Hivos

Hivos
FoundedJanuary 5, 1968 (1968-01-05)[1]
FocusFree and sustainable world
Location
Area served
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa
MethodGrants, funding, campaigns
Key people
  • Anne Jellema, Chief Executive Officer[3]
  • Michel Farkas, Chief Operations Officer
  • Kennedy Mugochi, Regional Director East Africa
  • Sarah Saleh, Regional Director Middle East and North Africa
  • Tanja Lubbers, Regional Director Latin America
  • Nana Zulu, Regional Director Southern Africa
  • Will Janssen, manager Business development
Endowment69 million in 2019 [4]
Employees289 (excluding Yayasan Humanis) in 2022
Websitehttps://hivos.org
https://hivos.org/about-hivos/our-organization/ https://hivos.org/document/annual-report-2022/

Hivos (Dutch: Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation)[1] is an international cooperation organization, with its global office in The Hague, The Netherlands. Hivos provides support to civil society organizations working in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. It is one of very few INGOs with a distinctly humanist ethos.

Hivos focuses its efforts on three primary impact areas of humanitarian projects worldwide: climate justice, safeguarding civic rights in the digital age, and promoting gender equality, diversity, and inclusion.[5] The latter involves initiatives dedicated to advancing women’s empowerment and upholding the rights of the LGBTQI+ community.

  1. ^ a b "History". Hivos International. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "About Hivos". Hivos International. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Hivos welcomes new director". Hivos International. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 16 Feb 2024.
  4. ^ "Hivos facts and figures 2011".
  5. ^ "Vision and values". Hivos. Retrieved 2024-02-26.