solidarity
![Associació in via The Association in via has been awarded the Premi Solidaritat 2020.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/carme_laorden_0.jpeg?itok=8eaDQ45w&c=1b98ac665cf3e2c042946e79ebd86888)
We spoke with the director of the Associació in via, winner of the Solidarity Award 2020 for its work on behalf of people who suffer violence and discrimination.
![CEV The congress takes place from 20 to 23 October in Padova.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/congress_2018.png?itok=QekbCkwi&c=b5fd1cbcfbc3acde2171d71c680b6ea3)
The event will value the role of volunteering and solidarity in times of crisis.
We need to reform the political, health, and social systems. The crisis clearly highlighted structured inequalities in the way these systems are organised and the need not just for their 'reboot', but for a complete debug.
Despite the importance of physical distance, which can mean health these days, volunteering has shown different, beautiful, and in many aspects, new colours of social connection and solidarity.
![Pixabay (CC License). More than 70 countries will be participating in GivingTuesday. Source: Pixabay (CC License).](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/giving_tuesday_2-cc.jpg?itok=CCm74iVo)
Once again, on 3 December, we’re celebrating a day dedicated to giving back. It follows the first days of intense, non-stop shopping that mark the beginning of the Christmas season around the world.
![International NGOs took advantage of Giving Tuesday. Photo: Wikimedia](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/giving.jpg?itok=rZVDsolS)
On 28th November, international cooperation and development NGOs celebrated Giving Tuesday and seeked support from citizens through the donation platform.
![Food waste. Photo: U.S Department of Agriculture, Flickr](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/food_waste_2.jpg?itok=d2k3hS4H)
weSAVEeat brings shops and users together in order to sell the surplus of the day at cheaper prices.
A volunteer, driven by an awareness that makes him or her sensitive to injustices, and driven by the resolve to role up their sleeves to transform their surroundings, is a person who goes to a non-profit organisation to collaborate.
![Rohingya people in Bangladesh. Photo: European Comission DG, Flickr](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/17476796150_10fa79c238_z_0.jpg?itok=KhftgCXG)
The NGO supports Caritas Bangladesh's emergency plan with an injection that will help 70,000 displaced people.
We maintain that any goal to eradicate poverty must first and foremost be based on a radical change of approach and be inspired by the intelligence and resistance of people who have been excluded.
![Cohousing. Photo: Wikimedia Commons](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/cohousing.jpg?itok=3canU3Q5)
The global movement of collective housing is a model based on communities of individuals living together in a cooperative way.
![Crowdfunding image. Image: Vimeo](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/idea.jpg?itok=39OEWu9o)
Mobile devices and Apps are offering new opportunities for non-profit organisations. Launching a fundraising campaign is not easy, for that reason we present some useful tools.