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OISCA is an acronym for ORGANIZATION for INDUSTRIAL, SPIRITUAL and CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT. INDUSTRIAL refers to the promotion of agriculture and other primary industries that are fundamental to human existence. SPIRITUAL, not to be confused with "religion," focuses on the need to nurture qualities such as self-reliance, dedication to one's community, international brother-sisterhood, and respect for the Earth's ecological integrity on which life is grounded. And CULTURAL is the intent to encourage the magnificent cultural diversity that has enriched human life, and the universal need to promote cultural patterns such as peace-building. OISCA International contributes to Humanity's environmentally sustainable development through a holistic approach, emphasizing the interconnectedness of agriculture, ecological integrity, and the human spirit. OISCA International implements and advocates hands-on experiential programs for world citizens of all ages, transmitting knowledge and skills, and cultivating spiritual qualities as dedication, self-reliance, and universal brother-sisterhood.

Redress is an NGO with a mission to promote environmental sustainability in the fashion industry by reducing textile waste, pollution, water and energy consumption. We work along the fashion supply chain to achieve this and our work is grouped into our four key programmes; The EcoChic Design Award, The R Cert, Consumer Campaigns and Industry Engagement. Collectively, our four key programmes cover a sustainable fashion design competition, a recycled textile clothing standard, workshops, clothing campaigns, fashion shows, exhibitions, seminars and research. Our unique profile allows us to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders. We work with multiple fashion designers, textile and garment manufacturers, retailers, schools and universities, multilateral organisations, governments, NGOs, financial institutions and media organisations.

to mobilise its members to reintroduce sustainable Sport for All and physical activity practices into everyday lives, using the Designed to Move physical activity platform.

Zahana in Madagascar is dedicated to participatory rural development, education, revitalization of traditional Malagasy medicine, reforestation, and sustainable agriculture. It is Zahana's philosophy that participatory development must be based on local needs and solutions proposed by local people. It means asking communities what they need and working with them collaboratively so they can achieve their goals. Each community's own needs are unique and require a tailor -made response

Teach For Taiwan (hereafter, TFT) is a chartered non-profit organization that has been working towards the mission of providing youths from all academic disciplines in the country and from overseas to tackle educational inequality for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds at disadvantaged schools and communities. TFT fellowship program recruits, trains, and supports talented graduates and professionals to teach in high-need schools for 2 years, and prepares them to be lifelong leaders dedicated to educational equity for Taiwan. TFT also seeks to build a network and pass on paradigms whereby the alumni (finished two-year program) and supporters are able to navigate their career path by making a long-term impact and drive a nationwide movement to solve the educational inequality problem. TFT believes that each child should have equal rights and opportunity to realize his or her full potential, and that education should not be compromised by solvable problems. To this end, TFT has been working with schools, communities, like-minded organizations, businesses, and government to drive a nationwide movement. The systemic change TFT envisions not only entails success for children from all backgrounds, but also the collective consciousness of society advocating for a world with educational equity.

The TAPCPR has two important missions: first, giving LGBTIQ people in Taiwan the equal right to get married; second, providing adequate and equal legal and systematic protection for the ever-changing family structures in Taiwan.

The Child Welfare League Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to child welfare, both in the fields of direct and indirect services. In order to advocate for children's rights and raise awareness of child welfare issues, we work on improving legislation, coordinating a network of related child welfare agencies and organizations, as well as monitoring the government's child welfare system and policies, so as to create a better environment for our children. CWLF was first established in Taipei in 1991. The Kaohsiung branch was later established in December 1997, followed by the Taichung branch in 1998. CWLF in collaboration with the Taiwan Provincial Government also founded the Missing Children Data Resource Center in Taichung.

An-An Slow Angels' Family Support Association, Yi- lan, Taiwan Establishment Day: Dec 11,2010 Document No.: Yilan County Government No. 0990188908 http:// www.ananangel.org.tw http://www.facebook.com/YilanAnAn Association Introduction The Association is committed to promoting and caring for children under 15 years old with special needs and their families, providing parenting groups and parent-child growth activities. Brief Services In recent years, it has continued to handle parent-child activities such as roller skates, taiko drums, pinch and percussion musical activity,. It is fun to teach and provide slow- angel families to get out of their homes and participate in parent-child learning activities. Encourage parents to know and accompany each other. In addition, it also continued to empower slow-angels parents with growth activities and groups and to establish helpful parent-supportive chains. Our mission With the concept of supporting and accompanying families with special needs, this association gathers social resources and is committed to promoting related services and activities that care for children with special needs and their families. Main service subjects : special needs school children, their siblings, and parents . ( Children with special needs include autism, cerebral palsy, developmental delay, mental retardation, Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disorder etc.) Service content and features : 1. We accompany the slow-angel family to grow up through parent-child art , musical activities and sports such as roller skates and table tennis ,by creating acceptance, inclusive, interactive and diverse learning environments, also the parents and siblings can participate together, by the way hope to empower parenting capacity and enhance family parent-child relationship. 2. Held parenting lectures / support groups : provide medical, special education, social welfare and other related information to improve the quality of education and care, while establishing a family-to- family mutual support system, so that parents have a sense of belonging, when encountering low ebb, they can seek support and assistance from a homogeneous group of parents without feeling lonely or afraid anymore.( http://www.ananaward .org.tw) 3. Establish the "Young Investigators Award of Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Science- Li Xiang Award " : to encourage domestic young researches related to developmental delay, severe epilepsy, children brain tumors. 4. We also work with family visits and care by telephone call, with referral of school resources and welfare resources .

Ashinaga is a Japanese foundation headquartered in Tokyo. We provide financial support and emotional care to young people around the world who have lost either one or both parents. With a history of more than 55 years, our support has enabled more than 110,000 orphaned students to gain access to higher education. From 2001, we expanded our activities internationally, with our first office abroad in Uganda. Since then, we have established new offices in Senegal, the US, Brazil, the UK, and France to support the Ashinaga Africa Initiative. The Ashinaga movement began after President and Founder, Yoshiomi Tamai's mother was hit by a car in 1963, putting her in a coma, and she passed away soon after. Tamai and a group of likeminded individuals went on to found the Association for Traffic Accident Orphans in 1967. Through public advocacy, regular media coverage and the development of a street fundraising system, the association was able to set in motion significant improvements in national traffic regulations, as well as support for students bereaved by car accidents across Japan. Over time, the Ashinaga movement extended its financial and emotional support to students who had lost their parents by other causes, including illness, natural disaster, and suicide. The Ashinaga-san system, which involved anonymous donations began in 1979. This was inspired by the Japanese translation of the 1912 Jean Webster novel Daddy-Long-Legs. In 1993, Ashinaga was expanded to include offering residential facilities to enable financially disadvantaged students to attend universities in the more expensive metropolitan areas. Around this time Ashinaga also expanded its summer programs, or tsudoi, at which Ashinaga students could share their experiences amongst peers who had also lost parents. The 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck the Kobe area with a magnitude of 6.9, taking the lives of over 6,400 people and leaving approximately 650 children without parents. Aided by financial support from both Japan and abroad, Ashinaga established its first ever Rainbow House, a care facility for children to alleviate the resultant trauma. March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan, causing a major tsunami, vast damage to the Tohoku region, and nearly 16,000 deaths. Thousands of children lost their parents as a result. Ashinaga responded immediately, establishing a regional office to aid those students who had lost parents in the catastrophe. With the assistance of donors from across the world, Ashinaga provided emergency grants of over $25,000 each to over 2,000 orphaned students, giving them immediate financial stability in the wake of their loss. Ashinaga also built Rainbow Houses in the hard-hit communities of Sendai City, Rikuzentakata, and Ishinomaki, providing ongoing support to heal the trauma inflicted by the disaster. Over the past 55 years Ashinaga has raised over $1 billion (USD) to enable about 110,000 orphaned students to access higher education in Japan.