ELMA Foundation
- F Funder
Description
The ELMA Foundation invests in organizations that improve the lives of children in Africa. Focus areas include building the workforce to support children; improving maternal and newborn care; early childhood development; ensuring that children and adolescents with HIV are identified, treated early, and maintained on treatment; eliminating neglected tropical diseases, and private sector solutions to improve access to quality health and education. Investments in early childhood development are concentrated in Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia.
Primary Functions
- Funding
Secondary Functions
- N/A
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
Other
- Early childhood development
Other skills
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- School quality
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Food/water security
- HIV and STIs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- New York, New York, United States of America
Office location(s)
- South Africa
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- South Africa
- Uganda
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe