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Nuestras Huellas is a non-profit organization that workes to help people living under social vulnerability gain economic independence and realize their life goals through financial solidarity and education, fostering sustainable development. 97% of participants in our programs are women. We operate with two main strategies: Training Program: Implementing learning spaces (courses, workshops, lectures, etc) centered around: financial education, business management, leadership, and communication Microfinance Program: Promoting solidarity economy by accompanying community banks and solidarity groups, technical assistance, access to microcredits and training Objectives We facilitate people's path to self-empowerment so they can recognize their own skills and abilities to promote their personal development. This is achieved through training programs where we cover issues including finance, entrepreneurial skills, digital literacy, communication, and leadership. All this training takes place in regular meetings coordinated by our team, based on the idea that knowledge is co-created through hands-on activities. We work to strengthen the economic independence of people in vulnerable situations through solidarity finance and education, promoting sustainable and community-driven development. 97% of the people we serve are women entrepreneurs We carry out this work in alliance with social organizations, companies, governments, among others. We've supported over 4000 projects. As such, we contribute to the following SDGs: No poverty (SDG 1) Quality education (SDG 4) Gender equality (SDG 5) Decent work & economic growth (SDG 8) Reducing inequalities (SDG 10) Partnership for the goals (SDG 17)

Empower World Wide exist to empower women, girls, children and youth in the local communities, come out of spiritual, economic, social, and healthy poverty caused by gender-based violence, and enable them to develop into responsible and self-supporting adults to transform their communities through a holistic empowerment approach. Empower Worldwide works with children, women and youth to improve their livelihood and create resilient communities. We are community based, community driven and child centred organisation. Empower World Wide, achieves its mission through; 1. Providing scholarships and eduction support to poor of the poorest girls and boys in the rural poor. 2. We work to protect girls in the community they live by making these communities safer for them. 3. We empower caregivers to take on their roles of supporting their family by economically empowering them with income generating skills. 4. We prepare girls and boys for tomorrow by ensuring that they learn atleast a skill that can fetch them an income. 5. We mainly focus on child' education by ensuring that the child completes atleast primary school. 6. Through our work we end early marriages, child toture, child neglect and invest in child protection. 7. We support poor families to become productive in their communities through a poverty graduation program. 8. We mobilise poor rural communities to participate in productive saving and credit associations and support them to grow thier incomes which helps them to take children to school. 9. We make sure that the schools are safe, children have water and a good enviroment that enables them to learn.

- General objectives: Take care of orphans; Humanitarian action; Health; Teach languages. - Specific objectives: Create schools for orphans; Provide health, financial and educational assistance to vulnerable families, the destitute, orphans, widows, the disabled, divorced women and people affected by natural disasters; Establish development projects whose benefits go to orphans and vulnerable people; Restore the psychological adaptation of child victims of trafficking; Develop partnerships with government and private agencies; Help people living in poor and needy areas or villages by providing them with food, drinks, clothing and medicines; Building hospitals and planning health projects to improve health conditions in the provinces; Building schools and digging wells in needy villages; Providing urgent medical, psychological and social assistance to victims of disasters and calamities; Intervening in humanitarian emergencies; Providing food, drink, clothing and care, including personal organization and psychological and health follow-up; Providing safe housing and care for orphans and street children; Providing recreational, cultural and educational activities to orphans and children from poor families, and giving them the opportunity to actively participate in them, whether individually or collectively; Establishing development projects such as agriculture, handicrafts, vocational training, etc.; Pay tuition fees for students from poor families; Provide assistance to certain patients and facilitate the provision of assistance for their treatment; Creation of educational, cultural and professional centers for young people seeking employment; Promote job creation and self-employment of young people and women; Contribute to environmental protection and the fight against climate change; Contribute to peacebuilding, social cohesion and peaceful coexistence; Organize scientific courses and cultural seminars.

Fundacion Via Cocina is a community based project focused on improving the health and economic development of vulnerable women, youth and underprivileged in Medellin Colombia. With a personalized training and mentoring system sharing healthy food recipes, cooking techniques and applied financial planning and entrepreneurial small business fundamentals, we build a program for individuals and families based on their current reality, applying the training to objectives created with them, for them, in their own home. Additionally, we provide classes to individuals and groups who want to learn to cook healthy dishes with local ingredients for their families, transforming them into uncommon flavors that are low in fat, oil, salt and sugar-free. These activities look to decrease frequency and severity of non-communicable diseases in the communities, including obesity, diabetes and cholesterol.

Made Media Group's mission is to inform, empower and transform African American communities through media & tech to eliminate economic disparities through neighborhood initiatives.  1.Literacy program: Texas Black Literacy Project which cultivates literacy & celebrates literature.Our programs include 2. Soul of Austin Culture fest: Creative space for Texas based artist, performers, musicians to share their talents with a multicultural audience. The goal is to employ as many minority artists as possible. 3. Narrow the Gap Initiative- Economic education: Teaching black & women owned businesses how to start and build small or nonprofit businesses, to help with job creation to create economic equity 4. Media & Tech training: Camps and programs to teach minorities and females how to seek careers in media and technology.

The Mirror Foundation Mission Objectives 1. To promote young women and men's ideals to volunteer and serve in society 2. To learn, research and develop social evolution 3. To promote local community to help develop and strongly solve the community's problems 4. To promote their society and community to better and happy situation 5. To promote mass media technology in developing their society 6. To promote education and develop learning skill in children, youth and community 7. To promote and protect human rights 8. To create their appreciation in preservation of their natural resources and environment 9. To promote their varieties of cultures and traditions 10. To promote and create strong economic system in the community 11. Public benefits prosecution or cooperation with other social organisations for public benefits 12. Not involve in politics

Ahimsa is a hub who supports and consultancy for the development of NGO in Jiangxi. Aim at developing NGO in Jiangxi, Ahimsa hold training to raise awareness of the NGO, conference for regional development, workshop for capacity building and micro-foundation for grass-roots. At the same time, Ahimsa advocates for the professionalization and diversification of NGO by providing consultancy and services The mission of Ahimsa is to promote the professionalization, diversification, and sustainable development of Jiangxi NGO. The Vision of Ahimsa is: Developing Local NGO and cultivating NGO system. The main contents of Ahimsa include developing local NGO and improving their human resources by providing professional trainings. Ahimsa especially focus on the most marginalized and vulnerable people like children, women, the disable, the elderly, poverty-stricken and disaster-hit people as well as LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS group.

Gruppo Aleimar is a non-profit voluntary organization that deals with children and families in need both in Italy and abroad, through the Distance Support, projects of development and awareness-raising and human development activities on the Italian territory. The main areas of our development projects are: 1. Education: taking charge of children in family (natural or adoptive), in foster homes and shelters, schooling and vocational training. 2. Health and hygiene awareness: support to clinics and / or hospitals, funding of surgical operations, seminars for young mothers. 3. Women promotion: start-up of agriculture and livestock, creation of production cooperatives, micro-credit financing. 4. Rural villages' development: water well, kindergarten, solar energy for light and water pumps. 5. Women' refuge and social housing for families in temporary need. The Aleimar Group is active today in 12 countries (Benin, Brazil, Colombia, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, India, Italy, Malawi, Palestine, Kenya, Lebanon, Zambia) with more than 50 projects and takes care directly of 600 children (what we call distance support) and, indirectly, of other 2,500 children that we follow within our projects. The Group comprises Aleimar for overseas project; Tuendelee for Italian projects and Prema, a cooperative for mentally disabled youth. The Group hires five people and relays on the voluntary service of 140 people. Its annual turnover is abt.1,2 million euro and overhead cost is less than 10%. Its balance sheet is checked and approved by internal auditors. We have been granted a seal of quality "Donare con fiducia" by the Istituto Italiano Donazione. Its web sites are: www.aleimar.it and www.tuendelee.net. In 30 years of activity the Group has helped more than 10.000 children/families, has built more than 100 foster homes, orphanages, schools and water wells.

Local Initiative for Sustainable Development (LISUDEV) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life, promoting well-being, and reducing poverty among underprivileged populations in Cameroon. LISUDEV addresses the multifaceted challenges of poverty, inequality, and limited access to essential services among underprivileged populations and communities in Cameroon. These communities often face systemic barriers to clean water, adequate healthcare, quality education, sustainable agriculture, and gender equality. By addressing these issues in an integrated manner, LISUDEV aims to break the cycle of poverty, reduce vulnerability, and foster long-term community resilience and well-being. Our initiatives work towards meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. The organization’s work is rooted in empowering individuals and communities, particularly women and marginalized groups, to build brighter, healthier, and more self-sufficient futures.

LaPrimulBebe provides informational and emotional support to pregnant women and mothers in Romania. This support is offered through online communities, humanitarian campaigns, and parenting education events, courses, and programs. LaPrimulBebe is the only Romanian community awarded by Facebook USA, being named one of the top 100 most impactful online communities in the world. The Facebook Community Leadership Program Fellowship 2018 meant one year of high-level training alongside the Facebook team, focused on building and leading online communities. Through our humanitarian campaigns, we have raised 6,300,000 so far, which we used to renovate and equip hospital departments that care for mothers and children. The mission of LaPrimulBebe is to provide an empathetic and trustworthy online space where mothers receive informational and emotional support during the first years after childbirth.

Education For All (EFA) believes that education a basic human right, and that educated girls educate the next generation. EFA focuses on girls from rural, remote areas of Morocco's High Atlas region who are missing out on secondary education due to living too far away from schools and being too poor to afford transport. EFA was founded in 2007 to respond to the high levels of illiteracy (estimated at 70%) amongst girls in the most deprived and remote areas of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Instead of going to school, girls were staying home, doing domestic chores, marrying young and remaining in the cycle of poverty with limited choices in life. The 3 main obstacles for girls in rural Morocco to access school are Their villages are too far away from the secondary schools Their families are too poor to afford the travel costs There is low awareness of and value for educating girls THE SIMPLE SOLUTION EFA builds and runs safe and well equipped girls' boarding houses. We currently accommodate 250 girls in 6 houses, from the ages of 12-18 yrs. The EFA houses are a 'home away from home'. They are staffed by local women which helps to create an environment where their culture is respected and trust is built with the local community. They have 3 nutritious meals a day, hot showers, computer rooms and plenty of books and learning support. We also run an international volunteer programme to support the girls in their studies and activities which broaden their horizons. EFA Short Film Register to watch the short Film: https://efamorocco.org/videos/changing-worlds/ Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/355137701 It only costs $3 a day to educate a girl for a whole year! OR $85 per month or $1000 per year. IMPACT The short-term impact of EFA's work is that many girls now have the opportunity to go to school who otherwise would be at home. Since 2007 we have given access to a full secondary education for 370 girls. These girls are now young women want to become lawyers, scientists, teachers and entrepreneurs! We now have over 130 girls enrolled at University since 2013, with two now studying their Master's Degrees, 3 on full university scholarships and one who just graduated to become a Biology teacher. The longer-term impact is that these young women will be able to become financially independent, contribute to the workforce and economy and have more choice and voice in their families and society, ensuring progressive equality for future generations. They have also inspired a positive shift in attitudes in their communities towards educating girls, and are strong role models to their sisters and friends, demonstrating what is possible for them and how to realise their potential through education.

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.