Africa
Support for projects of public interest in Central and West Africa and empowerment of local leaders.
Benin, Burundi, DR Congo, Senegal and Togo benefit from priority support of the King Baudouin Foundation. We support projects that aim to have a social impact and favour economic self-sufficiency, while also taking account of global warming. We support the local leaders in civil society (individuals, organisations and social enterprises) and we encourage knowledge sharing among them. And in order to increase our impact, we work with other partners and philanthropic organisations, through the Myriad alliance for borderless giving.
Our activities
- we support individuals, organisations and businesses that wish to contribute to improving the living conditions of people in Africa
- we provide financial and/or technical aid to organisations and leaders in civil society for their development projects or general functioning
- we allocate loans and bank guarantees to actors in civil society. Further information is available in our sub-programme Businesses for development
- and we promote good practices and networking between the actors of civil society.
Africa focus countries: Benin, Burundi, DR Congo, Senegal, Togo is part of the programme International
More info on
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myriad.org
Grantees
Organisation Congolaise des Ecologistes et Amis de la Nature - OCEAN
Improving the value chain of cassava and related crops in order to support the local economy.
Fondation Batonga
The Batonga Foundation aims to evaluate the impact of its interventions and learn lessons and derive good practices for future interventions.
Pierre-Claver Nyandu Kubuya-Shamavu
Detailed report on the situation of regional water shortages, despite the support provided, to enable discussion of the subject during feedback meetings and the Amani festival.
Funds and philanthropic tools
Croy-Mazzarino (Fund)
Support for blind people; for integrated rural development initiatives in the DRC (education, health and economic development); for wildlife conservation worldwide.
Mukini (Friends of Fund)
Philanthropists support projects from Mukini that boost socioeconomic life in Katanga (Congo) and raise the average standard of living of the population.
Coelio (Friends of Fund)
Philanthropists support projects from Coelie that promotes the development of digestive and laparoscopic surgery.
Stories
Helping Congo to jump on the digital train
Africa
“You can graduate from university here without having ever touched a computer.”
Using data to help combat malnutrition
Africa
"Official figures state that one in two children are chronically malnourished, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg; the real figures are even higher."