Strategic plan 2025- 2027

Wilde Ganzen fights poverty by supporting the small-scale, concrete projects of local partner organisations. We are unique on two fronts: cooperation with private development initiatives (PDIs) in the Netherlands and local fundraising in the Global South. And we co-initiated the debate on the theme of shift the power in the Dutch sector of international cooperation.

The choices we are making for the coming years are based on people-centred principles, localisation and shift the power.

You can read all about our goals in the Strategic Plan 2025- 2027: Back to basics.

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Annual report 2024

In 2024, Wilde Ganzen supported 324 projects in 49 countries. The Change the Game Academy training programme won the Learning Technologies Award in London, recognising its impact on strengthening local organisations. Together with European partners, we launched Connect for Global Change, reaching civil society organisations across 11 European countries with support for global citizenship initiatives.

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Annual report 2023

2023 was a great year for the Wilde Ganzen Foundation. We supported over 330 projects across more than 50 countries. We also devoted extra attention to local community participation and learned a lot from the participatory grant-making pilots in which communities themselves decide what the money is spent on.

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Annual report 2022

After the lockdown years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world began to reopen in 2022. It was also a special year as 2022 marked the 65th anniversary of the Wilde Ganzen Foundation. We ended the year with a total of 273 supported projects.

Annual report 2021

The coronavirus pandemic in 2021 meant that we were faced with great uncertainties. Despite the challenges, we supported 283 projects, and launched Giving for Change, a new programme focussed on local fundraising and local ownership.

Theory of Change

Our Theory of Change outlines the impact and social change we aim to create as a result of our work. We envision a world where people living in poverty can, in their own strength, improve their situation and build a better future. To contribute to this change, we follow three strategies, detailed in our Theory of Change.