to provide care, accommodation, temporary shelter, specialized education, training or any kind of material, financial, moral or psychological assistance to any person who, regardless of their place of birth or origin, due to illness, physical or mental disability, old age or other social problems, encounters personal difficulties requiring coordinated care and intervention by qualified professionals in the aforementioned fields; to study the conditions and consequences of social, legal, epidemiological or demographic phenomena having a negative impact on the pursued objectives, in order to formulate recommendations and undertake appropriate actions; to contribute to the prevention and information related to the mentioned problems.