Lifting pastoral women and youth out of poverty through community-based natural resource management

Connecting remote populations and unlocking their potential to thrive

Developing an ISO Standard to promote a more efficient and low-emission global freight sector

Developing sustainable livelihoods for rural communities.

Strengthening business and climate resilience for 15 cocoa enterprises to accelerate inclusive economic growth

Boosting decent employment opportunities for Vietnam’s disadvantaged youth

Pure Earth is implementing a clean-up project to reduce lead pollution in the community of Rangapuram, India.

Unleashing the potential of marginalised women entrepreneurs in the Oaxaca State

Our programme aims at developing a sustainable and safe working environment for artisanal and small-scale miners.

Education for Employment launches a business model to create a responsive and fair labour market for Egyptian youth

Promoting access to solar energy for rural communities

AAMA's Work & Learn Centre empowers disconnected youth to achieve their potential

Since 2009, the Trafigura Foundation has been working in close cooperation with FIC, which was established in Peru jointly by Trafigura's Peruvian entities.

We supported EVPA’s Corporate Initiative to help corporate social investors achieve greater social impact

We work with the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to promote eco-driving practices in Latin America and improve the sustainability of the freight sector.

Women on Wheels: empowering women by training them as professional drivers.

Two Geneva based organisations help unaccompanied minor refugees arriving in Switzerland find their path to independence.

Empowering underprivileged women through vocational training and job placement.

Our partnership with Pact aims to reduce child labour in mining

Supporting the excellence in music and celebrating the connection between music, education and philanthropy.

FairFishing is developing a sustainable fishing industry in the Horn of Africa to create jobs and improve food security in the region.

Arbusta provides a gateway to the job market for vulnerable Argentinian youth through IT skills training and the opportunity of a first job experience in the industry.

We are supporting the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) in its efforts to build a high impact philanthropy and social investment community in Greater China.

Centro de Promoción por la Dignidad Humana (CEPRODIH) helps at-risk expectant mothers throughout their pregnancy and postpartum, aiding them to define a life project that ensures a stable income for their families, while also offering them health and social support.

As part of our Clean and Safe Supply Chains’ focus area, we are working to promote road safety among schoolchildren in Latin America.

The Red Pencil’s programme aims at improving the physical, mental and emotional well-being of poverty-stricken kids through arts therapy.

The Trafigura Foundation is supporting Eau et Vie to strengthen and scale up its innovative social entrepreneurship model.

The association for Bateau Genève offers a safe harbour to people in precarious conditions in Geneva. Necessary renovations works on the old ship that hosts the association provide exceptional opportunities to boost employability for underprivileged people in the Swiss city.

We are supporting our partner Rang-De to develop a financial literacy model that truly changes the financial behaviours of low-income families and proves it by establishing a robust behaviour change methodology.

Unlocking access to the life-changing experience of music-making for young people with complex lives

In partnership with the local incubator UnLtd Indonesia, we are supporting the rise of a selected portfolio of 25 social entrepreneurs.

In Almaty, Kazakhstan, Daryniana trains people living with psychosocial disabilities to work in restaurant-cafés, offering them the chance to be socially and economically included in their community and increasing their opportunities for leading a fulfilling and independent life.

The Trafigura Foundation supported Swisscontact’s extensive study to advance change in the transport sector’s waste management in Latin America.

Improving smallholder farmer livelihoods by strengthening cooperatives in the coffee, cocoa and honey sectors.

Our programme with NESsT supports social enterprises to create dignified jobs and sustainable income for marginalized groups.

Rede Asta’s School of Artisans helps Brazilian artisans acquire tools and skills to better access the market and develop their economic potential.

UnLtd India supports early-stage social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to improve the lives of India’s most marginalized populations.

The growing Indian paper industry has generated a great internal demand for raw material. SAI Sustainable Agro has seized the opportunity to transform this demand into a solution to help small farmers improve their livelihoods with an innovative agro-forestry model.

A London-based social enterprise trains and hires homeless people as baristas.

The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) assists seafarers and their families and campaigns for greater rights for maritime workers.

Promoting access to quality healthcare services for underserved and hard-to-reach populations in Africa.

Perspektiva works to bridge the gap between job seekers with disabilities and employers, and facilitate partnerships between the business and the community of young people with disabilities.

AFI provides access to finance and Business Development Services (BDS) to small, disconnected entrepreneurs.

The Business Strengthening programme promoted by the Fundación Carvajal​ enhances the opportunities of microentrepreneurs from vulnerable areas of Buenaventura, by fostering their entrepreneurial, managerial, and life skills.

Through its ELEVATE programme, our partner equipped and empowered disadvantaged students at risk of dropping out of higher education by providing mentorship support and community-related work experience

The Urmi Foundation works to provide a better education and future to children with developmental disabilities in the slums of Mumbai.

Pact delivered a comprehensive study of Myanmar's artisanal mining industry and piloted field-activities with gold miners.

Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) helps high-risk youth get a taste of working life, gain self-confidence and learn new skills through a complete employment readiness programme.

SOS Femmes supports the reinsertion into mainstream working life of women with difficult socio-economic backgrounds.

Trapped in a tragic civil war, Yemen is suffering from economic stagnation and widespread food shortages. In partnership with the Trafigura Foundation, Y30 works with local community restaurants to ensure food access for disadvantaged communities in two districts of Sana’a.

Created in 2008, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (CBFW) helps women around the world overcome socio-economic challenges and empower them to play an important role in their local economies and societies.

Kasietty Zhol provides healthcare and regular rehabilitation for children with neuroorthopaedic disabilities from socially vulnerable groups.

Apopo returns land to local communities for safe and productive use by employing African Giant Rats to detect landmines.

Our support for The NOCCA Institute began in 2007 and this, in part, helped them to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. We now help them to fund talented students who want to pursue a career in arts.

The Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) aims to mitigate the suffering of people forced to risk their lives to reach safety.

The Trafigura Foundation has been supporting the programme in the Philippines, since 2009. The purpose of this programme is to supply reasonably-priced running water in slums under a social business model.

Teach Future China aims to cultivate potential leaders by improving rural education in China through training and support for outstanding young teachers working in schools in the countryside.

Working in the neediest neighbourhoods, Fundación Carvajal has initiated a new sports-based educational programme in an underprivileged district in Buenaventura.

Children from low-income families can become agents for change as they enter Germinare’s education programme. This initiative helps combat inequality by placing vulnerable, talented kids into quality schools.

By supporting Fight for Peace, we can help young people gain the education they need to enter the formal job market in Brazil.

Since 2008, the Trafigura Foundation has been offering full scholarships to prospective UWCSEA students in Singapore. These students are from Aceh, a region devastated by the 2004 Tsunami.

As a major employer in Stamford, Trafigura supports marginalised youth in the community through the Domus Work & Learn Centre.

Médecins du Monde Greece provided emergency response to wildfires on the Greek Island of Evia.

ADIE, Association for the Right to Economic Initiative recognises that while some people have the drive to launch their own business, some lack the confidence and a business model. Their ‘Microfranchise Solidaire’ programme aims to address both these issues.

As young people from deprived suburban areas of France struggle to find work, ADIE’s CréaJeunes programme is helping them to start their own businesses.

The Trafigura Foundation has been supporting the programme in Bangladesh, since 2010. The purpose of this programme is to supply reasonably-priced running water in slums under a social business model.

IECD’s dynamic ‘Transform’ programme incubates entrepreneurs entering the food and juice business in Cameroon and Ivory Coast. The scheme helps young people set up food processing units and trains them to become entrepreneurs.

The Family Farm School programme aims to promote vocational training for underprivileged young people, helping them strengthen local enterprises in rural areas.

A unique programme in Mexico City helps young people who are both out of work and education gain valuable life skills and self-esteem as they refurbish and maintain public spaces within their communities.

We have been supporting Cascos Verdes since 2009 and enjoy a close relationship with the staff running the programmes in Buenos Aires.

Rang De reaches out to underprivileged communities in India through low-cost microcredit schemes that operate under a non-profit peer-to-peer lending platform. We have been supporting Rang De’s dedicated CSR Fund since 2012.

The Trafigura Foundation has committed to helping FXB launch a new vocational training programme in Soweto and Alexandra.

We have teamed up with 1001 Fontaines pour Demain to help identify four pilot communities in the State of West Bengal in India for their safe drinking water initiative.

We have been working with the National Autistic Society (NAS) since 2011 to help them research, prototype, launch and scale up a new online autism training business for healthcare professionals.

Certis is a non-profit skills development, employability and training centre. It has a particular focus on the long-term unemployed.

The LSO will give 12,500 vulnerable children and adults the chance to discover classical music through projects and workshops.

Our contribution helps reduce the economic impact of TB on the most under-privileged communities in Mumbai slums.

Inter Aide works in close co-operation with local NGOs, the ultimate goal being that families living in the slums become 100% autonomous over time, creating revenue through small businesses.

The Trafigura Foundation has been involved in FXB International’s fight against poverty in Tamil Nadu and Pudhucherry since 2010.

Our partnership with Teach for America (TFA) focuses on delivering education to disadvantaged communities in New Orleans, Connecticut and Houston.

In 2012, we agreed a three-year commitment to support the global ‘WomenChangeMakers’ programme. It identifies, supports and connects leading social entrepreneurs (fellows) so they can scale-up and replicate their efforts to empower women in their communities.

Since 2008 we have been partnering with HelpMeSee for the distribution of surgical kits in Africa and Asia

We have supported Geneva’s open music conservatory since 2010.

The Trafigura Foundation has been supporting the NAS’s helpline and e-learning platform since 2009.

We partnered with Haciendo Camino for the first time in 2012 when the Trafigura Foundation agreed a three-year funding scheme to help programme operations in the districts of Anatuya, Monte Quernado and Santiago des Estero.

In 2008 we made a seven-year commitment to support Initiative Développement's programme to promote cheaper rural energies among the local communities, improve their income and living conditions, and protect the environment.

We started supporting Initiative Développement in Togo in 2008 and renewed our commitment in 2011 for a further three years.

The Trafigura Foundation started its partnership with Camarada in 2009. The agreement was renewed in 2012 after the Foundation was able to evaluate how well the programme responds to the special needs of this particular migrant community in Geneva.

In 2014, the Trafigura Foundation made a three-year commitment to HBI. We chose a project in a fishing community in San Fernando, La Union. The objective is to improve the health, sanitation, education, and livelihood of local school kids and the surrounding community.

The George Malaika School provides a high quality free education, school supplies, uniforms, art and theatre classes, two healthy meals a day and physical activities to girls.

The Trafigura Foundation is helping Ashoka create a network of ‘changemakers’ within Switzerland, establishing a community of people with the right skills and connections who can accelerate and strengthen the impact of social entrepreneurs in the country.

French social enterprise Chênelet is creating employment opportunities in sustainable construction, catering and hosting activities through the creation of eco-guest houses, ‘gites ruraux’ in French.

The noble aim of Fundación Ana Bella is to build a society free from violence against women. A mobile application or ‘App’ and peer-to-peer support network seeks to help women in Spain and will later be rolled out to other Spanish-speaking countries.

In Spain, the Association of Self-Funded Communities (ACAF) provides an innovative economic model to help very low income individuals access funds and start a small business.

By supporting Planète Urgence’s three-year project, we help boost the economic resilience of local communities through education and sustainable aquaculture.

A 'Fairy Godparent Programme' in Singapore gives children of ex-offenders a better start in life.

In the USA, a family with a child suffering from neurological disorders took an inspired decision to create a breakthrough wearable garment and offer improved functional therapy for their child. Known as the ‘TheraSuit’, this approach is now being used across the world and we are delighted to enable a Spanish association introduce this method.

The Trafigura Foundation is pleased to support Anouk and its work in the paediatric division of the Rio Tinto Hospital in Huelva, near Seville, Spain. Anouk artists create vibrant paintings that help distract children during treatments and comfort patients of all ages by diminishing their fear of the medical institution.

Geneva’s internationality is often focused on the high-flying professionals posted here, but the city also has many foreign migrants: all too frequently marginalised. CEFAM empowers these groups to fit in and thrive.

The organisation aims at developing a care for abandoned children in China that smooths the transition from institutional care to family-based care.

The aim of Fundación Crescendo con la Musica is to provide access to music to children living in poverty in Mexico, by offering them the opportunity to possess an instrument and acquire quality musical training.

Safeguarding swimmers and sailors on Lake Léman

Hope for breast cancer detection with discovering hands

Resilience grant to help smallholder farmers weather the impact of COVID-19

Unlocking the potential of the informal economy

An e-platform to boost micro-entrepreneurs’ revenues in Itaguaí

Boosting employment opportunities for youth in Huelva and Seville

Improving the safe and effective delivery of health services for vulnerable populations

Providing personal protective equipment to community health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fair and equitable carbon finance for vulnerable communities

Médecins du Monde Greece provided emergency response to wildfires on the Greek Island of Evia

A truck transformed into a mobile scene to play concerts everywhere and for everyone

We supported the improvement of Fight for Peace Academy's facilities in Rio de Janeiro

Vocational training for people with special needs

Facilitating access to the Greek job market for refugees

Unlocking access to financial services for indigenous communities and female entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship as a vector for social and economic inclusion

Enhancing China’s longer-term drive toward zero emission freight

Africa Forest Carbon Catalyst

Bridging the gaps between community businesses and responsible markets