Orskov Foundation

Description

The Orskov Foundation promotes sustainable development for the poorest rural communities in the world. We aim to achieve this through the integration of agricultural education with community projects. The resultant sharing of knowledge, experience and information will be key factors to enable people and communities to find their own solutions to the complex problems they face and move towards self-sufficiency on their own terms. The Orskov Foundation supports both individual students and a programme of community projects. Each of the community projects funded by the Orskov Foundation is set up through the use of a revolving-fund. This is a simple method of providing a community with access to affordable credit to buy what they deem to be most useful and then pay back to the community to enable others to benefit. Each project, its goals and management, is set up in partnership with the active participation of the community groups involved.

 

Areas of Activity

Africa,Americas,Asia

Contact

Grant Davidson
Orskov Foundation
c/o The MacAulay Institute
Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen
AB15 8QH

Tel: 01224 395058
Fax: 01224 395035

www.orskovfoundation.org

Staff

Scotland: 0

Outside Scotland: 0

Volunteers

Scotland: 1

Outside Scotland: 0

Funders

Funding to date has mostly been from private donations with a growing proportion from other trust funds and donors.

Membership Type

Member

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