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The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

"The mission of Special Olympics Ireland is "to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with an intellectual disability, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community."

Orbis' mission is to preserve and restore sight by strengthening the capacity of local partners in their efforts to prevent and treat blindness with the vision that this will lead to a world in which no one is needlessly blind, where quality eye care, education, and treatment are available to every human being.

We are a South African registered charity dedicated to encouraging disadvantaged individuals and communities to develop to their full potential in sport, education and health. We are committed to using sport as a tool to develop the disadvantaged and vulnerable youth. We do this by; 1. Using direct sports coaching - for its health benefits, improved emotional well being and increased life skills (teamwork, leadership, decision making, communication). 2. Using sport to discuss critical issues - by delivering curriculums on topics such as HIV / AIDS awareness in a fun and interactive manner on the sports field. 3. Using sport for improved education - by providing pathways to success for talented and dedicated individuals through scholarships to top local schools and tertiary education.

The mission of FEBA consists in contributing to the reduction of hunger and malnutrition in Europe, through the fight against food waste and the call for solidarity, by supporting and developing Food Banks in coutries where they are most needed. FEBA bases its activity on these values: giving, sharing, European solidarity and fighting food waste.

Nandri (legal name Child Aid Ireland India) Nandri has been supporting development programmes in the Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts of Tamil Nadu, Southern India since 1996. CAII currently supports seven programmes: Child sponsorship; Microfinance for third level education; Mothers' self-help groups; Microfinance family income generation; Rural development centre; Agricultural income generation and training. Nandri has supported over 5,000 children to access primary and secondary education. In the first half of 2014, 48 students who had benefited from the child sponsorship scheme graduated from third level education. Since 2012, Nandri has also provided 700 mothers with micro finance loans to improve their livelihoods. Nandri's vision is that all children from Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts in Tamil Nadu state have equal access to quality education, regardless of gender, ethnicity or social/caste status and that women and men be treated with equal respect, non-discrimination and opportunity for income generation and decision making in the home and community. Nandri's mission is to improve the income, education and health of families in Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts, particularly Dalit and Dhobi families, by financing access up to and including third level education for children, by providing mothers with financial support for income generation and by training mothers in health, nutrition, finance and human rights. Nandri's strategic goals for 2015-2018 are: Support children from predominantly Dalit and Dhobi communities to access quality education up to and where possible including third level education. Empower mothers from predominantly Dalit and Dhobi communities to capitalize on their existing land assets, access income generating assets and loans and improve their knowledge of nutrition, health and human rights issues. Formalise internal organisational structures, policies, systems and processes and strengthen board leadership.

We are a Bulgarian non-for-profit legal entity, established in 2008 to stimulate the development, improve the quality of life and vitalize the region of Devetaki Plateau. We mobilize local communities and resources to reduce social and economic disparities between the villages in the Devetaki Plateau and the big towns in Bulgaria. The Association's efforts are aimed at development and promotion of the region as a tourist destination.

Epilepsy Ireland's mission is to achieve a society where no person's life is limited by epilepsy.\n\nEpilepsy Ireland is committed to working for and meeting the needs of everyone with epilepsy in Ireland and their families and carers.

Global Changemakers works to an unshakable mission of supporting young people to create a positive change towards a more just, fair and sustainable world. We do this through skills development, capacity building, mentoring and grants.

Providing assistance dogs free of charge to children and adults nationwide, living with physical disabilities (other than visual impairment and autism). 85% of our service users are children who receive a Stability Assistance Dog, which helps them to negotiate environmental obstacles such as people, kerbs, street furniture. The Assistance Dog provides a stable base and helps the child with forward motion,\nhelping to regulate speed and tension of walking, and therefore helping to create a safe walking pace.\nThere are currently two research studies taking place to measure the benefits of our Assistance Dogs.\nTask Assistance Dogs trained for adult wheelchair users perform a variety of tasks such as retrieve dropped items like keys and phones, open/close doors, assist with dressing, turn on/off lights and alarm buttons, alert for help/assistance. Each Task Assistance Dog is tailor trained to meet the specific needs of the individual user. Dogs that are unsuitable to be trained as Assistance Dogs are placed as Therapy Dogs for children and adults with learning difficulties.

femLENS' mission is to visually educate and make technologically aware the most vulnerable and resourceless women of our society through documentary photography made accessible by mobile phone cameras and cheaper point and shoot cameras.

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.