Palms for Life is proud to work directly with highly reputable and effective local NGOs – our Partners – who implement the projects in the selected countries. Our Partners have the capacity to run the projects, monitor the activities and report back on results and impact.

• APRODES (Burkina Faso)
• Centro del Muchacho Trabajador (Ecuador)
• Development Workshop (Angola)
• Fundación Esquel (Ecuador)
• Fundación Fe y Alegria (Ecuador)
• Izaas (Tanzania)
• National Commission for Human Development (Pakistan)
• HOPE foundation (India)
• M. Venkatarabgaiya (MV) Foundation (India)
• The Community Development Foundation (FDC) (Mozambique)

Dialogues are ongoing with the Population Council in Burkina Faso and the Population and Community Development Association in Thailand.

Criteria for Selecting Partners

Palms carefully selects its executing partner organizations by applying the following key criteria:

• Legally established private or public organization
• At least seven years of experience working directly with poor communities in development projects
• Sharing Palms for Life Fund goals and values
• Active and experienced in Palms for Life Fund program areas
• Demonstrated successes in working closely with local communities
• Having benefited from other national and international grants
• Capacity to produce semi-annual reports on activities performed
• Producing audited accounts on use of funds
• Able to provide evidence that it benefits from trust and acceptance amongst community leaders
• Adequate infrastructure to operate at the grass root level
• Capacity to provide technical and financial assistance
• Capacity to carry out regular monitoring and evaluation

Palms will expect partners to be well integrated in their country’s social and economic development investment in order not to duplicate efforts but rather coordinate their activities locally with all the key players, including and most importantly with the projects’ participants.

Application Process

Organizations interested in joining Palms for Life Fund should email their application to: hannah.laufer@palmsforlifefund.org

Subsequently, organizations will be requested to submit their application package by mail.

Applications should be accompanied by the following:

1. Partnership Application Form duly completed by the Director or President of the Organization
2. Latest Annual Report
3. An updated website address

Applications will be reviewed within 15 days of receipt. Once approved, the organization will be invited to submit up to 3 projects for funding per year.