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To bring together the global palliative care community to improve well-being and reduce unnecessary suffering for those in need of palliative care in collaboration with the regional and national hospice and palliative care organisations and other partners.

The UK-Bangladesh Education Trust seeks to contribute to the relief of poverty, social injustice and exclusion from civil society in Bangladesh through innovative programs run in partnership with local individuals, organizations and agencies. The UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET) is a registered charity in UK) and International NGO in Bangladesh. Founded in 1993, it has built strong educational links between the two countries to provide educational training and support in Bangladesh. At present, we have three programs. Please find brief description of them : 1. Doorstep learning project (DSLP) for the children engaged in domestic labour : Research and surveys conducted by ILO, UNICEF, Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) and Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS), indicate that more than 4 million children and adults are employed as domestic workers in Bangladesh and 83% of these, mostly children, are female. The employment of children doing domestic work is in violation of the national convention 1989, United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child (CRC), ILO minimum age Convention (No.138) and the ILO's worst form of Child Labour Convention (No.182). In addition to working in harsh and demanding conditions and facing abuse and exploitation, children doing domestic work are deprived of the opportunity to access education. Approximately one-third of domestic workers are not literate, 37% can only write their names and less than a quarter (23%) have any experience of primary level education. Child domestic workers can also suffer from extremely low self-esteem and confidence linked to humiliation, abuse and mistreatment from employers; lack of time with families and friends; being unaware of their rights; their socio-economic condition. Child domestic workers are often exposed to physical, mental and sexual violence by their employers. Physical violence, torture, sometimes leading to fatal injuries, and suicide are not uncommon. Child domestic workers can face beating, having their heads banged against the wall, cigarette burns, sexual harassment and rape. Non-payment of salary is also used as a form of control. UK Bangladesh Education Trust (UKBET) has initiated "Doorstep learning project"- an innovative project for the education, rehabilitation and over all wellbeing of these children. Child domestic workers are unlikely to be allowed to walk/travel to a nearby education centre by their employers. To be responsive to these issues, and to maximise the project's impact, we take the learning opportunities directly to the child domestic workers' doorsteps. The project starts with careful and sensitive negotiations with the working children's parents/carers and employers as their 'buy-in' and support is essential for the success of the project and to help create the socio-cultural context for subsequent shifts in perspectives, policies and practice. The innovative project involves the following: - undertake awareness-raising among domestic workers, their parents/carers and employers - train and support teachers recruited from targeted community to provide literacy, numeracy and life skills classes, support and signposting/referrals for child domestic workers and their families - provide 1:1 and small group literacy, numeracy and life skills programmes for child domestic workers at or near the homes in which they work - provide regular leisure/enrichment activities - undertake awareness-raising activities including public meetings and workshops - monitor and evaluate the impact of the project - develop and freely share an intervention model with supporting guidance and materials to support replication and upscaling nationally. The project has started working in 08 different wards of Sylhet City Corporation (north eastern city of Bangladesh) involving 96 Children, 85% of whom are girls, from January, 2019. Since there is a huge demand for our work, we would like to expand to the other 19 wards of Sylhet City Corporation and other areas of Bangladesh. The children undertaking domestic work who will benefit from the donation are some of the most vulnerable and exploited children in the world. The Doorstep Learning project will engage, support and have a transformative impact for children doing domestic work, 80% girls, aged between 5 to 14 years old. 2. UKBET's working children project for the children engaged in domestic labour: One morning, Munna, a boy of 12 and a welder, woke up and struggled to open his eyes. He was in extreme pain as his eyes were burning. His friends said that he had been injured by the gas from a welding machine. Like many other working children, he spends his days welding without any safety glasses. 13 year old Abu Sufian used to work in a lathe machine workshop in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He had a potentially fatal injury at work when a heavy metal bar dropped on to one of his legs. He had to undergo major surgery as his femoral artery was almost ruptured. It took him almost a year to recover from this injury and to be able to walk again. In Bangladesh 3.4 million children are engaged as child laborers. Among them 1.2 million like Munna or Abu Sufian are working in hazardous and exploitative conditions in the informal economy. They frequently suffer from accidents and injuries due to the absence of any health and safety measures. Working very long hours in unsafe conditions like these, has a serious and long-lasting physical and psychological impact on these children. UKBET has initiated "UKBET's working children project"- a project to support working children move from hazardous work into formal education or vocational training or non-hazardous work. With permission from their parents and employers, children come to UKBET's Centres for Working Children several times a week. This is an important opportunity for them to develop their skills in literacy and numeracy as well as learning important life skills. The project activities also include awareness raising program for the families of the children and the employers who employ children in hazardous work, and support to raise the income level of the families so that they would not need to send their other children to work. Impact: - 700 children have been taken under the project in Sylhet which is a north eastern city of Bangladesh. - 390 children have been withdrawn from hazardous work - 240 children have joined school or vocational training. - 400 employers have attended awareness-raising programs and health- safety workshop series (16 programs are included in this series) - 300 employers have been trained on first aid. They have been provided with first aid boxes and other safety items as a measure to reduce the dangers at work as first instance. - 130 families are supported to raise their income - Almost 0% other children belonging to families of the children involved with the project, have joined work because of our robust awareness-raising - The culture of employing children has been radically changed and the employment of children has decreased in our project areas. Challenge: Prevalence of Child Labour is a common phenomenon in most of the least developed and developing countries and Bangladesh is no exception. Instead of going to school and passing their childhood with joy, many children are compelled to work for their family and livelihoodIn 2013, the government of Bangladesh officially identified 38 different types of work as being 'hazardous'. The Government also legislated that anyone under 18 should not be employed to do hazardous work. Despite this, UKBET's local research shows that even just within Sylhet (north eastern city of Bangladesh), approximately 3,000 children from as young as 8 years old, are doing high-risk hazardous work such as car repairs, paint stripping, spray painting and operating lathe and steel cutting machines and welding tools - in their bare feet and with no protective clothing at all. In line with this national policy and local need, this project aims to rehabilitate the hazardous working children by bringing them back to mainstream education, safer workplaces and conducive working environments. The project has adopted a comprehensive model where both rights based approach and need based approach work together in a complementary manner. The involvement of all primary stakeholders e.g. children, parents, employers, government agencies, local NGOs working on this issue, lawyers working with victims, as well as education providers and local elites, is a unique strategy of this project. The result so far confirms that the expansion of the project with these activities will change the culture of employing children significantly, making any continuing practices safer and ultimately radically reducing the number of child laborers. Our Awareness and Advocacy campaign will make parents and the wider public understand that sending a child into an unsafe work environment is irresponsible and a shame on the whole community. Similarly, employers employing child labour in an unsafe environment will not be able to avoid the accusation of exploitation and exposure. The ultimate beneficiaries of the project will be the children whom we will introduce into formal and informal education programs. So far we have worked with only 700 children in Sylhet City. We would like to take the benefits of the project to many other children who are engaged in hazardous work. 3. Teacher training project: As a nation, Bangladesh recognises that fluency and use of English is key to enhancing its ability to play a key role in the global economy. UKBET has been running training courses in English language teaching and learning development since 1993 and have trained over 3,500 school teachers. Our programmes are organised in partnership with Learning Unlimited , St' Giles Educational Trust,UK

AIPC Pandora is a non-profit organization that works to generate the knowledge and the capacity of action needed at the international level for the construction of a more just and peaceful world. For this, we develop Global Learning Experiences for educational, intercultural, solidarity or professional insertion in one of the 57 countries in which we are present. We work both in Outbound / Outbound and Inbound / Host projects in Spain, offering transformative experiences based on the "Learning-Service" methodology that form global citizens in how to intervene in the great challenges of the world today.

We work in partnership with others across the globe - people who are deafblind, their families, carers and other professionals to ensure anyone facing challenges because of deafblindness has access to advice, guidance and support.

Through innovation, creative excellence and professional networking, Stairway Foundation strives for universal promotion and upholding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

Our mission is to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in Asia and contribute to a more livable and healthy Asia for everyone, both now and in the future. Working in partnership with stakeholders from throughout the world to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, Clean Air Asia is having, and will continue to have, a major impact by being a platform for change.

VISION: To see medical, literacy, education, agricultural, water and sanitation programmes established in countries as needed using HADA as the aid organisation. AIMS: HADA works in partnership with communities throughout the world to provide compassion, relief, training and development. OBJECTIVES: The objects for which the association is established are - To provide direct relief to people who are experiencing poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, destitution and/or helplessness of such seriousness as would arouse pity or compassion in the community. As a means of achieving this, the organisation will undertake the following activities: 2.1. To provide administrative and logistical support to new and existing projects. 2.2. To provide skills and training with the object of achieving autonomy for the projects. 2.3. To provide and support plans for the development of communities in ways which will improve their quality of life. 2.4. To do such other things of a social, community or benevolent nature as will assist in the creation of a better society. 2.5. To integrate all projects as part of the local community.

We're creating the world's biggest and most empowering sports club where people in underrepresented communities can discover their potential. We power inclusive access to sports, starting where it's most needed: in refugee camps. Through our clubhouses and our brand, we connect across borders.

The association's sole and immediate purpose is to provide development aid and to help combat poverty and need in developing countries. The affected people should be given a dignified life and a sustainable improvement in their living conditions should be achieved. The activities of the association expressly exclude making a profit.

UK PROJECTS: Homeless services: - Two Step ? access to private sector housing - Tenancy Training Recovery services: - One Day At A Time (ODAAT) - addiction recovery - Supported housing Volunteerism: - Supporting volunteer led programmes OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT: - Fund-raising, mentoring, and support

Founded in 1999 by environmental attorney and activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and several veteran Waterkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance is a global movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol and protect over 100,000 miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. Waterkeepers defend their communities against anyone who threatens their right to clean water - from law-breaking polluters to unresponsive government agencies. Made up of nearly 200 local Waterkeeper organizations, Waterkeeper Alliance keeps Waterkeepers connected, provides them with legal, scientific and communications support, and unites their voices as they take on major global water issues together.

Vision: To be a Centre of Excellence for anti-acid and gender-based violence, to build an equitable Bangladesh where there is zero violence against women and children. Mission: To protect, prevent and empower victims of violence and help re-integrate them back into society. ASF survivors have the chance to dignified lives through our program's holistic bio-psycho-social model. ASF programs work closely with Bangladesh Government, and engages national and international stakeholders, and is backed by cutting-edge research and evidence.