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Supporting good ideas that make a difference.

Who we are
Where we work
Participants from SOCEO in India.

What we do

Lemonaid & ChariTea Foundation partners with civil society organisations across the Global South to foster sustainable socioeconomic and positive ecological transformation.

Focus areas

Cocoa mass inside a cocoa fruit.

Value chains

Promoting fairer value creation.

Project participants in a sewing course by RWDT in India.

Further education

Self-determination through further education.

Advocacy

Advocacy for marginalized groups.

Yvone Uwase, 25, works as a street vendor selling shoes. The photo was taken at a meeting of the VSLA Saving Group by SYTRIECI in Rwanda. She wants to open a shoe store with the help of loans from the savings group.

Access to Funding

Financial independence through savings groups.

We are currently supporting 27 projects in 7 countries.

Who we are

We are a non-profit organisation founded in Hamburg, St. Pauli, in 2010. Our commitment is to ensure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to improve their livelihoods in the Global South independently, in a self-determined manner, and in a sustainable way.

Impactful partnerships are based on trust.

Our Impact

Since Lemonaid & ChariTea e.V. was founded in 2010, a total of 93 projects have been supported, and the association currently has 27 project partnerships in seven countries.

  • 1.449

    Small businesses
    were founded.

  • 9.992

    Individuals have improved their
    entrepreneurial skills.

  • 4.269

    People were able to
    increase their income.

  • 17.560

    People have
    participated in
    further training.