Foundations - SONNE-International

A meaningful partnership

Together with SONNE-International, foundations make an active contribution to achieving the SDGs

In 2002, with the founding of SONNE-International, the vision of Mag. Erfried Malle and Dr. Susanne Prügger was implemented – the vision of helping marginalized and impoverished people sustainably and in the long term. Everything started in Bangladesh, and at present the organization is active in the following countries: Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and India. The projects focus on strengthening the basis of life with all its facets, such as basic health care, education, training and awareness raising.

Strong partners for innovative projects

For many years, we have been specializing in cooperation with foundations and institutional sponsors. Around 70% of our project funding does not come from private individuals or companies, but from project-specific funding from institutional funding bodies such as foundations, ministries and others. Details on our financial management can be found in the current annual report (page 31).

SONNE-International sees itself as a trustworthy partner of foundations and can look back on many years of successful cooperation with the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (since 2012), the Schöck Family Foundation (since 2017) and the “Confidence for Children” Foundation (since 2016), among others. In addition, SONNE-International is currently cooperating with institutional funding bodies, such as the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the Austrian Ministry of Sports, the Austrian provinces of Styria and Carinthia and the City of Vienna.

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Institutional Sponsors:

“During my business trip to Ethiopia, I was able to convince myself of the excellent work of SONNE-International. I travelled to the Afar region in the northeast of the country, which is characterized by extreme heat and drought. SONNE-International supports the nomadic population there in the areas of literacy and health care. The activities are geared to the needs and living conditions of the Afar population and, above all, to empowering the traditionally disadvantaged Afar women.”

Andrea Schmid Head of Unit, Civil Society International, Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

Collaboration with a renowned international organization

Our strengths are innovative project development, accompanying monitoring, quality assurance in accordance with international standards (including DAC criteria), professional staff in our project countries and, above all, transparent implementation of our projects.

Cooperation with foundations is a mainstay of our long-standing and sustainability-oriented projects. Thanks to the bilateral project funding from foundations, we can not only plan and implement our projects, but also focus on innovation. As transparency and participation are our top priorities, we are committed to enabling our funding partners to actively participate and gain insight into the project cycle at any time.

You can find more detailed information about our ongoing projects in our current annual report.

The representative of the Schöck Family Foundation during a project visit to India

“SONNE-International is a long-standing partner of Styrian Development Cooperation. Already one year after the foundation of the association in 2002, the Austrian Federal Province of Styria supported the first projects in Bangladesh and later in Ethiopia, Myanmar and currently in India. We have come to know SONNE-International as a very reliable partner who implements a participatory form of development cooperation, together with its local partners and with great empathy and commitment.

Education plays a major role in the socio-economic development of a country, and SONNE-International is particularly committed to ensuring that marginalized groups have access to education. The Province of Styria is very happy to support this. Many thanks to SONNE-International for 20 years of valuable work for more justice and equal opportunities in the world.”

Maria Elßer, MAProvince of Styria – FairStyria – Development Cooperation Department 9

Your advantages as a cooperation partner with us

More than 20 years of experience in international development cooperation
Our own local branches with professional project staff in Myanmar, Bangladesh and India
Accompanying project monitoring on site by experienced project staff
Individual reporting according to your specifications
Transparent financial management and external audit of your project funding by local auditors
Opportunity to actively participate in the conception of the project
Professional organization of a project trip, if desired
Low administrative burden of less than 10%
Bearer of the Austrian Donation Seal of Approval since 2006 (proof of non-profit status and earmarked use of the donations according to OSGS) and tax deductibility according to the Austrian Ministry of Finance since 2009

“In recent years, the City of Vienna has supported SONNE-International projects in Ethiopia, Myanmar and Bangladesh in the field of education and health. Due to the sustainable capacity building and the active involvement of the local population, the living conditions of thousands of people have been permanently improved. Most recently, in 2016, the City of Vienna took over the financing of a student dormitory in a remote mountain region in Bangladesh. In terms of development policy coherence, this construction project for the improvement of the educational infrastructure is important insofar as the provinces of Styria, Carinthia and Vorarlberg have also contributed financially to this project.”

Mag. Bernhard BouzekEZA Advisor of the City of Vienna, Austria

Let’s write a success story together!

The easiest way is to contact us personally. We will be happy to answer any further questions you may have. Your contact persons are Mag. Erfried Malle, Chairman of SONNE-International, and Ing. Mag. Armin Mösinger BA, Programme and Project Manager.

SONNE-International

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Franzosengraben 2/EG 04 – A-1030 Wien – Österreich

SONNE International, Franzosengraben 2/3/EG 04 – A-1030 Wien – Österreich

Mag. Erfried Malle

Founder and Chairman of SONNE-International

malle@sonne-international.org

Mag. Ing. Armin Mösinger BA

Programme and Project Manager

moesinger@sonne-international.org

“Since 2011, the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation has been supporting a health project by SONNE-International in the Afar region – one of the hottest and most inaccessible places in the world. Due to the extreme conditions, the Afar population has practically no access to health care. The primary objective of the project is to improve maternal and child health – and thus to significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality of Afar, especially in women, children, pregnant mothers and newborns. Before the start of the project, there was no medical care for pregnant and parturient women, nor was there any follow-up care for births. Essential components of the project are therefore the sustainable development and expansion of basic medical care, especially for pregnant women, mothers and children, as well as further training measures for medical nursing staff. Currently, 40 well-trained mobile health officers, together with traditional obstetricians, are continuously on the move in the project area in order to identify high-risk pregnancies so that these women can be transported to state clinics by ambulance.”

Dr. Carolin KrönerMember of the Board of Trustees of the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation

A meaningful partnership

Strong partners for innovative projects

Foundation Partners:

Institutional Sponsors:

Collaboration with a renowned international organization

Your advantages as a cooperation partner with us

Let’s write a success story together!

Mag. Erfried Malle

Mag. Ing. Armin Mösinger BA

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