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On the occasion of our portal’s first year anniversary, we asked several third sector leaders to talk about the importance of thematic portals like ours, which address current issues and the main challenges of the third sector and volunteering.

There are many different organisations around the world standing for human rights and fighting to recognise the LGBTI community.

The Administration Officer from the Fundació Enllaç tells us about the organisation’s task in raising awareness among the population of the situation lived by elderly people or those facing the risk of exclusion in the LGBTI community.

Jelen Amador, a 27-year-old PhD student, is a member of the Drom association, aiming to promote access to university for the Roma community by giving informative sessions in high schools.

Within the framework of the International Roma Day, the State Council of the Roma People launched a campaign involving Samuel and his question, pointing at the lacking presence of Roma people in schoolbooks.