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2024 Annual Report and Social Balance

A year of transformation and impact

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We transform lives from a model referring to the third sector

The ABD Group Welfare and Development Association is a non-profit organization that, for more than 40 years, has been working to reduce inequalities and social and health vulnerability. Through a wide network of services and programs, we intervene in different areas of social action, such as drug addiction care, mental health, childhood, family, gender equality, dependency, aging, intellectual disability, poverty, social exclusion and the fight against climate change.

We transform communities through commitment, uniqueness and social innovation

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Diversification
Permanent innovation

People attended

People trained

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Why do we do what we do?

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Fenix Project

Urban agroecology initiative that seeks to improve the social and labor inclusion of people in drug addiction treatment.

Just Energy

Network of volunteers committed to the fight against energy poverty and its effects on the well-being of people in vulnerable situations.

Active Community

Community social inclusion project that combines job placement, social support and accompaniment, and community participation.

Our causes

We believe in a fair society which eradicates inequalities and social exclusion. Where every family and children have the same opportunities, where women and men can live in real equality, and the elderly and dependent people or those with functional diversity may have a dignified life.

We believe in a future in which the young -and the not so young- use drugs in a conscious and critical way, where there are no evictions and the right to housing is respected, but also the right of asylum; we wish to host migrants and refugees so that all of us can live with equal opportunities, regardless of our cultural background.

Entity with international certification of achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The ABD Welfare and Development Association is one of the first entities of the third social sector that has received the certification of achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals granted by the International Federation of Global & Green Information Communication Technology (IFGICT).

We met the 49 goals marked as mandatory, and we also reached 29 non-mandatory goals, so we reached 78 of the 169 goals of the SDGs.

This certification represents a reinforcement of the commitment of the Welfare and Development Association to align with the UN SDGs.

We defend the rights of people

We guard the quality of people life, equality, and rights… All this for our rights.

2024 Annual Report and Social Balance

News

ABD Group joins international letter calling on WHO to protect harm reduction

The Association Bienestar y Desarrollo (ABD Group) has joined the initiative led by the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), Harm Reduction International (HRI), and the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), addressed to the…

The AMIR project successfully completes its initial phase

The AMIR project, one of the international projects in which the ABD Group participates, has successfully completed its initial phase after just over six months. In each participating country, national…

A delegation from the Croatian Government visits ABD’s Drugs and Health Area in Barcelona

On July 15 and 16, an institutional delegation of the Croatian Government visited several services of the Drug and Health Area of the ABD Group in the city of Barcelona,…

The EU Food Security Hub project concluded with a meeting in El Prat attended by more than fifty participants

The event served to present the project’s training materials and to share the challenges and solutions identified to guarantee the right to food. The European project EU Food Security Hub,…

Barcelona hosts POWGEN networking event to promote the inclusion of migrant people in the green sector

POWGEN project brings together initiatives from Italy, Germany, Portugal, Catalonia and Europe to share good practices and promote a more sustainable and diverse future of work Barcelona hosted on the…

Home4Health defines strategic roadmap for the upcoming year

Partner organizations gathered in Amsterdam to plan next steps in the projec On May 14 and 15, 2025, the partners of the Home4Health project met in person in Amsterdam for…

EU Drug Policy Campaign 2025: A Call to Invest in a European Health-Based Drug Policy

In 2025, the European Union will adopt a new EU Drug Strategy that will define priorities for 2026–2030. As this critical moment approaches, we call for a shift towards a…

ABD Presents its 2024 Report: A Year of Transformation and Impact with People at the Core

With over 110,000 people assisted and 715,000 reached through awareness efforts, ABD reaffirms its commitment to reducing social and health inequalities through an innovative, community-based, and person-centered model The Asociación…