Glen Foundation for Vulnerable Groups Outreach (GF)
Our journey is fueled by vulnerability, inspiration and impact. Each day, we are inspired by the beneficiaries and partners we collaborate with, whose unwavering commitment and innovative solutions light the way toward a fairer, more equitable and sustainable future. Their drive mirrors our own, as together, we strive to end poverty and protect our planet. Through our collective efforts, we transform inspiration into tangible impact, creating lasting change in communities. Our MISSION IS FANNED BY IDEAS, INNOVATION AND IMPACT!Evidence and Solutions
From our earliest days, GF has worked side by side with researchers, donors, organizations, and governments, building a network of local partnership essential to our commitment to improve lives through high-quality research and prgogrammes as well as evidence-based solutions andor interventions.Guided by the recognition that local knowledge strengthens our research and programmatic work, GF implements solutions to ensure our work is equitable for, empowering to, and driven by people living in the communities where we work.We fuse the entrepreneurial spirit with heritage of social justice, community engagement, and global partnership for impact.We are aiming at building capacities, strengthening programs, and engaging communities.We are serving under-resourced, under-represented, and underserved children, youth, women and other vulnerable groups/persons for improving community wellbeing.We are creating lasting, positive change in the lives of marginalized and vulnerable groups/persons in the communities.We create child centers for abandoned and abused children for growing up in healthy, loving homes _ as well as women sanctuaries.We institute women and children’s Law Clinics (for legal assistance) to advocate for women and child welfare, mend the broken women and child protection system and safeguard women as well as children who are molested, assaulted and abandoned.We are particularly supporting abandoned and abused children, helping more abused kids defy the odds and addressing injustice and inequity in all its forms.We are committed to serving the needs of the poor, vulnerable, and /or excluded populations.We are aiming at empowering vulnerable groups and amplifying their voices for their cause.We are standing in solidarity with the most vulnerable people and communities around Rwanda and the region and the globe.We are aiming at tackling poverty, vulnerability, inequality (both gender and economic) and exclusion while strengthening the delivery of inclusive social development, productive employment and equitable economic growth.We are helping the most destitute, selflessly serving the most vulnerable. We are Shaping Inclusion and Empowering Change
About Us
Increasing Capabilities, Decreasing Vulnerabilities of Vital Voices with Innovation, Empathy, Evidence & ActionGlen Foundation (GF) is an independent, Christian, operational nongovernmental organisation (not-for-profit) working to inspire socio-economic change and catalyse vulnerable groups action, debate, dialogue, through research, policy and practice (programs and projects implementation) _ and to incubate and champion other initiatives designed to advance transformative development of communities in Rwanda and the region.The GF is an established organization with a Governing Council (Board of Directors) that comprises of distinguished leaders from Rwanda and beyond as well as Management Team and Implementing Partners _and is registered and headquartered in Rwanda and engaged in strategic partnerships with think tanks and research institutions as well as frontline development workers.We are producing radical social change, supporting vulnerable communities and individuals, and tackling front-line social issues with expertise, evidence, empathy, innovation and motivation.GF implements, or supports requests for, programs and projects that are consistent with Vulnerable Groups' challenges/issues/problems _ projects that are innovative, relevant, and impactful.Our Christian faith underpins all that we do. It motivates us to care for those in need, and give our best in all circumstances, as an expression of God's love. We serve the poor in various programs and projects (including Education, Homelessness, Health and Wellbeing, Employability, Environment and Sustainability,
agriculture) without regard for ethnic or religious background, focusing on where the need is greatest.GF embark on initiatives that develop and improve underserved citizens and local communities by:
1) Tackling a specific community issue.
2) Helping voluntary and community groups become more effective and efficient to serve the marginalised.
3) Encouraging the involvement in the community of those too often excluded.
4) Enabling young people, as well as other vulnerable groups, to develop skills for the benefit of the community and the country.Glen Foundation funds (and fundraises for) projects that address the variety of needs including:
a) Church community engagement
b) Disadvantaged or underserved communities or citizens.
c) General education and science education (STEM).
d) Health and wellness.
e) Humanitarian efforts or needs.
f) Social justice endeavours.
g) Women and children’s efforts.
h) Youth and young adults.
i) Aged and lonely senior citizensIn a nutshell, GF advocates for and implements programmes and projects related to children, families and communities under resourced _ serving a diverse and vast array of vulnerable groups and persons including orphaned, disabled and refugee children and aged here in Rwanda and (East) African region.We address barriers and challenges that differ by age group, level of vulnerability and (dis)ability, gender, education and skills level, social capital, access to land and finance, prevailing social norms in the community, etc.,
We tackle vulnerability due to unequal power relations and gender-based discrimination, weak legal and social protections for women’s land rights, and less access to information.We fight an ending intergenerational disadvantages, lead crisis recovery efforts and build resilience in their communities – proposing innovative solutions, driving social progress, and inspiring transformative change, in both urban and rural contexts.WE learn from partners, share lessons learnt and exchange volunteers and experts to help improve our beneficiaries' lives and livelihoods.
CONTACTSFor funding, donations, partnerships and volunteering, and any matter related to Glen Foundation Services, please contact us:MAILING ADDRESS
Glen Foundation for Vulnerable Groups Outreach (GF)
ePoBox 0040784613 - KigaliLOCATION
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+250788486137Office PHONE
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GLEN FOUNDATION's STATEMENT OF FAITHAt Glen Foundation (GF):* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)
* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)
* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)
* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)
* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)
* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)
* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)
* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)At GF, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! Whether tackling security, fear, and desperation of beneficiaries or taking on needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine _ God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ, manifest in the Gospel, is our light in addition to biblical principles.
FUNDS (CATEGORIES)Glen Foundation (GF) works in solidarity promoting, collaborating and supporting national and international NGOs, community organizations, advocacy groups and trade unions in their efforts to strengthen equity, enhance equality, promote equitable development, provide humanitarian assistance, reduce economic insecurity and support human rights. OUR MISSION IS FANNED BY IDEAS, INNOVATION AND IMPACT!We are producing radical social change, supporting vulnerable communities and individuals, and tackling front-line social issues with expertise, evidence, empathy, innovation and motivation.GF is dedicated to tackling the social and economic conditions that contribute to injustice and inequality _ particularly gender and economic to improve the lives of vulnerable individuals and groups, families and marginalized communities or citizens in Rwanda, in the region and around the world.One way GF fulfills this commitment is through different projects financed by various funds such as Social Justice Fund as well as Corporate Fund.
Additionally, GF has Catalyst Fund (GFCF), Venture Fund (GFVF), Innovation Fund (GIF) that are supported by donors, partners and friends.Your support, and the support of others like you, is critical to helping us discover the next generation of evidence-based solutions, driven by the (vulnerable) people living in the communities where we work.We want partners like volunteers to take charge of the research and programmes/ projects that affect their communities and to make our work locally grounded and responsive to the needs of people in communities where we work _and countries to work in in future.Whether through enhancing access to funding, from donors, for development (relief or humanitarian) work in communities, supporting researchers or volunteers, or strengthening partnerships with academia, GF is committed to addressing barriers that challenge Vulnerable Groups and Persons from participating in local and global development opportunities.
GF Venture Fund
Glen Foundation Venture fund is a fund from which medium Grants ($10,001 to $40,000) are given designed to assist projects and programs in reaching clearly stated goals and objectives. It is also intended to help projects and programs become self-sustaining.Venture Grant applicants are expected to provide information based on objective assessments of their programs.
GF Catalyst Fund
The Glen Foundation Catalyst Fund is a fund from which Grants are given in small amounts ($2,500 to $10,000). It is GF's smallest grants source or case.
It is designed to give programs and projects a financial boost as needed.
It is also for applicants not accustomed to applying for grants who may find the information required by the typical grant application process daunting.
GF Innovation Fund
The Glen Foundation Innovation Fund (GIF) is a social impact-first investment vehicle that finds, funds, and scales-up cost-effective, evidence-based innovations that have the potential to measurably improve the lives of hundreds/thousands/millions of people living on $5 a day or less.GIF is focused on doing more with less to turn ideas into impact.GIF’s unique hybrid model, as both a Rwandan registered charity and an investor, reflects our dual mission: to invest in innovations that improve the lives of the poor, and to demonstrate how bringing evidence and the power of the private sector to bear can create new solutions to persistent development problems.GIF offers (through partnerships) grants, loans and equity-type investments ranging from $50,000 to $5 million to support a range of innovations with strong potential for social impact at a large scale.
We support innovators at different phases of development, ranging from early start-up and pilot-testing to rigorous experiments and larger scale implementation.The innovations GIF supports can be located in any region/community and may focus on any sector relevant to national/ international development _as long as it impacts vulnerable groups and individuals.
VOLUNTEERS (VOLUNTEER WORK)Volunteer to Change Lives and LivelihoodsNo matter what your time or experience are, volunteering can be incredibly rewarding - a chance to meet new people and develop new skills, while helping to change lives.Glen Foundation (GF) also uses volunteers around Rwanda and the region briefly to:
1) Give a talk in your local area to your congregation or community club;
2) Help out at one of our events around the country, in communities and in cities;
3) Become a church representative and spread the word about GF to your church and church groups; and
4) Take part in, or organise your own fundraising event.
To find out more on how you can help in your local area contact our Supporter Relations or Volunteer Teams by using our online form or by telephone +250788486137Why Volunteer with GF
Volunteering with GF will enable you to:
a) Help make a difference in the world;
b) Connect your skills to your passion;
c) Put your faith and values into action;
d) Give time to a cause you believe in;
e) Develop your skills and work experience;
f) Meet like-minded people; and
g) Have a joyful and satisfying volunteer experience.If you want to be part of a forward-looking, impactful team in Rwanda and region, GF is the place for you. We are looking for volunteers in the various areas, including:
1. Academic support staff
2. Administrative staff
3. Counselling
4. Fundraising
5. Graphic design
6. Prayer ministry
7. Tutor _ Teaching andor training
8. Program/project coordination
9. Social media management
10. Student affairs/welfare
11. Preaching
12. Elderly/aged supportPROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERING
We achieve measurable economic impact through the transfer of knowledge and expertise of highly skilled volunteers. Our professional volunteers have at least 10 years’ experience and provide high-level technical assistance to local partners in agribusiness, community development, financial services, and business management, to name just a few sectors.
We encourage female participation and ensure social inclusion in all phases of volunteer programming. Our volunteers share knowledge and experience while gaining new friendships, learning about different cultures, and experiencing their field of expertise in a new and different way.STUDENT VOLUNTEERING
Our student volunteer program, Service Learning Corps, offers international experience to graduate and doctoral students while bringing the latest research and innovations to local beneficiaries.
Through volunteering, students gain hands-on experience in finance, marketing, agriculture, communications, and behavior change, while earning course credits or recommendations and applying lessons learned in their studies.CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING
We have worked with the private sector to design and manage corporate volunteer programs.
Corporate volunteer programs develop proven leaders for tomorrow, engage staff with corporate social responsibility goals, and help to innovate products and services. If you are a business looking to develop your team while improving lives in the world’s most impoverished communities, please contact Len at +250788486137Annual Volunteer Impact Awards
There will be annual ceremony where we will celebrate the incredible hard work, dedication, and resilience of GF volunteers, past and present. The ceremony will take place on Zoom _ inspirational we think.
Eradicating poverty, reducing inequalities, enhancing a better quality of life, promoting opportunities, cannot be achieved without volunteers and other supporters.
FRIENDS OF GLEN FOUNDATIONThe work of Glen Foundation (GF) spans a variety of needs including: health and wellbeing, women and youth empowerment, and the promotion of education _ reducing vulnerability and increasing capabilities of individuals, families and communities in a variety of ways which has become the trademark of Glen Foundation.Partnerships and a community of support are critical for GF to meet its goals and or programmatic directions _ and continue to expand its mission and reach.We (constantly) need individuals and institutions to support the vision of Glen Foundation through networking and fundraising initiatives to effectively meet our programmatic aspirations and and directions.We all have the power to initiate positive change. Partner with us and become a friend of Glen Foundation. Together we raise our voices as an encouragement to others to become involved. We fundraise and find volunteers, stand for and become ambassadors of the Foundation services. We promote GF sustainability and support vulnerability interventions to the underserved.Friends of Glen Foundation are a group of volunteers, supporters, sympathizers who care about issues related to global poverty and injustice, primarily as it affects children, families and communities in our world of operations.They help to engage in promotional and ambassadorial activities at Glen Foundation.Together we raise our voices as an encouragement to others to become involved as activists, changemakers and fundraisers for Glen Foundation.
CAREERS (WORKING WITH US)Work in a non-profit Christian Organization dedicated to eradicating vulnerability, delivering evidence-based and innovation-fanned and action-filled solutions.About usGlen Foundation for Vulnerable Groups Outreach (GF) is a truly game-changing organization that has work across multiple sectors - and through a myriad of programs.We are producing radical social change, supporting vulnerable communities and individuals, and tackling front-line social issues with expertise, evidence, empathy, innovation and motivation.We work to discover, develop, and deliver safe, effective and affordable services and solutions for vulnerable groups and persons in the country and region.
We constantly strive to innovate and work with different partners around the nation, region and the world to outsmart derailing problems with solutions and rid the vulnerable and marginalized of disrupting challenges.Building upon our 10+ years of impact in relief, humanitarian and development work, GF is rapidly expanding and continuously seeking people who are passionate about making the world a safer place for everyone, especially the vulnerable – free of suffering from diseases, poverty, injustice, exclusion, to mention but a few.
We regularly need talented and qualified individuals from within the social and economic development sectors as our researchers, scientists, technicians, professionals and administrative staff. At GF, you will intrinsically feel the impact of your work helping to save and improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable _ and marginalized.If you want to use your talent and expertise to make a meaningful difference in development, relief and humanitarian work, take a look at our current vacancies and join our multicultural, multidisciplinary and multisectoral team.Basis of recruitmentAt GF, we are driven by our mission to discover, develop, and deliver safe, effective and affordable evidence-based, innovation-focused solutions for local, regional and global development challenges or crises.GF is committed to maintaining the diversity of its staff in terms of, but not limited to, gender, religion and nationality, while keeping in mind the requirements to select the best person for the position in question.The paramount consideration in the appointment, transfer or promotion of staff shall be securing the highest standards of competence, efficiency and integrity. Staff recruited into each role should possess the necessary qualification, experience and skill in order to perform that role with due regard to the principles of diversity and gender equality.Benefits of working at GF• Expanding work experience to low- and middle-income families, communities, and countries, multinational and multidisciplinary teams, and a wide range of project types, and a diverse array of external partners.
• Career development opportunities in development work and within humanitarian and relief not-for-profit organization.
• A vast network of national, multicultural and multisectoral professional personalities and staff for future partnerships.Recruitment process1 Application submission
Resume and other documents (i.e., Motivation letter, portfolio)2 Selection process (Application screening, Interview, Compensation check, Offer)3 Onboarding (Joining process, Orientation, On-the-job training, Assignments)[NOTE]
• Additional documents for the application may be rquested if required.
• The invitation for interview will be shared individually.Contact us
Any inquiries?
Please contact GF Human Resources at [email protected] or +250788486137 / 0722497722[NOTE OF FOCUS or APPROACH]
GF seeks and encourages the involvement of people from traditionally underrepresented audiences in all its grants, programs, and other activities, and in its workforce and workplace.
OUR MISSION: VULNERABLE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS LEADING CHANGEOUR MISSION IS CLEAR: We help deprived, excluded and vulnerable groups and individuals have the capacity to improve their lives, livelihoods and the opportunity to become people and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their families, communities, countries.
We promote societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of groups and citizens.We are producing radical social change, supporting vulnerable communities and individuals, and tackling front-line social issues with expertise, evidence, empathy, innovation and motivation.OUR AREA OF EXCELLENCE and great strength is our deep understanding of citizens' and communities’ experiences of deprivation, exclusion and vulnerability, and our dedication to placing those experiences at the center of our policy, programs and practice.WE WORK with vulnerable citizens and communities to understand their experiences.We ensure they have a seat at the table, and place in the room where decisions are made. We respect their voices.WE ALIGN what we learn from vulnerable citizens and communities with best practices in our field to develop and deliver our programs, projects, support and sponsorship approaches.WE INCORPORATE vulnerable citizens' and communities’ own evaluation of their progress as an important factor in how we measure our success.WE KNOW that lasting change comes from vulnerable citizens and communities. As we change a situation, livelihood, life one at a time, we change the world.
OUR TOUCHSTONE : OUR GUIDING VALUESLIVING OUR VALUES is crucial to our strategic vision, as each speaks to what we prize, what we prioritize, and who we are. Our values guide decision-making and bind us together, throughout Rwanda, the region and the world, across great distances and many languages.POSITIVE OUTCOMES. We promote positive outcomes for vulnerable families and groups, citizens and communities.PARTNERSHIP, CONNECTION and COLLABORATION. We stay for tea. We believe that when we share and collaborate as partners and friends, we can achieve far greater than what we could have achieved alone.
We proactively connect and collaborate for greater ideas, innovation and impact.DIVERSITY. We Champion diversity of thought and experience.LOVE. Our work is built from love. Love is at the root of our relationship to ourselves, our partners, our Global Advocates, and our supporters.INTEGRITY, OPENNESS and HONESTY. Choosing courage over comfort. When we live in integrity, we have a moral compass set on honesty and truthfulness in all of our actions, all of the time.
We demonstrate integrity, openness and honesty,
including stewardship of all resources.RESPECT. We uphold the respect and value of the individual.TRANSFORMATION. We know that the current system is not fair and we have the courage to believe that change is possible. We will not accept the status quo.INNOVATION AND CHALLENGE. We foster innovation and challenge every time and everywhere.BECAUSE WE BELIEVE that the well-being of all vulnerable families and groups, citizens and communities leads to the well-being of the nation and the world, we empower groups and individuals to thrive throughout all stages of life, scenarios of situation and to become leaders of enduring change.
OUR VISION: VULNERABLE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS EMPOWEREDGF envisions a better everyday life for the vulnerable persons is created, groups free from all forms of violence, a community without (extreme) poverty is lived, a society free of suffering from injustices as well as (economic and gender) inequality challenges, a world wherein individual full potential is realized and no needy individual is forgotten.We are producing radical social change, supporting vulnerable communities and individuals, and tackling front-line social issues with expertise, evidence, empathy, innovation and motivation.
OUR FOCUS: EVERY BENEFICIARY POTENTIALFOR MORE THAN A DECADE, we have been inspired and driven by the potential that is inherent in all beneficiaries (individual, groups, families and communities); the potential not only to survive but to thrive, to become leaders who bring positive change for those around them.This high ambition for beneficiaries means that we must continuously raise the bar for ourselves as well: by doing more, doing it better, measuring our progress and communicating our results so that others are inspired to join us in our efforts.OUR MULTI-YEAR STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS are centered on quality. We are and will continue to be known both for the quality of our work and the positive impact of our programs.
OUR CURRENT CORE OUTCOMES: MEASURABLE IMPACTOUR DISTINCTIVE APPROACH focuses on working with beneficiries (individuals and groups, families and communities) throughout their journey from indifference through dependence to independence, as well as with development actors, families, local organizations and communities globally to create the environments beneficiaries need to thrive. Or we can put it another way: get healthy, get empowered, get smart, change the world.We hold ourselves accountable to clearly defined core outcomes, now and again, which are interconnected and essential to achieving the measurable impact we strive for every day.Current operational outcomes
CORE OUTCOME #1: Positive outcomes for beneficiaries in every stage of their lives, scenario of their situations, from dependence to independence (poverty to development).CORE OUTCOME #2: Strong networks of families, groups and local organizations that provide a supportive environment for beneficiaries to develop, thrive.CORE OUTCOME #3: A broad constituency at national, regional, and global levels to champion for the overall well-being of beneficiaries.
OUR CORE COMMITMENT: BENEFICIARY-CENTERED CHANGEHEALTHY AND SECURE BENEFICIARIESWe know a HEALTHY, SOUND BEGINNING for beneficiaries means future promise, so we promote programs that offer:
1) Good nutrition and care to some beneficiaries.
2) Protection and insurance against potentially life-threatening illnesses to other beneficiaries.
3) Opportunities to develop and learn through incubators and accelerators, study tours and exploration to some beneficiaries.
4) Stronger relations with the development actors and partners who care for beneficiaries.EDUCATED, EMPOWERED AND CONFIDENT BENEFICIARIESWe support beneficiaries as they GROW AND DEVELOP TO SELF SUFFICIENCY, so we promote programs that offer:
a) Knowledge, attitude and life skills in social networks, at home and in the community.
b) Foundations to build lifelong learning and confidence for today
and hope for the future.
c) Interaction with other beneficiaries, family and community members to develop social, entrepreneurial skills, financial, etc.SKILLED AND INVOLVED BENEFICIARIESWe assist beneficiaries particularly youth and craftsmen with the CRITICAL TRANSITION to adulthood and entreprenuership,
so we promote programs that offer:
i) Training to acquire the skills needed to enter the workforce and
meet challenges to grow into adults.
ii) Skills to help understand and express emotions in ways that foster safe and fulfilling relationships.
iii) Enhanced social and leadership skills to become meaningfully
involved for the betterment of their communities.
OUR ROADMAP: CURRENT STRATEGIC DIRECTIONSOUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN is focused on six key elements. These six elements form the roadmap we will follow to build on our strengths and expand our influence.1 STRONG CORE PROGRAMS that drive the outcomes we seek for OUR beneficiaries.2 INFLUENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS that support our mission and purpose by influencing policy, programmes and increasing resources.3 ALIGNED COMPANIONSHIP and SPONSORSHIPS (FUNDING) that support positive outcomes for beneficiaries.4 ORGANIZATIONAL COHERENCE through enhanced
systems and structures aligned with our strategy.5 PEOPLE, VALUES AND CULTURE that create an internal environment that supports the pursuit of our mission.6 A CONSISTENT AND VISIBLE GLOBAL BRAND that reflects and supports our strategic intent.
OUR COMMITMENT: CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE OR ADULTSWe are committed to the rights, well-being, and welfare of children nationally, regionally and around the world.
We oppose all forms of violence and abuse (including physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect), discrimination, exploitation and manipulation of children as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).As part of this commitment, GF has a zero-tolerance for violations to our Code of Conduct (e.g. Child Safeguarding, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Human Trafficking, Bullying and Fraud & Corruption.
CORE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING GF’S APPROACH1. Our work is based on a social and rights-based approach to vulnerabilty.
2. We recognise the inextricable links between vulnerabilty and poverty.
3. We recognise that vulnerability interacts with other factors to compound exclusion and inequality.
4. We believe that all development and humanitarian policies and programmes should be rooted in the lived experience of vulnerabilty.
5. We focus on the empowerment of persons with vulnerabilities (vunerable persons [children and vulnerable adults]).
6. Our work is based on partnership.
7. We recognise the importance of environmental issues in our work.OUR COMPETENCIES1] Collaboration and Teamwork - The ability to effectively work with colleagues, stakeholders and partners to achieve shared goals.
2] Results-Orientation - Ability to effectively achieve results through proactive ownership, decisive action and strategic planning; ensuring goals are met within specified timeframes and in alignment with Organisation’s strategic direction.
3] Accountability - Ability to take responsibility for one's actions, decisions, and their outcomes, demonstrating integrity and reliability, adhering to established internal controls, setting clear expectations, and maintaining a high standard of ethical behaviour.
4] Stakeholder and Impact Focus- Ability to prioritise and address the needs and expectations of diverse stakeholders to achieve sustainable impact through stakeholder mapping, ensuring effective relationship management, transparent and timely communication, and aligning their contributions with Organisation’s mission to deliver long-term, positive outcomes.
5 Effective Communication - Ability to articulate ideas and information clearly and persuasively across various channels and audiences, integrate communication best practices, and ensure messages are tailored, culturally sensitive, and impactful, promoting active listening and feedback mechanisms.
OUR APPROACH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY / PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENTUnderstand the Problem: We analyze the market to discover the causes of poor performance, paying special attention to the capacity of local firms, initiatives and incentives that could encourage them to engage in the market. By understanding how and why local businesses behave the way they do, we can engage with the right partners.
Collaborate on the Solution: We engage our partners in conversations early and often, listening to their perspectives around common local problems, wants and needs. Together, we identify the opportunities and design solutions to impact the system.
Respond and Adapt: A healthy partnership allows for flexibility when circumstances change, or experience reveals a better approach. We invest the time, energy, and resources in the relationship with our partners to ensure we can evolve with changing market dynamics, enhance resilience, and produce enduring results.
Measure and Learn: We measure the impact of our work on the market using mutually developed milestones, indicators, and metrics.
We use what we learn to build our own capacity and that of our partners. We make evidence-based shifts in practice to improve the system as a whole.
OUR SUPPORTER PROMISEEveryone has a right to live in safety and free from fear, insecurity, desperation.When you choose to support GF (Glen Foundation for Vulnerable Groups Outreach), you help children, disabled, aged, women, girls, boys and men around the country, region and even the world to get on with their lives and get back their futures, free of fear.
Whether it's responding urgently to a new shelter emergency in Rubavu or clearing an entire village in Goma, you make our work possible. To give you complete confidence in GF, this is our promise to you.We value your support
We simply can't or couldn’t carry out our life-saving work without amazing people like you.
a) We will always thank you for your donations, unless you tell us not to.
b) Your donations will be put to work as quickly as possible and we promise to be transparent about where your gifts are spent.
c) Every year we will publish an Impact Review to show you the long-term difference you make.
d) We will keep you informed about, and hopefully inspired by, the life-saving work you make possible, and the difference that means to people’s lives for as long as you’re happy to receive these updates.Your feedback matters
Your voice makes us stronger and your feedback is incredibly important.
a) We will always provide a prompt response to any queries you have.
b) You can pick up the phone and talk to a real person (see contact addresses).
c) We will carry out regular Supporter Surveys, welcoming feedback, comments and suggestions.
d) We will ensure our complaints process is clear and easily accessible. You can see find our full complaints procedure in documents section.We respect your data
We want to make sure you have confidence in us and know the difference you are making.
a) Your personal information will always be stored securely.
b) We will never swap or sell your information.
c) We respect your right to privacy. You can see our full privacy policy at documents section of this site. This includes more information on how we look after and use your information.
d) You can change the way you hear from us at any time by contacting the team or management.We are held to high standards
This important promise is from all staff, volunteers and any organisations acting on our behalf.We will all follow the same high standards and uphold our values, which you can read in organisational statements section on the site.
We will shortly be an organisational member of the Institute of Fundraising and registered with the Fundraising Regulator. The guidelines these organisations set, this Promise and the GF Fundraising Handbook set out our commitments to you.
Contact us
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Phone: +250(0) 788 486137
CENTERS 4 IMPACT (EXCELLENCE)Our Strategic Intent: Changing lives. Changing families. Changing communities. Changing organisations . Changing the world
GF has, and will have, a myriad of centers for impact or excellence wherein fine-tuned projects and or initiatives will be monitored and evaluated.
The Centers will help to improve thousands of lives in communities by peace, combating poverty, fighting disease, and building hope.
The Centers will be guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering, will strive to prevent crises and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democratic values, and improve health and economic opportunities.VOCATIONAL SKILLS CENTER
Unemployment is a big concern. We design project/initiatives for youth to make them self-reliant. We want to provide vocational training to unemployed youths and recent school dropouts to enhance employability and provide a skilled foundation to build a career – therefore reducing levels of unemployment in those aged 21-30 and empowering young people to believe in their dreams and enabling the acquisition of income so that they can support their household and families.
Through our projects/initiatives, youth become self-reliant and strongly resilient in addressing their challenges through newly acquired skills and learning to enhance their careers and employment prospects.WOMEN CENTER
Women face many socio-economic challenges. To address such issues the center with its programs or projects will have the following objectives:
Objective 1 – Ensure that more women have the skills, capabilities, and resources to fully participate in the economy.
Objective 2 – Promote women’s social and economic empowerment.
Objective 3 – Continue to build on past cohorts to strengthen the entrepreneurial eco-system in the region and Rwanda for women.
Gennerally, the center might be empowered to tackle and take on women issues:
1) Women's Rights
2) Gender Equality and Education
3) Women’s Economic Empowerment
4) Gender-based Violence
5) Sexual and Reproductive RightsSuch tools, tips and technologies can empower and emancipate women, especially the last mile rural women.SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESEARCH CENTER (SVRC)
Sexual Violence Research Center (SVRC) will be set up for innovative research that will contribute to the prevention and response of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in low and middle-income communities and countries.
Additionally, we have projects addressing violence and abuse issues.CHILD(REN) CENTER
The center helps, and will help, children by providing support in the following areas, list inexaustive:
a) Health;
b) Education;
c) Access to sport;
d) Personal development;
e) Integration of children at risk;
f) Protection of children’s rights.The center will support the most vulnerable children, such as street children, disabled children, children affected by conflict, and kids behind bars.We work with African visionary community leaders to implement locally relevant yet far-reaching projects that create lasting change within the justice, education, and social protection sectors.
This approach and center will enable us to focus on ‘hard to reach’ children, both in terms of their complex needs (e.g., street children with learning difficulties) and location (e.g., urban violent slums or remote rural areas).Together we make ideas, innovations and impact both sustainable and scalable to protect, educate and empower even more of the world’s most disadvantaged children.RURAL LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
The center will take on Rural development initiatives andor projects for the good of the beneficiaries and national economic growth (especially those related to Agriculture, Environment and Health).Rural development is a topic that is pretty easy to understand but hard to implement. It focuses upon the upliftment and development of the sections of rural economies, that experience grave poverty issues and effectively aims at developing their productivity.
Rural development is important not only for the majority of the population residing in rural areas, but also for the overall economic expansion of the nation.We design, and will design, projects for Rural livelihood or improvement of the livelihood of Rural People.
The main objectives of the projects or initiatives are, inexhaustively, to Increase:
a) access of women farmers to micro-credit for productive purposes,
b) annual household income through promotion of diversified livelihood activities,
c) develop the capacities of micro and small enterprises, and
d) reduce poverty by promoting climate change resilient agriculture (farming) as well as agribusinesses.LITERACY CENTER
Challenges of illiteracy, disease and poverty still bedevil societies and communities. Hence, the center's projects or programmes will offer literacy and numeracy skills (reading and writing), digital literacy, financial literacy and AI literacy to illiterate adults and families, youths and women. Additionally, we will offer other business and or entrepreneurship related ideas (courses).REFUGEE SERVICES CENTERAt the service of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees| Welcoming immigrants and refugeesEvery two seconds someone in the world is forced to leave their home and everything they know. With the threat of violence, persecution or disaster knocking on their door, they make the only choice they can to find safety—they run.
Our center helps legally resettled refugees to acclimate to their new lives by providing language classes, job placement assistance, and cultural orientation programs.
We receive refugees from countries torn by violence, war, and human rights abuses to make their home in Rwanda.We believe every family has the right to live in safety and dignity.
That is why we welcome refugees and asylum seekers with open hearts and helping hands.
We also receive Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and migrants.
We help young people who face barriers in accessing learning-to-earning pathways due to their migration or displacement experience.
We help the vulnerable build lives free from fear.
We intervene in a variety of ways _ transforming communities through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster:Employment
As legal refugees, our clients are legally authorized to work. We help them create resumes, find jobs, apply online and make job referrals.Health & Wellness
We help clients with health insurance enrollment, medical appointments and referrals, emergency food, pregnancy and baby assistance, and related wellness support.Education
We offer multiple levels of ESL (English as Second Laguage), from pre-literacy to intermediate, with some women’s only classes. We also provide citizenship classes to help clients prepare for the citizenship exam or requirements.Working with faith leaders and refugee communities lift their voices to advocate for better policies or environment. By standing in solidarity, we are helping keep immigrant families together and asylum seekers and refugees happy.
PROGRAMS(PROGRAMMES)Glen Foundation (GF) addresses the pressing needs of the most vulnerable groups and disadvantaged communities in the region and in Rwanda, in particular, through a couple of core programs and crosscutting projects.Partner with us
Collaboration is at the core of everything we do. We know that no single organization can solve the complex set of issues contributing to global poverty and suffering. That’s why we partner with forward-thinking organizations. Learn more about the difference we can make together.Volunteer with us
Bring your experience and passion to a wide range of opportunities and programmes at our Kigali headquarters. We enlist PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERING, STUDENT VOLUNTEERING, and CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING highlighted in volunteerism section!OUR APPROACH_WHAT MAKES US UNIQUEDECENTRALIZATION: Over 90% are Local Staff!
GF’s decentralized structure empowers local development professionals. Most of our technical capacity and programming capacity resides with the teams in the field.
This allows GF to design initiatives that are especially responsive to local needs and tailored to local conditions.
Our field programs evolve organically with the changing nature of local development challenges, as reflected in the growing importance of urban or rural poverty reduction initiatives locally or regionally.RELATIONSHIPS: Long-Standing Partnerships!
GF has sustained its presence in partner countries and communities over many years.
These long-term relationships give us intimate knowledge of local circumstances and challenges.
Just as important, the relationships and GF’s local reputation are a foundation for trust with groups that are often difficult to reach—such as residents of remote villages in rwanda Mountains and Hilltops, refugees in urban centers, farmers in the border areas, and cross border women traders or smugglers.INNOVATION: Developing Replicable Models!
GF’s local capacity and long-standing relationships enable GF to pilot and refine innovative solutions to local development challenges.
While our activities are rooted in grassroots action, the approaches and tools we develop gain traction far beyond the communities in which we work. For example, local natural resource management bylaws, developed by GF and its partners in northern Mali, are now common elements of development practice throughout West Africa.
GF’s locally adapted models for micro-credit and small enterprise development are now widely used by NGOs throughout Rwanda.
And GF’s model of engaging communities to increase girls’ education, to reduce school age dropouts, piloted in a handful of rural villages in the regional Mountains, is now used across regions and is on the cusp of expansion to the national level.
SOME CORE PROGRAMMESIn communities and throughout the region, we work with local partners to directly improve the lives of tens of thousands of vulnerable people each year through a myriad of initiatives including sustainable agriculture, microenterprise development, women’s empowerment, civic education, and peacebuilding.PEACEBUILDING THROUGH ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Conflict is a backdrop to daily life in many of the communities where GF works. While conflict expresses itself in many ways—warfare, competition over natural resources, occupation—poverty is often a significant underlying cause and almost always a consequence.We create new pathways for peace and show policymakers how it is possible to move forward in areas of entrenched conflict.
GF continues to implement highly effective initiatives to reduce poverty and promote sustainable economic development in conflict and post-conflict areas.Our approach focuses on core livelihood issues in a given area and helps populations find mutual interests and benefit through economic cooperation.
By focusing on livelihood issues, GF frames conflict mitigation and reconciliation into practical and immediate concerns for average citizens.
This takes different forms depending on the causes and consequences of conflict - including economic sector development, economic reintegration and inclusion, and collaborative Natural Resource Management.
One of the projects was Fruits without borders: building economic cooperation between Burundi and Rwanda.WOMEN’S MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Throughout Africa, and Rwanda in particular, women are assuming increasing economic responsibility for their families.
In spite of the necessity, hey must overcome social barriers, lack of job skills or business management experience, and little access to credit.At GF, we have found that microenterprise development is among the most effective and accessible ways to create jobs and income for disadvantaged women in the region _ even the youths.
Working in partnership with local community associations and cooperatives, GF provides vulnerable women—rural and urban poor, heads of households, widows, refugees, victims of domestic violence—with business management training, helps them access credit, and facilitates networks to provide both business and social support.GF also helps organize networks to offer ongoing mentoring to entrepreneurs to ensure the sustainability of their new businesses.
One Projects was Women’s economic empowerment and advocacyAGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
One of the most vulnerable groups in Rwanda is smallholder farmers, who are on the frontlines of climate change yet often lack access to the information, tools, and infrastructure to adapt.GF supports smallholder farmers and other natural resource-dependent populations (herders, fishers) through a variety of initiatives to improve food security and increase incomes.
Among GF’s primary areas of focus in agriculture has been to enable communities to use water resources more efficiently —harnessing nonconventional water resources, such as rainwater harvesting, spring catchment, and wastewater reuse; introducing water-efficient crops and farming practices; and adopting improved irrigation technologies.Beyond achieving short-term gains, our goal is to help develop the local capacity and infrastructure to manage agriculture and natural resources sustainably in the long-term.
One of the projects was advancing more profitable, sustainable natural resource management: water and agriculture.YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Approximately one in five citizens in the Africa is between the ages of 15 and 24. That’s 90 million people and growing.
Youth have a vested interest in building a region that’s more inclusive and opportunity-rich.Yet their exclusion from the civic and economic life of their countries is one of the key factors driving reform movements across the region.
GF invests in underserved youth to help them overcome economic and social barriers.We work with youth and the community organizations that support them to find practical ways to constructively address real problems in their community, including unemployment, environmental degradation, and safety.
Our efforts help youth amplify their voice in society. We offer them the tools they need to change the course of their lives and to take a leadership role in their communities.
One of the Projects was Giving youth a voice in governmentREFUGEE /ASYLUM SEEKER SUPPORT
We advocate for lifesaving humanitarian assistance that provides food and addresses global hunger—an especially critical need now as the conflicts, climate change increase food insecurity worldwide.We provide a range of activities for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the community that promote inclusion, community cohesion, education and health.
We reduce vulnerability working with highly marginalized, refugee, and forcibly displaced communities around us and the globe.VETERANS PROGRAMME
We support Veterans who have faced significant and evident challenges during their Service, which has created barriers or compromised their ability to have a fulfilling Service experience.SEXUAL VIOLENCE
We are setting up Sexual Violence Research Center (SVRC) for innovative research that will contribute to the prevention and response of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in low and middle-income communities and countries.
Additionally, we have projects addressing violence and abuse issues.What we do
GF helps build more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the region and Rwanda through education, community organizing, and economic development.With emphasis, we an organization committed to advancing justice, equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging for all, helping to provide critical access to:
a) healthcare,
b) education,
c) food security,
d) social justice,
e) water and sanitation,
f) shelter,
g) transparency and accountability.Cross-cutting approaches for these areas:
1) Participation and empowerment of the people and communities involved, especially the most vulnerable sectors;
2) Adaptation to the conditions of the communities with which it will work, in accordance with the needs of each community;
3) Promotion of human rights and local capacities;
4) Gender approach;
5) Children’s rights;
6) Greatest possible efficiency, without conditioning effectiveness;
7) Sustainability in all its aspects;
8) Promotion of innovation and introduction of new technologies;
9) Attention to groups in conditions of vulnerability or at risk of exclusion; and
10) Appreciation of volunteering as a tool for solidarity and cooperation.GF offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to vulnerable groups, restores safety, dignity and hope to people who are derailing and struggling to endure, helps people to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.Who we are
1) An organization largely addressing a critical social, economic and environmental issues in our work.
2) An organization with founders who intend to expand their impact significantly over time with innovation.
3) An organization operating in Rwanda with operational partnerships in Africa and Europe.
4) An independent impact-first, mission-driven nonprofit/organization.
5) An organization with a plan to spin out or expand or scale our impact to achieve our mission.
6) Post-pilot, pre-scale (not Idea or pre-pilot stage) organization (with program (s) already in the field, with an indication that our model is having its intended impact, 3-5 years old).
7) An organization with incubation for idea or pre-pilot stage support services
8) An organization with more founders who are full-time (who believe that full-time leadership from the organization’s founders is critical to an early-stage organization’s growth and programmatic work, who recognize that going full-time requires resources that one may still be putting together).
9) An organization that values diversity of people proximate to the problem at hand and a commitment to foster justice, equity, inclusion, and belonging practices.People We Serve
Our work is based on a conviction that, to play an active role in the development of their communities and countries, people need opportunities and tools: the knowledge to participate in civic and economic life, a voice in public decisions that affect their wellbeing, and a means of making a meaningful living.How We Work
We pursue our aims with entrepreneurial energy, underpinning all our work with strong values and careful strategic thinking.
Our values – partnership, love, integrity, transformation, empathy, modesty, endurance and trust – inspire everything we do and are the bedrock of all our relationships.Working closely in partnership with other organisations, we know we can achieve more together. We respect the dignity of every individual and are especially mindful of the needs of the most vulnerable among us.
We help implement robust safeguarding policies. Actions speak louder than words, so we get on with our work quietly, changing the world for the better in whatever way we can.Our Philosophy
Every human life is uniquely valuable, and our respect for this brings us together.
This is why we do what we do and what we believe. We believe that a just and sustainable world is possible for everyone.
The philanthropic and programmatic work of GF has always been rooted in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching – serving the common good and promoting human dignity and social justice.We believe that we are all responsible for each other as fellow human beings.
We also have a duty to be sustainable custodians, looking after natural resources for the good of people now and in future.
CROSS CUTTING PRORAMMES1) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provide food benefits, ensuring that thousands of Rwandans have access to nutritious meals.
2) Housing Assistance Program helping low-income families afford safe and stable homes.
3) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) offers financial aid and job preparation to support families in becoming self-sufficient.
4) Healthcare access program is bolstered through Community Health Insurance Program (CHIP), providing affordable medical coverage for low-income individuals and children.Cross-cutting approaches for these areas:
1) Participation and empowerment of the people and communities involved, especially the most vulnerable sectors;
2) Adaptation to the conditions of the communities with which it will work, in accordance with the needs of each community;
3) Promotion of human rights and local capacities;
4) Gender approach;
5) Children’s rights;
6) Greatest possible efficiency, without conditioning effectiveness;
7) Sustainability in all its aspects;
8) Promotion of innovation and introduction of new technologies;
9) Attention to groups in conditions of vulnerability or at risk of exclusion; and
10) Appreciation of volunteering as a tool for solidarity and cooperation.[NOTE OF FOCUS or APPROACH]
GF seeks and encourages the involvement of people from traditionally underrepresented audiences in all its grants, programs, and other activities, and in its workforce and workplace.
DISABILITY ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACYWe are working with others [ private sector entities, civil society organisations and public agencies and reseach institutions] to enhance understanding of disability and addressing the diverse needs of disabled individuals to foster an inclusive society. By focusing on healthcare, accessibility, social support, and financial empowerment, we can help improve their quality of life and promote their independence and participation in the community.Addressing Barriers
Disabled individuals often encounter barriers such as stigma, discrimination, and lack of access to education and employment opportunities. Addressing these barriers is essential for promoting equality and ensuring that disabled individuals can fully participate in society.
Glen Foundation is at the forefront of addressing these barriers!Financial Empowerment
Financial challenges are prevalent among disabled individuals, who often face barriers to employment and financial independence. They may require education on managing public benefits, budgeting, and understanding the impact of work on their benefits. Financial empowerment programs tailored to their unique situations can help them achieve greater economic stability.
Glen Foundation is tackling this head on!Social Support and Inclusion
Social support systems are crucial for disabled individuals to engage with their communities. This includes support from family, friends, and community organizations. Programs that promote inclusion and participation in social activities can significantly improve their quality of life.
Glen Foundation disability program hugely tackles Social Support and Inclusion.Accessibility and Assistive Technology
Accessibility is a critical need for disabled individuals. This includes physical access to buildings, transportation, and public spaces. Assistive technologies (AT) play a vital role in enhancing independence, allowing individuals to perform daily tasks more easily. Examples of AT range from mobility aids like wheelchairs to communication devices that help those with speech impairments.
Glen Foundation, working with partners are addressing challenge selflessly and tirelessly!Healthcare Needs
People with disabilities often require healthcare services tailored to their specific conditions. This includes regular medical check-ups, mental health support, and access to specialized treatments. They may also face higher risks for certain health conditions, such as depression and obesity, making comprehensive healthcare essential for maintaining their overall well-being.
Healthcare needs Glen are at the center of Glen Foundation's campaigns, advocacy and activism!We are working with disability-led organisations, disability movements leaders and activists, donors, funders and INGOs to address wholistically the challenges faced with PWDs.