Champions
We look for brilliant, passionate people and organisations on the ground that are focused on providing humanitarian benefit in the most effective way possible.
Opportunities
Development can be a long and complicated process, we look for the gaps where we can make a difference in the here and now.
Efficiency
We use our business skills and work together with our partners to find the most viable cost-effective solutions.
Bang for buck
We focus on leveraging existing capacity to ensure maximum impact of our giving.
Tangible Impact
For greater impact and benefit to more people, we constantly look at the possibility of scale.
Our Grants
Our 2023-2024 grants distributed through the DAK Foundation were split across our areas of work as follows.
DAK Foundation grants will transition to DIN grants in 2024-2025.
Our Areas of Work
There are 4 main pillars of our work

Restorative Eye Surgery
To date 555,000 cataract surgeries funded.
There are several hundred million avoidably blind persons around the world.

Essential Medical Equipment
Range donated to over 40 countries.
Providing health networks with essential equipment that can increase efficiency and enable health care workers to deliver better care.

Women's Health
20,000 prolapse and fistula surgeries funded.
Focusing on Birth Injury Repair and Family Planning, we provide training to doctors in both surgical and conservative prolapse management.

Family Planning
Over 500,000 CYPs provided.
Enabling women to make informed decisions about whether and when to have children reduces unintended pregnancies as well as maternal and newborn deaths.