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Commitment to motivating people especially the poor and the less privileged to live venerable and dignified life through credibility structured programmes of evangelization at all levels, education at all levels and every dimension, varied medical services, humanitarian services, self -realization and self empowerment opportunities

Transform the future of Venezuelan children and youth at risk, nurturing and educating them as integral, ethical and thoughtful leaders so that they are the ones who transform their community and their own family.

We work with our members to ensure reliable provision of life-saving cells while promoting patient and donor care and safety

Crete For Life is a child focused charity that works on practical projects to make an immediate - but hopefully lasting - impact on children's lives.

At The Educational Equality Institute, we are driven by the belief that every girl has the right to a quality education and the opportunity to reach her full potential. We are committed to making a positive impact in the lives of the girls we serve and in the communities where they live.

The IRENE ODV Association is the association of brain tumor patients and their families, which aims to protect the quality of life of people affected by this disease and help their families to deal with health, social and psychological problems that this pathology entails. Brain tumors are a rare disease that affects about eight people out of 100,000 inhabitants every year in our country. Approximately 5,000 thousand people, therefore, are diagnosed in Italy with a brain tumor every year and are predominantly young (the median incidence is around 50 years of age) who have to face the important repercussions that the disease has on their working, social and family life. The aim of the Association is to support people who have been diagnosed with brain tumors and their families, to ensure quality of life, access to treatment and the protection of their rights. All this through the promotion of information on brain tumors and support for the home care service for neuro-oncological patients of the Regina Elena Institute and the neuro-oncology service of the Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital in Rome through the provision of services social and health care for neuro-oncological patients and raising funds to improve the quality of care for patients. The IRENE Association: offers personal assistance services for families in difficulty; offers home rehabilitation services (in particular neurorehabilitation and speech therapy); promotes information on brain tumors and on the rights of cancer patients; promotes meetings between patients and families with the aim of promoting the dissemination of information among patients; promotes information for patients and their families on patients' rights, therapies and social-health aspects also through the website www.associazioneirene.it; contributes to the training of medical and paramedical personnel on neuro-oncology and psycho-oncology issues (scholarships, updates); All IRENE OdV activities are totally free and are based on the work of volunteers and the generosity of patients, their families and friends to support already active projects and to achieve new goals.

Banco Alimentare Network recovers surpluses from the food supply chain (farmers, manufacturers), from Mass Market Retailers (supermarkets) and from catering (prepared food) and redistributes it free of charge to charitable organizations that help people in need.

L'abilita onlus was founded in October 1998 by a group of parents of children with disabilities and operators. Our mission is to promote the growth of children with disabilities, to defend their rights and to support their families. Our main aim is to develop and manage innovative services and projects for children with disabilities and their families, directly or in partnership with public bodies and foundations, in the areas of play, education, schooling, residentiality. At a national level, L'abilita promotes full social inclusion for people with disabilities and defends their rights.

The Social Cooperative "KORE" onlus was founded in 2006 by the will of a group of citizens of various cultural and professional backgrounds who are sensitive to social issues, they organized themselves autonomously and voluntarily to offer the territory useful services to face and prevent some of the causes more widespread than youth, family and social problems. A reality of the non-profit private social that, in the context of services to the person, works to encourage the development of the community through the planning and management of social promotion paths and educational-cultural interventions. To date, the Cooperative is a consolidated reality in the area that collaborates on a stable basis with numerous public and private entities. It can count on a group of extremely qualified and motivated collaborators (psychologists, psycho-pedagogists, trainers, social workers, educators and community leaders), a professional network which - through team work - integrates aspects, methodologies and strategies designed to foster interpersonal relationships. In particular, the Cooperative has set itself from the outset as a priority mission that of training and education of the younger generations, proposing a close school-family-territory alliance, in view of the prevention of phenomena such as bullying and violence and the elimination of the stereotypes of gender in recognition of equal opportunities.

The Italian League for the fight against tumours - Provincial Department of Milan, founded in 1948 thanks to a strong culture of solidarity and education of health, acts in Milan and hinterland with the aim of facing the cancer problem in its wholeness through various services in the area of prevention, precocious diagnosis and assistance with the support of well-prepared 700 volunteers and the sponsorship of the medical research. The intervention areas are: Prevention activities: programmes against smoking, prevention in schools, sensibility and medical information conferences just in order to educate people to a proper life-style, activities in the Antismoke Institutes of Milan and Monza that tend to eliminate smoke addiction and assistance for the application of "No smoking Policy " in companies. Activities of precocious Diagnosis: 16 Prevention Spaces, at disposal of people without bureaucratic procedures, where medical staff carry out examinations on sinus, cutis, oral cavity and prostate, and exams such as mammography, mammary ecography and pap-test. They also organize medical examinations requested by town councils and by Milan and hinterland companies. Assistance activities: in hospital and at home, socio-medical assistance, volunteers that see patient's home/hospital/home for therapies, hospitality in welcome homes for adults and children. Training School for Volunteers opened to other Associations. Sponsorship for oncology institutions - research: cash grants to the clinic research and to other institutions that work on oncology area, scholarships, conferences and training/ refresher courses for the medical staff.

Laureus Sport for Good Italia Onlus is a no profit Foundation based in Italy from 2005 starting from a direct inspiration from the Laureus Sport for Good movement coming from Nelson Mandela and his vision that "Sport has the Power to change the World". Its Mission is to use sport as an educational tool for children and youths that live in distress conditions. Laureus works in the suburban areas of the main Italian Cities as Milan, Rome, Naples, Turin, Genoa, Catania.

We believe in the power of change and that the best gift we can give to future generations, the most valuable legacy we can leave behind us, is to empower students to be leaders for sustainability and positive change, by enhancing global education. Our educational programmes, Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment, use a solution-based approach to empower young people to create a more environmentally conscious world. Our Green Key, Blue Flag and Green Spikes initiatives are known across the world for their promotion of sustainable business practices and the protection of our valuable natural resources. With members in 77 countries we are the world's largest environmental education organisation and through our five programmes we strive to make a difference every day. Recognised by UNESCO and UNEP as a world-leader within the fields of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development, our strength comes from our members who share our conviction and execute our programmes on a daily basis.