Transparency

Transparency is very important to us. That is why we are a signatory to the list of the “Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft” (in English: Transparent Civil Society Initiative)*. We are committed to making the following information available to the public online as well and keeping it up to date.

According to the last notice of exemption we received from the Marburg Biedenkopf tax office (tax number 31/250/56899) dated June 8, 2022 (assessment period 2017 to 2019), our work is exempt from corporate income tax pursuant to Section § 5 (1) No. 9 of the Corporate Income Tax Act (Körperschaftsteuergesetzes von der Körperschaftssteuer) and from trade tax pursuant to Section § 3 No. 6 of the Trade Tax Act (Gewerbesteuergesetzes).

Zinduka e.V. was registered in 2016 as a non-profit association in Marburg an der Lahn, Germany. The non-profit status exists according to §§51 Ff. AO. The non-profit association has the number 5323 in the register of associations in Marburg and the tax number is: 3125056899.

Name of the organization: Zinduka e.V.
Location of registered association: Auf dem Willem 5, 35094 Lahntal
Contact: info@zinduka-ev.org | antonia@zinduka-ev.org
Year of foundation: 2016

Our goals and constitution

Here is our constitution.

Our goal:
Zinduka e.V. is taking a stand and fighting against the female genital mutilation (“FGM”) in Kenya. All our programs contribute to the elimination of FGM. We are following the agenda of the UN (United Nations) and are therefore also determined to end FGM until the year 2030.

We are sustainably striving to improve the living environment of all people with a focus on girls and women through several educational measures.

We are following a holistic approach, some of our subjects and training areas are:

Non-judgemental and non-coercive FGM education and enlightenment
Training on the legal situation of FGM and children rights in Kenya
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Trainings in partnership with THE RAIN WORKERS
Positive Parenting trainings for parents and men
Importance of education
Career paths and opportunities
and many more…

For more concrete projects please have a look at “Application of funds”.

Zindukas decision makers and personnel structure
Please see our team

Activity Reports
Here, you can find our activity reports for the past three years

2022 – pages 4-11
2021
2020

Source of funds
Here you can find our source of funds from the past three years:

Here you can download the annual report 2022 (page 13). Our donations come mainly from private organizations and individuals.

In 2022, there was no donation from an individual that accounted for more than 10% of the total annual budget.

We control very closely on-site how funds are used. We know the prices and pay attention to every euro.

Application of funds

You can find all our projects here.

Our partners

We carefully select partner organizations according to our own criteria and implement joint projects together. We believe in the power of partnerships (SDG 17) to use joined forces, diverse expertise to create maximal and lasting solutions.

We further cooperate with:
Anti FGM Board Kenya | Migori County Government | The European Union in Kenya | Runder Tisch FGM DE