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Seva Mandir's mission is to make real the idea of society consisting of free and equal citizens who are able to come together and solve the problems that affect them in their particular contexts. The commitment is to work for a paradigm of development and governance that is democratic and polyarchic. Seva Mandir seeks to institutionalise the idea that development and governance is not only to be left to the State and its formal bodies like the legislature and the bureaucracy, but that citizens and their associations should engage separately and jointly with the State. The mission briefly, is to construct the conditions in which citizens of plural backgrounds and perspectives can come together and deliberate on how they can work to benefit and empower the least advantaged in society.

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.

Fundacion EDUCA supports 83 low-income Community Schools in 13 Mexican states to strengthen their educational quality and build their self-sufficiency. In 2010, EDUCA Network Schools offer quality formal education and essential services for the wellbeing of 12,466 disadvantaged children of ages between 0 and 17 years.

To create and implement programs which contribute to sustainable human development in order to allow individuals to take control of their own health, productivity, and lives.

Earth Trust works to give tools to tribals and villagers to farm their land in a sustainable way, to develop responsibility for Primary Health solutions with traditional answers and to give rural children inspiration, skills & passion for revitalising their communities & land. Email: [email protected]

Mission Brake the violence chain generating life opportunities. Vision Replicate the model family project throughout Mexico to meet the high demand OBJECTIVES Puerta Abierta knows that the most important legacy that these children can receive is love from the carers of the institution within this new family and the opportunity for a quality education. This project will allow them to build a world full of opportunities and achievements. Love -Form a loving family so they can build the bonds that will protect and accompany their lives. -Give them the protection and security they require for their healthy development through respect and affection. -To provide moral and spiritual guidance that enables them to grow in love and respect themselves and those around them. -Teaching is always by example it is never allowed aggressions that will hurt again. 2.-Quality Education - Due to their primary upbringing all girls have academic performance lags, this is the reason to support them in schools where these problems are addressed individually and with better resources. -Offer the academic opportunity that any child deserves, as this will give them the tools to become self-sufficient and independent so they wont allow aggressions anymore. -Develop their skills and strengths by providing the tools they require to achieve it. -Academic tuition and support with learning disabilities when needed. -Support to learn English and computers as they are key tools for vocational training to achieve their dreams. -Enrollment in extracurricular activities to give them tools that are useful to face the world as adults. Life Project The girls and young women, will remain at home until they decide to form their own family or choose to start their independent life, this is called a life project where there is no release date. He will support the individual decision of each girl to choose their career or profession, with commitment and effort in achieving their goal.

The Mexican Association of Aid to Children with Cancer of San Luis Potosi, A.C. (AMANC SLP) was founded on January 17, 2005, by a group of potosinas families, aware of the need to help children with cancer, of limited resources and without social security who do not have the opportunity to receive a treatment that helps them In their daily struggle to conquer this disease. We belong to the AMANC system, which has its headquarters in Mexico City and is present in 24 states of the country, however, each AMANC Center is independent and organized according to its economic possibilities (donors in cash and / or in kind). Our mission is that all children and adolescents in our state diagnosed with cancer, with limited economic resources and without social security, have the best supports and resources for their treatment. Currently we have a register of 460 children and adolescents, we give them lodging, food and we pay them all the medicines - both oncological and collateral to cancer - that they need. In addition, we provide official education since we have a school classroom, we provide support, emotional support and spiritual support. We also paid for funeral and ambulance services. We offer an average of 1500 meals and lodging to 450 people per month. Our vision: that, in the medium term, all children and adolescents in our state diagnosed with cancer receive optimal integral care. To achieve this, we have the following objectives: Eliminate defections in children with cancer. Provide our beneficiaries with all the medicines they require for their treatment. Provide the patient and his family with all the psychosocial and spiritual support they require.

Melel Xojobal is a children's rights organization based in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Our mission is to promote and defend the rights of indigenous children and young people through participatory educational programs that improve their quality of life. At Melel Xojobal we work in a participatory manner to promote the strengthening of indigenous cultural identity, to defend human rights, to strengthen personal and cultural dignity, to ensure that justice and liberty are respected, and that the participation of all is ensured regardless of race, gender, creed, religious affiliation or ideology. We believe that education is a fundamental means by which people exercise self-determination and become the authors of their own history. Melel Xojobal's specific objectives are: 1. To implement participatory educational programmes with indigenous girls, boys, and young people to promote and defend their rights to health, education, protection from mistreatment, to regulated conditions of work, association and expression. 2. To generate through ongoing research a better understanding of child welfare, human rights and education in an urban context. 3. To inform and educate the Mexican public about the human rights of indigenous girls, boys, and young people of Chiapas. 4. To exchange and share ideas and experiences from a human rights perspective which relate to indigenous infant, childhood, and adolescent education among organizations on a national and international level. All of our work is guided by the aim of protecting and promoting five human rights established by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Rights to health, to education, to protection against all forms of mistreatment, to work, and to freedom of expression and association). Our work responds to the situation of indigenous peoples in Mexico, who account for around 10% of the population, and continue to live in conditions that marginalise them socially, economically and politically and which push them to the edge of society. To provide an indication of the need for our work: according to government statistices, in the city we work in, in 2010 61% of the population had no formal right to medical services; 24% of the population aged 3-18 did not attend school. In 2010 we formally counted 2,481 child workers in the city. In 2005 in Chiapas as a whole, 71% of the population under 14 lived in municipalities classified as being at high or extreme risk of malnutrition; in some municipalities infant mortality rates 75 in a 1000, on a par with several countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Mission: To provide opportunities for children and families who live in poverty, abuse, violence and marginalization in order to increase their intellectual, emotional, physical, communicational and social life skills, so that they can become self sufficient members of society. Our children must have at least four of the following characteristics: Age between 6 and 12 Live in high poverty areas Work/live on the streets or are at a high risk to do so Family abuse and violent situations Parents have no schooling or have dropped out of elementary More than 5 people sleeping in the same room Family income is equal or less than one minimum wage Speaks one indigenous language Migrate to work temporarily and/or are abandoned by their parents due to migration Originative of families with teenage mothers Values: Mayama (means Development in Huichol indigenous language) strongly believes in: Community and family involvement Education as the only way to fight poverty Innovative and effective solution strategies to build up self sufficiency Promoting a peaceful environment by building self esteem and positive relations Developing solutions on vulnerable siblings that will prevent them from future exclusion from society Identifying and building on individual strengths for each child that empower them for positive decision making Evaluation and assessment to focus on qualitative results We base our methodology on children's rights to ensure their dignity Partnership building to learn and enhance social impact Development VS Assistance and invest in the potential of each individual GOALS AND SOCIAL IMPACT: Decrease drop out rate in elementary education in 100% of our children and integrate 17% of the children who never have been to School. Decrease teenage pregnancies, child work and addictions Increase child protection rights by working with their families in emotional and social areas. Decrease family violence and child abuse.

Centro Infantil de los Angeles provides free, quality daycare and preschool education to children with the greatest need in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Our purpose is to create the worlds leading network of affiliated coding clubs for young people. Our goals are to support, develop and scale CoderDojo to inspire young coders around the world.

Our mission is to foster the growth of women as leaders with strong sense of self and a will to serve others, whose presence in the community will be an example of virtue, values, ethics and spirituality. Our founding principles are based on the belief that communities need all citizens to be active and have a voice. Equality and equity across gender is important and lacking in many communities across Mexico, especially in rural areas. Leaders in communities need to have service to that community as a priority. We believe that everyone should have access to higher levels education despite barriers of poverty and location. We believe that a nurturing, protective and faith-filled environment helps people grow and we encourage women to participate in the faith organization of their choice finding common ground between faith groups. Our goal is to have more women to take on leadership roles in their communities and support them in fostering personal and economic development in their communities. There are many government programs for marginalized communities here in Mexico, but the communities are not well enough organized to take advantage of these opportunities and community leaders more often than not use these opportunities to their own advantage either to political or personal. If communities are better organized they can make better decisions for themselves. The base of this organization is personal development for the community members. Meeting the basic needs of community members is also vital to community growth, it is difficult to grow when all energy is focused on meeting basic needs of families.