Partner

Vivamos works in each country with local, grassroots, professional organisations (NGOs) that operationally implement the projects. We fund local, dedicated staff with experienced professionals from different fields organising themselves into interdisciplinary teams. We also strengthen the partner organisations institutionally by supporting their organisational development, sharing their overhead costs, promoting thematic technical staff, organising and funding training seminars and ensuring South-South exchanges between them. We believe that strong, grassroots, well-anchored partner organisations know best the realities, problems and opportunities in the countries and in turn strengthen civil society on site.

Vivamos relies on strong partners not only in Latin America and East Africa, but also in Switzerland. These are our valuable donors, other aid organisations with whom we collaborate, and, of course, the many loyal business partners, some of which have been helping us for years turn our vision into reality.

SDC support

Our programmes are co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA.

Cooperation as the Key to Success

Vivamos values strategic alliances with other state, private, and non-profit agencies. We believe it is worthwhile to work together toward common goals. 

In 2019, we joined forces with five other organisations to found the Alliance Sufosec (Alliance for Sustainable Food Systems and Empowered Communities). The alliance promotes sustainable food systems to combat malnutrition and advocates for access to fundamental rights such as education, land, and natural resources. It also works to empower marginalised communities and women. The other members are SWISSAID, Fastenaktion, VSF-Suisse, Skat Foundation and Aqua Alimenta.

Reliable Partners: Business and Foundations

Our donors support Vivamos’ work with both small and large financial contributions. These donations are important to us not only because they indicate that the donors place their trust in us, but also that we are working for the right cause. 

As a business-oriented foundation, our base comprises large and sometimes international companies, and also small and medium Swiss companies. In addition, we have shown many institutions and foundations alike the value of our work and over the years they have become an important source of not only material support, but they also help via their networks and offer valuable advice. Vivamos is one of the many recognized partners of Swiss Solidarity.

A huge THANK YOU to all who support us! Here are some of our major financial partners in Switzerland (in alphabetical order):

Other Partners

Various translations of our project documents have been made possible thanks to PerMondo, which provides free translations of websites and documents for charitable organisations (a project under Mondo Agit). Translators: Lourdes Gay Punzano, Germain Manga Zoa, Lowe Ornella, Angélique Sarcy, Térence Fouda, Gael Yvette Bilounga Mboke, Sandrine Fleurot, Aurélie Bartholomée, Catherine Meunier, Justine Pignol, Sakina N'ait Karroum, Ludivine Cartelle, Barbara Trein, Nadja Delattre, Sean Earley, Caroline de Gasquet, Louisa Bricard.