Legacy of War Foundation is an international charity providing support to civilians affected by conflict. We aim to start conversations, build collaborations, and support communities.
You can help us in our work – wherever you are. We strongly believe that the smallest act can create change.
We know the people best equipped to create change, and our greatest asset as an organisation, are our beneficiaries themselves - or, as we call them, partners. So we build projects from the group up with direct input from our partners, and aim for all our programs to be self-sustaining within five years.
It was Land for Women partner, and Rwandan genocide survivor, Olive who inspired our flagship program’s ethos. When asked what we could do to help her community, she replied, “give us the land to grow”. So that’s what we’ve done. Land for Women combines sustainable cooperative farming with a groundbreaking land transfer model, and reflects our priorities of sustainability, affordability and education. Each cooperative lifts up to 100 people out of poverty.
In Lebanon, Europe and around the world, we work with vulnerable refugees with complex needs.
In 2022 we launched an extensive Ukraine Crisis Response, working closely with partners on the ground to provide targeted support for supporting marginalised groups (including internally displaced families, and adults and children with disabilities) with specialist evacuation support, shelters and humanitarian aid.
Lastly, we educate and campaign around the impact of conflict. Our No More War project, launched in 2021, highlights the costs of twenty years of war following 9/11 with artistic collaborations to drive conversation and create change. We also support artists whose lives have been impacted by war, commissioning and amplifying their work.
As an organisation we stand for equal rights, equal opportunities and aim to set an example within the sector. We avoid the need for expensive offices or inflated wages, and ensure that 90% of the funds we raise go to our projects.