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EIFL's mission is to enable access to knowledge through libraries in developing and transition countries in order to contribute to sustainable economic and social development.

Our purpose is to reduce poverty, bring hope and solidarity to poor communities or individuals in France and worldwide. We bring assistance to families, children and young people but also to the most vulnerable (homelesses, migrants, prisoners etc.). We fight against isolation, help them to find employement and we ensure their social reintegration. We provide emergency responses but also long term support, development aid and we work on the causes of poverty. The action of Secours Catholique finds all its meaning in a global vision of poverty which aims at restoring the human person's dignity and is part and parcel of sustainable development. To do so, six key principles guide this action, both in France and abroad: Promoting the place and words of people living in situations of poverty Making each person a main player of their own development Joining forces with people living in situations of poverty Acting for the development of the human person in all its aspects Acting on the causes of poverty and exclusion Arousing solidarity The actions of Secours Catholique are implemented by a network of local teams of volunteers integrated into the diocesan delegations and supported by the volunteers and employees of the national headquarters. On an international level, Secours Catholique acts in cooperation with its partners of the Caritas Internationalis network. Key figures of Secours Catholique: 100 diocesan or departmental delegations 4,000 local teams 65,000 volunteers 974 employees 2,174 reception centres 3 centres : Cite Saint-Pierre in Lourdes, Maison d'Abraham in Jerusalem, Cedre in Paris 18 housing centres managed by the Association des Cites of Secours Catholique 162 Caritas Internationalis partners 600,000 donors Every year Secours Catholique encounters almost 700,000 situations of poverty and receives 1.6 million people (860,000 adults and 740,000 children). This daily mission led in the field by the local teams and delegations, with the support of national headquarters, pursues three major objectives which aim at exceeding the distribution action and limited aid: Receiving to reply to the primary needs (supplying food and/or health care aid, proposing accommodation, establishing an exchange and a fraternal dialogue, etc) Supporting to restore social ties (bringing together people in difficulty with an aim to reinsertion, encouraging personal initiatives and collective projects, establishing a mutual support helper-receiver of help relationship, etc) Developing to strengthen solidarity (proposing long lasting solutions, establishing a follow-up over the long term, encouraging collective actions carried out by people in difficulty etc.)

Our Mission is to equip and celebrate new generation of African thinkers, leaders and innovators.

RIJ is an independent non-profit organization that funds projects for people displaced by conflict around the world. RIJ supports projects that provide opportunities for people to lead an independent normal life while staying near to home and their loved ones; projects that enable people to give back to the community and make valuable contributions to the local economy as well as rebuilding their own future.

To empower the library and information community to actively promote the African development agenda through dynamic services that transform livelihoods.

To work in partnership with others to restore hope, grow capacity, and promote community through relief and development initiatives that help transform lives, including our own."

CIFOR advances human well-being, equity and environmental integrity by conducting innovative research, developing partners' capacity and actively engaging in dialogue with all stakeholders to inform policies and practices that affect forests and people.

The IBC, International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation was founded in 1999 to provide input in improving the lives of the people suffering, especially the most disadvantaged section of the world population and this initiative turned into foundation, which is officially registered to Turkish Laws and Regulation as NGO permitted for international activities with registration number 4820. IBC's strengths upon three core elements; - General Assembly's and Board of Director's vision embracing all human beings without discrimination and awareness of the necessity for the civil society to actively contribute in the healthy development of the society itself. - Existing cooperation schemes with local, national and international actors and the willingness to improve and enlarge these ties. - IBC's organizational structure characterized by transparency and accountability, flexibility, open to communication and cooperation, functional and cross-functional working and considerable autonomy in decision-making. In the years, with the aim and intention to increase its effectiveness internationally, IBC became a member of ICVA International Council of Voluntary Agencies having its headquarters in Geneva on April 2003. On the 13th General Assembly held on March 2006, IBC was elected to the Board of Directors of the organization. IBC has applied to UN Economic and Social Council to have Special Consultant Status in order to contribute to the work of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies in cooperation with other NGOs. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and for formulating policy recommendations addressed to Member States and the United Nations system. "The Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations" of IBC has been approved on July 2006.

This project will save millions of life in Burundi in general we can exploit people in their professions for exploitation of their artistic works Burundi is the first poor country in the world ranking, almost 80% live in very difficult conditions You can save life if you support our projects through our community of national artistic unity organization

PIDO's Background People's Initiative Development Organization (PIDO) was first founded under the name WUNDA "Western Upper Nile Development Action" in 2005 and legally registered in the year 2009. Due to nation-wide demand, the Organization expanded in its strategic objectives and geographical coverage in the Republic of South Sudan and beyond. 1.2 Mission Promote a culture of sound governance and expand socio-economic development. Thus PIDO is an agent for change, promotion of the culture for sound governance and soci-economic development. PIDO adopts community participatory approaches to mobilize and sensitize for gender equality for men and women in order to part take in peace building and mediating conflict resolution. 1.3 Vision Stable, thriving, equal, democratic and inclusive culture for all society in South Sudan. PIDO's vision of gender equality, as a core value, aims at the elimination of discrimination against women and girls. PIDO intends to empower women to achieve equal partnership and benefits of development, human rights protection and to see stable thriving, democratic and inclusive South Sudan. 1.4 GOAL The restoration of human livelihood in the devastated regions. 1.5 Objectives The strategic objectives of PIDO are to: Promote peaceful civic actions as a response to the threats of war and human rights abuses; Support dialogue, nation building, and peace dissemination as the best strategy for conflict resolution among the people; Enhance democracy and good governance at local, state and national levels to ensure legitimacy of Governors and accountability to the governed Advocate for the promotion of human rights, democratic rights of vulnerable and disadvantage group in the society; Transform the country into a knowledge -based middle-income country, thereby reducing poverty, and health problems and build a united democratic nation ; and Partner with NGOs, interest groups and individuals with the common aim of seeking solutions to South Sudan's developmental and governance challenges. PIDO's Values We provide excellence and update services to the communities. We respect and nurture our staff by creating a safe, supportive work environment. 1.7 Motto Empowering Communities and Promoting Sustainable Development 1.8 Governance and Administrative Structures of PIDO In order to ensure that all the objectives and core values are met, PIDO has a robust organizational structure with clear chain of commands and decision-making organs as summarized below: 1.8.1 General Assembly The General Assembly has the broadest authority for the purpose of accomplishing the purpose and activities of the Organisation. The following decisions shall be exclusively taken by the General Assembly: Modifications to the Articles of Association; Appointment and exclusion of the Executive Director and, if applicable, the auditors; Approval of the Budget and the Annual Accounts; Discharge of the Executive director and, if applicable, the auditor; Voluntary dissolution of the Organisation; Exclusion of a Board Member; 1.8.2 Board of Director Under the Leadership of the Board Chair, the role of the Board is inter alia to lead the organization toward the desired performance and assure that it occurs. The Board's specific contributions are unique to its trusteeship role and necessary for proper governance and management.

he World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organisation representing and promoting approximately 70 million deaf people's human rights worldwide. The WFD is a federation of deaf organisations from 134 nations; its mission is to promote the human rights of deaf people and full, quality and equal access to all spheres of life, including self-determination, sign language, education, employment and community life. WFD has a consultative status in the United Nations and is a founding member of International Disability Alliance (IDA). At its recent World Congress in Jeju, South Korea, WFD members (136) approved the WFD strategic direction 2023-2030 and Action Plan 2023-2027. Important themes are covered in these 2 documents which strive to ensure that we create access for all deaf people to all ways of life in "a world where deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere" (vision). Furthermore, our mission is to work towards the full realisation of linguistic rights and human rights in all areas of life, with full recognition and implementation of these rights across local, national and international levels. To realise our mission and vision, the following are part of our Action Plan 2023-2027: Building Capacity across the Globe: ensuring increased participation of women, youth and underrepresented communities; provide effective capacity building projects to countries who are not yet members to assist them with creating their own national deaf associations so that they can represent themselves in their countries; Putting Deaf people on the Agenda: the WFD will continue to strive to put deaf human rights at the forefront of all representation internationally, including at the UN; we will effectively promote International Week of Deaf people and be ready to response to deaf people's needs in times of crises, disasters and war. Realising nothing about us without us: the WFD continues to be the leading authority for deaf people and sign languages and has committed to developing resources to assist deaf people raise awareness in their countries. Achieving Sign Language Rights for all: National sign languages are fundamental to achieving deaf people's human rights. We will aim to assist our member states in promoting the legal recognition of signed language in the country and advocate for early childhood language acquisition and inclusive multilingual education policies. Investing in a strong and sustainable organisation: to carry out our mission and vision we need greater investment in our secretariat and regional secretariat, expand our donor base, increase visibility and fundraising activities so that our organisation can carry on its important global work.

Vision: "To be the leading institution to enhance the welfare of the Ummah" Mission: Build a strong, reliable, and modern BAZNAS as a non-structural government institution authorized in zakat management; Maximize national zakat literacy as well as ZIS-DSKL collection enhancement massively and measurably ; Maximize the distribution and utilization of ZIS-DSKL to alleviate poverty, improve the welfare of the ummah, and reduce social inequality; Strengthen the competence, professionalism, integrity, and welfare of the national amil zakat in a sustainable manner; Modernize and digitize the national zakat management with a robust and measurable data-based management system; Strengthen the system of planning, controlling, reporting, accountability, and coordination of zakat management nationally; Build a partnership between muzakki and mustahik with the spirit of helping in goodness and piety; Increase the synergy and collaboration of all relevant stakeholders for the development of national zakat; and Play an active role and become a reference for the world zakat movement.