The Lalibela Foundation was recently awarded a large donation from the Hogeschool Leiden (HSL). The donation is the proceeds of the annual competition organised for HSL staff. The board of the HSL donates an amount of 50 euros for each participating team. The total amount is then donated to one or more charities, with the goals being chosen by the winning team.

This year 72 teams participated. Team ‘Scotland’ won, meaning that the 3600 euros go to the Lalibela Foundation. The team wanted the contribution to the charity to cause a big splash instead of a droplet. To that end they opted for a relatively small foundation where no money lingers on personnel costs, but everything is run by volunteers. Moreover, the Lalibela Foundation uses the money very broadly. For social projects, microcredits, blind students and other initiatives in the fight against poverty in the Ethiopian town of Lalibela. The donation from Leiden is entirely for the benefit of the ten blind university students under the auspices of the foundation. To supplement their meager government grant, they receive a donation from the Foundation. Also, at the start of their studies they are given a laptop with speech software, without which studying would be impossible, and guidance from a local volunteer.The cheque was presented to the Lalibela Foundation by the winning team in the presence of the chairman and the deputy chairman of the HSL Executive Board.

Board members Jos van den Brink and Eric Maes (middle) received the cheque for the Lalibela Foundation in Leiden.

Under the flag of Stichting Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Boxmeer (SOB), 13 Private Initiatives (or rather foundations) work together in the municipality of Boxmeer. This platform enables the foundations to meet 2 to 3 times a year to exchange information about each other’s projects, to follow workshops, to learn from each other, to work on the awareness of the Boxmeer community.
Every year the municipality of Boxmeer makes an amount available to support the projects. As a foundation you can submit a motivated application to be eligible for (partial) support.
This year we have submitted an application for the co-financing of a collective business building in Lalibela. Together with Beza (see elsewhere on our website) we will organise activities for our people in Lalibela.

We are pleased that on October 4th we received the pledge for an amount of €900.

Besides the SOB, Reba Packaging BV also came from Dongen with an unexpected contribution of €500 as a result of enthusiastic reports about the ongoing activities of the foundation.

Four gorgeous postcards by the artist Mikiyas Sewnet, who studies with a grant from our foundation at the Art Academy in Addis Ababa.
Prices:
€ 1.00 per piece
€ 3.50 for a set of 4 cards
€ 8.00 for 10 cards of your choice

Autumn 2018 promotion
€ 0.50 each for orders from 10 cards, expires December 31st.

If you would like to purchase these cards or something else from the assortment in our webshop, please send an e-mail to secretaris@stichtinglalibela.nl.