Africa focus countries: Benin, Burundi, DR Congo, Senegal, Togo
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, including KBFUS and KBF CANADA.
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 kbfafrica.org
Grantees
CHAVEZ CIKURU KAMERA
Support students taking a Master's in Population and Development Sciences, in French-speaking Belgium.
REMA Medical Technologies
Provision of improved collaboration and ongoing distance training for health professionals, through the Rema Medical Technologies platform.
Association des Familles pour les Enfants orphelins et Abandonnés (AFEOA)
Contributing to the security, education and teaching of 20 girls and 15 boys (orphaned or abandoned) with separate and better-ventilated bedrooms.
Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives
Sustainable coffee in Burundi
To support coffee farmers gathered in cooperatives, to transform their economic activity into an engine for sustainable local development.
Funds and philanthropic tools
Marie Antoinette Carlier (Fund)
Support for youth-oriented projects in Africa: Benin, Burundi, DR Congo, Senegal and Togo..
Georges (Fund)
Support for projects of solidarity for vulnerable people in Marche-en-Famenne and projects that fight poverty and hunger in particularly hard-hit developing countries.
Opéra Terre d'Orage (Fund)
Creation of a permanent training centre, in Kinshasa (DR Congo), for musicians, particularly opera singers, and the production of operas involving local organisations and citizen…
Stories
Using data to help combat malnutrition
Africa focus countries: Benin, Burundi, DR Congo, Senegal, Togo
"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."