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GUIDED BY THE BELIEF THAT ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE EQUAL AT BIRTH, FIGHTTHESTROKE WANTS TO ENSURE A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOUNG STROKE SURVIVORS, CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND THEIR FAMILIES.

ChangemakerXchange is a global community providing safe, supportive, fun, and empowering spaces for changemakers. We foster profound and lasting connections, nurture wellbeing, and enable peer-learning and meaningful collaborations so that changemakers may create, sustain and scale positive change.

The international activities of AIFO focus on on two main areas - (1) Community health programmes with a special focus on leprosy (2) Community-based Inclusive Development (CBID) programmes open to all the different groups of persons with disabilities including persons with disabilities due to leprosy and persons with mental illness. AIFO is a founder member of International Federation of Anti-leprosy Associations (ILEP), International Consortium for Disability and Development (IDDC), Italian Disability and Development Network (RIDS) and Italian NGO federation Focsiv.

The Mario Mieli LGBT+ Association is a registered non-profit association (Registry of the Lazio Region) established in 1983. The Association is a civil rights organisation, supporting the LGBT+ community and committed to combating AIDS, both with information and prevention activities, as well as to assisting and supporting HIV-positive people. We promote action to fight all kinds of discrimination and carry out cultural and socialization activities. The projects and activities undertaken so far have received the appreciation and support of the Ministry of Health, the Lazio Region, the Province of Rome and the Municipality of Rome. Mario Mieli Association continued to offer a series of free social services and activities: Rainbow Line Help Centre (toll-free number 800 11 06 11), with telephone and on-site consulting Psychological counselling Legal counselling Self-Help Group for HIV-positive people LGBT+ Group for immigrants Rapid Test HIV and STDs GOALS AND BENEFICIARIES - Welcoming, supporting and guiding LGBT+ people, including HIV-positive people - Provide listening, advice, assistance with issues related to discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and HIV-positive people - Countering prejudice and discrimination against LGBT+ and/or HIV-positive people - Encouraging inclusion and integration of LGBT+ immigrants and people discriminated against in their country of origin for sexual orientation or gender identity SPECIFIC PROJECTS The Rainbow Line Help Centre is open from 2 am to 6 pm on Mondays through Fridays. The Rainbow Line Centre provides information on health, disease prevention, HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases; also it collects and manages reports of discrimination due to sexual orientation, gender identity and serological status. The Centre is run by experienced practitioners, psychologists, lawyers and doctors. The Legal Office offers several types of counselling (in civil, criminal, administrative and labour law). The Office is able to offer support to people who are victims of discrimination. The Psychological Counselling Office offers support and advice with issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity. It also provides support to victims of discrimination and homophobic and transphobic bullying. The Self-Help Group for HIV-positive people works to foster the emancipation and empowerment of participants, allowing them to share their problems with peers and experiment methods and strategies fostering greater awareness and calm in dealing with self-perception and health issues. In recent years, it has offered special support to people with HIV who are victims of discrimination due to their serological status. The LGBT+ Group for migrants offers support through specific psychological and/or legal assistance initiatives. In particular, it organises Italian language courses in order to foster integration and develop the linguistic tools to fight the discrimination targeting the LGBTI community in Italy, not only for their sexual orientation or gender identity, but also for their ethnic origin. HIV information and prevention project, Rapid HIV and STDs Testing Free Quick Tests offered at the Association's headquarters and at gay venues OTHER ACTIVITIES Since 1994 The Mario Mieli organizes every Pride in Rome. The Mario Mieli has organized the first World Pride in history in 2000 and the EuroPride of Rome in 2011 with Lady Gaga. "LIBER@DIESSERE" Project. Information and training course on LGBT+ diversity for psycho-social-health workers"- funded by UNAR (the Italian National Anti-Racial Discrimination Office) under the A.P.A.D. 2016 (Positive Actions Against Discrimination) call for projects. Diversity training initiatives (to counter any kind of prejudice) aimed at psycho-social-health workers in public institutions. The project was conducted in association with other organizations, including Cirses (project leader), AGEDO, Famiglie Rainbow and Associazione Libellula. The Mario Mieli Association, among other things, staffed the information desk, through the Rainbow Line Help Centre, achieving an increase in the number of contacts during the project. SCHOOLS PROJECT Training and prevention initiatives at secondary schools through peer education. Initiatives against homo-lesbian-transphobic bullying to foster a culture of knowledge, addressing the topics of Affectivity, Sexuality, Prevention of HIV and other STDs.

The organization was established as a result of a spontaneous initiative and willingness to help the those people who are in need, who suffered from military actions in Ukraine. Our mission is the permanent and balanced integration of Ukraine with the European Union through the implementation of current tasks and long-term activities in the form of, among others: - Humanitarian actions - Social projects - International cooperation

AIMaC is a non profit-making association founded by patients in 1997. Information is the first medicine for cancer patients and AIMaC, through a National Cancer Information Service - SION, officially recognized by the National Cancer Plan and realized with the support of ACC, ensures them a personalized "information therapy", through the following tools - A national helpline (phone, fax, e-mail): A clinical oncologist, a psychologist and a lawyer, assisted by psychologists and civil service volunteers, respond to questions concerning diseases, treatments and their side effects, access to the benefits provided by law in employment, welfare and social issues. https://www.aimac.it/aimac-per-te/help-line - 45 cancer information desks, in 25 cities, with civil service's volunteers - trained and provided by AIMaC - have been set up in the oncology departments at major teaching and general hospitals (https://www.aimac.it/aimac-per-te/punti-informativi) - a collection of 34 booklets on the major types of cancer, how they can be treated and what effects the different therapies can have https://www.aimac.it/libretti-tumore - www.aimac.it, provides information on various types of cancer, the treatments and their complications, support services and has obtained the seal of Health On the Net Foundation. - www.oncoguida.it, realized in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Health and ISS for discovering where to go for diagnosis, treatments, psychological support, rehabilitation, care, pain, etc. Oncoguida also shows the number of surgeries performed in each center by type of cancer. Higher the number, the greater the reliability of the Centre. - Forum (http://forumtumore.aimac.it), a virtual place where those who faced or are facing cancer can meet, share their experiences and discuss. - Portal on immuno-oncology https://www.aimac.it/cura-tumore/immuno-oncologia. - Psycho-oncology Center https://www.aimac.it/aimac-per-te/parliamone-centro-ascolto-psiconcologico which provides psychological support to cancer patients and their families and friends. - Filos, a 24H chatbot, realized in collaboration with IBM Italy, which answers in real time- thanks to cognitive computing - to questions regarding the rights of cancer patients AIMaC also defends the dignity of cancer patients and their families and its successful lobbying has primed the Italian Government to respond to their emerging needs https://www.aimac.it/diritti-del-malato AIMaC is registered in the Register of Voluntary Associations of Lazio Region (No. 30 of 25 February 2000), and in the Register of Legal Persons since 2007 (n.471/2007). Since 2014 it is recorded to the Registry of associations and entities carrying out activities in the field of anti-discrimination. The role of SION is recognized in many important publications (AA.VV., National Cancer Information Service in Italy: an information points network as a new model for providing information for cancer patients, Tumori. 2011; AA.VV. "Improving Information to Italian Cancer Patients: The Results of a Randomized Study", Annals of Oncology, 2004)

SIDeMaST is committed to promote and advance the science and art of medicine related to the skin, the highest standards in clinical practice, education and research in dermatology, and the highest quality standards in continuing medical education. It also promotes the public interest relating to dermatology, and formulates socioeconomic policies that can influence the quality of dermatological care. SIDeMaST is a provider for continual medical education credits, and organizes educational courses dedicated to both dermatological residents and certified dermatologists. SIDeMaST organizes an annual national meeting with a mean attendance of 2,000 dermatologists. Moreover, annual regional meetings are organized together with the Italian Society of Hospital Dermatology (ADOI) by Italian region delegates from both Societies.

We have a beautiful mission: we want to cure every child's cancer. Find new treatments, improve existing ones, and kick children's cancer to send it far, far away forever and may it never come back!

Plan International Espana is an international development and humanitarian organisation which strives for a just world that advances children's rights and equality for girls. We focus our action to: - empower women, young and communities to make vital changes that tackle root causes of discrimination, poverty, exclusion and vulnerability; - drive change in practice and policy at local, national and global levels through our experience. - Work with young to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity; - support the safe progression of children from birth to adulthood. Plan International is committed to safeguarding of women and young people. We are an organization that works to defend, promote and protect children's rights in order to achieve societies that respect the rights of all children and enable them to have a life of dignity and a future full of opportunities. We are currently present in 77 countries around the world and we aim to ensure that our work provides lasting benefits to children, their families and communities. One of our main areas of work is the economic empowerment of youth, especially the most vulnerable adolescents and young people, so that they become resilient, acquire knowledge and skills for employment, have access to job opportunities and actively participate in the development of their professional careers. We develop programs aimed at economic security, through training in employability and entrepreneurship skills. o To this end, we seek the commitment of citizens and institutions, and build partnerships to: o Empower children, young people and their communities to generate lasting change that addresses the causes of discrimination against girls, exclusion and vulnerability. o Drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and international levels through our outreach, experience and knowledge of the realities that children experience. o Support children and their communities in adapting and responding to crises and adversity. o Ensuring the safe and positive development of children from birth to adulthood. For 83 years, its work based on social responsibility and transparency has cemented its reputation for ethical, effective and committed humanitarian aid in each of its projects. Plan International is a Foundation that has been working in Spain since 2010 on programs in Spain aimed at raising awareness and empowering Spanish girls and young women about their rights. In 2012, and as a result of the economic crisis and the transformation it brought to the labor market, Plan International started to implement insertion programs for groups at risk of exclusion.

The Covid19 pandemic has made the economic difficulties of many people even more evident. Looking at the social policies website of the Municipality of Milan, the first wave of the emergency has brought over 18,000 families below the poverty threshold. I, therefore, created a WhatsApp chat of ordinary citizens "de Milan col Coeur in Man", which supports communities, family homes, homeless people, and people reported by volunteers and/or parishes. Over time we wanted to extend our network of collaboration with other associations, thus being able to offer together: Support of primary assets We recover unsold food from markets and artisanal producers which is then distributed to families, shelters, family homes Cooperation with other associations and parishes for the temporary stay and reception of international refugees Donation of basic necessities and medicines for shipments to countries affected by a health emergency or war Support for homeless people and their pets Enthusiasm, desire to do and participation in a noble project have allowed great results. Our motto is SHARE TO RE-JOICE: In other words, it means above all to be deeply compromised with the humanity of the other. Dr Mariacristina Campanini and La Bella Gente di Aiutility

ORA Singers is an award-winning and critically-acclaimed professional vocal ensemble, recognised for its commitment to producing the highest quality choral music; continuing and enhancing the centuries-long tradition of choral singing in England. We do this primarily through performance, recording, commissioning and choral education. We believe that choral singing is truly at the heart of Britain's classical music tradition, and we are committed to showcasing its beauty, power and relevance to a modern and demographically varied audience. Building on our success of the last six years, we are developing a new vision of cross-cultural work that we believe will introduce British choral singing to a wider audience than ever before, both nationally and internationally. We will be collaborating with, and commissioning, extraordinary artists from other world music traditions, building musical bridges between different cultures. We are also continuing to expand our educational programme, which reaches out to under-privileged young people across the UK. We provide free mentoring and access to professional musicians and musical opportunities to aspiring composers from state schools. We were inspired to build this programme by the continual reduction of support for music education in our state education sector, and the knock-on effect this is having on young people's musical development and aspirations. We have always supported the creation of new work, commissioning over 50 new musical pieces in the last six years, and with a target of 100 new works in 10 years. We have become known for our creative and prolific commissioning programme, providing employment and exposure to a huge number of composers, and building a legacy of early 21st century choral music which will continue to be performed for hundreds of years to come.

The mission of Ayúdame3D is to create and provide 3D-printed prosthetic devices to people with limb differences, regardless of their socioeconomic status. The organization aims to promote a culture of inclusion, empowerment, and innovation, by leveraging technology, education, and community engagement. Ayúdame3D envisions a world where every person with a disability has access to affordable and functional assistive devices that enable them to live with dignity, independence, and full participation in society.