They are Hivos People Unlimited.

Hivos seeks new and creative solutions to persistent global problems; solutions created by people taking their lives into their own hands.

Pioneering Microfinance
Granting loans, instead of giving to the poor, was a radical idea in the late sixties. Hivos' first director, an economist, recognized its potential for development. He was convinced that lending money would enable people to make their own choices and that it acknowledges their potential to do so. To this day, we are always on the lookout for innovative ways to finance social change.

Pioneering sexual rights and diversity
Hivos was one of the first organizations to recognize that the HIV/Aids epidemic is more than just a medical problem. As early as 1991, we declared the disease a human rights issue, linking it to discrimination, lack of knowledge and taboos surrounding sexuality. We still stand out as one of the few organizations that advocates for the rights of key affected populations.

Pioneering ICT
In the earliest days of the internet, Hivos realized its potential to give people access to information. In 1995, we became one of the first development organizations with a website. Soon thereafter, ICT was integrated into our work, first focusing on access to internet for all. Later on, our focus shifted towards using ICT and media to make everybody's voice heard, resulting in initiatives supporting digital and investigative journalism, online activism, tech hubs and the use of drones to monitor the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

Their mission is to innovate for social change. With smart projects in the right places, we work towards more open and green societies