Asociatia UPgrade

UPGRADE NGO is a young non-profit organization established in 2016 as a response to the needs raised by our local community, and our main goal is to empower teenagers and young people with fewer opportunities from rural and disadvantage areas to shape their own future. We mainly promote social inclusion and human solidarity trying to close the gaps faced by young people who live in rural, poor and disadvantaged areas. To achieve this goal, we create projects, programmes and events aimed for developing teenagers and young people both personally and professionally. Having in mind the needs and preoccupations of the youth from our local community, our association is actively involved in: - promoting cultural diversity and tolerance; - fostering creativity, entrepreneurship initiatives and a healthy lifestyle among young people; - involving young people with fewer opportunities and teenagers from disadvantage areas or with learning difficulties in international projects; - supporting and promoting local initiatives and sustainable development; - providing powerful tools to our youth workers for working with young people; - building digital competencies through non-formal education; - supporting and promoting youth involvement and voluntary work in the benefit of the communities; - cooperating and fighting against racism, discrimination and corruption. Following the principles of "education for a sustainable development”, our activities focus on the development and implementation of local and European projects for volunteers, youth workers and youngsters. These projects take the form of workshops, educational, cultural and environmental activities, international training courses, mobility projects, voluntary projects and professional and personal support for teenagers and young people.