Organisation

SOS FAIM - Luxembourg

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Organisation general information

Organisation name: 

SOS Faim - Action pour le Développement - Luxembourg

Founding year: 

1993

Country: 

Luxembourg

Total number of staff: 

21

Resources dedicated to microfinance: 

4

Percentage of microfinance activities: 

Between 20 and 50%

Type of organisation: 

Non profit

 

NGO, Network/Association/Platform

Organisation's contact person

Contact person: 

Mr. Thierry Defense

Address: 

17-19, avenue de la Libération
L-3850
Schifflange
Luxembourg

Email:

thierry.defense@sosfaim.org

Website:

www.sosfaim.org

Phone: 

+352 49 09 96 21

Organisation summary

Mission: 

The main goal pursued by SOS Faim is to reduce hunger and proverty in the rural area:

• By supporting farmer agriculture and its actors in developing countries, namely by enabling them to carry out concrete and efficient actions in order to improve their income and to defend their interests. SOS Faim supports mainly farmer organisations, as well as MFIs
• By raising awareness in Northern populations in order to influence policies having an impact on hunger and poverty in developing countries

Type of intervention: 

• Subsidies / donations in money
• Subsidies in staff time (e.g. technical assistance/capacity building, evaluation)
• Subsidies in staff time (e.g. research / information dissemination)
• Subsidies in staff time (e.g. policy advice / development / lobby)
• Subsidies in staff time (e.g. networking/ donor / coordination)
• Long term credits and guarantee fund for agriculture in Mali and Burkina Faso (www.agriplus.lu)

Countries of intervention: 

Africa

Areas of intervention: 

• Intermediate level: Community-based finance solutions, Rural finance, Value chain development, Social impact/performance, Gender
• Micro level: Capital/equity investments, Financial product development and innovation, Performance (financial and social), Ratings and external audits, Strategic planning, Marketing, Management information systems

Main competences: 

• Supporting rural MFIs or peasant organizations developing financial system for their members
• Accompanying limited number of partners in a real partnership process