About Foundation
Amahoro Foundation was established in the Netherlands in December 2001 by a notary deed. It is a not-for-profit incorporated association. It is registered in The Hague at the Chamber of Commerce under the number 27247296.
It is also registered with the Dutch Tax Authorities as a public benefit organisation - tax dossier number 19942.
The Amahoro headquarters is in The Hague, The Netherlands. The list of addresses and telephone numbers is available in menu Help.
Mission
The Amahoro Foundation is established to assist war affected children in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries. In particular to help orphans, advance education, and relieve poverty.
Strategy
The aim of the foundation is to stimulate development in Rwanda and from the other side provide the international community with an effective and reliable way of helping.
- The organization functions as a network of people of
good will. The focus is on empowering Rwandans to run their
own projects.
- All registrations must be in order, all activities
conducted according to the appropriate law.
- The alignment with the Rwandan government development
projects must be maintained.
- Alignment with the strategy of large organisations like the UN
and other NGOs is also necessary.
- Realistic project definition. With limited resources
the project priorities must be set for the highest benefit.
- Feedback on the projects. The donors are informed by
email when the donation is received, assigned to a project, and finally spent.
We also provide a project follow up for interested donors.
- Financial transparency - individual reporting to donors (currently we are working on Amahoro accounting-online to be accessible through the internet.
Objectives
The Foundation started with the following objectives:
- Develop a network of voluntary supporters.
- Identify and prioritise the needs in co-operation
with the Rwandan authorities.
- Develop communication with the focus on the Internet
to create the international community interested in Rwanda.
- Disseminate information about Rwandan history and the
genocide.
- Support the reconciliation process.
- Promote the Rwandan culture.
- Identify and support innovative projects.
- Raise funds and transfer them to Rwanda.
- Monitor realization of projects.
AdvocatesThe foundation approached the prominent
international figures, involved in Rwandan history. Among them Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, former Deputy Commander of Canada's Land Forces, and former Commander of the UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) and Ms. Linda Melvern, a British investigative journalist, the author of books on the United Nations ("The Ultimate Crime" 1995) and on Rwandan genocide ("A People Betrayed, the Role of the West in Rwandan Genocide" 2000). The support received from them is an important part of the foundation strategy for the information dissemination.
International Support
Apart from the expertise of the board members and volunteers, the foundation relies on the international network of consultants from relevant fields like medicine, education, psychology, administration, and information technology.
We have our regional supporters in Rwanda, United Kingdom and Canada. Please, do not hesitate to contact us anytime with your ideas or comments. | 
