ACAU
Associació Coordinadora d'Ajuda Unida
Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
About
Founded in 1997, ACAU is a non-governmental organisation based in Terrassa, Spain working on poverty & hunger, housing & homelessness, employment & skills +5 more.
ACAU is a non-profit NGO founded in 1997 and based in Terrassa, Catalonia. It works for people at risk of social exclusion in Catalonia, offering residential shelter and support for women and families, employment guidance and training, food distribution and food waste collection, and carries out international development cooperation in Burkina Faso and Senegal. Its work is carried out largely by around 70 volunteers alongside contracted professionals, with projects in Terrassa, Cerdanyola del Vallès and Santa Coloma de Gramenet. The organisation holds Entitat d'Utilitat Pública status from the Generalitat de Catalunya (2008).
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Servei d'acolliment residencial
ViewHousing & Homelessness · Spain
Residential shelter, accompaniment and comprehensive support with a gender perspective for women, alone or with children, who have lost their home and lack resources.
Projecte d'acompanyament per a la millora de l'ocupabilitat
ViewEmployment & Skills · Spain
Support for women in severe poverty, mainly due to lack of employment, with guidance, technical and transversal training and socio-labour integration.
Distribució d'aliments
ViewPoverty & Hunger · Spain
Monthly self-service food distribution to families, including dry packaged food, milk, fresh produce and protein products, adjusted to family size.
Recollida de mínves
ViewPoverty & Hunger · Spain
Collection of surplus food from neighbourhood supermarkets by beneficiaries, coordinated by the organisation to ensure food safety and reduce food waste.
Programa de cooperació internacional
ViewInternational development · Burkina Faso, Senegal
International development cooperation projects in Burkina Faso and Senegal.
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