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Fundacion Accion Jovens (FAJ) mission is to prevent high school students from dropping out of school. FAJ accomplishes this through its Integral Model for Preventing Educational Exclusion, which empowers high schools as centers of hope for communities facing adverse contexts. We provide educational, life skills and employment opportunities for youth through youth employment and entreprenuership programs. As part of our work to prevent youth violence and contribute to positive youth development, we also work with adolscent men and women that are not currently in the formal educational system to help them achieve educational and/or employment opportunities.

To create and raise awareness of dyslexia and other related learning difficulties for early detection, prevention and remediation. Facilitate an inclusive environment that accommodates children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties through knowledge sharing so as to have equal access to quality education. To prevent the suffering caused by reading failure and unlock the full potential of children and adults with dyslexia so that they may personally succeed and contribute to society.

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.

Contribute to social transformation by attending to children and adolescents at psychosocial risk, orienting them and their families, how to prevent, face and overcome these conditions, according to the particularity of each individual.

We are a humanitarian institution, dedicated to prevent and alleviate human suffering in order to improve the living conditions of the people and communities, promoting a self-protecting culture through voluntary action.

To prevent and treat obesity in children and adolescents together with their families, using evidence-based practices in the areas of nutrition, psychology, physical education, and physiotherapy, with a focus on promoting behavioral change.

Fundacion SiFuturo works towards the prevention of HIV/AIDS infection and the improvement of the present and future of children affected by this infection and their families, promoting the human self-development from an integral approach.

To end preventable deaths in the most underserved communities. To save pregnant women, mothers and newborns from deaths caused by poverty, lack of hygiene, access to proper healthcare or education in developing countries.

Our mission is to provide support for victim families and professionals, to prevent child abuse, and to provide justice for the innocent victims of child abuse. SBA was founded in 1998 on a Fort Worth kitchen table by 3 mothers whose children were victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome, (SBS/AHT) and could find no resources or support. Over the past 20 years, SBA has supported victim families with children in need and those who have died while developing into a nationally recognized forensic training and case consulting agency for professionals in the field of child physical abuse. SBA offers three services: Victim Family Services, Professional Support (Training and Case Consultations), and Prevention Education. (SBS/AHT) Victim Services and Prevention Education are free of charge.

Establish centers to educate children and youth who are exposed on street risks, which function as spaces for developing positive and constructive ways coexistence and social interaction through human development programs and comprehensive prevention.

AMBERHEART Breast Cancer Foundation - a registered charity focused on creating breast health education and cancer prevention programs related to early detection and increasing awareness of breast cancer. Amberheart centers its attention on endorsing healthy ways of living, pro-health habits and identifying women who, because of risk factors, have a high probability to develop breast cancer. Its activities are mainly addressed to young women and those who do not participate in the government supported breast cancer prevention program. The activities of the organization are addressed to: - women, who for any reasons do not participate in the mammography screening program and - younger women who are not covered by it - breast cancer survivors - adolescent women Besides the educational materials such as brochures, videos and flash presentations, we offer courses in breast cancer prevention and detection methods for women and health care specialists

Chicago Sports Group uses sports-based programs and partnerships to prevent youth violence and reduce food insecurity, offering athletic training, mentorship, academic and workforce supports, and nutrition resources to underserved students in the Chicago area.