34 projects were selected in the Autumn 2025 call for projects!
With 175 projects submitted to La Guilde and the Act Your Life Foundation As of September 15, 2025, the Autumn 2025 call for projects was a real success.
This session helped to support 34 initiatives* led by French associations and their local partners. The Guild and its partners are pleased to support these initiatives with a total amount of 433,347 euros, thanks to grants of €3,000 to €20,000 per micro-project.
For the first time, on December 16, 2025, a landlords' committee The meeting, which brought together foundations, endowment funds and La Guilde, made it possible, in a context of budgetary constraints, to provide appropriate support and to support a number of quality initiatives, carried out by civil society organizations engaged in France and in the countries of operation.
We would like to warmly thank our partners who have stood by us for this unprecedented mobilization!
Association Agir pour l'Enfant – Haïti
A diversity of projects and locations
Agriculture and education These areas of intervention once again stand out as the most represented among the selected projects, together accounting for nearly half of the initiatives supported during this session. Health is also a major focus of this session, with seven initiatives aimed at improving access to care and nutrition, and at providing awareness, protection, and hygiene measures. These projects demonstrate the...The importance of strengthening care systems, particularly in contexts where women and children face significant difficulties accessing care services. These projects reflect the desire of associations to act on structural levers, essential to the sustainable improvement of living conditions for populations.
It is also worth noting that other themes are also targeted and demonstrate the innovation of the associations, such as the preservation of marine biodiversity, waste recycling, and social cohesion. The actors involved contribute together to developing responses adapted to the contexts, while contributing to global challenges.
Association Peuples Solidaires Jura – Togo
This session also highlights the wide diversity of geographical locations of the projects. Africa remains the most supported continent, with numerous projects, particularly in Togo, Madagascar and Senegal which are the three most represented countries, but also in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, or Kenya more rarely supported. This strong presence reflects both significant needs and the historical roots of community organizations in these areas. The call for projects also supports initiatives in other regions of the world, such as Latin America, where two projects were selected. Colombia and another in Haiti, but also in Southeast Asia with projects in Cambodia and the Philippines, and finally in the Middle East with a project in Syria.
Three projects were shortlisted in Burkina Faso but could not be supported by La Guilde due to the cutting of funds coming directly or indirectly from the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs to this country, during the selection of supported projects. However, the Guild and its partners remain committed to supporting organizations operating in Burkina Faso.
Some examples of supported projects
In Kenya, the Halo – Help4All association is leading a project aimed at reduce period poverty among adolescent girls thanks to three pillars: inclusive menstrual education through awareness sessions, access to quality menstrual products and the construction of an appropriate and respectful sanitary space.
For its part, the Franco-Cape Verdean Association of Moselle strengthens emergency medical management on the islands of Sao Nicolau and Maio in Cape Verde through first aid training for residents and high school students, as well as more specifically for nurses and staff at the local hospital, and the distribution of emergency equipment. The Gratitude Foundation and The Guild provide their support for this project through the Autumn 2025 call for projects.
Combating malnutrition and poverty while promoting children's education, This is the objective set by the Myosotis association in Colombia. With the consolidation of educational gardens created during the Covid-19 pandemic through new developments, the training of members of the local association Corpocam and teachers, and the opening of the system to students and parents of students, this project will strengthen education in the preservation of biodiversity and the food sovereignty of the populations.
As part of the a scheme supported by the French Development Agency dedicated to micro-development projects, The Guild finances a wide variety of projects, covering increasingly diverse geographical areas and themes. From supporting associations to the final evaluation of supported projects, including training, analysis of submitted projects, and the development of tools for those carrying out micro-projects, each step is conducted with rigor.
We thank our partners invested for many years in this system: external instructors who invest themselves voluntarily and very often on a voluntary basis, the French Development Agency which has faithfully supported us for several years, the accompanying actors including the Regional Multi-Actor Networks but also pS-Eau, the Cicle network and many others, as well as private foundations, notably the Agir sa vie foundation which has been committed to our side for 24 years.
* Subject to validation by the French Agency for the Development of Due Diligence in the Fight Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT)