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Promote the production of knowledge and its democratization, contributing to the development of society.
Crossing Borders (CB) is a non-profit, non-partisan civil society organisation. The vision of CB is a world in peace with itself in which diversity is celebrated. The mission is to create dialogue space toward such a world and to build the capacity of youth, media workers and educators to realise the above vision. The overall goal is to enable people with different backgrounds to learn to live together on equal terms. Crossing Borders started as a project in 1999 in Denmark in support of meaningful dialogue between the conflict parties in the Middle East. In response to increased activities and demands for the CB concept and services, it was transformed, in 2004, into a dynamic organization with activities in Denmark and abroad.
Mission To promote social transformation through culture and art, equalizing access to opportunities and reducing inequalities. Vision To be recognized as a national reference in inclusive and collaborative socio-cultural initiatives. Values Accessibility and Equality Inclusion and Diversity Equity and Racial Justice
1) Promote activities and care of citizenship, culture, art and environment for children, adolescents and families; 2) Provide Basic Social Assistance Service, free of charge, according to the Unified System of Social Assistance (SUAS), to children, family members and the community, through the Service of Coexistence and Strengthening of Bonds (SCFV), preventing the occurrence of situations of social exclusion. The services are organized in groups, through meetings, actions and activities, with preventive, protective and proactive function, in relation to the rights of users, with a view to strengthening their family and community bonds; 3) Implement and execute self-commince methods of mediation and conciliation, assisting in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, building public policies focused on the culture of Peace. Contribute in a differentiated way to the development of the human being in its entirety, thus establishing greater social justice through the education and integral formation of children and adolescents, helping them to feel able to transform society into a better place.
We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures, and we share in the development of their communities.
Collaborate with the development of children and adolescents with foster care and sheltering experiences in order to empower them to take ownership and transform their stories.
Educate children, adolescents, youth and their families to social leadership, using sports as a main driving tool in the construction of values for social development.
Associacao Viva a Vida's mission is the empowerment of adolescents and young people within a context of social risk so that they can make healthy choices and develop self-esteem, autonomy and control over their lives; the work focuses on educational, artistic, cultural, socio-environmental, sport and leisure activities, and community mobilization for the prevention of drug abuse, to combat violence and guarantee Human Rights.
Give youth from less developed areas opportunities for a better future through education and employment.
The Institute has social goals related to the provision of aid, advice, the defense and guarantee of the rights of adolescents, youth and their families, and it also: I Promotes labor market integration, by improving the quality of professional education and training; II Offers social safety actions that enable the promotion of protagonism, citizen participation, the mediation of access to the labor world and social mobilization for building collective strategies; III Provides aid to adolescents and to professional education in carrying out apprenticeship programs; IV Provides methodical technical and professional training for adolescents, compatible with their physical, moral and psychological development; V Promotes work by means of apprenticeship, acting as an integration agent between apprentices and companies, according to applicable legislation; VI Liaison with other public policies related to labor market integration; VII Works together with groups focused on strengthening bonds and developing behavior and skills for entering the labor world; monitoring is carried out throughout the process; VIII Promotes political and citizenship training, developing, rescuing and/or strengthening protagonism by means of permanent critical thinking as a condition of personal growth and construction of autonomy, for social interaction; IX Promotes the required support for youth with disabilities and their families aimed at acknowledging and strengthening their potentials and skills for labor world integration; X Coordination of social aid benefits and services in promoting integration into the labor world, the defense and dissemination of ethics, citizenship, human rights and other universal values.
We believe that each one deserves to be happy and that is why every day we stand beside children, adolescents, young people and the elderly so that they are protagonists of the transformation of life and society. Our mission is to provide shelter for children, adolescents, young people and the elderly, which aims to enable a safer, happier future with more opportunities
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.