Brújula Intersexual visits intersex initiatives in Mexico and Colombia and holds a workshop on intersex issues in Mexico City.
2017 Annual Report Published
2017 was a great year for PlanetRomeo Foundation. We funded an unprecedented € 207,383 to 46 projects worldwide.
June 29, 2018
Talking LGBT in Iraq
Rasan Organization held a community forum in December 2017. The forum focused on LGBT issues in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
June 28, 2018
10 New Projects Granted
In our 2nd grant cycle of 2018, we funded more than € 47,000 to 10 new projects in 9 different countries.
June 21, 2018
Transmen & Gender Non-conforming Women in Malawi
CEDEP held a trans* community training in Malawi.
June 7, 2018
First LGBTI Community Center in Bulgaria
DEYSTVIE launched a virtual LGBTI community center and opened a physical center in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia.
May 3, 2018
717 LGBTI Peer Educators in Rural Villages in Kano State, Nigeria
THREAD Initiative works hard to form LGBTI communities and train its members. Their work bears fruit: 717 community members now work as peer educators.
April 25, 2018
9 New Projects Granted
We granted in total more than € 42,000 to 9 new projects in 9 different countries in the 1st quarter of 2018.
March 29, 2018
Finding an Emergency Shelter in Nigeria
Rainbow Alliance Nigeria is a community-based network of LGBT people in Abia State, Nigeria.
March 22, 2018
Community Influencers in Haiti
AREV-Haiti is an LGBTI and sex worker organization from Haiti. They fight discrimination on sexual orientation and gender identity, and LGBTI prejudice.
March 15, 2018
Record breaking year for PlanetRomeo Foundation
PlanetRomeo Foundation looks back on 2017 with pride. In total, we funded an astonishing €207,383 to 46 LGBTI projects around the world.
February 21, 2018
Empowering Intersex Initiatives
Brújula Intersexual visits intersex-led initiatives in Mexico and Colombia to provide them with necessary tools and advise to carry out projects.
February 21, 2018
FemSlam’s Roaming Pitch
So far, FemSlam from Serbia organized three soccer weekends out of a total of six.
December 14, 2017
Darna in Tunisia
‘Darna’ means ‘Our home’ in Tunisian. That’s how daily visitors perceive Mawjoudin’s social space in Tunisia.
November 22, 2017
Shelter in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Humanity First Cameroon set up a shelter for homeless LGBTs, where they can stay for a period of three months.
November 16, 2017
Intersex Day of Solidarity: news from Ukraine
On Intersex Day of Solidarity, we would like to highlight the accomplishments of Egalite Intersex Ukraine.
November 8, 2017
Workshops in Roma settlements
In Serbia, Roma Women of Vojvodina held workshops focusing on Roma LGBT people.
November 1, 2017
Capacity building in India
Solidarity Foundation helped to build the capacity of leaders of community based organizations, in order to strengthen their organization and work.
October 27, 2017
LGBT Workplace Conference in Moscow
Rainbow Association from Moscow held their conference focusing on discrimination and protection of LGBT rights in the workplace.
October 17, 2017
Q3 funding breaks all records
PlanetRomeo Foundation’s Q3 review cycle set a new record. We granted a total of € 72,230 to 16 projects around the world.
October 3, 2017
First Pride in Belize
For the first time ever, the Belizean LGBT community celebrated Pride Week, giving the LGBT community a chance to be out and proud.
September 26, 2017
Badminton and community building in Indonesia
With our funding, NEXUS Youth Network established the Bhinneka Badminton Club in Semarang, Indonesia.
September 21, 2017
Hate crime support in Ukraine
Ukraine United Tolerant People successfully developed educational training material and organized four trainings on LGBT hate crimes and legal support in the cities of Zaporozhye, Melitopol and Berdyansk.
September 14, 2017
2016 Annual Report
PlanetRomeo Foundation today publishes its 2016 Annual Report. In 2016, a total of € 91,569 was funded to 21 LGBTI projects around the world.
July 1, 2017
7 grants awarded in Q2, 2017
In the second quarter of 2017, we awarded another 7 grants, adding up to a total of € 34,000.
June 15, 2017
Chechnya support
As a result of the recent terrible events taking place in Chechnya, several individuals and organizations in the LGBTI community have reached out to us, asking if we would consider doing something to help the situation...
June 13, 2017
‘We exist’ in Armenia
With our funding, Right Side NGO from Armenia established a safe space to host their large number of activities.
June 8, 2017
8 projects funded in Q1, 2017
Russia, Malawi and Iraq. These are among the countries where we fund new projects in the first quarter of 2017. 8 projects receive a grant, adding up to a total of € 35,000 in funding.
April 13, 2017
Parents and their Trans* children
TransParent from Croatia participated in multiple panels, telling the trans* story from the parents’ perspective.
April 5, 2017
Sporty workshops in Serbia
LBT women's football initiative FemSlam from Serbia organized the first series of activities funded by PlanetRomeo Foundation.
March 30, 2017