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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.

The Foundation L'Unione Europea Berlin develops initiatives in the field of peace work and peace research, international understanding and cultural understanding across national borders. The Foundation promotes initiatives and projects to support the diversity of cultural wealth, prosperity and - associated with this - the maintenance of lasting peace in the spirit of European unification at regional level and regardless of nation-state allocation. The Foundation promotes dialogue for peace and tolerance, in particular through joint encounters between young people from European and non-European regions. The Foundation sees its activities in the awareness that young people, if they can freely shape their future and live and work in any place in Europe, can develop a living basis for mutual understanding that can be experienced on a daily basis: the true human wealth in the diversity of culture in Europe, which is also sustainably shaped by influences outside Europe. The Nonoproject is a project for schools in European regions. The name for the project is related to the Italian composer Luigi Nono, who composed the choral work Il canto sospeso in 1956. Nono has written Il canto sospeso (Floating Vocals) based on farewell letters composed by young people, who were murdered by the National Socialists. He took them from the book "Lettere di condannati a morte della Resistenza Europea".

Ashinaga is a Japanese foundation headquartered in Tokyo. We provide financial support and emotional care to young people around the world who have lost either one or both parents. With a history of more than 55 years, our support has enabled more than 110,000 orphaned students to gain access to higher education. From 2001, we expanded our activities internationally, with our first office abroad in Uganda. Since then, we have established new offices in Senegal, the US, Brazil, the UK, and France to support the Ashinaga Africa Initiative. The Ashinaga movement began after President and Founder, Yoshiomi Tamai's mother was hit by a car in 1963, putting her in a coma, and she passed away soon after. Tamai and a group of likeminded individuals went on to found the Association for Traffic Accident Orphans in 1967. Through public advocacy, regular media coverage and the development of a street fundraising system, the association was able to set in motion significant improvements in national traffic regulations, as well as support for students bereaved by car accidents across Japan. Over time, the Ashinaga movement extended its financial and emotional support to students who had lost their parents by other causes, including illness, natural disaster, and suicide. The Ashinaga-san system, which involved anonymous donations began in 1979. This was inspired by the Japanese translation of the 1912 Jean Webster novel Daddy-Long-Legs. In 1993, Ashinaga was expanded to include offering residential facilities to enable financially disadvantaged students to attend universities in the more expensive metropolitan areas. Around this time Ashinaga also expanded its summer programs, or tsudoi, at which Ashinaga students could share their experiences amongst peers who had also lost parents. The 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck the Kobe area with a magnitude of 6.9, taking the lives of over 6,400 people and leaving approximately 650 children without parents. Aided by financial support from both Japan and abroad, Ashinaga established its first ever Rainbow House, a care facility for children to alleviate the resultant trauma. March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan, causing a major tsunami, vast damage to the Tohoku region, and nearly 16,000 deaths. Thousands of children lost their parents as a result. Ashinaga responded immediately, establishing a regional office to aid those students who had lost parents in the catastrophe. With the assistance of donors from across the world, Ashinaga provided emergency grants of over $25,000 each to over 2,000 orphaned students, giving them immediate financial stability in the wake of their loss. Ashinaga also built Rainbow Houses in the hard-hit communities of Sendai City, Rikuzentakata, and Ishinomaki, providing ongoing support to heal the trauma inflicted by the disaster. Over the past 55 years Ashinaga has raised over $1 billion (USD) to enable about 110,000 orphaned students to access higher education in Japan.

Zahana in Madagascar is dedicated to participatory rural development, education, revitalization of traditional Malagasy medicine, reforestation, and sustainable agriculture. It is Zahana's philosophy that participatory development must be based on local needs and solutions proposed by local people. It means asking communities what they need and working with them collaboratively so they can achieve their goals. Each community's own needs are unique and require a tailor -made response

Protection and promotion of health and life; social inclusion; Prevention and emergency response; Promotion of International Humanitarian Law and International Cooperation; Youth development and culture of active citizenship.

That Athletes With An Intellectual Impairment Across The World Have The Opportunity To Achieve Excellence In Sport And High-Level Competition

Provide access to clean and safe water to the villages of Malawi, through the construction of boreholes.

Laureus' purpose is to change the world through the power of sport. Our vision is to use this power to end violence, discrimination and disadvantage against young people and children.

Siamo l'Osservatorio nazionale sulla salute della donna e di genere. Dal 2005 promuoviamo un approccio alla salute orientato al genere, con particolare attenzione a quella femminile. Disseminiamo una corretta informazione presso la popolazione per promuovere la prevenzione primaria, la diagnosi precoce e l'aderenza terapeutica. Collaboriamo con una rete di ospedali riconosciuti per l'attenzione riservata alla salute femminile. Dialoghiamo con le Istituzioni centrali e regionali, segnalando le maggiori criticita di salute ed equita di accesso. Ci connota da sempre il lavoro "in rete": coinvolgiamo nei nostri progetti anche Societa scientifiche, Associazioni di pazienti e media. Organizziamo ogni anno un Congresso Scientifico Nazionale.

To provide sports and culture with children

cette association a pour objet toute action d'interet general favorisant l'emancipation economique et sociale de ses beneficiaires par l'acces a un emploi durable ; l'association est laique et apolitique ; a travers ses actions, les valeurs qu'elle promeut sont l'empathie, la solidarite, la responsabilite et l'integrite ; sa demarche est innovante, inclusive et co-construite avec ses beneficiaires afin de repondre a leurs besoins, favoriser leur autonomisation et retablir leur dignite ; afin de realiser son objet, l'association pourra notamment, et de facon habituelle, mettre en place des programmes, organiser des evenements et ateliers ou mener des actions de plaidoyer de toute nature pouvant se rattacher directement ou indirectement a son objet ; plus generalement, l'association a pour objet toutes autres operations pouvant se rattacher directement ou indirectement a son objet ou a tout objet similaire, connexe ou complementaire de nature a favoriser son developpement et son impact au service des personnes deracinees

The Organisational Mission is to propel the freedom of expression movement locally and globally to ensure all people realise the power of their voices in our digital era ARTICLE 19 monitors, researches, publishes, advocates, campaigns, sets standards and litigates on behalf of freedom of expression wherever it is threatened.