Cordaid

Cordaid is a faith-based Organization for Relief and Development Aid. It is one of the biggest international development organizations, with a network of hundreds of partner organizations in countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and has a disposable annual budget of around 166 million euros (2019).[1] Cordaid directly employs almost 1000 people, amongst them 140 are based in the Netherlands and the rest are stationed all over the world (2021). Cordaid is also known under the names of the funds it manages: Cordaid Memisa, Cordaid Mensen in Nood (People in Need), Cordaid Bond Zonder Naam (Association Without Name), Cordaid Kinderstem (Children's Voice).

Cordaid
Founded1996 (merge)
Focusstructural health, relief and reconstruction, microcredit, children in the slums
Location
Area served
31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Revenue
€115 million
Employees
400

History

Cordaid was founded in 1999 in The Hague, with the aim of helping people in distress and fighting structural poverty. It is a merge of three Dutch Catholic development organizations: Memisa Medicus Mundi (created in 1925), Mensen in Nood (People in Need, created in 1914) and Lenten Campaign/Bilance. The history of these organizations goes back to the beginning of the 20th century when they were active in the area of shelter and (missionary) care for refugees, providing direct aid in the event of disasters, medical care and direct improvement of the social and economic position of poor people.

The merger allowed the newly created NGO to benefit from broader resources, rationalized management and organization and aimed at coordinating actions and projects. Each organization became a fund with Kinderstem (Children's voice) being part of Mensen in Nood, until October 2004, when Cordaid's General Assembly voted the creation of a separate fund focusing on aid to children living in slums. Cordaid Microcredit was formed in October 2006, following the tenth anniversary of the microfinance activities. On 1 January 2007, the Dutch NGO Bond Zonder Naam (founded in 1938) joined Cordaid. Since 2012 the campaigning cooperation with the Lenten Campaign Foundation ('Vastenaktie') has ended. In the beginning of 2018, Cordaid continues its activities under the brand name Cordaid. The different funds continue to exist as topics: humanitarian aid (Mensen in Nood), health care (Memisa), education (Kinderstem), investments (Microkrediet) and poverty in The Netherlands (Bond Zonder Naam). In January 2021, the protestant organization ICCO joined forces with Cordaid, realizing the largest merger in the Dutch development sector to this day.[2]

Collaboration

Cordaid is represented in three international Catholic networks: CIDSE, Caritas International, and Medicus Mundi International. Cordaid is working closely with national and international NGOs, such as Darfur Emergency Response, Faith-Based Network, Pax Christi, STOP AIDS NOW!, Impunity Watch and United Civilians for Peace. Worldwide Cordaid works together with 264 partners for project implementation and funding.

References
  1. http://www.cordaid.nl/Over_ons/In_cijfers/Index.aspx?mId=5706
  2. "Hulporganisatie ICCO gaat op in Cordaid: 'Je redt het niet alleen'". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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