Conflicts around the world leave individuals and their families at risk of persecution. The non-profit organisation No One Left Behind provides emergency assistance for housing, food, and other essentials for at-risk special immigrant visa recipients abroad, and resettlement support for the newly arrived as they begin new lives in the United States. For over a decade, No One Left Behind has provided thousands of families with case support and sustainment services. Funds raised for this cause will support refugees escaping conflict zones and building a future, with humanitarian aid and resettlement assistance. 

At least one in six individuals live with a disability, while 40% of individuals from adolescence and older have experienced a mental disorder at some point in life. Equine therapy allows participants to participate in grooming, feeding, leading and riding horses. This enhances the quality of life of disabled people as horse riding can stimulate cognitive ability. The shift in perception, cognition and physical activity engaging with animals can also alleviate emotional distress. Equine therapy is used to help people rebuild their lives from substance abuse disorders, support physical, occupational and speech therapy, and mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, ADHD, autism and more. 

We support the welfare of therapeutic mental health animals, in particular Riding for the Disabled, to provide food and infrastructure to support horses. Find out more about equine therapy in Australia here.

Donating to this cause will support food and maintenance bills for horses and the patients they support.

Researchers are uncovering the genetic and environmental factor basis to human cellular degeneration in disease and aging. While most of the 37 trillion cells in our bodies are constantly turning over within our organs, within each cell, 46 bundles of DNA (chromosomes), are constantly being manufactured, damaged, or repaired. 

Genetic damage can occur at single positions or stretches of DNA that encode RNA, ultimately disrupting the structure or function of proteins that serve any cellular process. Damage can also occur at the epigenetic level, with chemical modifications that control what genes are expressed.

Environmental genetic and cellular damage sources can include exposure to airborne particles, pollution, plastic or wood particles, heavy metal or microbial toxins, UV exposure from sunlight, but also carcinogens in cigarettes, vaping, alcohol, as well as obesity or starvation

It isn't possible to control what genes we're born with, but we can reduce the risk and progression of disease with a healthy lifestyle of a balanced diet, exercise, avoiding exposure to alcohol, smoking, sunlight and other environmental toxicity factors. Learn about evidence-based fundamentals with us.