Our Mission

AUXFIN Foundation aims to carry out projects for Financial and Social Inclusion using the UMVA platform and Community Activation Program (CAP) to build ICT infrastructure, with the ultimate goal to combat poverty and improve living conditions, on the basis of equality and respect. The Foundation does this on a not-for-profit basis in close cooperation with the group’s companies, partners, staff and clients, by raising and providing funding.

Our Plan

In 2023 and 2024 we want to focus on supporting (1) a savings and credit project in Uganda (maximum EUR 100,000 and possibly in collaboration with the Grameen Foundation), in the north of the country where there are many refugees, (2) a revolving fund for agri inputs for smallholder farmers in Burundi (maximum EUR 40,000) and (3) for innovation studies in Rwanda, DRCongo and Tanzania. In these three countries, the potential appears to be great to set up a start-up project in the relatively short term and thus to contribute to Financial and Social Inclusion here as well.

Projects and Impacts

2016

Annual Report 2016

2015

Annual Report 2015

Who are we?

Jori Langwerde

Jori has seven years of work experience, dedicated to deploying the use of digital solutions for smallholder farmers. She is specialised in sustainable agriculture, Monitoring & Evaluation, and user feedback analysis. She holds a Master’s degree at VU University Amsterdam with an external master thesis at Wageningen University & Research. She has years of experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, working and living in Burundi, Tanzania and Ghana.

jori.langwerden@auxfin.com

Cornelis Heesbeen

Cornelis Heesbeen has more than 40 years work experience, 7 years in Finance in Developing countries, 17 years in Information Technology with companies like Airport Schiphol, SAP and i2Technologies, 17 years in accounting. He created AUXFIN INTERNATIONAL in 2013.

cornelis.heesbeen@auxfin.com

Marco Van Andel

Marco van Andel has more than 25 years work experience, 15 years in Finance in Developing countries, most notably in Mozambique and Senegal, and 10 years in Insurance. Marco holds a degree in Business Administration for the Financial Sector of Free University of Amsterdam and a Master in Development Economics from Sussex.

marcovanandel@auxfin.com

Ken Owino (Communications Officer)

Ken has over 10 years experience in strategic communication, content development, and partnership engagement. With a background in international development and media, he has worked with global organizations to strengthen visibility and impact. Ken holds degrees in Broadcast Journalism from Africa Nazarene University and Political Communication from the University of Amsterdam and Aarhus University.

kenneth.owino@auxfin-foundation.org

Reward Policy

Board

The directors receive no salary and a limited compensation for travel expenses actually incurred.
The directors do not receive any other allowances or bonuses.

Employee Remuneration Policy

The salaries of future employees will be in line with the 2016 basic advice line of Goede Doelen Nederland. There are currently no other employees in the foundation.

Funding and Tenders

The board of AUXFIN FOUNDATION will manage the assets of the foundation, the objective is to make the obtained funds available per calendar year for the execution of Financial and Social Inclusion projects by means of the systems UMVA, AUX-EL, the digital coaches and building of IT infrastructure. AUXFIN FOUNDATION will control the expenditure of the projects by means of required reports and external audits.

Plans are made every year with a focus on specific countries, target groups and technology. Various methods are provided:

Innovation calls, with 50% co-financing for smaller studies
Tender process for start up projects (<50,000 members)
Tender projects for scaling up projects (>50,000 members), including the tenders in 2 and 3 have co-financing in principle of 50%, but the 50% can be deviated from depending on the project's objectives.

Plan 2023

The board does not receive any compensation for its activities.

News

AUXFIN Joins Changemakers at World Food Day 2025

On October 16, 2025, AUXFIN Foundation joined leading voices in food systems transformation at the World Food Day 2025 event in the Netherlands. Organized by the Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP) in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, this annual gathering brings together changemakers from government, business, research, and civil society to take concrete steps toward ending hunger and strengthening sustainable food systems.

This year’s theme, “Partnerships that Feed the Future,” is a perfect match with...

A New Hope Sprouts in NDAVA-VILLAGE

Through the G50 initiative, 30 people from NDAVA-VILLAGE, located in the NDAVA zone of the BUGANDA commune, came together with a simple but powerful mission: to take control of their destiny through agriculture. The group was named GATOKE-GR1, and it consists of 9 men and 21 women, united not only by the land but also by a common vision — one of a dignified and prosperous future.

When the Land Becomes a Promise

At the start of 2025, as Season A began, the group members rolled up their sleeves. With unprecedented determination, they cultivated 18 ares of land. At harvest time, they reaped 987 k...

Your support can bring hope and comfort to those suffering from the floods

Normally, we publish Success Stories in our News section. Now we wish to ask for your support to turn human suffering into a Success Story of solidarity.

As a Netherlands-rooted company, we are familiar with the power of water, for the good and for the bad. Also recently, the Netherlands was hit by massive rains, floods and subsequent damages.

Last week we received a cry for help fromthe farmers of the G50s in Cibitoke, as they had suffered from disastrous floods. The Burundi team immediately realized that this exceptional situation required prompt action.

Let's come together in compassion an...

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