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We work with our members to ensure reliable provision of life-saving cells while promoting patient and donor care and safety
Our main goal is to improve the quality of life of children from orphanages and to prepare them for life after leaving the orphanage. We focus on developing what tools and working methods so that they can be implemented in every orphanage in Poland in the next few years.
The Stonewall Group is the largest organization fighting for the rights of LGBT+ people in the Wielkopolska region. The Group has been active since 2015 in the following areas: advocacy, education, help/intervention, culture, and healthcare. The Group comprises 41 members and around 50 volunteers cooperate with us. The board comprises five members. Each of them is responsible for a few areas of activity. Our flagship activity is the Poznan Pride Week festival (we organized a few hundred events in the course of five editions of the festival), which culminated in the Equality March (13,000 people participated in 2019). We help LGBT+ people and their families. For four years now, we have been co-operating with six therapists holding psychological consultations which have been provided for around 200 individuals now. We run five support groups for: youth, transgender people, families of LGBT+ people, bisexual people, and LGBT+ people from Ukraine. We provide legal help for LGBT+ people, who are often victims of hate crimes (the legal help is also partially financed by municipal grants); since 2016 we have provided a few hundred hours of support in total, which also consisted in representing a client. We organize many cultural activities: produce concerts, theatre plays, and organize meetings with authors. We are also active in the area of healthcare - thanks to the grant from the city of Poznan, we are organizing a training project for therapists about so-called ChemSex. In 2019, we were commissioned by Panstwowy Zakad Higieny (State Institute of Hygiene) to conduct research about ChemSex. We provide free testing for HIV, syphilis, and HCV. We train companies about antidiscrimination (e.g., Allegro, Franklin Templeton). In 2019, we organized the first edition of Letnia Akademia Rownosci (Summer Equality Academy) - we visited seven cities in Poland, combating harmful stereotypes about LGBT+ people (funded by Sprite). We conduct business activity - we manage the bar Lokum Stonewall bar which has become not only a meeting place for the Poznan LGBT+ community, but also the main stage of Polish queer culture for such events like weekly drag queen performances. The bar also boosts our visibility - it is located on the main pedestrian street in the center of Poznan (facebook.com/LokumStonewall). What is more, as a part of our business activities, we run an online shop (outandproud.pl) and organize trainings for companies.
Friends of Humanity SA is a Geneva-based non-profit organization supporting initiatives and projects in five essential areas: - Human rights and dignity - Education and training - Healthcare and medicine (including alternative medicine) - Environmental protection and conservation - Microfinance
Educateurs sans Frontieres (EsF), a division of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), is a network of Montessori practitioners, working with communities, governments and other partners to advance human development from the prenatal stage to early childhood care and education, continuing through to elementary, adolescence, adulthood and the elderly.
Established in 1981, the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is one of the world's largest environmental education organisations, with over 100 member organisations in 81 countries. At the heart of the FEE are our five programmes. Coordinated by the Head Office in Copenhagen and implemented by our members around the world, our programmes aim to bring positive change on a global scale: The internationally recognized Eco-Schools programme engages young people in quality environmental education and meaningful action. Through a seven-step framework, pupils are empowered and motivated to drive change and improve environmental awareness in their school, local community and beyond. Close to 50,000 schools around the world are part of the Eco-Schools programme. Learning about Forests (LEAF) advocates for outdoor learning and hands-on experiences, allowing students to connect with nature and develop a deeper understanding of the natural world. While the LEAF programme started with a focus on tree-based ecosystems, today it includes a diversity of ecosystems to foster skills and knowledge by exposing learners to outdoor experiences. LEAF is implemented in 28 countries. Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) is an award-winning programme that empowers young people to take an educated stand on environmental issues they feel strongly about and gives them a platform to articulate these issues through the media of writing, photography and video. Over 300,000 students engage in the YRE programme yearly. The iconic Blue Flag programme is one of the world's most recognized eco-tourism awards for beaches, marinas, and tourist boat operators. In order to qualify for the Blue Flag, a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety, and accessibility criteria must be met and maintained. Over 5,000 beaches, marinas and tourism boats are currently awarded. Green Key is a voluntary eco-certification programme. With more than 4,000 certified hotels and other establishments in 60 countries, Green Key is the leading standard for excellence in the field of environmental responsibility and sustainable operation within the tourism and hospitality industry. With 40 years of impactful experience in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), FEE's strategic plan - GAIA 20:30 - prioritises climate action across all five programmes to address the urgent threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution. FEE's Environmental Education Principles The member organisations of FEE have agreed upon these principles to guide our work towards excellence in EE/ESD: 1. Ensure that participants are engaged in the learning/teaching process. 2. Encourage participants to make reasonable decisions and actions on real life sustainability issues. 3. Encourage participants to work together actively and involve their communities in collaborative solutions. 4. Support participants to examine their assumptions, knowledge, and experiences, in order to develop critical thinking and to be open to change. 5. Encourage participants to be aware of cultural practices as an integral part of sustainability issues. 6. Encourage participants to share inspirational stories of their achievements, failures, and values, to learn from them and to support each other. 7. Continuously explore, test and share innovative approaches, methodologies, and techniques. 8. Ensuring continuous improvements through monitoring and evaluating are central focus of our programmes. FEE's overall Mission is to engage and empower people through education in collaboration with our members and partners worldwide.
Our mission is to invite more Polish families and people living in Poland to reading in order to give every child a better chance to realize their full potential, to be open minded, critically thinking, educated, innovative and empathetic citizens - for their own happinness and the prosperity and strength of our democracy in the future.
The mission of the Krakow Food Bank is to seek out ways to prevent food from being wasted in the Lesser Poland region, and to distribute this saved food to partner NGOs with the aim of alleviating malnutrition problems among underserved segments of the local population.
The purpose of the activities of the foundation Zdrowi My - We Give a Hand is to bring help to orphaned children and animals in Uganda as well as to promote the values shared by their founders who out of love and respect feel ready to support people and animals that went through tough moments during their lifertime. Our ultimate mission is to assist orphans from Ruhija in Uganda and protect anthropoid apes from extinction. OBJECTIVES Financing food assistance Conducting surface extension works and reconstruction works of the orphanage Collecting clothes, hygenic items and school accessories Developing education Creating a community with long-term support perspectives Raising awareness of endangered species within the communities
Rak'n'Roll Foundation. Wygraj Zycie! was established in 2009 as a grassroots initiative of oncology patients. From the very beginning, its goal was to change the way people with cancer and the disease itself are perceived. This change was necessary to introduce new solutions to patient care that allow them to be treated with dignity and live well and joyfully despite their illness. The aim of the Foundation is to conduct comprehensive ongoing and project activities for people affected by cancer and their families, including disabled people and their families, in the field of health protection and promotion, as well as to undertake projects aimed at increasing public awareness of cancer. The Foundation conducts free public benefit activities in the field of: Conducting information activities, including an online database with information useful for people affected by cancer and their families, including disabled people and their families; Health protection and promotion in the field of oncology and disability; Representing the interests of oncological and disabled patients; Actions to improve the availability and standards of treatment of cancer and disabilities; Supporting diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation activities in the field of oncology and disability; Organizing and conducting social and educational campaigns, including information and preventive campaigns; Organizing and conducting recreation for children and adolescents affected by cancer and disabled people, including integration and rehabilitation trips; Conducting charitable activities for sick people and their families as well as disabled people and their families, also after the death of the sick person; Organizing support groups for sick people and their families; Promotion of employment and professional activation of people affected by cancer and disabled people who are unemployed; Engaging famous people, representatives of the media and creative circles to implement or promote the Foundation's statutory goals; Supporting and organizing volunteering.
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.
The mission of Katalyst Engineering is to capture the imagination of elementary school children and build interest in engineering by providing a fully supported, collaborative and innovative hands-on engineering curriculum designed specifically for them. The foundation pursues its mission through the Gotta Get Engineering (GGE) program which combines engineering and 3D printing technology, and Arduino with the knowledge of STEM subjects and provides training and support for teachers and students.