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.

FOCUS REGIONS

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.

Margaret Nakato, Coordinator, Katosi Women Development Trust

> Katosi

Kenya

CDGN

Project: Strengthening through networking

Country: Kenya

Project duration: 05/24–04/25

Partner organisations: CDGN, Kenia

> communitydevelopmentgroupsnetwork.or.ke

Community Development Group Network CDGN connects and supports small selfhelp groups and CBOs by offering further training courses in financial planning, reporting, and fund raising. In addition, it carries out joint advocacy activities on the topic of human and women’s rights. More than 40 organizations have already joined the network.

Kenya

Namirama

Project: Human rights and sustainable development

Country: Kenya

Project duration: 07/25–07/27, project partner since 2024

Partner organisations: Namirama, Kenya

> namiramacbo.or.ke

> Focus on the project

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.

Kenya

Wakina Mama Shupavu

Project: Self-aid to provide for old age

Country: Kenya

Project duration: 07/25–06/26, project partner since 2022

Partner organisations: Wakina Mama Shupavu, Kenya

Wakina Mama Shupavu – “strong, hardworking mothers” – is a cooperative that started in 2022 with a small pig breeding project. Today, it already includes three groups, two of which have founded a traveller’s café to generate more income for the women involved. In 2025, Wakina Mama has undergone a reorientation and started a new project for sustainable farming.

Uganda

Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT)

Project: Knowing one’s rights

Country: Uganda

Project duration: 10/24–10/26, project partner since 2021

Partner organisations: Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT), Uganda

> katosi.org

KWDT has 25 years of experience working with marginalized women in fishing communities around Lake Victoria. In 2021, KWDT started an education 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. In 2025, the project was maintained and extended to 40 women’s groups.

Uganda

Women Coalition for Empowerment Eastern Africa (WCEEA)

Project: Empowerment of women refugees from South Sudan

Country: Uganda

Project duration: 11/24–10/26, project partner since 2022

Partner organisations: Women Coalition for Empowerment Eastern Africa (WCEEA), Uganda

> 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.