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Harambee Foundation Holland (HFH) is a non-profit organization set up in the Netherlands, whose activities are aimed at creating a substantial improvement of educational opportunities and living conditions in developing countries. The foundation's main focus is on primary and technical education. HFH is registered in the Chamber of Commerce in Breda, the Netherlands, number 20102573. On 1 January 2013 HFH was granted the CBF certificate of charities. In 2012 HFH was ranked number 10 of the best charities in the Netherlands by the daily newspaper ''Trouw''. HFH has also been officially acknowledged by the Dutch tax authorities as a charity (ANBI). ==History== HFH was set up on 21 June 2001. Harambee is a Swahili word which literally means pulling together. This seems to be the inspiration behind the foundation, helping provide the opportunity for the local community so they can help themselves. The root of the foundation seems to have started in 1974, when Roel Meijers worked as a mathematics teacher in Kimilili, Kenya from 1974 to 1976. Roel kept in touch with the people back in Kenya whom he had a pleasure of working with, and was able to return there in the year 1998 and 2001, this time with his wife Marianne their three boys and a group of friends. During the visit, they were able to help build some classrooms in the school he had previously worked in St Luke's Boys High School Kimilili. Following this, and with people seeing what good work they had done, more and more schools around the area were asking for the same help, and therefore Marianne and Roel saw need for some financial means to help on a larger scale. So that is why they set up HFH and started to help schools in building and renovating existing classrooms, sanitary facilities, providing educational study material, school desks, facilitating workshops and trainings and stimulating community development. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harambee Foundation Holland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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