SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is a non-profit international development organisation, established in the Netherlands in 1965.

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Founded1965
FocusAgriculture; Energy, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Location
Area served
More than 25 countries countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Employees
1.308
Websitesnvworld.org

Driven by the Sustainable Development Goals, SNV makes a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty by helping them raise incomes and access basic services. The organisation currently works in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.[1]

History

SNV was established as the Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers ("Foundation of Netherlands Volunteers") in 1965, under the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Originally focused on posting young Dutch volunteers to the Global South, SNV stopped working with volunteers in 1988 in response to the changing needs of host organisations and countries. SNV has since evolved to become one of the largest Dutch development organisations.

In 1993 the organisation changed its name to SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and in 2002 formally separated from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Activities

SNV currently provides capacity development services to local organisations in three sectors: Agriculture, Energy, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH).[1]

SNV's services include advice, brokering and stakeholder engagement, advocacy, fund management, results-based financing and delegated management.[2]

Organisation

SNV's Global Support Unit is located in The Hague, the Netherlands, with country offices in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and an affiliate office in Washington, DC.

SNV currently operates programmes in the following countries:

Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; DR Congo; Ethiopia; Ghana; Honduras; Indonesia; Kenya; Lao PDR; Mali; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Nicaragua; Niger; Peru; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda; Vietnam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

The organisation employed over 1.300 staff worldwide in 2018.[3]

Awards

SNV-supported programmes have won a number of international awards, including the International Energy Globe and Ashden awards for sustainable energy (2008, 2010).

  • Volunteer Ms. Pennings explaining childcare, 1965
  • Mr B. Hensen with his godchild in the Uasin Gishu District, 1965
  • Volunteers of the SNV teaching local women in Uasin Gishu, 1967
  • A volunteer of the SNV drinking beer with local farmers in Shilenda, 1967
  • An employee of the SNV teaching at the Polytechnics School, 1973
  • Boys working on metalworking at the Polytechnics School, 1973
  • A man at work at the SNV workshop for the disabled, 1973
  • SNV volunteer at the shipyard in conversation with the local representative of the Tafico project, 1976
  • An employee of the SNV among Fulani pausing under a tree in Toma, Burkina Faso, 1979

References
  1. "More about SNV". www.snvworld.org.
  2. "SNV activities". www.snvworld.org.
  3. "SNV results in 2018". www.snvworld.org.

Further reading

Media related to Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers at Wikimedia Commons

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