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Asegis is a grassroots entity founded in 2014 in Turkana County, Kenya, focusing on environmental health and the empowerment of pastoral local communities. It stands for societal advancement through sustainable environmental practices and upholds the environmental rights of pastoral and marginalized groups. The name Asegis epitomizes cleanliness and is a testament to its dedication to the Turkana pastoralists. The organization is actively involved in advocating for environmental challenges in pastoral lands, including advocating for proper management of hazardous waste in the Lokichar Oil Basin, while also championing the rights of the underrepresented. Asegis's commitment to community involvement and advocacy is a step towards a future where environmental and social well-being are closely connected. Asegis's has a Vision of Healthier Pastoral Communities and Equitable Society and a Mission: To Promote a healthy environment for all Asegis is dedicated to creating a sustainable and equitable future through our four core programs. The Primary Health Care program: An instrumental in enhancing community health by emphasizing preventive measures, improving water and sanitation, and combating HIV and TB. The Environment program : aims to educate on proper waste management and hazardous materials, while also promoting conservation efforts and addressing the impacts of climate change. The Human Rights program: stands as a beacon of hope for marginalized and vulnerable groups, advocating for their rights and striving to uplift their quality of life. Collectively, these programs demonstrate our commitment to fostering a holistic approach to development and social welfare. Education Program: This program supports pastoral young children to go to school, ensuring they have access to education and opportunities for a brighter future. To achieve the objectives of the above programs, Asegis upholds a strong set of core values, which are integral to its operations and culture. Integrity and ethics stand at the forefront, ensuring that all actions and decisions are conducted with honesty and adherence to moral principles. Accountability is also a key value, with a commitment to taking responsibility for one's actions and their outcomes. Respect is paramount, fostering an environment where every individual is valued and treated with dignity. Innovation is encouraged, promoting a culture of creativity and the pursuit of new ideas to drive progress. Lastly, discipline is emphasized, maintaining a focus on organization, self-control, and adherence to established guidelines and standards. These values collectively form the ethical backbone of Asegis, guiding its mission and interactions with clients, employees, and the broader community.

The International Blue Cross is one of the world's leading non-governmental organisations, caring for people harmed by or at risk from alcohol or illicit drug use. Our project work in prevention, treatment & counselling and aftercare focuses primarily on young and vulnerable people, and on those in extreme poverty. Through carefully researched and targeted interventions we advocate for evidence-based alcohol policies at the national and international level. In doing so, we seek to draw positive and dignified attention to the issues faced by dependent people and their families. Our Vision: We see a world where all people can knowingly choose and live a life free of harmful addiction; a world where all people harmed by addiction have access to and can benefit from high quality and holistic treatment. Our Mission: We provide healthcare development support and promote holistic well-being; We prevent and reduce the harmful use of alcohol and illicit drugs and help mitigate the associated negative health, social, and economic consequences; We advocate for evidence and best practice-based alcohol policy formulation and implementation on the national and international levels. Alcohol and illicit drug misuse afflicts innumerous individuals and families. It also costs societies around the world billions of dollars in health and socio-economic costs. This growing burden is worthy of everyone's attention. The International Blue Cross constitutes a credible and renowned organisation driven by the values, the sort of professionalism, governance, and local community connections needed to effectively address this global challenge.

The Women Inspiration Development Center (WIDC) is an initiative designed to create a safe place for Nigerian women and girls in challenging life circumstances to envision and create new possibilities for their lives, families and communities. WIDC is committed to advancing women's right and creating a refuge for victims of gender based violence and disenfranchised women and girls. Through agency-based empowerment, WIDC supports these women and girls as they improve their health, economic well-being and social status, leading fulfilling lives free of violence. We believe in the inherent potential and ability of every woman to overcome obstacles, take control of her life, emerge confident and strong, and make meaningful contributions to her society. WIDC was formed in 2009 by Busayo Obisakin along with a group of women friends and colleagues. Initially they called themselves Vigilantes against Violence and set out to curb the violence against women and girls through a variety of services and activities they offered throughout the local community. After a short while, it became clear that the name needed to change to reflect the widening scope of the work done by the group to help protect and improve the lives of women in the community. The group officially became registered as an organization, Women Inspiration Development Center, in 2010. Mission: To improve the health, economic, and social status of Nigerian women and girls in order to empower them to lead fulfilling lives free of violence. Vision: We envision a Nigeria where women and girls are empowered and they create new possibilities for themselves without fear or intimidation.

Rak'n'Roll Foundation. Wygraj Zycie! was established in 2009 as a grassroots initiative of oncology patients. From the very beginning, its goal was to change the way people with cancer and the disease itself are perceived. This change was necessary to introduce new solutions to patient care that allow them to be treated with dignity and live well and joyfully despite their illness. The aim of the Foundation is to conduct comprehensive ongoing and project activities for people affected by cancer and their families, including disabled people and their families, in the field of health protection and promotion, as well as to undertake projects aimed at increasing public awareness of cancer. The Foundation conducts free public benefit activities in the field of: Conducting information activities, including an online database with information useful for people affected by cancer and their families, including disabled people and their families; Health protection and promotion in the field of oncology and disability; Representing the interests of oncological and disabled patients; Actions to improve the availability and standards of treatment of cancer and disabilities; Supporting diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation activities in the field of oncology and disability; Organizing and conducting social and educational campaigns, including information and preventive campaigns; Organizing and conducting recreation for children and adolescents affected by cancer and disabled people, including integration and rehabilitation trips; Conducting charitable activities for sick people and their families as well as disabled people and their families, also after the death of the sick person; Organizing support groups for sick people and their families; Promotion of employment and professional activation of people affected by cancer and disabled people who are unemployed; Engaging famous people, representatives of the media and creative circles to implement or promote the Foundation's statutory goals; Supporting and organizing volunteering.

Since 2004, United Way of Romania (UWRo) has been supporting social programs and initiatives that improve the lives of children, adults and the elderly in need. Our work focuses on the three directions that lay the foundation for a thriving community: access to quality education, good health services and a sufficient income to support a family. UWRo works as a community organizer, mobilizing an extensive network of community partners - NGOs, companies, public institutions, civil society leaders, donors and volunteers - to coordinate their efforts to produce a collective impact. Our vision is that of a world where every community is strong, has jobs that ensure a decent and stable income, good schools and a healthy environment. Around the world, we engage people and organizations in innovative solutions that make this vision a reality. United Way of Romania mission is to improve the quality of life in our communities through individual giving, corporate giving, and volunteerism. Objectives of our work: To engage more companies and individuals in CSR, philanthropic and volunteering activities. To enable social services NGOs to offer higher quality services to our community members. To promote transparency and professionalism. To support government institutions and the civil society in their efforts to build prosperous communities. United Way Romania's activities are based on the "Live United" principle, founded on the certitude that, together, relevant actors and community members can contribute to a better life for everyone: quality education leads to a stable job, provides a decent income that can support a family and a good health.

The German Red Cross co-operates with other national Red Cross/ Red Crescent societies, the International Federation of Red Cross/ Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross in numerous missions concerning: - Emergency Response (including quick assignment of pre-trained personnel and pre-packaged material, provision of relief materials, donations and contributions in cash and in kind to partner organizations) - Rehabilitation after disasters (Reconstruction of houses, medical facilities, and livelihood after disasters) - Development projects with focus on Disaster Risk Reduction / Climate Change Adaptation, Water and Sanitation, Basic Health Care, Livelihood and Capacity Building within Partner Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies and communities.

It is a Mozambican NGO that started its activities in 1997 and was officially recognized in 2004. It is one of the largest Mozambican NGO's with 167 employees. Esmabama's primary goal is to improve the living conditions of people living in the southern part of the Sofala province, by implementing educational, health and income generation projects/activities. In 2006, Esmabama co-founded the Distance Learning Courses of the Catholic University of Beira. It also implements projects supported by several donors, including: EU, GIZ, ADA, PEPFAR. Esmabama reaches populations of about 500.000 people, being 8.000 of them students and 1.700 poor children living at the boarding schools located at the 4 localities (Estaquinha, Mangunde, Barada and Machanga), run by the Association.

We advocate for the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for women and sensitize men about the rights of women and girls. We work to end gender based violence, empower women economically and socially and enable them to live responsible and fulfilled lives. We advocate for sustainable development goals (SDG)to promote gender equality for women and see they are given equal footing with men without gender partiality in all matters of lives to compete on equal platform. We give access to basic education to boys/girls and offer skills to the marginalized population and groups in low income areas to help them achieve SDG and their dreams and overcome many obstacles in live and be able to fight for their rights.

The Contributor is a nonprofit, social enterprise in Nashville that creates economic opportunity with dignity by investing in people experiencing homelessness and poverty.  We accomplish this mission by printing a street publication that:Provides over 300 homeless and formerly homeless vendors with a pathway to earn income;Builds community between vendors and customers;Provides a diversity of perspectives and information on the condition of homelessness, highlighting the unique contributions of homeless and formerly homeless individuals.  We are often the first point of contact in Nashville's Continuum of Care for many people experiencing homelessness and we connect our vendors to other valuable services for health care and housing.  Over 70% of our 6-month tenured vendors have obtained housing.

Colorado Dream Foundation’s mission is to partner with youth and their families as they successfully navigate school, college, and career by providing a holistic academic, social, and emotional program from elementary school through college, along with post-secondary scholarship assistance.We build long-term relationships with families, supporting youth from 3rd grade through their educational journey and into their careers. Our academic enrichment and behavioral health services empower youth to learn, grow, and achieve their dreams. By helping our youth gain access to college, we put them on a different academic and life trajectory. Alumni return home as role models, leaders, and advocates, transforming the way their communities see themselves and their futures.

Charity Centre for Children and Youth Development exists to supporting HIV/AIDS education, Persons living with disabilities, orphans and vulnerable children, youth and women in Solwezi district of Zambia by providing them with, educational support (provision of school requisites and literacy materials), health and life skills and vocational Training. These enables disadvantaged members of our society live life of independence and contribute to the national economy. We envision a society that will work towards eradication of vulnerability and illiteracy among Orphans and vulnerable children, youths and women. The Organization's mission is to promote and enhance the capabilities of children, youth and women in Solwezi district and beyond to effect positive social change that would necessitate the development of their lives, communities and the nation at large.

LOOP NOLA is a nonprofit organization with the mission to provide positive, life-changing outdoor experiences to children and youth in Greater New Orleans. Our activities include high and low ropes challenges, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, survival skills, camping, hiking, and wetlands ecology. We provide comprehensive, ongoing programming throughout the school year to provide profound opportunities with measurable impact in the areas of social and emotional skill development, improved communication, improved physical health and environmental awareness, and increased academic achievement. Through LOOP NOLA programs, New Orleans students build their SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) skills allowing them to accomplish more in school and build confidence to reach for their lifelong goals.