Operation Groundswell is proud to work with the following organizations:

• Project Equity (www.projectequity.org): Project Equity International is an umbrella group dedicated to inspirational new youth-led projects. As an umbrella organization and a registered Canadian non-profit, Project Equity supports Operation Groundswell in too many ways to count.
• Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (www.ysec.org): Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC) seeks to provide a hub for young Canadian entrepreneurs looking to do good in the world. YSEC has provided Operation Groundswell with business development and strategic long-term planning.
• Canadian Roots (www.canadianroots.ca) Canadian Roots: An offshoot of Operation Groundswell last year, Canadian Roots took the OG model and created a domestic trip option by bringing First Nations and non-First Nations Canadians for week-long excursions.
• Horizons Children’s Centre (www.horizonscentre.org): Horizons Children’s Centre (HCC) is an orphanage serving over two dozen boys in the rural northern community of Sandema, Ghana. Operation Groundswell is proud to have worked with HCC for the past three years and will continue to do so in the future.
• Kiva (www.kiva.org): The world’s leading person-to-person micro-lending website, Kiva has pioneered microfinance in the 21st century. Operation Groundswell will be donating at least 40% of all money fundraised by participants (roughly $40,000) directly to borrowers in our destination regions.
• Mirror Foundation (www.mirrorartgroup.org): The Mirror Foundation is a non-profit NGO in northern Thailand run by and for indigenous hill-tribe people. Operation Groundswell SE Asia Discovery will spend the major portion of the group volunteer project with Mirror instituting a water supply system in a variety of hill-tribe villages.
• Rabbis for Human Rights (www.rhr.org.il): Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) seeks to prevent human rights violations in and around Israel. Operation Groundswell Middle East worked extensively with RHR in 2008, helping to build mud-brick homes in the Palestinian Territories.
• Sadhana Forest Project (www.sadhanaforest.org) The Sadhana Forest Project, located in southeastern India, is a sustainable living community where volunteers contribute by reforesting the area, growing organic produce and educating about sustainable living practices. Operation Groundswell India is excited to be visiting Sadhana this coming year.
• Santa Anita La Union (www.santaanitafinca.com/index.html) Santa Anita la Unión is an organic coffee and banana growing community formed by ex-guerilla combatants who fought during the 36-year internal armed conflict that ravaged Guatemala until 1996. Operation Groundswell Guatemala will be spending a week planting coffee with this great community.