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It is the supporting association of 'Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft St. Georg, Stamm St. Josef'. The 'Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft St. Georg, Stamm St. Josef' is the local scout association in Grevenbroich.

Turkiyemspor is recognised as being among the most successful clubs spawned within Germany's immigrant communities. They have contributed to creating a positive image for their community and helped set a confident example for Turks in the country with many other ethnically-Turkish clubs following in their footsteps. The name Turkiyemspor is now also used by clubs in Moenchengladbach, Wuppertal, Breuberg, Amsterdam, Australia, and the United States. The club is actively involved several community-oriented programs built around anti-racism, intercultural understanding, a campaign against violence in families and campaign for respect for homosexuals. Turkiyemspor Berlin e.V., founded by turkish migrants 1978 in Kreuzberg in West-Berlin. In addition to the adult football department, which includes three women's teams, the club is very active in youth development. In the 2018/2019 season, nearly 200 girls from 4 to 18 years are playing at Turkiyemspor. Rooted in the turkish community of the now reunited Berlin, all kind of girls play in one of our 8 girlsteams. The multicultural district of Kreuzberg is one of the most diverse districts in Germany with people from all over the world. Despite the booming economy of berlin kreuzberg has still a lot of families with working class backround or in precarious financial situations. With its comitment for social and intercultural exchange Turkiyemspor provides a deeply needed platform bringing girls together from all social and ethnical backrounds. The youngest player of ist the 4 year old Ida and the oldest the 48 year old former player of the turkish national women team Mehtap Ardahanli. This perfectly sums up the philosophy of the girls department of turkiyemspor. To provide a space for EVERY girl and woman that want to play football despite of the individual skillset and talent, age and backround. Every girl can play. In addition to the girls teams we have three women teams. One for leisure and fun, one medi-professional team for the advanced afterwork kickoff and one professional team filled with talent, and aiming to play in the regionalliga in the following years.

The main goal of the BDF is to promote and develop table soccer (or also known as foosball) thus to increase the number of foosball players on different levels - from amateurs to professionals and to create conditions for achieving high level sport results both in national and international aspect. It aims to assist in the promotion and development of the table soccer sport among all age groups of the population of the Republic of Bulgaria and to enable the expression of personality through the sport. Also, to promote the development of foosball among people in wheelchairs, disabled and the ones in disadvantage thus helping them in overcoming their negative health trends and promoting their social integration.

3X3 Unites: We believe that major developments arise by embracing the small. We believe that inspiring and supporting young people in a healthy and sporty way leads to a better world. We do this by being a source of inspiration (top sports performance, exemplary organization and making (basketball) accessible to all athletes), by using our knowledge for the design of the public domain (outdoor courts), but above all by offering leadership programs to young people (life-skills development), to create jobs and to allow them to develop and implement 3X3 activities themselves in the neighborhood on squares, within the schools, through associations, youth organizations and others who need them. We strive for an inclusive sports climate in which gender, origin, level of education, orientation and limitations to perform regular sports are not important. 3X3 is pre-eminently an accessible and inclusive form of sport. Stichting (foundation) 3X3 Unites is founded on August 3rd 2016 in Amsterdam. Currently we are still based in Amsterdam. In 2019 3X3 Unites reached more than ten thousand of young people in the Netherlands, Libanon and Botswana. We have the ambition to reach tens of thousands on site of young people worldwide by 2021 and are proud to start the partnership with the Nike Foundation - Made To Play already in 2020. We look forward to start April 2020 and keep on developing in Amsterdam and after this globally in the coming years with all our partners.

There are many sports clubs in Berlin. We are a sports club for women/lesbians, trans*, inter* and girls. SEITENWECHSEL was founded in 1988. Today our club is a queer-feminist learning and movement space, created by full-time staff and many volunteers. We want the participation and self-determination of womenLesbiansTrans*Inter* and girls in sports and otherwise. We fight against any form of discrimination. We reject any form of discrimination. We want to create the safest possible spaces for this. Everyone should feel comfortable with us. - What is especially important to us: - Gender self-definition counts. You decide how you want to be addressed. - You decide your name and your pronoun. We mutually accept how people want to be addressed. Names and pronouns (like other things) can change. - There are many ways people are excluded. For example, there is racism, classism, and disability discrimination. No one form of discrimination is more important than another. Different forms of discrimination can work together. - We would like to see a conscious approach to discrimination in the club. The language in the sports groups should appeal to all people. It should not exclude any people.

The association pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes in the sense of the constitution, in particular by the fostering, assistance and dissemination of physical exercise of all kinds, especially football (soccer), leisure and team sports and thus the physical training of its members. Any funds may only be used for the statutory purposes.

Early childhood education. Inclusion. Diversity: FortSchritt is an independent, non-profit organisation for holistic childcare in integrative day nurserys, kindergartens and daycare centres. In our conductive curative education day care centers we provide holistic, loving and individual support for children and young people with disabilities using the method of conductive education according to Dr. Andras Peto. Our mobile specialist service visits people of all ages and institutions on site and offers them psychological and therapeutic help. The focus of our holistic work is always the human being in his uniqueness. Main areas of activity: The FortSchritt-Konduktives Forderzentrum gGmbH was founded in 2001. It is responsible for 36 day nurserys, kindergartens, children's homes, forest playgroups, curative day care centres and after-school care centres for children with and without disabilities. In addition to the day care centres, FortSchritt gGmbH offers day care and large day care centres for children, a baby cafe, a transport service and interdisciplinary, mobile specialist services for parents, children, educators and employees. The facilities of FortSchritt gGmbH are represented in 6 Upper Bavarian administrative districts and the state capital Munich. At present we care for about 1,400 children with about 400 employees. All FortSchritt support services are holistic and inclusive! The personal development of each child and social justice are in the foreground. Therefore, FortSchritt welcomes all children, regardless of which social, religious and national group they belong to. Thus the facilities of the gGmbH form a differentiated, multi-layered, educational and social learning environment. In order to enable optimal support beyond the regular financing, we are dependent on monetary donations and donations in kind. Mission statement FortSchritt gGmbH - step by step to independence Preamble: This mission statement is the result of more than 20 years of lived experience in pedagogical dealing with children, teenagers and young adults. It offers orientation, reminds us of common goals and values and encourages us to think further. 1. The children, teenagers and young adults entrusted to us are at the centre of all our ideas, concepts and measures. We are passionately committed to their well-being and their best possible development and strive to work professionally and successfully every day. 2. We see our work as a diverse range of pedagogical offers, which should enable the optimal compatibility of family and career. We rely on our experience, skills and strengths. 3. FortSchritt has a unique history: We have established the conductive education to Peto in Germany. This tradition is very important to us. At the same time, we integrate various pedagogical approaches into our work and are constantly developing further. 4. The aspects presented under Mission, Vision and Values have emerged from joint workshops and meetings. They are not immutable, they have to prove themselves in practical work every day. 5. This mission statement should therefore be tested in practice and further developed: Share your experiences with the other employees of FortSchritt! At leitbild@fortschritt-bayern.de we are happy to take up your experiences, ideas and suggestions and publish them regularly. Mission: In cooperation with the parents, we seek to educate the children, teenagers and young adults entrusted to us to become responsible, compassionate and independent personalities - always in partnership and at eye level. 1. FortSchritt enables individual support: Through our diverse range of services we create the conditions to accept each child as it is: unique and free in its decisions. Our roots lie in the conductive education according to Peto, in addition we take up different pedagogical approaches such as Frobel's teaching, reggio pedagogy or forest pedagogy. This diversity allows us to address individual offers to the individual. The conception of our facilities and the interdisciplinary qualification of our teams reflect this diversity. 2. Joy, security and acceptance with FortSchritt: Children, teenagers and young adults feel completely at home with us, have fun and enjoy themselves. They should keep the time at FortSchritt as a valuable memory. This includes creating an atmosphere of security and acceptance; a protected space in which those entrusted to us can develop and try things out. 3. Our goal: Step by step to independence: We accompany the children, teenagers and young adults individually and step by step on their way to independence and support their strengths. "I can do it!": We make sure that the challenges they face are manageable and that their sense of self-efficacy is strengthened. This also includes setting clear boundaries. Many small steps create a sense of achievement that motivates you to continue. 4. We promote a positive self-esteem: Children, adolescents and young adults should develop at FortSchritt to become self-confident and responsible citizens of society. They learn to be aware of their own needs, to trust their own strengths and to develop skills. This also means taking responsibility for their own actions and standing up for common values. Everyone can achieve something and be proud of it: positive feelings strengthen self-esteem. 5. Inclusion and social competence in all facets: In addition to personal development, the promotion of social skills in all its facets is central to FortSchritt. At the core of this competence is the insight: "It is normal to be different." For us, inclusion refers not only to different physical constitutions or mental abilities, but also to gender, nationality, culture and language. The focus is on support oriented to the individual child and learning from and with each other. FortSchritt creates a space for friendships, for trust and reliable action. Vision: We advocate an open, empathic society in which inclusion is not just a buzzword, but an attitude to life. We take responsibility for this: with our theoretical and practical expertise and our special pedagogical skills, we want to advise parents, communities and other institutions and stimulate social change. 1. Higher social and political appreciation of extracurricular education: In our view, extracurricular education should be given the same importance as school education. This will create better overall conditions in the areas of education, training and support. FortSchritt is committed to a concrete improvement of the working conditions of our pedagogical teams. In addition to higher remuneration, this includes the optimisation of training and further education opportunities. The time for preparation and follow-up work, professional exchange and networking should not be considered a voluntary additional benefit, but a fixed part of regular working hours. 2. Inclusion is more than consideration: Our goal is a society in which inclusion is a matter of course in all respects. This means that not only individual social institutions work on inclusion, but that broad social and political acceptance is achieved. FortSchritt consciously counters social exclusion: We reject the division of people into certain categories such as nationals/foreigners; handicapped/non-handicapped. 3. Living diversity: also in our teams: Against the background of a changing society and increasing demands in the field of extracurricular education, training and support, we want to develop culturally, linguistically and professionally diverse team structures. In order to meet these requirements, we would like to offer our employees a wide range of training and further education. 4. FortSchritt as consultant, supporter and multiplier: We would like to pass on our special curative education and psychological knowledge and our expertise in the areas of management, administration and organization. Parents, representatives of local authorities and other institutions should receive information and support from us in an uncomplicated way in the form of counselling, coaching and further training. Values: The values formulated here give orientation to our thoughts and actions - and they serve as a benchmark in dealing with the children and young people entrusted to us. This also applies to our dealings with parents and all those with whom we work in partnership. The values have proven their worth in the more than 20 years of our existence - and should continue to serve as a guideline for the future. 1. Humanistic, positive image of man: Human dignity, the recognition of the equality of all people and respect for each individual are the basis for our actions. 2. Appreciation: We meet people empathically and at eye level. Our friendliness is expressed in our language and in our actions. Politeness and appropriate manners are therefore a matter of course for us. 3. Respect: We treat ourselves and others with recognition and respect. For us, respect means not only tolerance of other values and lifestyles, but also their acceptance. 4. Trust: A trustful cooperation is the basis of all our relationships. The trust we place in each other creates security and reliability. 5. Fairness: For us, fairness means more than acting in accordance with the rules: Fairness also means decency and honesty in dealing with each other. 6. Together: We achieve our goals through team spirit, cooperation and a strong sense of community. We want to actively set an example against egoism and create a sense of we.

To raise money for seriously ill children.

About the Clown Doktors They are called Dr. Stracciatella, Dr. Furioso or Dr. Raclette and are experts in intensive laughing medicine. Together with their 33 other colleagues from DIE CLOWN DOKTOREN E.V., they bring joy and variety into everyday clinical life to sick children. By including the little patients in their jokes, they promote the healthy, playful side of the children, strengthen their self-healing powers and thus support medical therapy through the power of humor. The special thing about it: The clown doctors are all freelance artists who have undergone special, long-term training for their sensitive task. Their humor visits, which are only financed through donations, always take place in close coordination with the medical nursing staff on site. True to the motto "Laughing helps heal", the clown doctors give their little patients a laugh test, transplant clown noses, prescribe soap bubble treatments or chocolate ice cream pizza. By including the little patients in their jokes, they support and promote the healthy, playful side of the children, strengthen their self-healing powers and thus support medical therapy through the power of humor. In addition to the beneficial effects of laughter and humor, the regularity of the clown doctor visits is particularly important for sick and seriously ill children. Many children eagerly await "their" clown doctors. But they are not the only ones: The humor visits are also an important change for the parents during their stay in the children's clinic, which is often very worrisome. Since 2009, the beneficial effects of laughter and humor have also benefited older people: the visits by the clown doctors have been extended to facilities for the elderly. The warm welcome is always very touching. Singing, dancing, joking together or simply exchanging ideas about previous experiences repeatedly create indescribable moments for the residents - but also for the staff and the clown doctors themselves. The association DIE CLOWN DOKTOREN E.V. has been organizing humorous visits to meanwhile 13 children's clinics, two intensive care facilities, twelve senior facilities, two geriatric wards and a children's hospice in the Rhine-Main area, in Central Hesse and in Rhineland-Palatinate since 1994. With more than 2,000 visits, the 33 clown doctors reach over 60,000 sick children and hundreds of seniors every year.

The mission of the association is to promote culture and education, developmental cooperation and international understanding between Germany, especially Hamburg, and India or the countries related to India in the Asian region.

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