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CONSORTIUM OF THE AFRICA GREAT LAKES REGION

To help rebuild the hearts and broken lives of victims of armed conflict and natural disasters in the Great Lakes region of Africa by giving them the hope of becoming themselves, capable of working to look after themselves away from armed conflict and violence.

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Bibliotheques sans Frontieres

Bringing access to knowledge where it's most needed Since 2007, Bibliotheques Sans Frontieres (Libraries Without Borders) has worked to bring knowledge and information to people in need. We provide access and resources that connect people to books and digital resources, expanding the reach of libraries, training facilitators in post-emergency situations, and addressing the needs of under-resourced communities. From laundromats in Oakland, California, to refugee camps in Bangladesh, we bring tools to reduce inequality of access to information and knowledge.

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Fondation Venuste Niyongabo-FVN

Venuste Niyongabo is the first and only Olympic Champion in the history of Burundi, winning a gold medal in the 5000m at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. He is a role model and source of inspiration, and is committed to dedicate his time and athletic experience to help bring communities together across all ethnic, religious, and social divides in his country, Burundi, and in the African Great Lakes region. As an Olympian, Venuste personifies the values of excellence, teamwork, and discipline and is determined to show that sport goes beyond sporting performances and plays a genuine role for serving society. Since 2009, Venuste has been strongly involved in the peace through sport movement, by collaborating with Peace and Sport and being an active member of the Champions for Peace club. The Foundation was Founded in 2022, the Fondation Venuste Niyongabo (FVN) is a non-governmental organization under Burundian law. Drawing its roots from an international context and working in cooperation with international organizations such as Peace and Sport, the FVN carries out its interventions in a local context, in line with the vision of the Burundian Government, the National Development Plan (PND), and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The mission of the FVN , Contribute to a sustainable socio-economic development in Burundi, through the improvement of services, infrastructures and means in the education, health, rural development, and employability sectors, and relying on the values and universality of sport to inspire social interaction and sharing. Areas of intervention : Based on the acknowledgement that the return on investment of sport in terms of health savings and educational outcomes is generally recognized as positive, the FVN relies on sport and its capacity to facilitate education and life skills acquisition to intervene around four main areas: - Education - Health - Sustainability and protection of the environment - Rural development

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EATHAN Foundation

Our mission is to equip and enable East African trans* diverse individuals and institutions, to organise and advocate for the improvement of their health, the recognition of their gender, and the protection of their human rights; utilising informed research and documentation, particularly on health and HIV, and by enhancing their livelihoods through capacity strengthening and empowerment.

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South African Institute for Distance Education - Saide

Saide is an education support organization founded on social justice and open learning principles with the vision of a society where all people value, have access to and succeed in lifelong education and training. Saide's mission is to partner with public and private institutions, governments, civil society, funders and other education stakeholders in Africa and beyond; to Support diverse modes of provision in a constantly changing and technology-driven world including in-person, distance, remote, hybrid, and blended approaches; From early childhood, primary and secondary school, to post-secondary education and training. At Saide, we believe that to be truly transformative and become a foundation for lifelong success, education must be guided by the following principles. Openness: We advocate for open education including sharing knowledge freely, breaking down barriers to educational resources, and encouraging lifelong, self-directed learning. Social justice: We champion fair access to education, ensuring that everyone, regardless of their gender, race, culture or socio-economic background, has equal opportunities to learn and succeed. Diversity and Inclusion: Transformative education embraces diverse voices and perspectives, fosters a learning environment where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to participate. Learner-centred approaches: We champion learner-centred approaches that tailor education to the needs, interests, and strengths of students, allowing them more agency in their learning journeys. Focus on future skills: Education must equip learners with the skills necessary for today and the future, such as critical thinking, digital literacy, collaboration, creativity, and emotional intelligence. Global and local relevance: Education must evolve and be adaptable to address global challenges while remaining culturally relevant and responsive to local needs.

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KNE Sustainability Institute gGmbH

KNE Sustainability Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting global sustainable thinking and action. Our goal is to accelerate the dissemination of sustainability knowledge through modern media and e-learning. We are funded through partnerships, grants, and collaborations with organizations committed to sustainability and regeneration. Our key initiatives include the Global Goals Compass, a tool that provides guidance on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and ReGen.rocks, an interactive social learning platform designed to educate young people on sustainability, connect them in a social network and match them with regenerative projects. Additionally, we connect researchers in the field of sustainable development, create innovative e-learning programs, and support companies and organizations in effectively implementing sustainability and regeneration strategies. Our major project is www.ReGen4futures.org

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TheBoardroom Africa Foundation

Good governance ensures accountability, fairness, and transparency throughout our social, governmental, and business systems. On the African continent, women are underrepresented at every level in the workplace, especially in senior leadership roles. According to the UN, this type of unequal treatment of women in the workplace has cost Sub-Saharan Africa approximately $105bn and has significant implications on the utilization of the continents full human capital potential and achievement of its development goals. The Boardroom Africa was borne out of these realities. We champion female leadership on a pan-African level by building a network of women leaders who collectively dispel the myth that there aren't enough qualified women to support the growth of the continent. We help build role models at the top to change the way organizations are led through our educational content. We offer a board training program for women across the continent and to date, we've trained 64+ women. We also have built a community of over 1,000 women on the continent leading change and deliver open webinars, trainings, and meetups to upskill this network. Finally, we've conducted publicly released research on 13 African countries to assess the gender gap in their companies. We want to shift the demand by ensuring society realizes the benefits of increased female participation in leadership, and create an ecosystem of women who can go into the world and inspire others.

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No One Down Relief Organization (NODRO)

Our mission is to empower individuals and promote social inclusion, ensuring that no one is left behind in the pursuit of a better life.

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Community of national artistic unity

This project will save millions of life in Burundi in general we can exploit people in their professions for exploitation of their artistic works Burundi is the first poor country in the world ranking, almost 80% live in very difficult conditions You can save life if you support our projects through our community of national artistic unity organization

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World Federation of the Deaf

he World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organisation representing and promoting approximately 70 million deaf people's human rights worldwide. The WFD is a federation of deaf organisations from 134 nations; its mission is to promote the human rights of deaf people and full, quality and equal access to all spheres of life, including self-determination, sign language, education, employment and community life. WFD has a consultative status in the United Nations and is a founding member of International Disability Alliance (IDA). At its recent World Congress in Jeju, South Korea, WFD members (136) approved the WFD strategic direction 2023-2030 and Action Plan 2023-2027. Important themes are covered in these 2 documents which strive to ensure that we create access for all deaf people to all ways of life in "a world where deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere" (vision). Furthermore, our mission is to work towards the full realisation of linguistic rights and human rights in all areas of life, with full recognition and implementation of these rights across local, national and international levels. To realise our mission and vision, the following are part of our Action Plan 2023-2027: Building Capacity across the Globe: ensuring increased participation of women, youth and underrepresented communities; provide effective capacity building projects to countries who are not yet members to assist them with creating their own national deaf associations so that they can represent themselves in their countries; Putting Deaf people on the Agenda: the WFD will continue to strive to put deaf human rights at the forefront of all representation internationally, including at the UN; we will effectively promote International Week of Deaf people and be ready to response to deaf people's needs in times of crises, disasters and war. Realising nothing about us without us: the WFD continues to be the leading authority for deaf people and sign languages and has committed to developing resources to assist deaf people raise awareness in their countries. Achieving Sign Language Rights for all: National sign languages are fundamental to achieving deaf people's human rights. We will aim to assist our member states in promoting the legal recognition of signed language in the country and advocate for early childhood language acquisition and inclusive multilingual education policies. Investing in a strong and sustainable organisation: to carry out our mission and vision we need greater investment in our secretariat and regional secretariat, expand our donor base, increase visibility and fundraising activities so that our organisation can carry on its important global work.

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Sport for Social Change Network Southern Africa

To grow, support and strengthen sport for sustainable development across Africa.

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ZETU FOUNDATION

Zetu Foundation's Mission is to provide basic classroom equipment for children in remote and refugee primary schools across Africa to sit comfortably and write properly during classes by using SeatPacks: $15 school bags that turn into bamboo classroom chairs with writing surfaces (and menstrual toolkits for adolescent girls inside). This mission is inspired by 3 core reasons: 1. Over 95 million African school-children today attend school lessons without a place to sit comfortably and write properly directly discouraging their interest in school. This is due to the high cost of tree-timber furniture (average $100 per unit to sit 3 students). 2. Replacing tree-timber furniture with sustainable bamboo furniture using SeatPacks can greatly combat Climate Change at scale over the next 20 years. 3. Giving adolescent girls a menstrual toolkit in each bag increases school attendance all year by 20%, creating equal gender opportunities for girls in rural communities to define their futures. The SeatPack has been locally designed and proven to directly address the above 3 issues. SeatPacks are used daily by 2,200 children in 32 schools across Uganda alone (East Africa) and are designed, produced, and delivered by a local team with local leadership all living in Uganda. Our goal is to gift 1 million African school children by 2030 the daily experience of sitting comfortably and writing properly during classes so they can make their future dreams come true. Meeting this goal means: 1. Together, we improve learning and future opportunities for 1 million children in remote and refugee communities. 2. We combat climate change by conserving up to 1 million trees through replacement of bamboo as the key furniture material for classrooms. 3. We create equal opportunity for adolescent girls by reclaiming up to 20% of their school year attendance previously lost due to menstrual hygiene challenges that encouraged school dropping out. The SeatPack was designed by the Zetu Africa team primarily for the Zetu Foundation to bring it to 1 million school children by 2030. The SeatPack is 100% locally produced in Uganda with local artisans and bamboo farmers. Research and design development started late 2019 under the for profit named Zetu Africa and 17 iterations have been tested with child and teacher feedback. The Zetu Foundation has been established to fund SeatPack production and distribution for children from the poorest communities at no extra cost to the children or their families. The SeatPack is: 1. Personal and Mobile; making the classroom a natural extension of every child, with sitting and writing functions possible wherever they choose to learn (Indoor and outdoor). 2. Light weight; at 600 grams each unit is less than 10% the weight of a 6 year old girl with one main pocket to limit heavy load intentionally. 3. Non-chemically treated bamboo and canvas, replacing tree-timber as the sustainable alternative material for classroom furniture. 4. Gender equality conscious with a menstrual toolkit for female adolescent students to stay in school all year round. 5. Durable with a 5 year working guarantee. Canvas and bamboo lends all-weather material strength, with no zippers or buttons for easy repair by sewing if torn. 6. Low cost at $15 per unit versus the $100 tree-timber furniture unit traditionally used by well to do schools. Amongst many testimonials, some rural and refugee school comments to-date have included; Teacher feedback: "Outdoor classes have been easier to carry out due to the mobile nature of each SeatPack." "Students increased attention during classes because of upright sitting." "Consistent attendance of girls even in their period because of menstrual purse in the SeatPack." Student feedback: "Class is nice to go to". "Easier writing because of my own writing surface". "We study outside more in afternoons now". Parent feedback: "They are excited to go to school after receiving SeatPacks". "When can we have more units". Together, we are keen to gift 1 million African school children in 20,000 classrooms by 2030 the daily experience of sitting comfortably and writing properly during classes with 1 million SeatPacks so they can make their future dreams come true.