Our mission is to fight the root causes of poverty, in Africa and the Middle East, by supporting projects focusing on four core areas of work.
Health
Education
Community development
Environment
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We believe that, together, Health, Education, Community development and the Environment are essential to sustainable development. Our projects take a holistic approach and are anchored in local communities ensuring that actions are relevant and viable for the long-term.
Sierra Leone
Education / Health
Nurturing Opportunities for Women
The project will train 1,000 women from the Kono District, in basic financial literacy, household financial management, effective savings techniques, and business skills, including conducting market surveys and calculating profit.
Lebanon
Education
Bringing coding to schools
The project will provide support to two schools, in Lebanon, to level up their tech education offering through training and coaching for school teachers on delivering coding, robotics, and AI classes for 240 disadvantaged children aged 11-14.
Uganda
Health / Community Development
Freedom of mobility for amputees
The project will provide comprehensive prosthetic care to 50 low-income amputees in Uganda, facilitating their mobility, employment opportunities, and psychological well-being. The amputees will receive a Circleg prosthetic. The Circleg prosthetic system is one of a kind, it is designed specifically for the needs of amputees and prosthetists in low and middle income countries.
Senegal
Community Development / Environment
Sustainable development of two rural communities
The project aims to sustainably improve the health, nutrition and livelihoods of two rural communities, in Lohene and Keur Mandongo, using environmentally appropriate technology. CREATE! will use culturally and environmentally adapted methods and further expand its proven model of integrated community development.
News
A challenging yet successful year for students
27 November 2024
The four –year project expanding Rain for the Sahel and Sahara’s (RAIN) existing “Lower Secondary School Homestay Project”, to an additional 92 (up from 80) under-resourced children from 17 isolated rural communities in the Agadez region of Niger is closing out its second year. (click on the photo to read more)Education for every child
22 November 2024
Chance for Childhood, working with the local partner Children’s Voice led the project that is aiming to provide quality inclusive education to 1,200 out-of-school children including girls, children affected by conflict, and children with disabilities and special educational needs at schools and accelerated learning centers in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. (Click on the photo to read more)Upgrading the Nthunguni Dispensary
20 November 2024
The Tsavo Trust (TT) is in charge of refurbishing the Nthunguni Dispensary infrastructure, in order to address structural deficiencies and disrepair within the maternity wing and the overall building. (click on the photo to read more)Empowering young women
15 November 2024
The three-year project equipping, supporting and empowering 30 marginalized young women (aged 16 to 25) through vocational training combined with mentoring has reached the end of the first six months since its launch in May 2024. (click on the photo to read more)Technology for rural children
29 October 2024
The one-year project led by Powering Potential in Tanzania has successfully come to an end ! Today, 796 students from Gyekrum Arusha and Upper Kitete secondary schools, in Karatu district, can access information technology and computer studies thanks to the installation of solar-powered computer labs. (Click on the photo to read more)Advela’s Story
3 September 2024
The Foundation is supporting Save the Rain for the construction of 80 residential rainwater harvesting systems for families most in need in Nsengoni, Tanzania where the groundwater is undrinkable due to excessively high levels of fluoride. This is Advela’s story, recently widowed and a new mother with 5 children needs 80 liters of water a day and has no means of generating income. (Click on the photo to read more)In numbers
We have been supporting projects run by non-profit organisations since 1996, with the aim of helping poor communities in Africa and the Middle East to sustainably rise out of poverty.
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Countries supported in 202413
Ongoing projects in 202412
New projects in 20248
Ended project in 2024Do you have a project ?
The Foundation accepts proposals at all times of the year. Selected projects are submitted to the Foundation’s Board, which meets 3 times per year. We thank you for your interest in the Foundation and invite you to submit your request.
- Are you a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization?
- Do you contribute to eradicating the root causes of poverty in Africa and/or the Middle East?
- Does your project focus on two or more of the Foundation’s four areas of work?
- Does your project aim to have a lasting and measurable impact for the most disadvantaged populations?
- Will your project ensure sustainable development through capacity building and improved livelihoods?