The Foundation
Our impact
What the funded projects produce, and what we fail to do.
- 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.
Illustrative figures — to be replaced with the Foundation's real data.
Where we work
Number of projects supported per country since inception.
- Cameroon168since 2014
- Côte d'Ivoire54since 2017
- Senegal47since 2018
- Gabon32since 2019
- Nigeria29since 2020
- Ghana26since 2020
- Mali21since 2021
- France20since 2019
- Spain15since 2021
What these figures do not say
Four files out of five are not selected. Behind every rejection there is a real situation we are not answering. Publishing our successes without saying so would give a false picture of our work.
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