Not all education is the same. The demands on education today are massively different from the classroom 150 years ago. We therefore promote innovative educational concepts, with different focuses depending on the region, from school education to training to self-learning approaches and higher education.

Revolutionising Africa’s education landscape with high-tech and local know-how

Kabakoo Academies has crafted an unconventional offering through a learning approach focused on local impact and the integration of local knowledges with cutting-edge technologies.

Modern School Education for a Sustainable Future

The initiative “Schule im Aufbruch” aims to establish a contemporary, more relevant learning culture in schools across Germany.
Free and self-determined learning in Bangladesh

Learning centers are suitable alternatives to conventional school education. The so-called “Nooks” are open to people of all ages. Here, the learners themselves decide on the learning content and pace.
Supporting young people holistically in South Africa

With its safe hubs, the social enterprise AMANDLA creates safe places where young people, regardless of origin and gender, are given the opportunity to freely develop their full potential.
Transformative education for a sustainable world

The “Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung” is a University of Applied Sciences which empowers its students to work for a just economy that serves people and the planet.
Empowering disadvantaged women in Ghana

The Do Wo Yonko Foundation seeks to help children and young women in Ghana achieve better professional opportunities and income opportunities in the long term through educational programs.
Enabling school education in Tanzania

Mbozi Secondary School in the Songwe region of Tanzania has a financial problem: despite very good quality teaching and teaching staff, many families cannot afford the school fees and need support.
Education and perspectives for children in Bengaluru, India

The project Shishu Mandir means “Temple of Children” and gives children from poverty-stricken neighborhoods of Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka access to education and basic medical care.
Inclusion of young people with disabilities in Palestine

Regardless of the degree of their disability, the Star Mountain Rehabilitation Center offers people with disabilities a chance for individual support and development.

Vocational training and HIV work in North Cameroon

As a partner organization of Brot für die Welt, Association Avenir Femme (AAF) focuses on promoting the education and training of disadvantaged young women, especially illiterate women and school dropouts.
Developmental voluntary service for careleavers

Every year, Eine Welt Netz NRW e.V. sends around 30 young people to international partner projects in Africa and Latin America for one year as part of the “weltwärts” program.
Educating young people in Mbeya, Tanzania

The training center of the Moravian Church enables young people in Tanzania to receive sound vocational training in various vocational schools and thus counteracts the high youth unemployment and poverty in rural areas.
Supporting disadvantaged trainees in Wau, South Sudan

In the whole region around Wau, the Don Bosco Vocational Training Center is the only place to get a recognized education in handicraft or technical professions.

A donation to a project is spent once – a donation to a social business lives forever. It provides the impetus for an organisation that is self-sustaining and achieves lasting impact in the global South by empowering people to solve their own problems through local social entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurial Solutions to address Social and Ecological Issues

Yunus Social Business promotes young social businesses that create jobs, products and services for disadvantaged population groups, therefore enabling them to overcome poverty.

Ending poverty through social enterprise in Kenya, Ruanda & Uganda

The Stay Foundation focuses on networking and mutual support among social entrepreneurs in Africa as key players in the fight against poverty.

Fair-price organic farming in West Bengal, India

The Amar Khamar project helps smallholder farmers use online market access for their sustainably produced goods.
Basic optical care in Burkina Faso

OneDollarGlasses pursues the goal of establishing a network for basic optical care in various developing countries. This model is also to be rolled out permanently in Burkina Faso and will be self-financing in the long term from sales proceeds.

Everyone has the right to a peaceful, free and dignified life. Functioning legal systems for the most vulnerable members of society and free access to information for all are essential prerequisites for this.

Ending Child Labour in Ghana

International Justice Mission (IJM) fights for the rights and protection of children affected by exploitation and slavery in Ghana. To free children from slavery and enable them to lead self-determined lives, IJM works with the government and local authorities to strengthen legal systems.
Combating sexual exploitation of children on the Internet

International Justice Mission takes action against sexual exploitation of children on the Internet. Global Fusion Centers support the investigation of such crimes in different parts of the world.
Protecting minors from sex trafficking in Mumbai, India

The human rights organization International Justice Mission addresses weaknesses in the existing Indian legal system to help end sex trafficking of minors.
acTVism Munich as a platform for grassroots journalism

acTVism Munich is a non-profit, independent and grassroots online medium which provides information in German and English.
Combating human trafficking & providing aid for Ukrainian refugees

International Justice Mission works to prevent human trafficking and advocates for the prosecution of perpetrators. Since the war in Ukraine has started, it also protects refugees from the dangers of human trafficking.

Structurally weak areas of the global South often need a holistic approach combining different sub-aspects such as health, income and education. This allows humans, animals and the environment to develop together in one ecosystem.

New innovations revive traditional ways of life in the High Atlas mountains

The initiative in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains supports 200 rural cooperatives to pioneer a movement to improve livelihoods by innovative production and marketing of local cosmetic, craft and culinary goods while they conserve High Atlas biodiversity and cultural landscapes.
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Sustainable livelihoods for smallholders help protect the rainforest

Fairventures enables smallholders to earn a sustainable income by planting trees and practicing agroforestry. At the same time, this contributes to the fight against climate change.
Returning to a Safer Life through Demining

The consequences of decades of war as well as an ongoing, unstable political situation continue to cause much suffering among the Iraqi population. The remnants of explosive ordnance still endanger up to 8.5 million people in the country today. Our project partner Handicap International is pursuing a holistic approach towards mine clearance within the Kirkuk administrative region.
Integrated Sustainable Development in Ethiopia

Menschen für Menschen runs an integrated development project: In cooperation with locals and local authorities, the foundation implements interlocking measures for a holistic improvement of the living and environmental situation.

Demining, social protection and economic development in Chad

The regional security situation in Chad is worrying. Handicap International has set up a humanitarian demining project to contribute to regional stability and sustainably improve the visibility and health of the population.

What we consume and how it is produced inevitably has a strong impact on people at the end of supply chains due to the global interconnectedness of commodity flows. A conscious approach to consumption and clean supply chains lift millions of people into a self-determined life.

Freeing people from bonded labour in Chennai, India

The human rights organization International Justice Mission relies on training for police and law enforcement officials in the fight to free people from labor slavery in India.
Sustainable and slave-free supply chains by 2030

Although slavery has been legally abolished worldwide, it still exists today through supply chains. IJM wants to change this and is taking on the problem by organizing the “Game Changer Conference” regularly.
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