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Alzheimer Bulgaria is an association of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, as well as their families, caregivers, and professionals. It was registered in December 2003 and since January 2004 has been registered with the Ministry of Justice. We are members of Alzheimer Europe, Eurocarers, the Global Dementia Friends Campaign. We have officially registered 2 branches of the organization in Bulgaria - Gotse Delchev and Pleven and there are volunteers who share their personal experiences in the towns of Varna, Lovech, Plovdiv, Lukovit, Topolovgrad. Our mission is to help dementia patients and their families with all legal means, including the protection of their human rights. Our main goals are: improving the quality of life of patients with dementia and their families; changing the public perception of dementia patients; disseminating information and raising awareness among families and authorities; advocacy for social and health policies specifically targeting dementia patients and their families.

Objectives of the Foundation and Association are as follows : - To foster the development and the social and economic integration of vulnerable populations, particularly disabled individuals, as well as all groups of marginalized individuals. - To strive for recognition of, and respect for, their dignity and rights. - To promote Happiness and Wellbeing for all human beings, for all other species and for all beings For such Purposes, the Association shall: - Support the development of curative education and of social therapy - Seek to promote the creation and development of pedagogic, educational and therapeutic institutions adapted to the needs of said vulnerable populations, consistent with the cultural and spiritual features prevailing in each local community involved; - Foster and ensure proper training for special educators, teachers, therapists and other professionals in the aforementioned fields of activities; via its program Eurasia Learning Institute for Happiness and Wellbeing, undertake the development of holistic accompanying processes for individuals and organisations as well as events to foster a profound personal and collective transformation

The Pureland Project's purpose is to support and encourage sustainable living rooted in human-nature connection. We provide sustainability and wellness education and resources to communities, promoting indigenous wisdom of conscious, connected living around the world.

Fighting inequality, lack of training, marginalization underdevelopment and exclusion of persons with disabilities and/or with multiple disabilities and with limiting diseases, promoting initiatives capable of achieving justice, equal opportunities, education, tolerance, solidarity and an ethical and humane commitment.

The CRUZ VERMELHA BRASILEIRA institution is duly authorized by local laws to receive donations according to the legislation. BRAZILIAN RED CROSS The Brazilian Red Cross, founded on December 5, 1908, is constituted on the basis of the Geneva Conventions, of which Brazil is a signatory. It is a civil, non-profit, philanthropic, independent association, declared by the Brazilian government of international public utility, of voluntary help, auxiliary of the public powers and, in particular, of the military health services. Mission To alleviate human suffering without distinction of race, religion, social condition, gender, or political opinion. Values - Fundamental Principles - HUMANITY: It spares no effort to prevent and alleviate human suffering under any circumstances. It seeks not only to protect life and health, but also to ensure respect for human beings. Promotes mutual understanding, friendship, cooperation and lasting peace among all peoples. - IMPARTIALITY: It does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, race, religion, social status, gender, or political opinion. It seeks only to alleviate human suffering by giving priority to the most urgent cases of misfortune. - NEUTRALITY: Refrains from taking sides in hostilities or participating at any time in controversies of a political, racial, religious or ideological nature. - INDEPENDENCE: It is independent and must maintain its autonomy, even in the actions of National Societies, as auxiliaries of the public authorities in their humanitarian activities, subject to the laws governing their respective countries, in order to act always in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross. - VOLUNTEERING: Is a Voluntary Relief Institution without any profit-making purpose - UNITY: It is unique. There can be only one Red Cross Society in each country. It is open to all and exercises its humanitarian action throughout the national territory. - UNIVERSALITY: It is a worldwide institution, in which all Societies have equal rights and share equal responsibilities and duties, helping each other. The Brazilian Red Cross, recognized by the Brazilian government as a society of voluntary help, autonomous, auxiliary of the public powers, and in particular, of the military health services, is the only one authorized to exercise its work throughout the national territory. It maintains a Central Body, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, which coordinates, supervises, guides and regulates the activities of its Branches, which are its operational arms distributed throughout the country, which follow the same molds of the International Movement. Objectives: - Save lives in disasters, prevent diseases and support local recovery. - Ensure safe health and life. - Promote social inclusion and a culture of nonviolence.

SCC will develop a committed staff team to work through a network of monks, nuns and other local and national stakeholder groups to develop capacity, reduce vulnerability and provide a range of supports for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families, so that they are able to claim their rights and improve their lives.

Nzeve is an organization of deaf and hearing people that promotes the rights of children and youth with disabilities to participate fully in society. Nzeve works to reduce discrimination by promoting sign language and deaf culture and building deaf community. Nzeve provides holistic services for deaf children and youth and their families

C-Libre was established in June 2001, after a series of violations of freedom of expression and the right to information that culminated in the dismissal of several independent journalists, which led to a complaint by the country before the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom. of Expression of the Organization of American States (OAS), a body that responded by calling attention to the worrying situation of the Honduran press. This documented and formal complaint is the antecedent to the annual reports that would later make known the work of the organization. We advocate for the defense and promotion of the right to freedom of expression and access to information as fundamental rights for the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law. C-Libre is a human rights organization that advocates for the defense and promotion of the right to freedom of expression and access to information in Honduras, as fundamental rights for the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law. C-Libre was created as a response to the concerns shared by a group of journalists when public and private power sectors promoted policies and mechanisms that threatened the professional practice of journalists and violated the constitutional precepts that guarantee the free emission of thought. Those of us who make up C-Libre are convinced that in the construction of a rule of law, the existence of an ethical, investigative journalism, an oversight of public management, that works in an environment of security and free access to information, is essential and that promote a public opinion regime that enforces your Right to Information: http://www.clibrehonduras.com For 20 years C-Libre has been working to strengthen networks, groups and individual journalists, social communicators and spokespersons to raise awareness about freedom of expression and the press, as well as citizen protest. In the last 10 years, the creation and implementation of regulations that restrict the dissemination and access to information has been increasing, since the approval of the Special Law on the Intervention of Private Communications "Law of Wiretapping", passing through "Law of Secrets "," Law of the National Security and Defense Council "and the" Intelligence Law "among a myriad of information reservation resolutions that contravene the Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information, the instruments and international agreements on transparency and accountability, the Honduran government has accumulated a legal framework that legitimizes and legalizes the culture of secrecy and state opacity, opening the possibility of increasing levels of corruption and impunity, mainly of public officials and employees. The technical team is made up of specialists in various areas of knowledge, mainly communication, social, legal and administrative sciences. Likewise, there is the collaboration of volunteers at the national level, who carry out work within the organization as columnists, reporters, compilers among others. Its function is through 4 programmatic areas : Communications, Access to Justice, Knowledge Management and Self-sustainability, which interact to execute the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan. Currently, C-Libre has 10 people who make up the organization who work full time. The direction of the organization is mainly in charge of the Executive Directorate, who must work together with the President of the Board of Directors. The organization's performance is supervised by the Board of Directors, and this responsibility falls much more strongly on the President and the Supervisory Board, made up of the Treasury and 2 more members of the Board of Directors. Annual reports are submitted to the Board of Directors and the Assembly of the organization, financial and technical reports that are also sent to the pertinent government bodies. In addition, once a week the technical team meets to plan the week's activities, as well as discuss topics of interest to the organization, annually the assembly and the board of directors meet to render annual reports and every 2 years for the election. of a new Board of Directors.

Our Mission is to alleviate the suffering of individuals and families in the poorest communities through sustainable grassroots initiatives aimed at local empowerment,access to health, services and education opportunities especially to women ,girls and children in an efforts to fulfil basic human rights,embracing a spirit of compassion and service to humanity. To improve the livelihood of rural women and girls towards sustainable Development.Towards this end,(WWBK) seeks to uplift the lives and dignity of vulnerable girls and women in rural communities of Western Kenya in four thematic areas:Empowerment,Human Rights,Education ,Water,sanitation&Hygiene. It was established in the year 2007 as Local NGO operating in Western province.In Bungoma County.The county has a population of 1.7 million with amojority of women and girls.15% are orphans aged between 1-15 years.The recent survey by Afya plus says 7% who are not in school and they are not supported by any organisation.Out of the 9 sub- counties in Bungoma none of the NGOs prefer to work in the rural village.According to research done by Global education" it says 62 million girls are out of school globally, while camfed foundation says in Sub- Saharan Africa 28 million girls are not in school.Why high poverty levels,early marriage, early pregnancy, child abuse/asexual abuse,child labor,child trafficking, poor infrustracture in schools,lack of sanitary pads and cultural barriers.ONE says 53 million girls are out of schools in Africa. EDUCATION: Bungoma County has formal & informal institutions, colleges, and Universities to cater for education.The Government has declared free primary education which is not possible. The children flocked in and the number of children they more than the teachers the Government could hire,basic needs like school uniform ,tuition fee to enable teachers bring extra exams, other basic necessities that could keep the child in class makes majority of girls more vulnerable. Through 4 thematic areas that we have mentioned above,WWBK visit the communities we work with share with them problems that affect their daily life's.We do community mobilization and sensitization on the rights of the child and women, we do community empowerment through trainings ,formulation of women groups and reffrals to other institution s for further support.We do invitation of other stakeholders who are experts in other fields to impact them with knowledge.We do trainings on sexual and reproductive health to both women and idolescent girls,Guiding and counseling. According to the research done by UNICEF in Ethiopia.said that while they worked their they learnt that school structures can contribute to girl child dropout rate.Such like lack of sanitation, lack of water on the schools, poor infrustracture poor buildings,lack of electricity. WWBK we are going to network with both local and international donors to put things in place sothat girls may complete their education.

Mavi Kalem was formed at the aftermath of the 1999 earthquake, and founded in 2000, to respond the needs of the earthquake affected and migrated communities in particular of the disadvantageous groups of women and children in health and education. Since then, it has been implementing projects mainly assisting women and children since its establishment. Projects involving the empowerment, skill development, health services and information sharing have been implemented throughout 2000-2002 in Düzce area, mainly assisting women and children after the earthquake. Since 2002, Mavi Kalem has been implementing projects and activities concerning; educational support, awareness raising on health standards, awareness raising on domestic violence, psychological support, consultancy on health and legal issues for both local and migrated women and children in Fener/ Balat district in Fatih, Istanbul, addressing the needs of children, women and girls of the local community migrated from all regions of Turkey and since 2014 the Syrian children and women in Fener-Balat were included in its beneficiary group. Activities such as Turkish language courses, socialization activities with local population, help in admissions to schools and other official and administrative actions, and psychological support were provided to Syrian children and women. Mavi Kalem has worked toward the Syrian refugee influx related issues since 2011, by conducting needs assessments and gap analysis in Hatay, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa without-camp populations. Also on the national and international level; women' rights and health rights, children's rights, wide spreading of minimum standards in humanitarian aid, youth exchange programs are included in Mavi Kalem's actions. Dissemination and advocacy for humanitarian assistance standards and principles in disasters, emergencies and migration situations is one of Mavi Kalem's work areas. Since 2001 it has been part of Sphere Project, since 2009 INEE Workgroups and for 2 years now part of CHS Alliance. MAVİ KALEM has held the adaptation of Sphere handbook in Turkish successfully and been in cooperation with Ministry of Health, TRC, municipality health departments for its wide spreading, and implementing training programs. Similarly INEE and CHS basic humanitarian aid principal books have been adapted to Turkish and disseminated at national level by Mavi Kalem. It is one of the founding members of SITAP (Civil Society Disaster Platform, national). Mavi Kalem has organized Women in Disasters and Emergencies Workshop hosting women experts, academics, experienced NGO field workers from humanitarian organizations, NGOs, and women right based organizations in 2016. Gender specific issues, needs, and rights in emergency settings were discussed; field experiences and suggestions for improvement were exchanged toward strengthening and mainstreaming the gender perspective in disaster and emergency response. Mavi Kalem, has also delivered its services and expertise to disaster and emergency or poverty affected locations other than its primary implementation area through partnership with other local organizations, in other districts of Istanbul and other provinces such as during the Van earthquake response. Overall organizational strength and capacity lies within the Mavi Kalem's 17 years of implementation experience with focus on public health and education, disaster, emergency and migration specialization, advocacy of women and girls health rights, mainstreaming gender equality perspective in its implementation, developing and designing projects and programs based on the needs and participation and feedback mechanisms of its beneficiaries, volunteers, and supporters, measuring quality and monitoring and evaluation of impact in action rather than quantity focus, integrity and commitment of Mavi Kalem, at all levels to organization's policies in regards to work ethics, preceding women and girls, and children protection, non-discriminatory approach, preservation of confidentiality and respect for dignity, transparency and accountability, anti-fraud and corruption. Since its foundation Mavi Kalem has been working with international donors and experienced in project budget management, and reporting accordingly. Mavi Kalem's administrative and financial system and its management are executed as per Turkey's finance law and associations' law and regulations. Grant agreements, contracts and partnership agreements are also reflected in its implementation and management. Annually Mavi Kalem goes through financial and administrative auditing of relevant governmental body and also independent financial auditing. Mavi Kalem prioritizes gender equality in the implementation and decision making steps of projects and decides and acts with accountability, transparency, participation and approaches differences equal as principal. Mavi Kalem, being a non-profit civil society organization for which 97% of employees are women, applies positive discrimination to women when recruiting, selecting and determining beneficiaries and target groups to promote gender equality. To eliminate social discrimination during stages of project content, project design and project implementation, working with women is prioritized in determination of the project team and selection of financial experts procured from the affiliated participant organization. In addition to being sensitive to gender discrimination in works and studies, Mavi Kalem acts responsibly and is in favor of vulnerable groups avoiding discirimination based on ethnicity, political views, religious beliefs, sexual identity and race in terms of target groups, beneficiaries and employees. Mavi Kalem does not define itself in politic, religious or ethnical personalities. Freedom, human rights, democratic rights, health rights, public gender equality, women rights, LGBT rights, children's rights and prevention of discrimination are supported. www.mavikalem.org ) In addition to all, Mavi Kalem has started a process of institutionalization at 2015 to improve on its experience in project development and implementation it has built last 18 years and aims to develop and improve its policies based on its long experience.

Christel House prepare graduates to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their goals, dreams and human potential. Our vision is a world where poverty does not limit potential.

World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.