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Fundacion Lukas

Fundacion Lukas is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2009 with the aim of improving the quality of life of the families and people with severe multiple disabilities. What is Severe Multiple Disability? Severe Multiple Disability (hereinafter DMS) is considered to be the condition of children, youth and adults who present different types of disability: physical, intellectual and / or sensory, simultaneously, with a high degree of or total dependence of their basic activities on a daily basis. The DMS implies a series of "challenges" and needs in the daily life of the person who has it and that of his/her family and / or caregivers:Physical and emotional dependence: food, health, hygiene, emotional and social relationships, etc. - Difficulty in communication due to limited or non-existent language. - Difficulty in movement / displacement due to not being able to walk. - Need for adaptations and technical aids in the home and in the vehicle. - Special needs in food, hygiene, health, etc. - Medical complications: risk of epilepsy, malnutrition, degenerative diseases and medical complications that reduce their quality of life. - Daily physical and emotional effort. - Family fracture due to the difficult handling of the situation and due to not receiving psychological attention. - Feelings of loneliness, fear, uncertainty, exhaustion, etc. - Complete dedication. - Social rejection. - Economic impact. Short life expectancy.Faced with this daily struggle, the most important thing for a person with DMS is to achieve a good quality of life and a decent existence. For this, we have to go beyond the mere satisfaction of their basic needs. In 2014 we opened the doors of the FLK Center for young people with disabilities in Alicante, and in October 2016 the overnight stays began at the House-Home of the FLK Center. The Therapy Center offers an innovative and fully adapted resource that responds to the rehabilitation and therapy needs of people with functional diversity. It works at developing and enhancing the motor, cognitive and sensitive abilities of people with functional diversity. We include the family as an essential element to achieve maximum therapeutic benefit. In the three years of operation of the Therapy Center, we have carried out more than 2,000 therapies, including hydrotherapy, physiotherapy in the specially designed rooms and occupational therapy.

Elina Svitolina Foundation

Elina Svitolina Foundation is founded by the best Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina and since 2019 has executed its mission in Ukraine. Foundation focuses on popularization of tennis as well as the creation of favorable conditions for the development of youth sports and supports talented kids. The Foundation programs and activities: refugee program for tennis players, annual tennis camp for kids under 12, scholarships and grants for young tennis talents, training programs at international tennis academies, help talented children participate in international tournaments, sports equipment and apparel, mental health program. Up to 500 talented Ukrainian tennis players have benefited from our programs. The Foundation acts and supports United Nation Sustainable Development Goals - good health and wellbeing, quality education, gender equality. Since the war began we have not been able to carry out the operational activities of the Foundation in full, so in April 2022 a branch of Elina Svitolina Foundation was registered in Bulgaria. In the first days after February, 24 Elina Svitolina Foundation re-focused its efforts on helping young Ukrainian tennis players forced to go abroad. During five months, when the girls and boys were adapting to life in other countries, in temporary homes, they were under the full care of Elina Svitolina Foundation, which paid for their accommodation, food, training and provided the necessary equipment. The sportsmen trained at tennis academies and centers in France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.

Empieza por Educar

We are a non-profit organisation working to contribute to equal opportunities in education. Our mission is based on 2 points: 1. To create a network of professionals working for educational equity from inside and outside the classroom. Each year we carry out the ExE Programme, a professional development programme aimed at those who aspire to generate educational and social change for the benefit of equal opportunities for all children. Our value proposition can be summarised as follows: Attracting and selecting, Graduates with the talent to become great teachers and with the commitment to seek educational transformation in pursuit of equity. For two years they teach in schools in disadvantaged environments, pursuing the growth of their students and learning from direct experience the causes and consequences of educational inequality. Training and support, Through an extensive programme for the development of teaching and systemic leadership competencies that maximise the impact on their students, the community where they teach and the education system in the long term. Empowering and connecting, After the programme, we accelerate participants' professional careers towards those areas that have the greatest impact on educational equity. This generates a network of professionals who drive educational change from inside and outside the classroom. 2. Collaborating with the social and educational ecosystem to leave no student behind. We are convinced that the journey towards equal opportunities is only possible by adding and joining other people and organisations. For this reason, we work with others through projects that accelerate our impact and we collaborate with entities with which we share the challenge of educational equity.

Fundacion integra

Fundacion Integra helps people in social exclusion and people with disabilities to find a second chance through employment, having reached over 20,500 jobs for these vulnerable groups since its creation in 2001. The foundation works under the strong belief that work dignifies the person and that we all should have the right to equal employment opportunities. This is why we support vulnerable groups such as inmates and former inmates, former drug addicts, homeless people, women victims of gender violence, prostitution or human trafficking, and people with disabilities among others, to find a job that will change their lives. To do so, Fundacion Integra leverages its network of partners, collaborating with over 300 social entities and 100 companies and carrying out labor intermediation to match companies' needs with our candidates' profiles. As part of the job search journey, Fundacion Integra offers its beneficiaries the opportunity to participate in a training program delivered by corporate volunteers from partner companies that share our mission. Thanks to this program, beneficiaries develop the soft and digital skills they need to have a successful job search, while we raise awareness among employees on the importance of promoting diversity and inclusion at the workplace and support companies to implement their sustainability strategies following ESG criteria.

Stichting Women Win

Women Win's vision is that of a world in which every adolescent girl and young woman fully exercises her rights. Our mission is to advance the playing field that empowers girls through sport and play. Women Win is the global leader in girls and women's empowerment through sport. We leverage the power of play to help adolescent girls and young women build leadership skills and become better equipped to exercise their rights. Since 2007, we have impacted the lives of 2,822,400 adolescent girls and young women directly and indirectly in over 100 countries. This is possible thanks to collaborations with a wide variety of grassroots women's organisations, companies, development organisations, sports bodies and government agencies. Women Win currently supports initiatives in Asia, Africa, Middle East, North and South America. Our work is focused on empowering girls and young women through sport, emphasising the prevention of gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and economic empowerment. In practice this involves developing high quality specialised tools and curricula; delivering training and capacity building workshops; monitoring and evaluation tools and systems development; and providing strategic and programmatic support. Women Win invests in and manages a diverse portfolio of global partners with approximately 1.5 million euros of direct funding granted annually.

Inclusion and Support Aprocor Foundation

Inclusion and Support Aprocor Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 1989. We support people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Our mission is to contribute to improve their quality of life, supporting their life plan and promoting a social inclusion model in all areas. We believe in each person, in their strengths, abilities and in their valuable contribution to society. We accompany them to exercise their rights to full citizenship. Our strategy is to inquire about their dreams, goals and their needs, so we can search for opportunities and offer the best support. Our aim is to be a fully centered person organization.

THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMSSIONER FOR REFUGEES

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building a better future for people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. We lead international action to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people.

Donation & Transplantation Institute

DTI's mission is to save millions of lives by advancing organ donations and transplantation training. ------ OUR COMMITMENT 1. Raise organ donations around the world 2. Improve society's quality of life 3. Support regenerative medicine ----- AT DTI, we advise and support public and private international entities of the health sector in the creation, development and strengthening of networks, programs, services and / or research in donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and human cells, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the people.

femLENS MTU

femLENS' mission is to visually educate and make technologically aware the most vulnerable and resourceless women of our society through documentary photography made accessible by mobile phone cameras and cheaper point and shoot cameras.

Habitat International Coalition

The Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is the global network for rights related to habitat. Through solidarity, networking and support for social movements and organizations, HIC struggles for social justice, gender equality, and environmental sustainability, and works in the defense, promotion and realization of human rights related to housing and land in both rural and urban areas.

Fundacion Sonrisas de Bombay

To transform the social reality of Mumbai to ensure respect for Human Rights and guarantee access to a decent life for the most disadvantaged communities in Mumbai.

Coopera - Jovenes para la cooperacion internacional al desarrollo

Coopera's MISSION is to carry out projects that improve the quality of life of our beneficiaries and contribute to reducing poverty and injustice in the world. We are committed to Education as the engine of progress. Access to education at any of its levels, education and professional training are the objective of our projects and are always present in them, whether they are educational or from other areas. We work in Development Cooperation Projects in African and South American countries in areas of education, training and professional training; in agricultural, environmental and food sovereignty projects. We work with communities and mainly with women. In Spain and Europe we mainly work on social awareness through Education for Development projects. For this we have our own Development Education Strategy. A third pillar of our activity is the Social Projects with which we try to promote people, especially women in long-term unemployment, from our immediate environment. We also work in health protection programs for children in Africa