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The New Steps Foundation was founded in 2016 with the aim of providing holistic support to children with special needs and their families. We believe that each child is valuable and unique and we try to assist parents in developing their child's abilities to their full potential by meeting their emotional, spiritual, social, educational and physical needs.

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.

The Foundation for Access to Rights-FAR is a Bulgarian non-governmental organization founded by Ph.D. attorney-at-law Valeria Ilareva in the public interest in 2013. Our mission is to guarantee practical access to rights and effective protection against arbitrary deprivation of rights. We stand for the establishment of effective mechanisms to ensure access to rights in practice and effective protection against arbitrary deprivation of rights; increasing the institutional and public awareness, sensitivity and commitment to the need to address systemic problems in access to fundamental human rights in Bulgaria; development of a favourable legislative environment in line with European and international standards for the protection of human rights and the establishment of best practices on access to rights. Our main activities are: LEGAL AID We provide legal aid to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and stateless people in situations revealing systemic problems in access to rights where the solution of these problems would lead to enhanced social justice. Our lawyers provide legal consultations, written opinions and assistance, and procedural representation before judicial and administrative bodies. RESEARCH We conduct independent professional research on access to rights in Bulgaria. ADVOCACY Through advocacy events and meetings and the production of media campaigns, we increase the institutional and public awareness, sensitivity and commitment to the need to address systemic problems in access to fundamental human rights. Thus we contribute to developing a favourable (legislative) environment in line with European and international standards for protecting human rights and establishing best practices on access to rights. SHARING KNOWLEDGE Informing the public and the media about the findings and recommendations of studies conducted, as well as on the existence of barriers to access to rights. Providing training, printed and digital resources for students, lawyers, judges, volunteers, and the staff of institutions working with refugees and immigrants.

The mission of The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) is to alleviate world hunger.  We do this by collaborating to develop food banks in communities where they are needed around the world and by supporting food banks where they already exist.

TO PROMOTE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS IN IMPOVERISHED REGIONS OF THE WORLD BY: A) PROVIDING FREE STERILIZATION OF CATS AND DOGS BY A QUALIFIED VETERINARY TEAM B) TRAINING LOCAL VETERINARY SURGEONS IN KEYHOLE STERILIZATIONS PROCEDURES AND OTHER SUCH TECHNIQUES WHICH HELP TO ADVANCE THE ORGANISATIONS CAUSE AND INCREASE ANIMAL WELFARE C) DELIVERING EDUCATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STERILIZATION AND ANIMAL WELFARE

Educateurs sans Frontieres (EsF), a division of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), is a network of Montessori practitioners, working with communities, governments and other partners to advance human development from the prenatal stage to early childhood care and education, continuing through to elementary, adolescence, adulthood and the elderly.

Friends of Humanity SA is a Geneva-based non-profit organization supporting initiatives and projects in five essential areas: - Human rights and dignity - Education and training - Healthcare and medicine (including alternative medicine) - Environmental protection and conservation - Microfinance

CARITAS AUSTRIA is an internationally operating non-profit organisation (donations are tax-deductible Reg. Nr. SO1126; equivalent 501(c)(3) US organization) under the mission of the Austrian Catholic church and pursues solely and directly charitable and benevolent objectives. CARITAS AUSTRIA relief work addresses the needy in their entirety, taking also into consideration their physical, psychological and spiritual-religious backgrounds. CARITAS AUSTRIA commits itself to providing assistance to people in need which is done without regard to creed, ethnicity or ideology of those seeking help. In its operations CARITAS AUSTRIA is guided by respect for the dignity and self-determination of the people it serves. There are more than 1,000 places throughout Austria where CARITAS AUSTRIA helps people in need. In the areas of caregiving, supporting people with disabilities, hospices, in the social counseling centers, on assignment for families in need or for older people who cannot afford heating. CARITAS AUSTRIA - this comprises its fulltime staff, but above all, also the roughly 50.000 volunteers and each and every one of you who supports our work. CARITAS AUSTRIA's main activities are aiming at social support and advocacy for those in need. These activities are taking place in Austria and abroad, whereas the main focus is lying on national work in Austria. Inside and outside of Austria, CARITAS AUSTRIA always aims at addressing the basic needs of the vulnerable taking also into consideration their social and cultural background.

PLAY International is a charity founded in 1999 on a conviction: sport is a source of solutions to our societal challenges. Its mission is to cocreate and implement education and inclusion projects for children and youth in vulnerable situations, using sport and sport games as educational tools. The NGO works in particular on issues such as access to and retention in school, gender equalitý, community reconciliation, health prevention, environmental education, living together, changing the way we look at disability... Since its creation, it has implemented educational and humanitarian projects, in France and internationally in 20 countries, for the benefit of nearly one million children.

DTI's mission is to save millions of lives by advancing organ donations and transplantation training. ------ OUR COMMITMENT 1. Raise organ donations around the world 2. Improve society's quality of life 3. Support regenerative medicine ----- AT DTI, we advise and support public and private international entities of the health sector in the creation, development and strengthening of networks, programs, services and / or research in donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and human cells, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the people.

WWO Europe exists to inspire and support people to create national and regional movements across Europe to prevent children losing their place in a family, and to work for families reuniting where safe and possible, and to encourage alternative family-based care, where it is not.

Preparation and application of strategies and practices in the area of social services in the area of gender equality, integration of the minority groups, and policies for the youth. Preparation and realization of projects for groups in disadvantaged positions Development and implementation of programs for professional education Organization of training for development of members Building partnerships, exchange of information, and participation in national and international networks for work collaboration. Offering programs and consultation services - social, psychological, legal, education, and other services. Providing a space where women victims of abuse can receive the emotional support they need. Establish contacts with government institutions, local authorities, businesses, and academic units, as well as with international organizations and donor programs which support Non-Profit Organizations and their activities. Advocate civil rights. Motivation and active involvement in the public life of individuals and groups marginalized due to differences in characters such as social, cultural, religious, or health.