Kindernothilfe (German for "Supporting children in need") was founded in Germany in 1959 as a Christian organisation to support vulnerable and marginalized children and youth to develop their full potentials. Kindernothilfe Austria was founded in 1996, followed by Kindernothilfe Switzerland in 2004 and Kindernothilfe Luxembourg in 2009.

We partner with local non-governmental organisations to implement 609 projects in 32 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean; most of them are faith-based and ecumenically Christian.

Lantmäteriet, the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority, is a public authority that belongs to the Ministry of Finance. Our activities are essential to a well-functioning society.

Our driving concept is to contribute to sustainable society-building and economic development by creating the conditions for:

Le gouvernement des Etats-Unis d’Amérique, à travers la Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), et le gouvernement du Bénin ont signé le 9  septembre 2015 un accord de don pour le Défi du Millénaire afin de contribuer à la réduction de la pauvreté au Bénin à travers une croissance économique forte et durable.L’accord relève d’un programme d’aide des Etats-Unis d’Amérique auquel sont éligibles les pays remplissant certains critères portant sur la liberté économique, l’investissement dans le capital humain et la gouvernance.

French Embassy in Cotonou

In December 2018, MCC’s Board of Directors selected Burkina Faso as eligible for concurrent compacts in order to determine if there are compacts that meet MCC’s strict investment criteria, and the country’s ability to work with MCC and a partner country.

The program sought to reduce corruption by bolstering several key anti-corruption institutions, and boost immunization rates through a decentralized and sustainable immunization management system.

The MCC compact integrated conclusions from Lesotho’s poverty reduction plan, the result of a three-year consultative process led by the government involving 20,000 people in 200 villages across the country.

By the end of the compact in September 2013, the government and MCC had spent nearly 99 percent of anticipated compact funds to improve water supply, increase access to essential health services, and remove barriers to private sector investment. Approximately 1 million people are expected to benefit from the investments.

MCC's compact with Mongolia invested in strengthening property rights, reducing non-communicable diseases and injuries, bolstering vocational education, reducing air pollution, and constructing an all-weather road to link markets.

The Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco Agency (MCA-Morocco) is a public institution with legal personality and financial autonomy. Created in September 2016, the Agency is in charge of the implementation of Compact II. The MCA-Morocco Agency is administered by a Strategic Orientation Council, chaired by the Head of Government and assisted by a management committee in overseeing the implementation of Compact II.

MCC sought to increase productivity, income generation and poverty reduction in the northern provinces of Mozambique by improving water and sanitation, roads, land tenure, and agriculture.

The Namibian Compact aims to increase the competence of the Namibian workforce through knowledge and skills, as well as to increase the productivity of agricultural and nonagricultural enterprises in rural areas.