Action for World Solidarity (ASW)

The guiding principle of ASW is the vision of a world built on solidarity, where the disparities between rich and poor, North and South, and powerful and disenfranchised are overcome. The need to reduce global injustice—particularly hunger, poverty, and oppression—led to the founding of ASW in 1957. Respect for all human rights is at the core of our work, with a special focus on economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as the empowerment of marginalized groups. We believe that global problems require diverse solutions at global, regional, and local levels. Our focus is on regional and local approaches. We support people in implementing their own ideas locally. We are not a development organization that sends experts or aid workers, because we recognize that the necessary knowledge and skills are found within the regions themselves.

Change is also needed here in the North to enable positive developments worldwide. That is why we educate and inform people to inspire change at home. This is our contribution to active solidarity.

Our goals

The main objectives of the ASW are:

to support projects of local initiatives and organisations that have a positive local effect;
to improve the lives of people through collective initiatives;
to protect the environment;
to defend political, social and cultural human rights;
to support, strengthen and improve the situation of women.

Our target groups

Only projects based on local or regional groups may benefit from a temporary grant of ASW.

Our areas of intervention

For the implementation of its activities, ASW operates now in:

Burkina Faso
Senegal
Togo
Western Sahara
Zimbabwe
India
Brazil

At the moment we are not in a position to satisfy requests from any other countries.

The conditions for granting

Only local organizations with collective and long-term goals are supported by ASW. Decision-making structures must be collective and democratic, with strong participation of women. ASW promotes projects that have already demonstrated several years of effective collaboration and proven their impact.

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For information about project-support in India please contact:

Sina Rauch

Telephone: ++49 / 30 / 2594 0803

E-Mail: indien(at)aswnet.de

For information about project-support in our countries in Africa please contact:

Boubacar Diop (Senegal - Togo - Western Sahara - Burkina Faso - Simbabwe)

Telephone: ++49 / 30 / 99 29 69 537

E-Mail: boubacar.diop(at)aswnet.de

For information about project-support in Brazil please contact:

Silke Tribukait

Telephone: ++49 / 30 / 2594 0807

E-Mail: silke.tribukait(at)aswnet.de