List of Organisations

Aflatoun International

• Field: Education

• Description: Aflatoun International is an organization that is dedicated to socially and economically empowered children and young people, primarily those that are most vulnerable. Aflatoun International works together with 275 other NGOs and 35 countries to create high quality curricula which are contextualised to local needs or specific circumstances while also providing teachers with training.

• Budget for 2018: 2.6 Million Euros

• % of Budget from Small Donors: 80%

• Description of Project Activity 1: Creation of high quality curricula

  • An assessment of Aflatoun’s curricula took place, to identify any additional quality-content needed by its global network. After consultations with partner organisations, areas of improvement/expansion were identified.
  • Consequently, the curriculum material was upgraded, and Aflateen+: Life Skills and Financial Education through a Gender Lens was finalised, in addition to developing seven thematic modular supplements.
  • Aflatoun International spends 78% of its funds towards its programmes, 18% on administrative and operation costs, and 5% on fundraising.

• Description of Project Activity 2: Training for Educators

  • As Aflatoun uses a cascade training model in order to reach scale, it is crucial to invest in enhancing the skill sets of Master Trainers to deliver high-quality trainings globally. Following the completion of the aforementioned supplements, a Global Master Training was organised in Amsterdam in September 2018.
  • During the training, participants received updates on new pedagogical approaches, e-learning methods and curriculum supplements. The Master Trainers shared their best practices and the lessons learnt. These trainers are being mobilised to lead trainings in their respective geographic and linguistic regions

• Why the Issue Matters: This issue is important as children and young people are needed to be socially and economically empowered for a more equitable world. However many children in vulnerable nations do not have access to any form of education.

All Out Action Fund

• Field: Equal Rights

• Description: All Out is a global movement fighting for a world where NO ONE has to sacrifice their family, freedom, safety, or dignity because of who they are or who they love.

• Budget for 2018: 1.3 Million USD

• % of Budget from Small Donors: 51%

• Description of Project Activity 1: 83% of funds donated to All Out went directly to our campaigning work. Some examples of current campaigns:

  • Germany: Don't send me back to Nigeria
  • Hungary: Trans Rights at Risk
  • Poland: We're under attack
  • Italy: Urgent support for LGBT+ refugees

• Description of Project Activity 2: Past Highlights / Achievements

  • LGBT+ shelters
  • Campaigning on human rights violations in Chechnya
  • Campaigning to make discrimination a crime in Brazil

• Why the Issue Matters: Imagine being thrown in jail, just for who you love. Or being tortured because people think you have a disease that needs "curing." Every day, this is happening to LGBT+ people all over the world. The good news is that together, we can stop it.

Anti-Slavery

• Field: Justice

• Description: Anti-Slavery is a British organisation that deals with modern slavery through advocacy and field work. It is the oldest international human rights organisation.

• Budget for 2018: 3 Million Pounds

• % of Budget from Small Donors: ?

• Description of Project Activity 1: Advocacy Work

  • Lobbies government to end slavery (Central Asia)
  • Modern Slavery Act in the UK
  • Pressure of companies to identify and avoid slavery in their supply chain

• Description of Project Activity 2: Field work

  • Niger: building schools and projects for communities that escaped their traditional masters.
  • Mauritania: providing education and microloans to women rebuilding their lives in freedom.
  • Senegal: protecting children from being forced to beg.

• Why the Issue Matters: Slavery is still a pressing issue. Whether it is explicitly legal like in Mauritania or hidden like in London, the main issue with it is that most people believe it is a practice that does not exist anymore, whereas it is still widely spread and even a growing practice in some places.

Frontline Defenders

• Field: Equal Rights

• Description: Frontline Defenders protects Human Rights Defenders at risk, who work non-violently for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• Budget for 2018: 5.7 Million Euros

• % of Budget from Small Donors: ?

• Description of Project Activity 1: Protection Grants for Human Rights Defenders (which took up 39% of 2018 budget)

  • Up to 7500 Euros per grant for HRDs;
  • improving physical security of an organisation or individual, digital security and communication security;
  • supporting legal fees for HRDs who are being judicially harassed;
  • paying for medical fees for HRDs who have been attacked or who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities;
  • providing family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family members who are at risk because of a HRD's activities.

• Description of Project Activity 2: Risk Analysis & Protection Planning (took up 12% of 2018 budget)

  • Workshops, courses, seminars, consultations and capacity-building resources, aims to facilitate knowledge, expertise and sharing of skills
  • to provide HRDs with additional information and tools that may assist in addressing personal and organisational security and protection issues (examples: well-being and stress management, security strategy)

• Why the Issue Matters: Human rights are under political attack, at a broader level than ever before. The universal nature of human rights are increasingly challenged, democratic values are under threat, even in previously liberal societies. Within these contexts, HRDs continue to be discredited and attacked, with appreciation for them plummeting among previously supportive governments.

IFAW

• Field: Environment

• Description: Environmental charity that aims at finding innovative ways to tackle conservation and wildlife issues connecting local communities, the scientific community and decision makers. They do both advocacy and field work, working on many projects tackling specific issues, through innovative and concrete solutions

• Budget for 2018: 48,000 USD

• % of Budget from Small Donors: 51%

• Description of Project Activity 1: Advocacy on Ocean Noise

  • Advocated at the EU level for better standards
  • Works with the International Maritime Organization and shipping companies to push for noise reduction.

• Description of Project Activity 2: Tackling global wildlife trafficking

  • Equipped customs officers in Dubai with knowledge and expertise to better identify wildlife smuggling

• Why the Issue Matters: Many consider that modern progress has led us on the brink of a 6th mass extinction with studies finding that the global insect population could go extinct in less than100 years. Yet, no efforts to protect wildlife population will be effective without taking human and societal needs into account. IFAW uses innovative ideas to find mutually beneficial solutions.

International Committee of the Red Cross and

• Field: War and Conflict

• Description: The ICRC's main principle is to uphold humanitarian international law, by protecting the rights of people during armed conflicts. This organization works by following the Geneva convention 1949 and making sure that civilians are effectively protected from armed conflict. The ICRC has a mission in many countries, particularly in Africa and Asia.

• Budget for 2018: 2 Billion Euros

• % of Budget from Small Donors: 16%

• Description of Project Activity 1: Mine Action

  • After arm conflict multiple areas remain covered with mines that killed many civilians even after arm conflict ended.
  • The ICRC tries to minimise the damages by informing civilians about the risk, mobilising personnel to help local medical centres be more prepared for an emergency, and by doing surveillance and disarming old mines.

• Description of Project Activity 2: Projects in the Central African Republic

  • The ICRC works in this country by helping people that have been fallen victims of armed conflict.
  • They provide aid, help people reconnect with other family members, provide psychological help for victims, and provide basic needs such as food and water and sanitation systems. A donation of 100 euros helps feed a family of four for 2 months.

• Why the Issue Matters: The ICRC is a massive organisation that receives a lot of help from governments. It is an organisation that has proven to be effective and that helps thousands of people on armed conflicts. 93% of their donations are used directly on the field.

Reporters Without Borders

• Field: Civil Society
• Description: Reporters Without Borders is an NGO with consultative seats in many International organisations (UN, Council of EU), RSF aims to protect and uphold independent journalism globally. Better known for their World Press Freedom Index, RSF has become a reference in its sector and a major influencer of norms.
• Budget for 2018: 6.1 Million Euros
• % of Budget from Small Donors: 9%
• Description of Project Activity 1: Defence of journalists and other media workers who are imprisoned or persecuted for doing their job, and draws attention to the many cases throughout the world of journalists being harassed, mistreated or tortured.
• Description of Project Activity 2: Campaigns against laws designed to restrict press freedom, and fights censorship. Provides around 300 grants a year to help journalists in need to pay legal fees or medical expenses or buy professional equipment, or to support the families of journalists in prison.
• Why the Issue Matters: In the current crisis of democracy, economy, technology and trust, good and independent journalism is more important than ever. The impunity with which Saudi Arabia murdered the journalist Khashoggi, are one of the many examples that show how essential the normative work Reporters Without Borders accomplishes.

War Child

• Field: War and Conflict

• Description: War Child seeks to protect children from the effects of war. By providing protection to children, education, training children so they have necessary skills to join the work force once they are older, teach children about their rights, and provide philological help for those how need it.

• Budget for 2018: 39 Million Euros

• % of Budget from Small Donors: 23%

• Description of Project Activity 1: I Deal

  • A program that intends to create safe environments so children and parents can gather skills needed to get back to life after an arm conflict.
  • This program allows children to explore their creative side, such as music art, all things that a normal childhood was and that is taken away by arm conflicts.

• Description of Project Activity 2: Can't wait to learn:

  • Works with more than 8 thousand children in 16 different countries, CWTL a program which intended to provide high quality education to children by creating interactive games that help children get motivated for learning.
  • This program works by providing tablets and computers to kids that come from war conflict.

• Why the Issue Matters: This issue is important as children are the most vulnerable members of society, especially during armed conflicts. Protecting children is of the utmost importance, but is also crucial to help them reintegrate into society after an armed conflict.