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Your project deserves to be heard
The Foundation supports entrepreneurs, families, students and young athletes. Submit your application online, follow the review, get a clear answer.
Applying is free and happens only through this website.
- Projects supported
- 412Projects supportedSince the Foundation was created, across all areas.
- People supported
- 18 600People supportedDirect beneficiaries and their family members.
- Countries
- 9CountriesAcross Central and West Africa, and Europe.
- Files reviewed within 8 weeks
- 87 %Files reviewed within 8 weeksMeasured between submission and final answer.
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What we fund
What we support
Four areas of work, one principle: every application gets a serious review, whatever the amount involved.
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How it works
Four steps, entirely online.
- 1
Create your account
A few details are enough. Your account lets you come back to your application later.
- 2
Complete your application
Describe your project or situation, state the support you need and attach your documents.
- 3
Your application is reviewed
The Foundation's team studies every application. We may ask you for additional information.
- 4
You receive an answer
Your application status is updated online and you are informed of the decision.
Supported projects
Supported projects
A look at what the Foundation has backed.
EntrepreneurshipDouala, CameroonA sewing workshop set up by five former trainees
Five young women trained at the neighbourhood centre set up a shared workshop. The Foundation funded the machines; the premises were lent by the town council.
- Amount committed
- 4 500 €
- Year
- 2025
- EducationYaoundé, Cameroon
Eighteen final years of study funded
A grant programme targeting final-year students only — the point at which dropping out costs the most.
- Amount committed
- 21 600 €
- Year
- 2025
Sport and youthBafoussam, CameroonA football school welcoming eighty children
A full equipment renewal and training for the two volunteer coaches who run the sessions.
- Amount committed
- 2 000 €
- Year
- 2024
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Supported projects
They submitted an application
Project leaders describe how it went with the Foundation.
The hardest part was not building the project, it was finding someone willing to read it to the end.
[Prénom à fournir]Project leader, DoualaThey asked me for a detailed budget and supporting documents. It was demanding, and that is precisely what made me take my own project seriously.
[Prénom à fournir]Founder of a mechanics workshop, AbidjanMy application was turned down the first time. They explained why, I reworked it, and it went through the following year.
[Prénom à fournir]Head of a neighbourhood association, DakarOnline tracking changed everything. Knowing where your file stands saves months of waiting without news.
[Prénom à fournir]Coach, Bafoussam football school
Our impact
Where we work
Number of projects supported per country since inception.
- Cameroon168
- Côte d'Ivoire54
- Senegal47
- Gabon32
- Nigeria29
- Ghana26
News
News
Calls for projects, news from the field and press releases.
- Call for projects
2026 call for projects: applications are open
Applications can be submitted until 30 November. The criteria are unchanged and the process is entirely online.
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AnnouncementOnline applications: what two years of the platform changed
More files received, measurable turnaround times, and above all an end to requests lost in an inbox.
Read the article- In the field
One year on: the Douala sewing workshop employs seven
Five seamstresses received four machines. They have taken on two apprentices and now fulfil school-uniform orders.
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