Wilde Ganzen Foundation
Wilde Ganzen is a front-runner in promoting and supporting locally-led development – we’ve been supporting local organisations directly for several decades. We work with around 450 private development initiatives in The Netherlands and in Belgium with projects in more than 50 countries. We are an expert in promoting global citizenship (https://www.wildeganzen.org/programs/globalcitizenship) as well as in providing trainings, coaching and networking on local resource mobilisation through the Change the Game Academy – an alliance of 19 local and national organisations in 17 countries (https://www.wildeganzen.org/programs/change-thegame-academy). We are also an active supporter of the Shift the Power movement and we advance community philanthropy as a key strategy and driver of social change (https://www.wildeganzen.org/programs/giving-for-change). We are also a consistent partner of the EU DEAR programme that aims to raise awareness on the role of EU citizens in global development (https://www.connectforglobalchange.eu/).
Mission
Wilde Ganzen is a Dutch Foundation, founded in 1957 with a mission to reduce poverty and inequality through community-led initiatives. We support community-based organisations in the Global South and their Dutch fundraising partners in joint efforts to achieve a better future because we believe that communities should have control over their own development.