the endangered ecosystem in the Galapagos Islands, the Fundación Galapagos conducts a variety of conservation projects from coastal clean-up to education to recycling solid waste.
Region / Location: Kibera Slums, Nairobi / Kenya
Helgeo Hope Centre is a non-profit charity dedicated to assisting and supporting destitute children and their families, youth with special needs, and poor women in the Kibera slums of Nairobi.
Region / Location: Cambodia / Koh Ker
Heritage Watch was founded in 2003 as a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Cambodia's cultural heritage.
Region / Location: Kenya / Kendu Bay
More than half of all children in Kendu Bay fail to complete a primary education due to extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS-related parental deaths.
Region / Location: Central America / Belize
SEA is a community conservation organization working to protect critically important marine protected areas of the Belize Barrier Reef, the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere.
Region / Location: Kenya / Nairobi
St. Nicholas Center and Children's Home is dedicated to helping some of Kenya's most forgotten children through education, care and outreach.
Region / Location: India / Bihar
Veerayatan was founded more than 30 years ago in Bihar, India to help provide for some of the poorest of India’s citizens through medical care and education.
Region / Location: Peru / Willoq
Big Five Tours, in conjunction with Peruvian Odyssey, has worked with the residents of this small Andean community to improve their living standard