Marie-Schlei-Verein

Founded in 1984, Marie-Schlei-Verein is a non-profit association based in Hamburg, Germany working on poverty & hunger, gender equality, international development +6 more.

The Marie-Schlei-Verein e.V. is a German non-profit association founded in 1984 in memory of former federal minister Marie Schlei. It supports women's self-help projects in the Global South, mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with vocational training, micro-credit and income-generating initiatives implemented together with local women's organisations. The association reports having supported around 650 projects, works with more than 200 project partnerships, and has about 500 members in regional groups and nationally. It also runs public events and campaigns on the living conditions of women in the Global South, global justice and development cooperation. The association is based in Hamburg, is recognised as charitable by the Finanzamt Hamburg-Nord, and has joined the Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft.