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Our mission is to promote the autonomy and inclusion of people with Intellectual Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Rare Diseases in society, while contributing to prevention and health promotion.

Fundacion Compromiso was founded in 1994 to strengthen the social impact of projects led by NGOs, individuals, and cross-sector alliances in Argentina and the region. Inspired by the management philosophy of Peter Drucker, the Foundation has worked for three decades to help changemakers understand their purpose, serve their communities effectively, and measure the social value they create. In 2018, the Foundation launched Potrero Digital, a response to a challenge identified by renowned film producer Juan Jose Campanella: Argentina lacked trained talent in digital skills for the audiovisual industry. The problem was not a lack of capacity - but a lack of access. Potrero Digital was created to transform inequality into inclusion by providing free digital training that opens pathways to education and employment for people from vulnerable communities. What began as an initiative to connect local talent with the digital economy has evolved into a nationwide network that empowers thousands through technology, education, and opportunity. Potrero Digital is a free training network in digital skills that drives social inclusion and employability through technology education. Since 2018, more than 41,000 people have completed our programs, achieving a 55% job placement rate in the technology sector. In partnership with global leaders such as Google, AWS, and Cisco, we provide training in digital trades, technical English, and socio-emotional skills for individuals facing socioeconomic barriers. Our hybrid learning model combines online and in-person instruction, ensuring real and accessible opportunities for all participants. Through Potrero Empleos, our job placement platform, we connect graduates with IT companies seeking emerging talent. Potrero Digital not only teaches technology - it creates opportunities, strengthens career pathways, and transforms lives.

En La Poderosa, el cambio lo lideran las personas mas afectadas por la exclusion. Todas las iniciativas son disenadas, implementadas y evaluadas por los propios residentes. No prestamos servicios, sino que desarrollamos capacidades para que las comunidades sean plenamente duenas de sus soluciones. Nuestros valores guian la forma en que nos organizamos, decidimos y actuamos: Las asambleas vecinales autogestionadas impulsan todas las decisiones. Los miembros de la comunidad hablan por si mismos, como portavoces, promotores de salud o fundadores de cooperativas. En toda America Latina, vecinos y voluntarios se unen para defender los derechos y mejorar la vida cotidiana. La solidaridad y el respeto impulsan todo, desde comedores populares hasta centros culturales, cooperativas y escuelas. La Poderosa es un laboratorio de alternativas construidas por la comunidad. Desde cooperativas de economia solidaria hasta presupuestos participativos, estamos probando modelos que desafian los sistemas extractivos y reimaginan como se puede organizar la sociedad.

1) Promote activities and care of citizenship, culture, art and environment for children, adolescents and families; 2) Provide Basic Social Assistance Service, free of charge, according to the Unified System of Social Assistance (SUAS), to children, family members and the community, through the Service of Coexistence and Strengthening of Bonds (SCFV), preventing the occurrence of situations of social exclusion. The services are organized in groups, through meetings, actions and activities, with preventive, protective and proactive function, in relation to the rights of users, with a view to strengthening their family and community bonds; 3) Implement and execute self-commince methods of mediation and conciliation, assisting in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, building public policies focused on the culture of Peace. Contribute in a differentiated way to the development of the human being in its entirety, thus establishing greater social justice through the education and integral formation of children and adolescents, helping them to feel able to transform society into a better place.

Mission To promote social transformation through culture and art, equalizing access to opportunities and reducing inequalities. Vision To be recognized as a national reference in inclusive and collaborative socio-cultural initiatives. Values Accessibility and Equality Inclusion and Diversity Equity and Racial Justice

Promote the production of knowledge and its democratization, contributing to the development of society.

REDEEM THE DIGNITY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROMOTING THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY

Vaga Lume Association is a Brazilian non-profit organization founded in 2001 grounded in the belief that investing in people is the best way to transform a reality. Its mission is to create opportunities for cultural exchange by reading, writing and orality, valuing the empowerment of people and rural communities of the Brazilian Legal Amazon region. Vaga Lume works in 160 rural communities (indigenous, riverside, roadside, rural settlement people or quilombolas - Brazilian with African descent) of 23 municipalities in the Brazilian Legal Amazon region, which encompasses nine federal states (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia, Roraima and Tocantins), occupies 59% of the Brazilian territory and has 20 million people (12% of the Brazilian population). Despite the fact that education and culture are basic social rights, protected by the Brazilian Constitution and under human rights international treaties ratified by Brazil, its access and implementation in the Amazon region are very limited. It is one of the poverty zones in Brazil - with a GDP per capita 30% lower than the national value - where 42% of the population survives with less than US$ 5.00 a day. Due to the outstanding impact of Vaga Lume's work in the region, the organization is recognized by many international and national awards such as the Juscelino Kubitschek Award of Merit for Regional Development in Latin America and the Caribbean given by the Inter-American Development Bank (2009); the Millennium Development Goals Award, conferred by the United Nations and the Brazilian government (2005); the Vivaleitura Award, from the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education (2008); and the Chico Mendes Environment Award, given by the Ministry of Environment (2006 and 2008). In 2011, Vaga Lume received its most important recognition: the 4th place at the Intercultural Innovation Award, conferred by United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group. As an awardee, in 2012, Vaga Lume was welcomed to the World Intercultural Facility for Innovation (WIFI), a network formed by the UNAOC, the BMW Group and the ten 2011 winners. Through this network, the UNAOC and the BMW Group challenged all winners to replicate and scale up their actions to promote intercultural dialogue and offered training, consultancy and institutional support to assist organizations to accomplish such results.

Compassiva's mission is to create opportunities for transforming the lives of people in vulnerable situations.

Our mission is to cultivate and incubate sustainable favela-based impact ecosystems that facilitate innovation and access to education, infrastructure, and investment for favela-centric startups, non-profits, and institutions. We seek to fortify favela communities and their citizens in the long-term, by providing them with access to knowledge, networks, infrastructure, and partners that will allow them to be the protagonists of the socioeconomic development of their community. We help remove the inherent limitations caused by widespread economic exclusion and institutional racism by giving the power of economic autonomy and sustainability back to favela.

To promote the integral education of children, adolescents and young people through sports, culture and job training.

Promote the social well-being and development of children and youth in situations of socioeconomic vulnerability through the strengthening of autonomy, professionalization, and citizenship.