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Ten!European!Foundations!
Funding!Projects!to!Eradicate!
Poverty!Around!the!World!

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 Ten!European!Foundations!
Funding!Projects!to!Eradicate!
Poverty!Around!the!World!

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Table&of&Contents&

Onaway!Trust!(United!Kingdom).2!

Swiss!Aid!(Switzerland).3!

SchmitzIStiftungen!(Germany)!.4!

Plan!Nederland!(The!Netherlands)!.5!

Triodos!Foundation!(Germany)!.6!

War!on!Want!(United!Kingdom)!.7!

Eliminating!Child!Labour!in!Tobacco!Growing!Foundation!(Switzerland)!8!

Scottish!Catholic!International!Aid!Fund!(United!Kingdom)!.9!

Shell!Foundation!(United!Kingdom)!.10!

Trcaire!(Ireland)!.11!

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Onaway&Trust&(United&Kingdom)&
PURPOSE!

Onaway!Trust!is!a!UK!grant!making!charity!providing!support!to!traditionIbased!
indigenous!peoples!and!for!relieving!poverty!and!suffering.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Agriculture,!Food!&!Nutrition,!Arts!&!Culture,!Education,!Health,!Indigenous!
Communities,!Poverty!Alleviation,!Spirituality,!Religion!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Colombia,!!India,!!Israel,!!Jordan,!!Kenya,!!Mexico,!!Nepal,!!Peru,!!Uganda,!!United!
Kingdom,!!United!States,!!Zimbabwe,!!

For!more!information,!visit!http://www.onaway.org/index.php/fundingI
applications/areIyouIeligible!

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SWISS&AID&(Switzerland)&

PURPOSE!

The!mission!of!SWISSAID!is!to!support!"selfIhelp!projects"!for!indigenous!
population!groups!suffering!the!deepest!poverty!and!also!focuses!on!preventing!
hunger,!ecologically!sustainable!agriculture,!secure!water!supply,!specialist!training!
courses!and!enhanced!awareness.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Agriculture,!Food!&!Nutrition,!Arts!&!Culture,!Civil!Society!Development,!Economic!
Development,!Education,!Environment,!Health,!Indigenous!Communities,!Poverty!
Alleviation,!Water!&!Sanitation,!Women!&!Gender,!Natural!Resources!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Burma(Myanmar),!!Chad,!!Colombia,!!Ecuador,!!GuineaIBissau,!!India,!!Nicaragua,!!
Niger,!!Tanzania.!

For!more!information,!visit!http://www.swissaid.ch/!

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Schmitz?S@Aungen&(Germany)&

PURPOSE!

The!mission!of!Schmitz!Foundation!is!to!help!people!in!need.!The!Foundation!
supports!selfIhelp!projects!with!longIterm!effects!in!the!gields!of!basic!education!and!
training,!securing!basic!living!standards!and!promoting!smallIscale!commercial!
activity.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Community!Development,!Disability,!Education,!Employment!&!Labor,!Environment,!
Health,!International!Affairs,!Livelihood,!Old!Age!Care,!Poverty!Alleviation,!Primary!
Education,!Nutrition,!Agriculture,!Food!&!Nutrition!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Bolivia,!Cambodia,!Ecuador,!Indonesia,!Laos,!Moldova,!Republic!Of,!Nicaragua,!Peru,!
Philippines,!Romania,!Russia,!Sri!Lanka,!Viet!Nam.!

More!information!available!at:!
http://www.schmitzIstiftungen.org/en/funding/applicationIforms!!

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Plan&Nederland&(The&Netherlands)&
PURPOSE!

Plan!Nederland!is!working!on!sustainable!poverty!reduction!and!lasting!
improvements!in!the!living!conditions!of!children!in!developing!countries,!with!
special!attention!to!equal!rights!and!opportunities!for!girls.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Children,!Employment!&!Labor,!Human!Rights,!Poverty!Alleviation,!Women!&!
Gender,!Youth!&!Adolescents!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

!!Bangladesh,!!Bolivia,!!Brazil,!!Burkina!Faso,!!Cambodia,!!Cameroon,!!China,!!
Colombia,!!Dominican!Republic,!!Ecuador,!!Egypt,!!El!Salvador,!!Ghana,!!Guatemala,!!
Guinea,!!Haiti,!!Honduras,!!India,!!Indonesia,!!Japan,!!Kenya,!!Liberia,!!Mozambique,!!
Nicaragua,!!Paraguay,!!Peru,!!Philippines,!!Rwanda,!!Sierra!Leone,!!South!Sudan!,!!Sri!
Lanka,!!Sudan,!!Tanzania,!!Uganda,!!Zambia,!!Zimbabwe,!!

For!more!information,!visit!http://www.plannederland.nl/!

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Triodos&Founda@on&(Germany)&

PURPOSE!

Triodos!Foundation!helps!people!and!organizations!for!innovative!initiatives!and!
focuses!on!the!themes!of!organic!agriculture,!renewable!energy,!arts!and!culture,!
welfare,!poverty!alleviation!and!solidarity!with!people!in!developing!countries.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Agriculture,!Food!&!Nutrition,!Arts!&!Culture,!Environment,!Poverty!Alleviation,!
Energy!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Argentina,!!Brazil,!!Burma(Myanmar),!!Ethiopia,!!Germany,!!Ghana,!!India,!!Indonesia,!!
Malawi,!!Mali,!!Namibia,!!Netherlands,!!Nicaragua,!!Niger,!!Philippines,!!South!Africa,!!
Suriname,!!Sweden,!!Tanzania,!!United!Kingdom,!!United!States,!!Zambia,!!

For!more!information,!visit!https://www.triodosfoundation.nl/nl/aanvragen/
internationaleIsamenwerking/aanvraagcriteria/!

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War&on&Want&(United&Kingdom)&
PURPOSE!

War!on!Want!gights!poverty!in!developing!countries!in!partnership!with!people!
affected!by!globalization.!The!organization!campaign!for!human!rights!and!against!
the!root!causes!of!global!poverty,!inequality!and!injustice.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Agriculture,!Food!&!Nutrition,!Human!Rights,!Peace!&!Conglict!Resolution,!Poverty!
Alleviation!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Bangladesh,!!Brazil,!!China,!!Colombia,!!El!Salvador,!!Guatemala,!!Honduras,!!Iraq,!!
Kenya,!!Malawi,!!Mozambique,!!Nigeria,!!Palestinian!Territories,!!South!Africa,!!Sri!
Lanka,!!Zambia.!

For!more!information,!visit!http://www.waronwant.org/!!

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Elimina@ng&Child&Labour&in&Tobacco&Growing&Founda@on&
(Switzerland)&
PURPOSE!

The!mission!of!ECLT!Foundation!is!to!give!every!opportunity!for!children,!so!that!
they!can!reach!their!full!potential.!ELCT!achieves!this!goal!by!funding!projects!that!
help!people!meet!labour!demands!without!using!children;!improve!policies!and!
systems!for!ensuring!children's!health!and!wellbeing,!including!their!access!to!safe!
food!and!water;!support!education!for!children!and!youth;!raise!awareness!so!that!
communities!can!come!together!to!project!children;!foster!community!vigilance!for!
children!and!give!them!the!tools!to!recognize!child!labour!and!end!it.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Children,!Community!Development,!Education,!Employment!&!Labor,!Poverty!
Alleviation,!Water!&!Sanitation,!Scholarships,!Vocational!Education!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Guatemala,!!Kyrgyzstan,!!Malawi,!!Mozambique,!!Philippines,!!Tanzania,!!Uganda,!!
Zambia,!!

For!more!information,!visit!http://www.eclt.org/whatIweIdo/withdrawal/!!!

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ScoJsh&Catholic&Interna@onal&Aid&Fund&(United&Kingdom)&

PURPOSE!

The!purpose!of!Scottish!Catholic!International!Aid!Fund!(SCIAF)!is!to!help!some!of!
the!world's!poorest!people!free!themselves!from!poverty!and!to!provide!tools,!
training!and!support!so!that!they!can!grow!their!own!food!and!earn!enough!money!
to!provide!for!themselves!and!their!families.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Agriculture,!Food!&!Nutrition,!Disability,!Education,!Health,!HIV/AIDS,!Humanitarian!
Relief,!Poverty!Alleviation!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Burundi,!!Cambodia,!!Colombia,!!Congo!DR,!!El!Salvador,!!Ethiopia,!!Haiti,!!India,!!Laos,!!
Malawi,!!Nicaragua,!!Rwanda,!!Sudan,!!Uganda,!!Zambia,!!

For!more!information,!visit!http://www.sciaf.org.uk/!!

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Shell&Founda@on&(United&Kingdom)&
PURPOSE!

The!mission!of!the!Shell!Foundation!is!to!develop,!scaleIup!and!promote!enterpriseI
based!solutions!to!the!challenges!arising!from!the!impact!of!energy!and!globalization!
on!poverty!and!the!environment.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Environment,!Livelihood,!Poverty!Alleviation,!Climate!Change,!Energy!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

!!Brazil,!!Chad,!!China,!!Egypt,!!Ghana,!!Honduras,!!India,!!Jordan,!!Kenya,!!Malawi,!!
Mexico,!!Netherlands,!!Nigeria,!!Oman,!!Peru,!!Rwanda,!!Senegal,!!South!Africa,!!
Tanzania,!!Turkey,!!Uganda,!!United!Kingdom,!!United!States,!!Zambia,!!Zimbabwe.!

For!more!information,!visit!http://shellfoundation.org/!!!

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Trcaire&(Ireland)&
PURPOSE!

Trcaire!is!the!ofgicial!overseas!development!agency!of!the!Catholic!Church!in!
Ireland!supporting!the!world's!poorest!and!most!oppressed!people.!Trcaire!focuses!
on!poverty!&!hunger,!gighting!for!justice,!supporting!women,!HIV,!and!climate!
change.!

ISSUES/AREAS!OF!INTEREST!

Education,!Environment,!Health,!HIV/AIDS,!Human!Rights,!Humanitarian!Relief,!
Livelihood,!Narcotics,!Drugs!&!Crime,!Poverty!Alleviation,!Catholicism,!Climate!
Change,!Domestic!Violence,!Religion!

FOCUS!REGIONS/COUNTRIES!

Burma(Myanmar),!!Cambodia,!!Congo!DR,!!El!Salvador,!!Ethiopia,!!Guatemala,!!Haiti,!!
Honduras,!!India,!!Israel,!!Kenya,!!Malawi,!!Nicaragua,!!Pakistan,!!Rwanda,!!Sierra!
Leone,!!Somalia,!!South!Sudan!,!!Uganda,!!Zimbabwe.!

For!more!information,!visit!http://www.trocaire.org/whatwedo/togetherIinI
partnership!!

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