Diddeleng Hëlleft

Founded in 1994, Diddeleng Hëlleft is a non-profit association based in Dudelange, Luxembourg working on international development, education, health +2 more.

Diddeleng Hëlleft is a Luxembourg-based non-profit association (a.s.b.l.) headquartered in Dudelange. It raises funds from members and donors and provides grants to non-governmental development organisations (ONGD) and associations working on sustainable development and fair trade projects in developing countries. Each year it issues a call for projects, analyses submissions against defined criteria, and funds multi-year and one-off project contributions, typically co-financed by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Supported projects cover agriculture and organic farming, education, health, child protection, women's empowerment and rural development in countries including Burkina Faso, Nicaragua, Colombia, Kenya, India, Guatemala, Haiti, Brazil, Nepal and Rwanda. The association also informs the public through brochures, events and sales of publications. Its statutes date from a 1994 constitution and state that it is politically, trade-unionally and denominationally independent.