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April 2025
Advancing our vision: renewed strategy and brand identity
20 years ago, we began our journey as a foundation. As we celebrate two decades of collective impact, we’re embracing the future with a sharpened strategic direction and a refreshed brand identity.
August 2024
Annual Report 2023
From strengthening Egypt’s handicrafts sector and increasing its social impact, contributing to Lebanese food security and to creating more possibilities for learning and common action among partners in Morocco – these are just some of the major achievements and activities DROSOS FOUNDATION supported last year, featured in our Annual Report 2023.
June 2022
“It’s imperative to work at the system level.”
Interview with Suba Umathevan, CEO of DROSOS FOUNDATION since 1 November 2020.
Projects
Access to the world of work (Switzerland)
Yojoa
Young refugees who come to Switzerland face significant barriers when trying to enter the job market, especially if they arrive as unaccompanied minors. The employment rate for persons with such a background is less than 50% despite the Swiss labor …
Levant
Bridges of Dignity
“Bridges of Dignity” aims to ensure that youth and adolescents from the forgotten neighbourhoods of East Amman and Tafilah have accessible pathways towards work or higher education and have easier and better access to professional networks and social capital related …
Europe
Care leaver worldwide 2.0
“Careleaver Weltweit 2.0” is a follow-up project to “Careleaver Weltweit. Persönlichkeitsentwicklung durch soziales Engagement im Ausland” and part of DROSOS FOUNDATION’s programme “Brückensteine” working to improving the situation for and with care leavers in Germany. “Careleaver Weltweit 2.0” aims to …
current project
Diaspora for Lebanon (LIFE)
Agri-business and the green economy are vital for the sustainability of the Lebanese economy. LIFE is a diaspora-based network organisation that pools resources and expertise of Lebanese abroad to serve Lebanon. The project connects and supports three groups of stakeholders …
Egypt
Threads of Hope
The project is a story of hope using the point of a needle to translate feelings, pain, nostalgia and memories of disadvantaged young women into beautifully handcrafted high-quality products to earn income, and to support themselves and their families. Threads …
Egypt
Cooperatives network
The project builds on the successful model of establishing cooperatives and applying the principles of collective work in Egypt. During the Cooperate project, 12 Cooperatives were established and registered leading to an increase in the income of 300 small farmers …
Maghreb
Empowering the disability movement in Morocco – EnableMe
The objective of this initiative is to establish an online platform to bolster the disability movement in Morocco. The platform will serve as an information hub and a virtual community for people with disabilities (PWD), their caretakers, and professionals working …
Maghreb
Academy of Cultural Professions -AMC
In Morocco, the cultural sector is growing and it offers untapped opportunities for employment. There are hundreds of cultural and youth centres spread across the country. However, many of them remain inactive due to the lack of human resources. Training …
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