Global Charity Partnerships

EPTDA made a special donation to Médecins Sans Frontières, as a sign of support for their battle against COVID-19.

EPTDA and its members jointly donated a sum of €17,000 for its annual charity to Pequeño Valiente (“the Little Brave One”), during their Grand Finale Dinner. Thanks to its members, especially, BTC Engineering, Bega Special Tools and Godiva Bearings, EPTDA could help the organization which was founded in 2006 by a group of parents on the Canary Islands, whose children are affected by cancer. The charity aims to provide families and children who have the disease all the necessary support in the best possible conditions, trying to improve the quality of life throughout the disease.

EPTDA donated its annual funds to Richard House Children’s Hospice, from London, UK. The house cares for children and supports the whole family, from residential clinical care, to music therapy to enable a child with sensory needs to communicate through sound, to end of life care with pre and post bereavement support for all the family.

EPTDA donated funds to Peter Pan, an Italian organization that has the mission to implement and support actions in favor of children and adolescents with onco-hematological diseases and their families – especially supporting those families who do not reside at the place of care – creating support structures that facilitate and welcome them during the whole period of therapy.

The association donated funds to Die Arche, a local charity supporting children who are living in poverty. From providing free, healthy hot meals to the kids to assisting them with their schoolwork, Die Arche supports, encourages and inspires children in many different ways.

EPTDA supported Fundació Magone from Catalonia. The Magone Foundation strives to make society more sensitive towards vulnerable children and young people and raise the funds needed to give them a chance to grow and develop as citizens. Channeled through the Salesian Social Action, Salesians Sant Jordi is in charge of its main projects.

EPTDA chose to donate to Tohum (Turkey Autism Early Diagnosis and Education Foundation), based in Istanbul. Tohum is a health and education organization that seeks to ensure early diagnosis of children with autism and pervasive developmental disorders, striving to help them play an active part in society. The collected funds covered full one-year scholarships for two children with autism.

EPTDA supported IESCUM (European Institute for the Study of Human Behavior), which aims to foster the scientific study and advancement of research in, and applications for, human behavior in the broadest sense.

EPTDA selected the ABC Real Portugal Foundation, supporting the treatment of autistic children and youngsters based on the method of Applied Behavior Analysis.

All donations collected in 2011 went to the Hungarian organization Together for Children with Tumors Foundation, based in Budapest.

EPTDA donated to a Maltese not-for-profit organization Puttinu Cares Children’s Cancer Support Group.

EPTDA joined the Italian Telefono Azzurro Onlus Foundation to help its fight for the protection of children. EPTDA’s donations went to enhancing the helpline services of Telefono Azzurro.

EPTDA contributed to special projects endorsed by the Belgian King Baudouin Foundation, joining forces with the VVA – Vlaamse Vereniging Autisme (Flemish Autism Association) – to support children with autism disorder.