HAND IN HAND FUND – funded projects 2017

Update: Since 2022, Rapunzel donates the HAND IN HAND donation (previously HAND IN HAND Fund) to the RAPUNZEL One World Organic Foundation.

Rapunzel supports the HAND IN HAND fund with annual donations. The HAND IN HAND fund is administered by the German Environmental Aid (DUH) and Rapunzel.

In 2017, we funded 33 projects with a total sum of 171,856 €.
Our HAND IN HAND partners also received support from the HAND IN HAND fund.

Funded projects 2017

Project	Country	Description	Funding amount
Sekem for Land Reclamation (SLR)	Egypt	Protection of the Egyptian honey bee (Apis mellifera lamarckii)	5,000 EUR
Aktionsgemeinschaft Artenschutz (AGA) e.V.	Namibia	Farmer workshops/conflicts between man and wildlife/cheetahs	3,500 EUR
Southern Institute of Ecology (SIE)	Vietnam	Conservation and development of velvet tamarinde as a source of income	5,000 EUR
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment for Development (GWEFODE)	Uganda	Rain water storage and empowerment of women	5,000 EUR
afrisolar e.V.	Ghana	Nyakrom 2 - girls' dormitories	6,000 EUR
Hekima Girls' Secondary School	Tanzania	Repair of solar power plant	9,546.40 EUR
Wunschträume Netzwerk für Mädchen - und Frauenprojekte e.V.	Burkina Faso	Honey production in Pétéssiro	5,000 EUR
LOTUS	Egypt	Construction of a kindergarten in the village of Eraki	5,000 EUR
Cooperativa Manduvirá Ltda.	Paraguay	Sugar cane yield increase through better fungal analyses in arroyos and estuaries	5,000 EUR
Aktion Lebensträume e.V.	China	Production plant for traditional herbal medicine in Pemadong, Tibet	5,000 EUR
Kaule e.V.	Nepal	Fruit and nut trees for agroforestry in Kaule	5,000 EUR
SENCAB e.V.	Ghana	Organic mango cultivation for women, fair trade marketing, Agomeda	800 EUR
Fundación Humedales	Columbia	Water disinfection through solar irradiation / Central Andes	4.610 EUR
Cooperativa Agraria Norandino Ltda	Peru	Emergency help (replacement of roofs, potable water) following El Niño in Alta Piura	10,000 EUR
Naturefund e.V.	Malawi	Afforestation with Raffia palms	5,000 EUR
ECOTOP	Bolivia	Optimization of cocoa quality (fermentation and drying) in Tucupi	5,000 EUR
OroVerde - Die Tropenwaldstiftung	Guatemala	Afforestation, environmental education	5,000 EUR
Serendipalm Foundation	Ghana	Preschool teacher training in newly founded Montessori kindergarten, Asuom	5,000 EUR
ACOREMA	Peru	Dolphin protection in Pisco, research and information	5,000 EUR
Log-Ikwo in Kamerun Nachhaltig e.V.	Cameroon	Photovoltaic plant for hospital station in the village of Ndog-kobe	5,000 EUR
CReNIEO	India	Organic millet and vegetable farming (phase II), Yercaud Hills	5,000 EUR
Vorbachmühle Weikersheim e.V.	Kenia	Modernization of water technician training	5,000 EUR
Die Ofenmacher e.V.	Nepal	Distribution of smoke-free, fuel-conserving clay stoves in Pyuthan	5,000 EUR
Log-Ikwo in Kamerun Nachhaltig e.V.	Cameroon	Installation of a solar power plant/photovoltaic plant on girls' orphan home in Ndom	5,000 EUR
Nomadenhilfe e.V.	Bhutan	Multigeneration farm	5,000 EUR
Vorbachmühle Weikersheim e.V.	Congo	Installation of eco-toilets (Ecosan) on a market square	5,000 EUR
Cooperativa Mixta San Juancito Limitada (COMISAJUL)	Honduras	Training facility for the improvement and control of coffee quality	5,000 EUR
Log-Ikwo in Kamerun Nachhaltig e.V.	Cameroon	Solar water pump in Lok-Ikwo, Cameroon	5,000 EUR
ACTNGONO	Tanzania	Micro credits for grandmothers in charge of parenting and education	4,500 EUR
Jugend-Bildung-Hilfe in Bolivien e.V.	Bolivia	Humus production with mit Terra Preta, Cajamarca	3,700 EUR
Coopérative Yiwalo	Burkina Faso	Training for organic mango cultivation	5,000 EUR
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regenwald und Artenschutz (ARA) e.V.	Congo	Income maintenance through agriculture for refugees	10,000 EUR
Global Nature Fund (GNF)	Columbia	Bee protection on the Tota Lake	4,200 EUR