CEDEP held a trans* community training in Malawi.
First LGBTI Community Center in Bulgaria
DEYSTVIE launched a virtual LGBTI community center and opened a physical center in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia.
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.
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.
Finding an Emergency Shelter in Nigeria
Rainbow Alliance Nigeria is a community-based network of LGBT people in Abia State, Nigeria.
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.
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.
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.
FemSlam’s Roaming Pitch
So far, FemSlam from Serbia organized three soccer weekends out of a total of six.
Darna in Tunisia
‘Darna’ means ‘Our home’ in Tunisian. That’s how daily visitors perceive Mawjoudin’s social space in Tunisia.
Shelter in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Humanity First Cameroon set up a shelter for homeless LGBTs, where they can stay for a period of three months.
Intersex Day of Solidarity: news from Ukraine
On Intersex Day of Solidarity, we would like to highlight the accomplishments of Egalite Intersex Ukraine.
Workshops in Roma settlements
In Serbia, Roma Women of Vojvodina held workshops focusing on Roma LGBT people.
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.
LGBT Workplace Conference in Moscow
Rainbow Association from Moscow held their conference focusing on discrimination and protection of LGBT rights in the workplace.
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.
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.
Badminton and community building in Indonesia
With our funding, NEXUS Youth Network established the Bhinneka Badminton Club in Semarang, Indonesia.
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.
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.
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.
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...
‘We exist’ in Armenia
With our funding, Right Side NGO from Armenia established a safe space to host their large number of activities.
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.
Parents and their Trans* children
TransParent from Croatia participated in multiple panels, telling the trans* story from the parents’ perspective.
Sporty workshops in Serbia
LBT women's football initiative FemSlam from Serbia organized the first series of activities funded by PlanetRomeo Foundation.
Soccer tournaments in Zimbabwe
Pakasipiti Zimbabwe combined fun and sports with LBT rights.
Leadership manual in Ghana
Solace Brothers Foundation in Ghana worked together with LGBT community members to develop a training manual for current and future community leaders.
NEXUS Unity Cup Indonesia
NEXUS Youth Network held its first Unity Cup Badminton Tournament in Semarang, Indonesia.
Women’s soccer in Cameroon
Association pour la Valorisation de la Femmes (AVAF) in Cameroon organized several educational, sports and recreational activities over a ten-month period.