OPEN UP CONTRACTING

Hivos has always aspired to be a frontrunner and a pioneer. We are proud to be among the first supporters of the few courageous LGBTIQ+ activists in the 1990s. And we helped to build many - by now influential - LGBTIQ+ movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We initiated micro-finance before the term became popularized. The Sumba Iconic Island project we launched in 2010, now taken over by Winrock International, is demonstrating that access to reliable and 100% renewable energy for working class people in remote areas is feasible. And our Resources of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program supports artists and creative hubs around the world that diversify dialogue and debate in society and deploy the power of art to bring about structural social change... Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values. Together with citizens and their organizations, we aim to contribute towards just, inclusive and life sustaining societies where people have equal access to..

Primary location: Nairobi Kenya