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Our work is possible because of the motivation and willingness of partners around the world to combine their efforts, merge their ideas, join forces with communities in Africa, and pursue the common goal of together ending extreme poverty.
Millennium Promise
Millennium Promise is a United States-based non-profit organization working to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Millennium Promise was created in part to engage the public and donors in support for the Millennium Villages project. Core activities include raising funds from the private sector, working with partner organizations to support the project and engaging the business community in the development of markets around the Villages.
Earth Institute
Our founding partner in the Millennium Villages Project, the Earth Institute is the world's leading academic center for the integrated study of the Earth, its environment, and society. From the Modi Research Group’s technology breakthroughs to the Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program’s advances in soil fertility management, EI provides world-class research and expertise on the development of science-based solutions for the Project.
Host Country Partnerships
Partnerships with countries hosting the Millennium Villages Project are essential to the success of the initiative. We engage host country government at all levels—national, regional, and local—in the planning and execution of the Project, as well as the support for major infrastructure projects, elimination of health care user fees, and more. We also work with national governments to scale up the MVP approach in their economic development plans.
Currently, we partner with 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Open Society Foundations
The Open Society Foundations (OSF) have been a critical supporter of Millennium Promise and the Millennium Villages Project from the very beginning. The OSF provides comprehensive support and leadership across a range of implementation, policy, and business development activities. Working to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens, the Open Society Foundations implement a range of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and independent media. The Foundations place a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of people in marginalized communities.
The United Nations and Other Multilateral Partners
From partnering on major public health initiatives to purchasing crop surplus for regional food aid distribution, to providing administrative, operational, and technical support, our multilateral partners help translate our efforts into high-impact action. These partners also support the scaling up of the Millennium Villages Project to the national level.
Individual, Corporate & Foundation Partners
In partnership with Millennium Promise, individuals, corporations, and foundations leverage their expertise, resources, and technology to help in many ways. Their ingenuity and commitment is increasing crop yields to reduce hunger, and fighting back malaria to lessen the burden of disease. Creative, socially-driven minds figured out a way to turn consumption in affluent countries into school meals for primary school children through an innovative fundraising model. Manufacturers are providing water pipes and fertilizer, engineers are developing off-grid systems to provide energy to remote communities, and individuals and foundations are supporting grain warehouses, revolving funds, and in some cases whole villages.
Our Partners
These partners generously support Millennium Promise and the Millennium Villages Project.
- Adessium Foundation
- Agrium Inc.
- Aid for Africa
- Runa N. Alam
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
- Alston & Bird LLP
- Amgen Inc.
- Anonymous
- Apax Foundation
- Alan and Jane Batkin
- Goetz Bechtolsheimer
- Beardwood
- Blossom Foundation
- Brightline iTV
- BuildOn
- Doug and Theresa Cahill
- CareerBuilder.com
- Carleton University
- CCMP Capital Advisors
- Dolores Connolly and Daniel Casey
- Jon S. Corzine Foundation
- Curaterra Foundation
- CyberSmart Africa
- G. Volkert H. Doeksen
- Renee and Bob Drake
- Clarence and Ann Dillon Dunwalke Trust
- Eliminate Poverty Now
- Eureko Achmea Foundation
- Finnegan Family Foundation
- George and Patricia Ann Fisher Family Foundation
- The John and Christine Fitzgibbons Foundation
- Jeffrey and Sheryl Flug
- Mimi Frankel
- Peter and Marya Frankel
- FreeAssociation
- George and Patricia Ann Fisher Family Foundation
- The Goldhirsh Foundation
- Goldman Sachs Gives
- Good Shepherd Catholic Church
- GoodAds
- Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation
- Hard Rock Café International
- Howcast
- The Hunger Site/GreaterGood.org
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (ICRAF)
- Christoph Janz
- Phillip Knight
- Dan Knox
- Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
- Korea's Gyeongsangbuk-do Province
- KPMG Member Firms
- JM Eagle
- John Legend’s Show Me Campaign
- Lenovo
- The Libra Foundation
- MCJ Amelior Foundation
- Shigeki Makino
- Marjorie Magner
- The Martin Family Foundation
- Lizanne and John Megrue Jr.
- Millennium Campus Network
- The Countess Moira Charitable Foundation
- J. Todd Morley
- The Mosaic Company
- The Nduna Foundation
- The Neuberger Berman Foundation
- Nike Foundation
- Christopher Norton
- Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
- OmniPeace
- ONEXONE Foundation
- Only the Brave Foundation
- Opportunity International
- Earl N. Phillips Jr. Family Foundation
- Pepsico Foundation
- Presbyterian Church of Basking Ridge
- Proctor & Gamble
- Kirk Radke
- Raising Malawi
- RAPJ Foundation
- Reinhart Capital Partners LLC
- Right to Play
- Pilar and Stephen Robert through the Source of Hope Foundation
- Charlotte and Henry Rosenberger
- SapientNitro
- The Schaden Family
- The Simmons Family Foundation
- Ambassador and Mrs. Clifford M. Sobel
- Soros Economic Development Fund
- Soros Foundations Network
- Stuart Family Fund
- Square One Foundation
- St. John the Evangelist Church
- The Stillwater Foundation
- The Stuart Family Fund
- Sumitomo Chemical
- Table for Two Foundation
- Time Warner, Inc. in memory of Mr. Robert Joffe
- Angelo Tomedi
- Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation
- UBI Energy & Petroleum Ghana, Ltd.
- UN World Trade Organization Sustainable Tourism
- UNAIDS
- Undercurrent
- UNFPA
- UNICEF
- UNOPS
- The United Nations Foundation
- USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- World Food Programme
- The Michael Zamkow and Sue Berman Foundation
- Waseda Prep School
Become a Partner
If you have questions or would like to learn more about becoming a partner of Millennium Promise, please contact us.