About us
The WOCO foundation is a joint international commitment to a socially better future. It targets to enable 1 million children and their families to live a better life.
Many national service club associations including Active 20-30 International, Ladies Circle and Round Table are forming this joint international commitment. With project experience that goes back as far as 1922, we can act globally and work locally!
A network of more than 30.000 people organizes and supports many hands-on projects mainly in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. The projects are targeted at children and are mainly in the healthcare and education sectors.
Most projects are free of any overhead costs. Additionally, many hours of hands-on work and services are invested into the projects. We work professionally and on an honorary basis. Our members provide 50% of the funds for their projects. In turn, the WOCO foundation supports the projects through matching grants.
As a result, this generates a 4 to 1 advantage compared to other charities. This is due to the fact that many other charities need a substantial amount of donations to finance their administration. The WOCO foundation only needs a management fee of 5% of the donor’s funds, of which any excess that remains at the end of a business year will also be invested into service projects of our members.
This unique project set-up enables us to create 200% project value for our donors. The calculation is simple: for projects with a value of 2 million US Dollars, our donors provide 1 million and our members do the same. The small management fee of the WOCO foundation is more than offset by the honorary work that the WOCO foundation and its members are investing hands-on into the respective projects.
The honorary work and the funds that our members invest also lead to a strong ownership of the project. Through global action and local involvement we ensure utmost efficiency in planning, sourcing, managing and monitoring the projects. This also ensures and optimizes the maintenance of i.e. a school building in the longer term, as we are still there long after the project has been completed.
But after all these figures, there is a final figure that is the most important of all, for the one who helps and for the one who is being helped: 100% RoE – 100% return of emotion!
