sequa: Global Development Organisation

sequa is a development organisation active globally. In close cooperation with the German business community, we have been implementing international cooperation projects and programmes since 1991. The company is headquartered in Bonn. sequa employs over 100 people (2025) and generated a turnover of 55 million euros (2024).

Focus of Our Work

The focus of our work is the promotion of the private sector. We offer competence and experience in our business areas of:

• Chamber and association promotion
• Vocational training
• Trade promotion

Our activities include programme administration as well as project management and advisory services.

Funding and Shareholders

We acquire public funds from national and international donors to finance our programmes and projects.

• Key Clients: The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Commission.
• Most Important Partners in Implementation: Chambers, associations, educational institutions, and companies.

We are a non-profit limited company. Our shareholders are the umbrella organisations of German business (BDA, BDI, DIHK, ZDH) and GIZ.

Our Goal and Principles

Our goal is to improve the living and working conditions of as many people as possible. We are convinced that we can only achieve sustainable impact together through close and trustful cooperation both with our domestic and foreign clients and partners.

The quality and efficiency of our work are important to us. We therefore:

• See ourselves as a team and work flexibly with a high degree of personal responsibility.
• Communicate openly and comprehensively both internally and externally.
• Practice a goal-oriented and cooperative management style with short decision-making processes.

We achieve success together.

Christian Blind Mission (CBM)

Christian Blind Mission (CBM) is an international development organisation dedicated to assisting persons with disabilities.

The organisation derives its name from Ernst Jakob Christoffel, who, in 1908, embarked on a journey to Asia to support blind people and people with other disabilities.

CBM's primary objective is to:

• Break the cycle of poverty and disability
• Improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world.

Development Expertise Center (DEC)

The Development Expertise Center (DEC) is a national Civil Society Organization (CSO) in Ethiopia, established in 2007 to improve the lives of marginalized children, youth, women, and communities.

Based in Addis Ababa, DEC focuses on:

• Child development
• Gender
• Life skills
• Entrepreneurship

Through comprehensive, child-centered interventions.

Putting Girls’ Health First

Tiko is an African non-profit organization partnering with governments, health providers, and local community-based organizations to reimagine healthcare systems for adolescent girls across sub-Saharan Africa.

We turn fragmented services into a single, integrated ecosystem of accessible care for girls at risk of:

• Unintended pregnancy
• HIV

Built around their lives and their choices. By tackling this urgent crisis affecting millions of girls today, together we can help create a future where every girl has the protection and power to choose who she decides to be.

A Mission of Healing and Hope

At Hope Walks, we believe that quality medical treatment and compassionate care are inseparable. Following the example of Christ, we serve with love—sharing the Gospel through both our words and our dedicated service to those in need.

Empowering Local Transformation

We empower local healthcare professionals to provide free, holistic clubfoot care for families navigating the challenges of this treatable disability. By partnering with and training staff at national and faith-based hospitals and rehabilitation centers, we build sustainable, scalable models of care across the globe.

A Vision of Freedom

Our goal is to treat clubfoot before a child ever takes their first step. By intervening early, we:

• Eliminate physical disability at its onset.
• Foster independence, allowing children to flourish socially and emotionally.
• Uplift families, removing the economic and social burdens that clubfoot can impose.

Our Legacy of Grace

Established in 2018 to glorify God, Hope Walks began as a specialized program and has grown into a global force for restoration. To date, our team has touched the lives of nearly 160,000 children, ensuring they have the opportunity to realize their God-given potential and experience the transformative love of Christ.

ActionAid

ActionAid is a global federation working for a world free from poverty and injustice.

We want to see a just, fair and sustainable world, in which everybody enjoys the right to a life of dignity, and freedom from poverty and oppression. So we work to achieve social justice and gender equality, and to eradicate poverty.

Our Strategy & Approach

Our strategy is to build international momentum for social, economic and environmental justice, driven by people living in poverty and exclusion. In practice, this means working closely with:

• People living in poverty and exclusion
• Civil society organisations
• Social movements
• Supporters

Together, we deliver grassroots programmes, provide emergency relief and campaign for things such as women’s economic rights, tax justice and climate justice.

Core Areas of Focus

Our work falls into four broad areas:

1. Women
2. Politics and economics
3. Land and climate
4. Emergencies

We have a particular focus on women’s rights; it’s a thread that runs through all our work.

History and Structure

• 1972: Founded as a charity in the UK, soon growing its presence in countries around the world.
• 1990s: Adopted our human rights-based approach to development.
• 2003: ActionAid International was formed to provide the global secretariat for the ActionAid federation of country offices. The Constitution of ActionAid International can be accessed here.

Our head office is in Johannesburg, South Africa, and we also have hubs in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

This is our international website, where we share inspiring stories from around the federation, bold thought-leadership and practical tools that catalyse change. You can visit any of our websites to find out more about the work of ActionAid offices around the world, and how you can get involved. We also have a Global Leadership Team, comprising some staff from ActionAid International, and a number of country directors from around the world. You can learn more about this team here.

Our Core Belief: We believe in the power in people. If we can support people to know, claim and defend their rights, the world will be a fairer place.

Helvetas - About Us Our local teams are active in 35 partner countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. We are committed to fair opportunities worldwide — through access to clean drinking water, quality education and civic participation.

Independent. Committed. Globally networked. Helvetas is a leading Swiss organization for development cooperation and humanitarian response – denominationally neutral and politically independent. As an association with a strong membership base in Switzerland, we are committed to a fairer world worldwide. Our sister organizations in the USA and Germany, our membership in Alliance2015, and our sponsorship of Alliance Sud all strengthen our global network.

Our vision Our vision is of a just world in which all people live self-determined lives in dignity and security, use natural resources sustainably and care for the environment.

Our mission Helvetas supports disadvantaged people and communities in low- and middle-income countries who want to actively improve their living conditions. Through partnership-based development cooperation, we promote pathways for self-help and create fair opportunities for all. We provide humanitarian aid following disasters and in times of crisis.

We stand up for fundamental rights and strengthen our partners in development policy issues. We combat the root causes of poverty through sustainable projects.

In Switzerland, we are committed to a coherent foreign and economic policy that meets the needs of people in developing and transitional countries.

FC Africa (formerly First Consult) is a leading Pan-African development and advisory organization, established in 2006 to drive inclusive economic growth across the continent. Founded in Ethiopia, the firm has expanded its footprint to include Kenya and Rwanda, with a focus on building resilient systems and implementing large-scale, data-driven projects.

Positive Action for Development (PAD) was established in 2011 by Dr. Girma Admasu. PAD is an indigenous, non-governmental, non-profit, secular, and legally registered Ethiopian Civil Society Organization (Registration No. 2330). The organization was founded with the aspiration of becoming an institution of excellence, humanity, and optimism, serving as a role model within the humanitarian and development sector.

PAD envisions a just, compassionate, and inclusive society. Its mission is to cultivate a society in which all people can thrive, guided by the values of optimism, integrity, kindness, excellence, and impactful action. Since its inception in 2011, when it launched a girls’ education program in Dire Dawa with an initial grant of USD 5,000, PAD has grown into a diversified, nationwide organization with strong institutional and financial management capacity. Today, PAD manages a portfolio valued at approximately USD 10 million. PAD implements programs across multiple thematic areas, including emergency humanitarian response; agriculture; health and nutrition; prevention and response to gender-based violence; child and youth development; support for migrant returnees; green livelihood development; democratization and human rights; peacebuilding; livelihood promotion and economic development; integrated support for urban destitute populations; community mental health; and the rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficking returnees.

With more than 14 years of experience in the humanitarian and development sectors, PAD maintains an active operational presence in nearly all regions of Ethiopia. In addition, PAD is an active member of national consortia, clusters, and coordination platforms, enabling the organization to expand its reach, strengthen coordination, and maximize its impact across the country.

At Self Help Africa, our mission is to alleviate hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change. We achieve this through community-led, market-based and enterprise focused approaches to agricultural development, ensuring that people with have access to: 

Nutritious food

Decent incomes and employment  Clean water and basic services All while sustaining natural resources.  Our aim is to transition communities out of long-term poverty through work that gives them greater control over their futures and provides a better quality of life.  The main focus of our work is in sub-Saharan Africa, where global hunger and poverty is most acute.  We believe that equitable economic development is key to ending poverty. 

Our core areas of focus are: 

Sustainable landscapes, resilient food systems and healthy communities. Sustainable businesses, decent employment and thriving economies. Crisis response and resilience. System strengthening and an enabling policy environment.