A family photo in front of their house. With the harvest.

Major donors

Transformational change begins with you

With your donation you will create possibilities for many generations

Some change take time. Other changes begin with a single decision. With a major gift, you unlock sustainable opportunities for families across Ethiopia – creating a legacy that spans generations.

For more than 45 years, Menschen für Menschen has worked alongside people in Ethiopia on their path towards a self-determined future. Together with local communities, we create possibilities through clean water, education, healthcare, social development, sustainable agriculture, and the preservation of natural resources.

As a major donor, you help set developments in motion that strengthen entire communities and have an impact for generations to come.

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Why your support can make such a difference

Sustainable development takes more than individual projects

A well provides access to water. A school opens up educational opportunities. A health clinic improves access to medical care.

But sustainable development can only take root when people receive long-term support, knowledge is shared and structures are created that will last.

Your donation helps lay the foundation for this long-term impact.

Choose the focus of your support

Every major donation is as unique as the person behind it.

Together with you, we develop a funding approach that reflects your interests, values, and goals – from supporting specific initiatives to strengthening our development work over the long term.

Support specific projects

Would you like to direct your support towards one of our focal areas? You can choose a specific topic that is particularly important to you.

Water and hygiene

Clean water changes lives. With your support, you help provide access to safe water sources and improve hygiene conditions in rural areas.

Education

Education creates opportunities and opens up prospects for the future. You support schools, learning programs, and better educational conditions for children, young people, and adults.

Health

Access to reliable healthcare saves lives. Your support strengthens health clinics, preventive care, and medical services in rural areas.

Agriculture and climate

Fertile soils and sustainable farming methods help secure people’s livelihoods. Through your support, you help families increase their yields, protect natural resources, and mitigate the effects of climate change. Measures such as reforestation, erosion control, and sustainable land management create long-term prospects for future generations.

Social development and income

Self-determined development becomes possible when people have the opportunity to shape their own future. With your support, you help provide vocational training, income-generating opportunities, savings and credit groups and initiatives that empower women and young people. In this way, you help create the conditions for families to become more economically independent and for communities to drive their own development.

Creating lasting impact

Many major donors make a conscious decision not only to support individual initiatives, but also to strengthen the foundations on which successful development work depends. After all, sustainable change requires people, knowledge, and strong structures.

Strengthening local expertise: Our Ethiopian team members work alongside local communities, share knowledge, and support people in shaping their own future.
Ensuring lasting impact: Project monitoring, quality management, and impact assessment help us build on what works and continuously improve our work over the long term.
Reaching the most isolated communities: Reliable transportation and field infrastructure ensure our teams deliver aid directly to remote villages where help is needed most.

Through this form of engagement, you help lay the foundations for development that not only gets started, but lasts.

What you can expect from working with us

Personal points of contact
Individual funding advice
Tailored funding models
Regular updates on project progress
Transparent reporting
Exclusive insights into the impact of your support
Opportunities to visit projects by prior arrangement
Opportunities to meet and exchange ideas with other donors at events
Tax deductibility of your donation

Why Menschen für Menschen?

Experience that builds trust

Over 45 years of experience in Ethiopia
A holistic approach across our five focal areas
About 530 local team members on the ground
Long-term collaboration with local communities
Sustainable development in partnership with the local population
DZI seal of approval since 1993

Let’s shape the future together

A major gift does more than transform individual lives; it strengthens entire communities for the long term. We invite you to a personal, confidential conversation to discuss how your vision can create a lasting legacy.

Peider Bach and Annemarie Balthasar look forward to connecting with you.