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Our vision: Helping people to help themselves
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen was a German social reformer...
...who wanted to alleviate the serious economic and social problems in his environment.
He was convinced that only help for self-help could solve people's problems. In his spirit, we support women and children to lead a sustainable and financially independent life
Our successes so far
over 100 projects
12 countries
over 6.8 million Euro donations
for 18 years
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Our Principles
The fight against poverty in Central and Eastern Europe is at the heart of our work. Our focus is on social and educational projects for women and children, as these groups of people are often the most vulnerable and educational measures in childhood have the greatest long-term effect.