Our partnership approach
At Vodafone Foundation, we believe in the power of collaboration to drive meaningful change.
Vodafone Foundation connects Vodafone's charitable giving and technology with the subject matter expertise of our partners, to create long-term, sustainable solutions that help to address the world’s most pressing problems.
We are not a traditional grant funding organisation and do not respond to unsolicited requests for funding. Instead, we build long-term partnerships with shared responsibility for design, delivery, evaluation and innovation.
We take a long-term approach and have worked in areas like maternal health, refugee education, digital skills, and gender-based violence for over a decade. However, we know that we are not subject matter experts. Our expertise lies in technology and digital solutions, so we need to work with others to ensure we design and deliver programmes that have a real impact and are adapted for the local contexts in which we work.
By connecting Vodafone's charitable giving and technology with expert people and ideas, we help those already doing good work to achieve results faster, more cost effectively and with a bigger social impact.
Diverse expertise
Our partners include national and local governments, international NGOs, local charities, and community groups. Some partners have a global reach, while others are local experts.
We are increasingly working with advisory boards of experts, such as survivors of domestic abuse or young people in across Europe.
