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he World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organisation representing and promoting approximately 70 million deaf people's human rights worldwide. The WFD is a federation of deaf organisations from 134 nations; its mission is to promote the human rights of deaf people and full, quality and equal access to all spheres of life, including self-determination, sign language, education, employment and community life. WFD has a consultative status in the United Nations and is a founding member of International Disability Alliance (IDA). At its recent World Congress in Jeju, South Korea, WFD members (136) approved the WFD strategic direction 2023-2030 and Action Plan 2023-2027. Important themes are covered in these 2 documents which strive to ensure that we create access for all deaf people to all ways of life in "a world where deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere" (vision). Furthermore, our mission is to work towards the full realisation of linguistic rights and human rights in all areas of life, with full recognition and implementation of these rights across local, national and international levels. To realise our mission and vision, the following are part of our Action Plan 2023-2027: Building Capacity across the Globe: ensuring increased participation of women, youth and underrepresented communities; provide effective capacity building projects to countries who are not yet members to assist them with creating their own national deaf associations so that they can represent themselves in their countries; Putting Deaf people on the Agenda: the WFD will continue to strive to put deaf human rights at the forefront of all representation internationally, including at the UN; we will effectively promote International Week of Deaf people and be ready to response to deaf people's needs in times of crises, disasters and war. Realising nothing about us without us: the WFD continues to be the leading authority for deaf people and sign languages and has committed to developing resources to assist deaf people raise awareness in their countries. Achieving Sign Language Rights for all: National sign languages are fundamental to achieving deaf people's human rights. We will aim to assist our member states in promoting the legal recognition of signed language in the country and advocate for early childhood language acquisition and inclusive multilingual education policies. Investing in a strong and sustainable organisation: to carry out our mission and vision we need greater investment in our secretariat and regional secretariat, expand our donor base, increase visibility and fundraising activities so that our organisation can carry on its important global work.

Our vision: Our vision is a world where animals live free of suffering. With your help we can move the world for animals. We're World Animal Protection. We're on a mission to end animal cruelty and suffering. Forever. Evidence shows that animals are sentient, individual beings who feel pain, fear, and joy. Yet, every day, billions of them experience unbearable cruelty. Putting animals first isn't just better for them, it's vital for us and for our shared planet. Find out what we can do, with your support, to end the cruelty and exploitation of farmed and wild animals. Together, we can transform the lives of animals across the world.

We are committed to a fair and sustainable future for all life on earth. To this end, we support philanthropists and social investors who want to make a lasting difference in protecting the planet for future generations.

The Slovenian Society for Dog Assisted Therapy Tacke pomagacke links together members who visit different institutions together with their dogs. The Society, which was founded in 2007, is a humanitarian, non-profit association of physical persons and works in the public interest. The financial means for its activities derive from membership fees and donations from firms and individuals. The members of the Society are volunteers, and also members of the Slovenian Network of Voluntary Organizations. We are proud of carrying out useful and worthwhile work. In 2008 the Slovenian Society for Dog Assisted Therapy Tacke pomagacke was chosen as Benefactor of the Year. Dogs are faithful, irreplaceable companions. They can have an encouraging influence on complete strangers, as is amply confirmed by scientific research. Increasingly, professional staff in hospitals, institutions, old people's homes, schools and nursery schools acknowledge that dogs can make a decisive contribution to the progress of individuals. As skilful motivators, dogs are welcome in work with children having special needs, with individuals who have suffered injuries, with the debilitated, with cancer patients, and with patients suffering from neurological and degenerative illnesses. Dogs bring happiness and courage, successfully overcome the difficulties due to human reserve and contribute positively to creating a relaxed working atmosphere. They stimulate individuals or a group to cooperate actively, and so are excellent companions for young people and children in nursery schools and schools with a normal programme. In Slovenia there is an increasing demand for visits from therapy dogs of the Tacke pomagacke Society. We visit widely differing institutions, including the Soca University Rehabilitation Institute, the Rakitna Youth Climatic Health Centre, many old people's homes, institutions (for those with psycho-physical difficulties), libraries, nursery schools, primary and secondary schools, etc. The work in these institutions takes place in cooperation with a wide range of professional personnel: occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, special needs teachers, speech therapists, schoolteachers, nursery staff, etc. All our dogs have a suitable character, regular veterinary check-ups, are obedience trained, and have also received specific training for their work. The Society has 71 active therapy pairs (the dog and the handler form a pair; both have participated in the Society's internal training), of these 39 have the R.E.A.D. licence. Members of the Tacke pomagacke Society (this is the short form of the official name) carry out the following programmes: Animal Assisted Therapy - AAT, Animal Assisted Activity - AAA, Animal Assisted Education - AAE, R.E.A.D. programme (Reading Education Assistance Dogs), social activities, presentations for children and young people in nursery schools, schools and at various public events.

Solidarna maps needs and creates new opportunities for all citizens to act in solidarity, in our joint effort to protect human rights and meet basic human needs, reduce inequalities and expand freedoms in all social spheres. SOLIDARNA acts as a reliable partner to civil society actors, the socially responsible business community and donors for social development, serving as a catalyst for the mobilization of resources, a promoter of solidarity and social support for autonomous initiatives for the protection of human rights in Croatia, the region and throughout Europe. SOLIDARNA Foundation's support program provides prompt and targeted support to human rights defenders, civic initiatives, and victims of human rights violations such as survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Our objectives are empowering civil society, mobilisation and support for human rights defenders and gender equality. Solidarna works on strengthening philanthropy and the culture of solidarity through raising philanthropy and human rights in the media, developing individual and coorporate philatrophy. In addition, we continuously work on systemic changes through our advocacy focus. SOLIDARNA's mission statement SOLIDARNA - Foundation for Human Rights and Solidarity is the first community-based, private human rights foundation from Croatia of its kind, set up in December 2015 by 55 founders - 49 human individuals and six human rights organizations, as a strategic innovative philanthropic endeavour of the Croatian human rights community of practice to enhance autonomy of progressive civic activism in defence of human rights in their full spectrum. It was set up in light of chronic deterioration of human security purported by socially insensitive, neoliberal public policies and the current global offensive of the radical and clerical right against human rights and gender equality which has intentionally targeted Croatians society and politics since its accession to the EU in 2013. SOLIDARNA's founders were especially concerned about rising anti-liberalism, nationalism, misogyny, xenophobia and authoritarianism in Croatia and its two neighbouring regions of Central Europe and the Balkans, but also across the EU and globally. The assumption of gradual implosion of public funding for human rights advocacy proved correct, as did the expectation of rising needs for ad hoc citizen actions and independent media production to protect the society against illiberal trends, which are not eligible for project and program funding from the EU and government donors. In such complex and increasingly hostile environment, SOLIDARNA believes that resilience primarily stems from reinvigorated solidarity actions around issues that re-connect the concept of human rights with deprivation of peoples' basic needs, such as access to health, education, ineffective state protection against violence, discrimination and marginalization. In SOLIDARNA we know that one of the key problems in our society is that human rights protection ghettoized in the minds of most people to few independent institutions and specialized NGOs, which are at the same time exposed to malicious media bashing on part of ultraconservatives as well as libertarians. SOLIDARNA wants to change but this social dynamic and public perception of human rights, by reconnecting human rights with the basic human needs and the core practices of solidarity from bottom up, in line with the famous quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, which has served as key source of inspiration for SOLIDARNA's purpose to contribute to autonomy and sustainability of human rights protection, by enhancing a culture of solidarity and by building local philanthropy for human rights. In short, SOLIDARNA wants to bring human rights back home - to hearts, minds and lives of ordinary people. SOLIDARNA's founders believe that promoting and protecting all generations of human rights - from fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly and association, to right to work, home, healthy environment and basic public goods - requires lasting societal effort, creativity and strong resilience to all kinds of pressures. Hence, SOLIDARNA strives to earn trust and become a reliable partner to private and public donors, local communities and civil society initiatives, acting as mediator and catalyst of more effective human rights awareness raising, advocacy and resource mobilization for autonomous human rights initiatives in Croatia and its broader region. SOLIDARNA envisions citizens both in Croatia and across Europe - especially those with lasting ties with Croatia - as its principal donor base, enabling maximum autonomy and flexibility of funding programs. In parallel, SOLIDARNA strives to develop partnerships with socially responsible businesses, social economy actors and like-minded domestic and international foundations and international development programs. SOLIDARNA, as a reliable, responsive and resourceful re-granting channel and programming associate can add value in mapping and shaping grant-making opportunities to ensure substantial and sustainable community impact on human rights protection in Croatia and regionally, in line with well detected needs of local human rights defenders and the communities they serve. International and public funding is instrumental for balancing out the fragility of the private donor environment for human rights in Croatia which SOLIDARNA strives to reshape. For SOLIDARNA as a new community-focused human rights foundation with no initial operational funds, the key challenge was building its core organizational capacities necessary for the foundation to raise necessary funds to roll out its prospective grant giving programs.

Founded in 2018, the ITTF Foundation was created by the International Table Tennis Federation as an independent nonprofit organization. The Foundation aims to create positive impacts through table tennis in communities worldwide. The ITTF Foundation operates through five programs to foster development through table tennis, contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The team tirelessly designs and implements initiatives that promote inclusivity, education, and empowerment, ensuring that the sport becomes a catalyst for positive social change. As a nonprofit organization we collaborate closely with local project implementation partners while we assist with planning, financial support, and knowledge sharing. Additionally, we connect with the Parkinson's community globally to promote the use of table tennis for enhancing well-being and health, particularly against neurodegenerative diseases.

Through our educational, advocacy, and conservation activities, we contribute to biodiversity and influence changes in the behavior of the public and relevant stakeholders in Croatia. As a Croatian BirdLife partner, we participate in the creation of policies for nature protection at the international level. Biom is one of the leading civil society organizations in Croatia that offers solutions in the field of nature protection and promotes delegated management of protected areas. Biom is a professional, open and innovative organization that contributes to the common good with a wide network of members, volunteers, and associates.

EHEES, Elephant Haven, European elephant sanctuary, is a sanctuary/retirement home for elephants from European zoos and circuses, which answers a legal need and requests from private owners. EHEES is a care center which offers the elephants a place for life and where their natural needs are respected and their diet is appropriate. It enables them to be re-socialized and rehabilitated in a protected environment. This is the true story of Gandhi and Delhi, Asian elephants, our two first retired residents in EHEES, the only elephant sanctuary in Europe. Indeed, in recent years, it has become both appropriate and necessary to create elephant placement centers in Europe. Private elephant owners, animal parks, zoos and other organizations may need a place for their elephant(s) to live. Almost all European countries ban wild animals from circuses, including France, where EHEES is situated. Bringing them back to their country of origin is not always possible. There was no place for housing the elephants in Europe. Retired elephants from zoos and circuses, like Gandhi and Delhi, our 2 first residents, have now a place for life. They, and the future other residents of Elephant Haven, need a lot of attention. Elephant Haven is expanding to be able to offer more elephants a place for life. Informative programmes about elephants and their behavior, in captivity and in the wild, will be organized to have a better understanding of elephants, as well as local fauna and flora. All this encourages a re-connection with nature and with all her creatures, to raise awareness and respect for the environment.

At Adventure4ever, we believe in the transformative power of travel to unite cultures and heal our planet. By showcasing the rich traditions and diverse cultures from around the world, we aim to amplify a universal voice dedicated to environmental conservation and global understanding. Our mission, through compelling media, is to guide our audience towards making informed and impactful travel choices. We advocate for authentic journeys and genuine experiences that enrich both the traveller and the communities they visit. By leading through example, we strive to inspire meaningful efforts to preserve our planet. We are dedicated to driving the necessary change in tourism-from mere consumption to active contribution. Join us in making travel a force for good, forming connections that uplift communities and protect our environment for future generations.

HR PSOR's mission is to serve as a driving force for sustainable development in Croatia. Through collaboration, advocacy, and knowledge-sharing, we strive to foster a business environment where economic prosperity is harmonized with environmental protection and social responsibility. We are committed to promoting innovative practices, facilitating dialogue among diverse stakeholders, and advocating for policies that support sustainable behavior and fair competition. By fostering transparency, responsibility, and continuous improvement, we aim to create a prosperous and resilient economy that benefits both current and future generations.

Rise Against Hunger is an ever-growing global movement with the goal of ending world hunger and poverty by empowering communities and responding quickly to emergencies.