Hivos
| Motto | 'No limits to people' ("people unlimited ") |
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| Founded | 1968 |
| Focus | Free and sustainable world |
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Area served
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Africa, Asia, Latin America |
| Method | Grants, funding, campaigns |
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Key people
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Edwin Huizing (executive director), Ben Witjes (director of programs and projects). |
| Endowment | 99 million euro in 2011 |
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Employees
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315 (112 in the Netherlands) in 2011 |
| Mission | An international development organisation guided by humanist values. |
| Website | www |
Hivos (Humanist Institute for Cooperation in full, Dutch: Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking) is a Dutch organization for development. Hivos provides financial support to organizations in Africa, Latin America and Asia, it provides advocacy and it supports knowledge sharing in particular in the field of social change, digital activism and rural innovations.
Hivos Foundation was founded in 1968 by the Humanist Association, the Association and Humanitas Weezenkas. Hivos is not a religious organization and it was established also in response to the dominance of religious organizations working in the field of development in The Netherlands.
Hivos is a private organization with a social objective which a public function.
Hivos' headquarters is in The Hague. The regional offices are six offices located in Jakarta (Indonesia), San Jose (Costa Rica), Harare (Zimbabwe), Nairobi (Kenya), La Paz (Bolivia) and Bangalore (India). Hivos has also 6 local/national offices in Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Tanzania, South Africa, Timor Leste. By the end of 2011, Hivos consists of over 300 employees, of whom about 120 reside at its headquarters in The Hague.
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