Partners in focus regions

The Foundation’s partner organizations are generally managed by women and located in the global South.

The Foundation and its partner organizations keep regular contact; their cooperation is based on mutual trust and transparency.

Regionen

Direct investment also respects that the Global South have an understanding of their context in terms of development, rule of law, governance and status of human rights with regards to many facets including gender. They are therefore able to identify and formulate relevant and sustainable initiatives that are adaptable and best fit the context and continue to be beneficial to target communities beyd external support.

Sandra Musoga, human rights advocate, advocacy and policy analyst, Executive Director Women Coalition for Empowerment – Eastern Africa

I’m very passionate about education in particular of the girl child as I believe if you educate a girl child, the effect is felt throughout the community. As an indigenous woman I work for the empowerment of my community, the enhancement of the capacities of the girl child and the amplification of women’s voices in my community.

Nkamunu Patita, human rights and environmental justice defender, project implementation
Women Coalition for Empowerment – Eastern Africa

Directing power and resources towards local NGOs will further support capacity development of local organizations so that they can lobby for broader social change.

Katosi Women Development Trust, Margaret Nakato, Coordinator

> Katosi

Kenia

Community Development Group Network CDGN

: Strengthening through networking

: Kenia

: 1 year (05/24–04/25)

> communitydevelopmentgroupsnetwork.or.ke

The Community Development Groups Network CDGN ensures networking and empowering of small self-aid groups and civil-based organizations by offering further training courses in finance planning, reporting, and fund raising. In addition, it carries out joint advocacy activities on the topic of human and women’s rights.

Kenia

Namirama

: Human rights and sustainable development

: Kenia

: 2 years (2024–2025)

> namiramacbo.or.ke

Namirama works closely together with local populations and regional authorities in remote rural areas. In addition to offering courses on sustainable farming and livestock farming to strengthen women economically, Namirama also organizes workshops on women’s and human rights.

Uganda

Women Coalition for Empowerment Eastern Africa (WCEEA)

: Empowerment of women refugees from South Sudan

: Uganda

: 4 years (phase 1: 08/22–07/24, phase 2: 11/24–10/26)

> wceea.or.ke

Since 2015, WCEEA has been working for the empowerment of women, for their economic and political participation, and for the elimination of all forms of discrimination. In its ongoing project, refugee women from South Sudan are receiving training in business management, agribusiness, and education on human and women’s rights.

Kenia

Wakina Mama Shupavu

: Self-aid to provide for old age

: Kenia

: 2 years (06/22–05/24)

Wakina Mama Shupavu – “strong, hard-working mothers” – is a cooperative that started with a small pig breeding project two years ago. Today three groups are already involved. The first group has additionally set up a traveler’s café that helps to increase the women’s income. In 2024, the women also attended training courses and now have a license to produce sausages. Wakina Mama Shupavu is well under way to become independent.

Uganda

Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT)

: Knowing one’s rights

: Uganda

: 4 years (phase 1: 05/21–04/23, phase 2: 10/24–10/26)

> katosi.org

KWDT has 25 years of experience working with marginalized women in fishing communities around Lake Victoria. In 2021, KWDT started a training program on human and women’s rights with 30 women’s groups. In a second step, the women, with the support of Katosi, shared their newly acquired knowledge with their community in so-called “Community Talks”. The project was continued and extended to include 40 women’s groups in 2024.

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