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.
Uganda
Education / Community Development
Improving employment opportunities of youths
The project led by Kids Club Kampala, aims to improve the employment opportunities of 30 unemployed young men and women from the Katanga slum in Kampala, Uganda.
Niger
Education
Access to secondary school for children from nomadic communities
The four –year project aims to expand Rain for the Sahel and Sahara’s (RAIN) existing “Lower Secondary School Homestay Project”, to an additional 80 under-resourced children from 17 isolated rural communities in the Agadez region.
Botswana
Education / Community Development
Increasing food security and diversifying incomes
The project aims to support local farmers in growing chilies, within the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (MPNP) region, in order to both reduce elephant human conflict and provide a secondary income for local farmers.
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Supporting female farmers in the shift to agroforestry
29 November 2022
The project led by CooP-Uganda aimed to give 100, vulnerable small-scale female headed farmer families, the knowledge and the tools to diversify their incomes achieve independence and thrive economically. The farmers were educated, trained and assisted in the shift from subsistence farming to agroforestry but also on and on how to adapt to climate change thanks to climate mitigation agricultural techniques.Access to reproductive health services
4 November 2022
The reproductive health project led by CHASE Africa and The Maa Trust (TMT) takes place in Narok County in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya. The Talek youth friendly center (TYFC) was completed in November 2021 and is fully functional. It promotes access to youth-friendly reproductive health knowledge, information, and services.Congratulations GLAMI !
11 October 2022
As a friend of Africaid, we extend huge congratulations to their partner GLAMI in Tanzania for receiving the 2022 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education.Empowering genocide widows
2 September 2022
One year into the 18-month project, aiming to improve livelihoods, psychological resilience, food security an access to sustainable energy for 400 vulnerable genocide widows the Karongi and Rutsiro districts of Rwanda’s western province, over 522 beneficiaries have been reached.Three projects completed
29 August 2022
Three projects, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Zambia have successfully come to an end.Education and leadership support
27 July 2022
During the first year of the project, WGEP provided scholarships to150 middle-school scholars that were at risk of dropping out of school. All the girls successfully remained in school!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 202222
Ongoing projects in 20225
New projects in 20226
Ended projects in 2022Do 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 4 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?