RSU: Development Cooperation and Volunteering Unit

The West Syndrome Foundation was created with the main mission of supporting those affected by West syndrome and related syndromes, as well as their families. To this end, it carries out informational, health, economic and educational assistance activities, as well as activities with the children who are part of the Foundation.

More information: http://www.sindromedewest.org/

Cáritas Madrid is an official organization belonging to the Church of Madrid, whose objective is to promote, guide and coordinate charitable and social action in the Diocese itself. Its purpose is to carry out the charitable and social action of the Church, as well as to coordinate and implement the Christian communication of goods in all its forms and to offer comprehensive help to all people.

Its social action work is focused on excluded people, the elderly, homeless and children, offering help in different areas such as reception and primary care, migrants, homeless people, children and adolescents, young people, women, the elderly or fair trade.

More information: https://www.caritasmadrid.org/

Plena Inclusion Madrid is a non-profit entity founded in 1978 in Madrid, made up of a network of organizations of people with intellectual disabilities, whose mission is to contribute to each person with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their family, being able to carry out their quality of life project, as well as to promote their inclusion as full citizens in a just and supportive society.

With a network of more than 2.700 volunteers, Plena Inclusion Madrid offers enriching experiences, spaces to participate and contribute ideas and the possibility of being part of a movement for social change. If you are a positive, open and committed person and you have enthusiasm, concern and desire, this is your volunteering!

More information: https://plenainclusionmadrid.org/

Founded in 1999, the San Ricardo Pampuri Association is an NPO (non-profit organization) dedicated to the social assistance of people in moderate and severe social exclusion, especially women, immigrants and people most affected by this condition. Its main objective is to carry out psychosocial intervention with people who are in serious social exclusion and their families to provide them with tools to produce a change of mentality that allows them to improve their level of
employability and take responsibility for their lives and their environment.

San Ricardo Pampuri permanently develops a common training program for all the volunteers and workers of the association, which has monthly sessions, called the School of Charity.

More information: https://www.casadesanantonio.es/

AEPMI is a non-profit entity created to improve the quality of life of patients with mitochondrial pathologies and their families. Its objectives are to provide information about these diseases, in order to achieve greater knowledge and implications for families, promoting all information channels and support systems for associates, in order to provide their social integration. They seek to manage therapies for those affected and stimulate and promote scientific research into these diseases to improve therapeutic and rehabilitative possibilities.

For better care and help to these patients, AEPMI organizes specific training courses for health personnel and gives visibility to the disease with the organization of family meetings and conferences, scientific presentations, collaboration with other similar entities, with research groups, students and universities.

More information: https://aepmi.org/

Asociación Yuna is a non-profit organization, which is based on the initiative of a group of professionals in the social field who decide to undertake a joint project, promoting activities in the sectors of childhood, youth, functional diversity and people with autism spectrum disorder. Its mission is to promote social equality and contribute to family development, supporting the most vulnerable communities, facilitating access to services and resources that contribute to improving their quality of life.

Its actions focus on promoting inclusion and equal opportunities for those groups that are at greatest risk of marginalization and social exclusion, focusing on areas such as education, health, employment or nutrition. Some of the measures they implement include education and training programs, direct care services, psycho-pedagogical therapies, speech therapy, social assistance, employment programs, aid programs with basic necessities and small financial provisions for food and hygiene for minors. .

More information: https://asociacionyuna.com/

Fundación AMÁS is an organization that helps each person with an intellectual disability and their family develop their life project, as well as promote their inclusion as a full citizen, contributing to the creation of a more just and supportive society.

It is based on seven values ​​that form the basis for expressing and building the present and future of the organization: commitment to people; commitment to families; Honesty; Inclusion; Independence; Universality and Transformative Innovation.

Our objective is to be recognized by people with disabilities, their families and society as an organization committed to supporting the personal projects and social changes necessary for the exercise of citizenship by people with intellectual disabilities.

More information: https://www.fundacion-amas.org/

SCI Madrid is a member of Service Civil International, it was founded in 1920, whose mission is to create a culture of peace and international solidarity based on social justice and sustainable development.

SCI Madrid promotes the organization of international volunteer projects with local and global impact, working with people from other cultures or characteristics, promoting curiosity and breaking stereotypes. Through intercultural volunteering, they seek to promote mutual understanding, cultural exchange and cooperation between people of different nationalities, beliefs, race, sex or condition. Its objective is for people to become aware of their important role in solving the problems of our society and to carry out volunteer work aimed at achieving a better society.

More information: https://ongsci.org/

ONGAWA is an NGO whose mission is to put technology at the service of human development and the fight against poverty, to build a more just and supportive society. Its objective is to have citizens committed to promoting and demanding social changes, in a world where human rights are protected, respected and promoted, also thinking about future generations.

ONGAWA is an associative project that is strengthened by the experience, work and desire contributed by the people and institutions that are part of it and support it: a total of 1.142 members and 250 volunteers who, helped by a team of 50 professionals and through the alliances, networks and platforms of which they are part, they generate a space for collaboration and meeting of people who add their energies in a project of social change.

More information: https://ongawa.org/

AMACAE is made up of a group of fathers, mothers and representatives united to fight against bullying in all its forms: ciberbullying, grooming, sexting and everything related to any form of abuse, verbal, physical or psychological.

Its main objective is the prevention of bullying, with actions such as the implementation of measures based on school zones, specific situations and student profiles. When bullying has already occurred, they advise victims and their families so that they can act according to the particular situation that is occurring, putting professionals on the subject at their disposal. Quick and direct attention at the beginning of a possible case of bullying or school violence is very important to prevent further evils and to help the victim get out of this situation successfully.

AMACAE helps and advises both School Centers and Ampas, organizing preventive talks on bullying and cyberbullying, developing and offering protocols for its prevention.

More information: https://amacae.com/

Amoverse Foundation was born in 2001, developing a comprehensive socio-educational project aimed at children, youth and their families, fundamentally through non-formal education and study support. Currently the foundation has two centers in Vallecas (Pozo del Tío Raimundo) and Tetuán (La Ventilla), in Madrid, from where Comprehensive Family Support, Socio-educational Intervention and Socio-labor Intervention Programs are carried out.

From the Socio-Educational Area, they develop a comprehensive project aimed at promoting families and social transformation, through the support of children, adolescents, young people and their families in situations of social vulnerability, promoting their opportunities for personal, family and professional growth. and promoting their dignity and full integration into society.

From the Foundation's Employment Area and through Amoverse Insertion Company, they promote the labor insertion of young people and adults so that, after participating in their training itineraries and through personalized support, they achieve a worthy opportunity for their lives.

More information: https://fundacionamoverse.org/

ONG Rescate is a Spanish non-profit association dedicated since 1960 to serving refugees, victims of conflicts, violence and natural disasters in their countries of origin and destination, paying special attention to the most vulnerable, women and minors.

The growing migratory flow, the result of wars, armed conflicts and situations of personalized persecution, as well as the socio-political, environmental and economic changes that have occurred in many countries, makes ONG Rescate focus its vision on the needs of International Cooperation for the reconstruction and strengthening countries in post-conflict stages, natural disasters and developing countries and humanitarian aid in countries in conflict.

They also provide Direct Care in Spain to refugees who may need international protection and more vulnerable migrants, offering them legal, psychological and social support, supporting them in their reception and integration process, and facilitating access to their fundamental rights, with a special attention to vulnerable women and men due to gender reasons, as well as girls and boys.

More information: https://ongrescate.org/

Scholas Occurrentes is an International Organization of Pontifical Law approved and erected by Pope Francis on August 13, 2013. It is a youth movement for education that seeks to restore the meaning of what we do through sport, art and technology, committed to creating an inclusive and transformative environment, where each young person can develop their potential and contribute positively to the world around them .

Scholas was born with the objective of creating and promoting the culture of encounter, bringing together young people in an education that generates meaning, seeking to create another way of being together, of living and building our society. 

More information: https://scholasoccurrentes.org/es/

Helsinki Spain – Human Dimension is a human rights organization created in 1992 to promote compliance with the principles relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms of the Helsinki Final Act  at Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Made up of specialists from international organizations, think tanks, universities, NGOs, diplomatic corps, security forces and bodies, and members of civil society, Helsinki Spain is a leading organization in the field of education for peace, human rights and development, both nationally and internationally, thanks to the quality and diversification of its educational and training programs capable of adapting to a dynamic society in continuous change. It works for the respect and protection of human rights through education at the university level, concentrating its efforts on the development of quality educational initiatives in matters related to human rights, conflict prevention and peacebuilding. and the develop.

More information: https://helsinkiespana.org/

Social Action for Music is a foundation created in 2013, inspired by the Orchestras and Choirs project of Maestro Abreu from Venezuela with the dream of "transforming adversity into hope", which works for the training, prevention and recovery of minors in risk situation through the collective practice of music.

The Foundation develops a comprehensive project on children's rights and protection, aimed at promoting families and the social transformation of neighborhoods. Among its purposes is to accompany boys, girls, adolescents, young people and families in a situation or risk of social vulnerability, promoting their opportunities for personal, family and professional growth, promoting their dignity and full integration into society.

More information: https://accionporlamusica.es/

Spanish Red Cross is a Humanitarian Institution of a voluntary nature and of public interest, which is legally configured as an auxiliary and collaborator of the Public Administrations in the humanitarian and social activities promoted by them.

Among its purposes, the promotion and collaboration in actions of solidarity and social well-being through welfare and social services stand out, the promotion and participation in health programs and in actions that, due to their special altruistic nature, are more convenient for public health, and in the promotion of the voluntary and selfless participation of natural and legal persons, public or private, in the activities and support of the Institution for the fulfillment of its tasks, as well as the development of training actions aimed at achieving the above purposes.

More information: https://www2.cruzroja.es/-/comunidad-de-madrid

The Esplai Foundation is an entity created in 1999, whose mission is to promote citizen empowerment and their commitment to the improvement of society, from the perspective of rights, inclusion and transformation, and with a special dedication to youth, all this through community social intervention, socio-educational action and inclusion in the field of ICT, working in networks with the Third Sector and the rest of social agents.  

Its purpose is to contribute to achieving a more just present and future for children and youth, demanding a happy, respectful, fair, peaceful, supportive, sustainable way of life.

More information: https://fundacionesplai.org/

Madre Coraje is an independent NGO committed to the development of less fortunate people, promoting the development of women as an engine of change, with effective projects for sustainable and self-managed development, and with recycling as a form of environmentally responsible self-financing. .

The association's purposes are to cooperate in the development of impoverished communities with humanitarian aid and sustainable development projects, with volunteers and partners committed to equality, the fight against injustice and respect for the environment, through education and awareness. Its ideal is Love through its principles: solidarity, equality and gratuitousness.

More information: https://www.madrecoraje.org/

The Cultural Association of Women Manos y Voces is a non-profit entity founded in 2012 in Toledo, with the aim of helping women affected by breast cancer.

In 2015 they launched the “Almohada del Corazón” solidarity project, which consists in making heart-shaped therapeutic cushions, which are delivered completely free of charge in different hospitals to women undergoing breast cancer surgery to alleviate the effects of breast surgery and thus improve their quality of life.

More information: https://manosyvoces.wordpress.com/

The Spanish Volunteering Platform is an association that coordinates the promotion and dissemination of volunteering and solidarity action at the state level. It is made up of 80 state-level organizations, as well as regional and provincial platforms located throughout the State, which together represent more than 29.000 associations.

PVE is part of the State Council of NGOs, the European Volunteer Center (CEV) and the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE). The Spanish Volunteer Platform's object and purposes, among others, are to promote, raise awareness and enhance volunteering, raising awareness in society about the meaning and values ​​of their contribution.

More information: https://plataformavoluntariado.org/

They are a group of people committed to those who suffer social exclusion, discrimination and loneliness (homeless people, elderly people, inmates of penitentiary centers, people with disabilities and mental health problems). Through social action, communication and advocacy, they seek to break prejudices to transform our environment. In addition to accompanying people who suffer exclusion, their objective is to search for the causes and offer alternative proposals. Your volunteering goes beyond a few hours of weekly commitment. It also implies an attitude, a way of looking at our society and its unfair inequalities in order to change them. Through voluntary action, through training and organized work, they contribute to generating active and supportive citizenship.

More information: https://www.solidarios.org.es

Tsuneni Association is a volunteer association aimed at university students and professionals who want to change society, making it a little more humane every day. Its objectives include promoting solidarity, especially among university students and young professionals, contributing to society by addressing the real needs we encounter in our environment and collaborating in the development of young people through the values ​​of solidarity, commitment and generosity.

The action plans for URJC students include:

1. SCHOOL SUPPORT VOLUNTEERING. in parish premises (Canillejas, Tetuán, Carabanchel, Aluche and Villaverde)
2. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT VOLUNTEERING (Canillejas) All ages. 
3. VOLUNTEERING AS ASSISTANT TEACHER, VOLUNTEER AT JESUS ​​VARELA PUBLIC SCHOOL (Alcorcón)

More information: https://asociaciontsuneni.org/

Today is a good day to start dreaming!

Our mission:

Accompany and support the minors residing in reception centres, open centres and residential centres from marginal environments and broken families, from the moment they enter the centre until they achieve autonomy.

Our vision:

We work every day to ensure that all minors who grow up in protection centers have the same opportunities than other boys and girls of their age, regardless of the circumstances in which they have to live.

We believe in a society in which tomorrow, all young people who leave the protection system at the age of 18 can integrate into society in equal conditions.

More information in  https://sdespierto.es/

It is the Federation of Organizations of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities of Madrid.

It is a non-profit entity that Born in Madrid in 1978 and whose action is translated into providing services, defending rights and being an agent of social change. It represents the associative movement of intellectual disabilities in the Community of Madrid.

La Full Inclusion Madrid mission, is to contribute, from its ethical commitment, with support and opportunities, to which each person with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their family can develop their project quality of life, as well as to promote its inclusion , the citizen fully law in a fair and supportive society.

More information in  https://www.plenainclusion.org/

The AIDA association, with more than 20 years of experience, works with the aim of making Human Rights a reality in all countries of the world, promoting the integral development of peoples and the improvement of living conditions of the most disadvantaged communities, always seeking to contribute in the most effective and efficient way possible to the general action against poverty.

To this end, in addition to the charity sale of books at AIDA Books&More, it also carries out activities such as promoting opinion and awareness campaigns in favour of cooperation in cultural, social and economic development; the organisation of colloquia and round tables, among others.

More information in  https://ong-aida.org/

Spanish Red Cross is a Humanitarian Institution of a voluntary nature and of public interest, which is legally configured as an auxiliary and collaborator of the Public Administrations in the humanitarian and social activities promoted by them.

Currently, several volunteer projects are being carried out by the Red Cross in Alcorcón:

• Reception and assessment team

• Youth Project
• CDI Project (Children's Day Center)
• Extreme vulnerability project
• Health Project
• Environment Project

• Administrative support in volunteer team

More information in  https://www2.cruzroja.es/-/comunidad-de-madrid

Social Action for Music is a foundation created in 2013, inspired by the Orchestras and Choirs project of Maestro Abreu from Venezuela with the dream of "transforming adversity into hope", which works for the training, prevention and recovery of minors in risk situation through the collective practice of music.

The Foundation develops a comprehensive project on children's rights and protection, aimed at promoting families and the social transformation of neighborhoods. Among its purposes is to accompany boys, girls, adolescents, young people and families in a situation or risk of social vulnerability, promoting their opportunities for personal, family and professional growth, promoting their dignity and full integration into society.

More information in  https://accionporlamusica.es/

The “Youth for Youth: Educating in Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals” project, developed by Helsinki Spain, is a human rights education and awareness-raising project through which young university students receive training in various topics of social concern (human rights, migration and refuge, equality and gender violence, environment and responsible consumption, mental and emotional health, etc.) to transmit knowledge in schools, working on values ​​such as respect, equality and non-discrimination.

More information in  https://helsinkiespana.org/

ASDE Exploradores de Madrid is an association that aims to contribute to the comprehensive education of children and youth through Scout Groups, helping them to fully develop their intellectual, social, physical, emotional and spiritual abilities, both as individuals and as responsible citizens and members of their local, regional, national and international communities.

More information in  https://www.exploradoresdemadrid.org/

The Madrid Association Against Bullying is made up of a group of parents and representatives united to fight against bullying in all its forms: ciberbullying, grooming, sexting and everything related to any form of abuse, verbal, physical or psychological.

More information in  https://amacae.com/

Creando Inclusión is an association that was created with the mission of serving people with intellectual disabilities by organizing services and activities that are useful for promoting and improving their quality of life through their social integration in their closest environment. To do this, they offer leisure alternatives for people with intellectual disabilities, such as recreational and cultural activities, with the aim of improving their personal, physical and social development.

More information in  https://asociacioncreandoinclusion.org/

Fundación Esplai Ciudadanía Comprometida is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 with the aim of designing and implementing programs and projects aimed at contributing to the improvement of our society and of people who are in a situation of or at risk of social exclusion.

More information in  https://fundacionesplai.org/

The Foundation was founded in 2003 as a result of the work and commitment of a group of people involved with the environment since 1987. Its objective is to promote sustainable lifestyles to improve people's quality of life and achieve a healthier environment.

More information in  https://www.vidasostenible.org/

The Integrandes association was founded more than 45 years ago with the commitment to improve the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities and that of their families, promote their integration into society and treat them with care, dignity and respect.

More information in  https://www.integrandes.org/

ONG Rescate is a Spanish non-profit association dedicated since 1960 to serving refugees, victims of conflicts, violence and natural disasters in their countries of origin and destination, paying special attention to the most vulnerable, women and minors.

More information in  https://ongrescate.org/

Its aims include providing environmental services at a national level. It specialises in gardening, forestry, cleaning, urban solid waste collection and environmental education. It carries out volunteer work within the Arco Verde environmental education and awareness programme of the Community of Madrid, at the Polvoranca and Bosque Sur Environmental Education Centres.

More information in  https://www.talher.com/

The Aventura 2000 Association is a non-profit association that defends the rights of children through the development of socio-educational projects with children, young people, families, and neighbors in the Madrid neighborhood of Amposta, in the district of San Blas Canillejas. Its most representative project is the Don Guanella Socio-Educational Day Center.

More information in  https://aventura2000.org/

The Sophia Foundation's aims include promoting research and disseminating the thought and art of different cultures; patronizing artists, thinkers and scientists; promoting volunteering, especially cultural volunteering; and teaching, dissemination and training in general.

It collaborates with the URJC to train students as volunteers with the aim of conducting guided tours and educational workshops for educational exhibitions produced by the foundation. The first of these is the Treasures of Egypt Exhibition, which takes place at the Tomás y Valiente Cultural Centre of the Fuenlabrada City Council from 13 February to 30 June 2025.

More information in  https://www.fundacionsophia.com/

The Parkinson's Association Aparkam is a group of individuals and families affected by Parkinson's disease. Its primary goal is to improve the quality of life of Parkinson's patients and their families. To this end, they provide information and guidance, rehabilitation, family care, and leisure and free-time activities.

More information in  http://www.aparkam.org/