Half of Spaniards know someone living in poverty
• Save the Children survey shows 1/3 know someone who can’t heat their home • Six in 10 people say gov’t does little, 54%…
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Spain’s NGO volunteers get #AplausoGlobal today
• Non-governmental groups encourage ‘solidarity’ as response to world’s woes • Volunteering is way to give ‘most valuable resource, your time’ to help others Volunteer workers…
Barcelona triples budget to aid city’s homeless
• City will spend 15 million euros over next 3 years to combat homelessness • Nearly 950 homeless sleep on Barcelona streets…
#VIDEO: Children’s NGO rooted in Spanish Civil War
• Plan Internacional history began in 1937 during Spain’s bloody civil war • NGO fights child poverty, focus on root causes of…
Food banks launch Spain’s yearly holidays collection
• Thousands of volunteers seek donations of basic foodstuffs in 4th annual drive • Annual collection effort strives to alleviate hunger over…
Relief agencies stress dignity in homeless campaign
• Campaign launched in advance of Sunday’s national ‘Day of the Homeless’ • NGOs stress causes of homelessness, need to treat homeless…
Teenagers urge Congress to act to protect children
• Save the Children campaign to combat child poverty, protection from violence • Congressional reps say they’ll work to enact comprehensive child…
#VIDEO: Cáritas focus on dignity, rights of homeless
• Catholic relief agency video stresses human dignity of Spain’s homeless • With ‘more than 40,000 on the streets, we’re not respecting…
Millions of Spanish households risk energy cutoffs
• Grandmother’s death in apartment fire raises level of ire over energy poverty • Activists say utility companies emboldened by court ruling…
Spain falling on annual EU-wide social justice index
• Children, adolescents at most risk of social exclusion from poverty, report says • Despite signs of recovery, Spain has second-highest youth…
Adif brings Fair Trade to railway travelers this week
• Products from farmers, coops in Africa, Asia and Latin America available • Campaign to raise awareness about fair trade, development &…
NGOs call for pact against poverty, social exclusion
• Government minister urged to move quickly to reduce poverty, inequalities • Umbrella NGO group faults political deadlock for increased social exclusion…
NGOFILE :: Médicos del Mundo
• Médicos del Mundo ~ Doctors of the World Médicos del Mundo is the Spanish affiliate of Médecins du Monde (MdM), an…
Spanish foreign development aid falls to 1980 levels
• Fourth-largest Eurozone economy gives just 0.13% of GDP to development aid • 19th of 28 in Europe, Spain less generous than…
Socialists call for tax-evasion investigation of Apple
• PSOE wants Congress Committee to calculate Apple taxes owed since 2003 • Party says tax-evasion via Apple-Ireland agreement cheats Spain of…
NGOFILE: UNICEF Comité Español ~ UNICEF Spain
• Unicef España ~ United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund Spain • UNICEF Comité Español is the Spanish National Committee for the United…
Anti-poverty, free trade protests set across Spain
• Anti-poverty activists, anti-free trade platforms unite for week of protests • Madrid, Valencia marches Saturday to mark global day for poverty…
Richard Gere supports homeless project in Valencia
• American actor, partner Alejandra Silva at signing of accord with Valencia gov’t • RAIS Fundación to work with Valencia to shelter…
Cáritas: Fewer poor in Spain, but more impoverished
• Church social services agency says fewer poor requiring greater assistance • Assistance needed to meet basic household needs up by 40…
#VIDEO: Trafficking, sex slavery problem in Spain
• Médicos del Mundo say 14,000 women victims of sex traffickers in Spain • Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia says 30-40,000 at risk of…
NGOFILE :: Acción contra el Hambre ~ Action Against Hunger
• Acción contra el Hambre ~ Action Against Hunger (ACT International) Acción contra el Hambre is the Spanish affiliate of international non-governmental…
NGOFILE :: Ayuda en Acción ~ ActionAid
• Ayuda en Acción ~ ActionAid • Ayuda en Acción (ActionAid) is the Spanish affiliate of ActionAid International, a global non-governmental organization…
Madrid urban art expo links tax fraud to poverty
• Oxfam-Intermón sponsored exhibit stresses negative impact of tax avoidance • Seven urban artists show work linking tax fraud to poverty, social…
NGO denounces persistence of racism across Spain
• SOS Racismo detected 247 racist incidents in 2015, including 96 ‘hate crimes’ • Sub-Saharan migrants most prone to suffer racist aggression,…
Spain celebrates global humanitarian aid workers
• Since 2006, Spain’s ‘Dia del Cooperante’ celebrates overseas aid workers • Despite cuts, Spanish NGOs still provide humanitarian aid in 110…
NGOFILE :: CONGDE ~ Coordinating Council of Development NGOs of Spain
• Coordinadora de ONG para el Desarrollo de España (CONGDE) ~ Coordinating Council of Development NGOs of Spain • The Coordinadora de…
NGOFILE :: Oxfam Intermón
• Oxfam Intermón • Oxfam Intermón is the affiliate in Spain of the international development aid organisation Oxfam. Originally founded in 1956…
NGOFILE :: Plan Internacional España
• Plan Internacional España ~ Plan International Plan Internacional España is the Spanish affiliate of Plan International (also known simply as “Plan”),…
NGO says 1.4 million Spanish children risk poverty
• Save the Children sees 55% increase since 2008 in children at risk of poverty • NGO says 760,000 Spanish children lack…
NGOFILE :: Save the Children
• Save the Children • Save the Children is an international, non-governmental organisation working in more than 120 countries worldwide to defend…
Oxfam begins anti-poverty program within Spain
• Oxfam Intermón to fund local NGOs working with migrants, women & children • Prevention of gender violence, counseling for domestic abuse…