PMU

Founded in 1965, PMU is a non-governmental organisation based in Bromma, Sweden working on poverty & hunger, international development, humanitarian aid & disaster relief +7 more.

PMU, Pingstmissionens Utvecklingssamarbete, is the international development and humanitarian aid department of the Swedish Pentecostal movement Pingst fria församlingar i samverkan. Founded in 1965, it works to combat poverty in all its forms through long-term development projects and emergency humanitarian responses, in cooperation with local partners. The organisation reports about 104 projects in around 30 countries, while other statements mention 84 interventions with partners in 26 countries; it names South Sudan, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Tanzania and Ukraine among its work areas. Its strategy, Kompass mot 2025, prioritises peace, democracy and gender equality, and it engages with climate and environmental issues. PMU also runs around 56 to 60 second-hand shops in Sweden, whose surplus funds aid and local social projects, and it raises funds through individual donations, gifts in memory, corporate gifts, monthly giving and legacies. Sida and Radiohjälpen are major institutional funders, and PMU is a member of CHS Alliance and GIVA and holds the 90-konto. Its work is grounded in a Christian faith-based value base, and it works through rights-based approaches and collaboration with churches and local partners.