The Liechtenstein Development Service (LED) is a private-law foundation of the people and government of Liechtenstein that was founded in 1965 and provides official development aid on behalf of Liechtenstein’s government.
LED works especially in rural regions in the fields of education, health and rural development giving priority to gender issues, social justice and the environment in all respects.
The LED is committed to a world where …
- women and men are able to take their fate into their own hands and where human rights apply to everybody.
- all people are able to satisfy their basic needs: food, safety, education and health.
- paying fair wages and prices is the rule.
- the natural resources are shared with future generations.
- conflicts are solved by peaceful means.
- cultural diversity is seen as an asset and cultivated accordingly.
Objectives
- give assistance and hope to disadvantaged people in countries with
- weak economies by financing specific projects.
- cooperate with project partners from Europe and the target countries on a long-term basis and with a sense of commitment.
- provide much needed know-how through experts.
- further the exchange between rich and poor countries and among poor countries.
- stand for the interests and points of view of the people from the target countries in Liechtenstein.
- increase the solidarity of Liechtenstein’s population and make it visible at home and abroad.
Priority countries
Southern Africa
- Zimbabwe: Rural Development (Food security)
- Zambia: Education
- Mozambique: Rural Development (Food security)
West Africa
- Senegal: Rural Development (Food Security)
- Mali: Rural Development (Food Security)
- Burkina Faso: Rural Development (Food Security) / Education
- Niger: Rural Development (Food Security) / Education
Latin America
Eastern Europe
- Moldova: Education (Vocational Training, disadvantaged groups)
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