Last year we supported pioneers with almost 2.7 million Euro

In 2004, at least thousand pioneers made a request to MIVA, the organisation behind oneMen. As a relatively small organisation, we can unfortunately only help a limited number of those requests. Therefore we look to where the need is the most urgent and where our support can be of the greatest benefit. In this way we helped 218 pioneers last year and we financed 334 means of communication and transportation worth almost 2.7 million Euro. A splendid result, certainly when you consider that this was achieved without any government subsidy - thus entirely with your gifts!

You can make their work more effective

This money went to pioneers who help the local people to provide for their own basic requirements and to support initiatives in the area of human rights, education and health care.

For example, via oneMen you can help pioneers who work in small-scale health centres in isolated locations. Information programmes are often offered and provided in such centres to meet the needs of people living tens of kilometres from such centres.

You also support pioneers working for women's projects which organise women into self-help groups so that they are no longer as dependant on their husbands or families.

In the area of human rights, you can think of pioneers who offer legal assistance to women, children, street children or native people.

Working with very few people, all these pioneers can be seen as indispensable for a large area. For the pioneers, the means of transportation and communication are of inestimable value and are often absolutely essential for them in order to continue their work. It is evident that through the use of a bike, car, mini-bus, boat, pick-up, computer or internet, the pioneers can reach a much greater area and therefore many more people.

In which countries does oneMen support pioneers?

Download (Pdf file 418 Kb) the 2005 review of oneMen/MIVA (Dutch only). Click with the right mouse button on the file and choose 'Save target as..' in order to download the file.