At Feast in the Park, you will learn about the workings of several global partners, NGOs and fourth pillar organizations. Each of them has its own story, its own dreams and its own goals. At the World Market, the global organizations, NGOs and fourth pillar organizations explain how they work on sustainable projects every day and you can buy products.

Below you will find all the information about the organizations that were on the World Market in 2024 and you will also discover which SDG’s they focus their work on.

  • Aukas vzw

    Aukas vzw is a Belgian non-profit organization that works around education in Cambodia and aims to break the relationship between child labor, poverty and illiteracy there. The Aukas scholarship supports underprivileged students in the last four years of secondary school, as poverty is the main reason for dropout after the third year of secondary school, especially in poor rural areas.

    During the scholarship years, young people are motivated and encouraged to discover their own strengths. In order to break the cycle of poverty structurally and sustainably, Aukas works around projects supported by local people. The non-profit organization mainly offers financial and organizational support.

  • UNICEF Brugge

    UNICEF defends children’s rights worldwide and is committed to a better future for every child, providing emergency relief in disasters and conflicts, working on sustainable development programs and fighting for equal opportunities for all children.

    This year at Feest in ‘t Park, we draw extra attention to the climate crisis – a children’s rights crisis. Extreme weather events, pollution and natural disasters threaten the health, safety and future of millions of children. UNICEF is fighting for climate action to protect children and ensure their right to a safe and livable world.

    As a UN children’s rights organization, UNICEF Belgium is also strongly committed to children’s rights education. With teaching materials and workshops in schools, such as the Sacha project, children learn playfully about their rights and how they themselves can make a difference. Thanks to the efforts of volunteer groups, such as UNICEF Bruges, we can spread this awareness more widely and build a better future.

  • Vredesactie Brugge

    Peace Action is a pluralistic peace movement that advocates for a society in which conflicts are resolved without violence or threats of war. Vredesactie is an engine for the development of nonviolent action and the fulfillment of a pacifist peace policy. Vredesactie is affiliated with the pacifist movement ‘War Resisters International’ (WRI), a worldwide network of organizations, groups and individuals who subscribe to the WRI Declaration of Principles: ‘War is a crime against humanity. Therefore, I am determined not to support any form of war and to work for the elimination of all causes of war.’

  • Niemand is Illegaal

    The association Nobody is Illegal is committed to helping and supporting the refugees in Dunkirk. They collect relief goods such as clothing, sleeping bags, blankets and tents. There is currently a project to build a mobile shower in the refugee camp. Today there is no possibility of washing there and what is provided is quickly demolished back by the French government.

    “We bring what is human where the inhuman prevails. A refugee, like you, wants to be happy and give meaning to his life.

    We offer help to people on the road, but cannot do so without your help. With every contribution, you share a piece of happiness.”

  • Vrienden in Kovalam

    Friends in Kovalam is a social project of the students of Atheneum Brugge. The project supports the operation of SISP (Sebastian Indian Social Project), an NGO that aims to improve the living standards of the poorest of the poor in Kerala, South India. This is through free education, social resilience training, setting up micro-credit, counseling and financial assistance for medical treatment, food and/or school expenses.
    SISP organizes free second-chance education, and employment and social work for all, regardless of gender, religion or orientation.

  • Rode Kruis opvangcentrum Brugge

    The Red Cross reception center houses and supports 60 “applicants for international protection.”
    Residents (singles, unaccompanied minors and families) from all over the world stay there together until a final decision is made on their request. During their stay, they receive administrative, medical, psychosocial, educational and leisure support.

    In search of hope: The journey of an applicant for international protection

    During Feest in ‘t Park, the Red Cross organizes an immersion game in which visitors experience what it is like to be an applicant for international protection in Belgium. They go through an interactive journey that shows the challenges of life in a reception center. The game offers an opportunity to develop greater understanding and empathy for applicants for international protection.

    Copyright Dora Art Photography

  • 11.11.11

    11.11.11 takes action against exploitation of people and nature. Everyone – everywhere in the world – has the right to a dignified existence. To really change anything, power and resources must be distributed more fairly. We therefore turn our eyes to the world and question the current system. A just world for people and nature is possible if we put pressure together. With 11.11.11, umbrella of international solidarity, we bring people, groups and organizations together to make that change a reality. Because together we are stronger than alone.

    Throughout Flanders and Brussels, 11.11.11 is supported by its many volunteers, including in Bruges. Through their political or fundraising actions, they spread the message of international solidarity. You too can participate, in a way that suits you! Find out more at the 11.11.11 Brugge stand at ‘t FiP. Do you support or join our movement?

  • AFS Low Lands

    AFS is an international, educational intercultural organization with a network spanning more than 50 countries. AFS prepares future global citizens to take an active role in a globalized world and super-diverse societies. One way we do this is through training and intercultural exchanges. Local AFS volunteers are the driving force of our organization. They support participants and families during their intercultural journey, help determine the organization’s policy and are the point of contact for schools and local organizations.

  • Komerbi vzw

    Komerbi works with a very diverse audience. Young people and parents from different backgrounds can come to Komerbi for free activities and homework help. Besides offering warm care to members close by, the non-profit organization also organizes activities that raise money and supplies for underprivileged people from other parts of the world. In this way, Komerbi encourages young people to show citizenship and do their bit for society. Komberbi works together with partners within Bruges and beyond, such as Al Minara from Ghent.

  • Regionale werkgroep Plan International Brugge

    Plan International has been a member of the Global Council in Bruges for many years. Plan International Belgium is committed to the rights of children and girls in particular. Just think of rejecting child marriages, avoiding unwanted pregnancies and providing educational opportunities.
    The regional working group seeks to raise awareness and funds. The main focus is on SDGs around gender and education.

  • vzw Elasha

    Vzw Elasha supports the initiative of its partner organisation COOMIAP in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kasai Central). This cooperative wants to bring development with the construction of a decent school. There is no school worthy of the name in the wider area.

    Asbl Elasha will take care of publicity, fundraising and networking in Belgium.

    While waiting for sufficient funds to build the school, a drinking water point has already been realised there and a food forest is also being planted. Thousands of bricks are already being baked. The Elasha committee organises information evenings and stands at events, newsletters and so on in East and West Flanders. Laterally, second-hand material is also collected for school, when it is not in stock in Congo.

    www.elasha.

  • vzw Casa Maín Vlaanderen

    Casa Maín Vlaanderen is a non-profit organization that supports a home for girls in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The home is responsible for the care and education of 120 girls between the ages of 4 and 18, placed by the city’s youth protection department. The Don Bosco sisters who run the home provide a home, security and education for these girls so that they can later be independent in life.

  • Oxfam Wereld winkel

    Oxfam Wereld winkel is a democratic volunteer movement fighting against inequality and for economic justice. This is how Oxfam ensures that everyone can live a decent life and fully exercise every fundamental right. At Oxfam-Wereldwinkels you will find a wide range of Fairtrade products. By purchasing them, you support the drive for structural change in the trading system, and for sustainable and fair trade with respect for people and planet.

  • KIYODEL vzw

    KIYODEL vzw: Creating opportunities for vulnerable youth in Uganda

    KIYODEL vzw is committed to serving the most underprivileged, vulnerable and marginalized youth living in poverty in the rural areas of Rwoho (Ntungamo district) in Uganda. Many of these youth drop out of school due to a variety of challenges, such as lack of financial resources, remoteness from educational institutions and lack of sanitary hygiene products, which prevent girls in particular from completing their education.

    To break this vicious cycle, KIYODEL focuses on strategies and activities that encourage young people to be innovative and create opportunities for their own development.

    With the establishment of a training center, KIYODEL offers young people the opportunity to acquire practical skills that enable them to become self-reliant. The center supports them in pushing boundaries, setting up their own business or increasing their chances for local employment. In this way, KIYODEL actively contributes to the fight against poverty, child marriage and unemployment.

    By building its own training center, KIYODEL aims to have a sustainable impact on the community and a future where young people have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

  • Amnesty International Brugge

    Amnesty International is a global, independent and non-partisan organization of more than 10 million people who advocate for human rights. In many countries, people, communities and organizations are persecuted, threatened or killed for protecting their communities and the natural environment.

    The Bruges Local Group campaigns for better protection of human rights in the Great Lakes region (Africa), Colombia, Israel-Palestine and the Middle East and North Africa region.

    At Feest in ‘t Park, Amnesty will introduce some of these organizations and also explain how they are active locally and forge partnerships by working with “Bruges dialogue city” through the Bruges Poverty Advisory Council, as well as with Bruges poverty associations as part of the World Day of Resistance to Extreme Poverty on Oct. 17.

  • African Women Work

    At Chéry Faso, you don’t just buy a product, you buy the story of 36 strong moms from the village of Boni in Burkina Faso. The women founded their own organization and traditionally make shea butter, a premium product that they sell at a fair price determined by them.

    This gives them an independent income, their own bank account and two production centers in the village. By choosing direct trade with women’s organizations in Burkina Faso and Ghana, Chéry Faso pays a fair purchase price for a (h)fair product. Moreover, of the sales profits from each jar of shea butter, each bottle of oil and each bar of soap, half goes back to the women at the source. Direct trade, a transparent story through fair trade of pure care products.

    At Feest in ‘t Park, the organization very clearly represents the partnership with women’s organizations with images, info brochures you will learn Chéry her personal story.

  • Paadhai vzw

    Paadhai wants to give underprivileged ‘forgotten’ children in South India (Chennai, Valasaravakkam district) the opportunity to grow up to become resilient adults. To increase their chances of a decent future, the non-profit organization focuses on providing shelter and education.

    Paadhai supports sustainable development projects. For example, a training center was started up to give extra support to children who cannot keep up and to prepare adults for recruitment exams. Attention is also given to strengthening the position of women within Indian society through awareness campaigns and by providing micro-credit and education.

  • Crea Thera International

    LIBANON – I SEE YOU

    In 2020, the explosion in Beirut destroyed the port, killing 200 and injuring thousands, exacerbating the already existing crisis in Lebanon. Many young people live in a constant state of uncertainty due to this tragedy and the recent escalation of violence between Israel and Lebanon.

    The I SEE YOU project, in partnership with NGO LOYAC, provides a therapeutic space for vulnerable youth-refugees and Lebanese youth-to process their trauma through musical theater. In 2025, two groups will participate in the project, ending with a performance the local and wider community. LOYAC will provide continuation of the project by 2 volunteers trained to work with music and theater.

    BOSNIË – Music in Osmace
    In the remote mountain village of Osmace, where Crea Thera gave her first workshops, we run a music project for the children of survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide (Bosnia). During musical weeks in spring and fall, children can sing, play instruments and do theater exercises, and the project ends with a performance for the local community. Crea Thera informs at Feest in ‘t Park about the importance of creative therapeutic work with vulnerable children and youth.
     

  • CATAPA vzw

    CATAPA asbl is an organisation working around the ecological and social implications of mining, mainly from a historical connection with Latin America. Mining is an activity that disrupts entire communities, environments and animal populations. Drinking water is polluted and draws health from nearby farmland, impacting the way of life of indigenous groups around this area. The organisation strongly believes in Degrowth and links the mining story to planned obsolescence, a deliberate strategy by (electronics) manufacturers to make products in such a way that they fail prematurely (think printers that suddenly stop working, mobile phones or computers that become frustratingly slow due to deliberate updates …). Because of the lack of repair and recycling options, people then quickly scramble to buy a new device. This imposed consumption pattern puts a lot of pressure on the metal industry and thus mining.

  • Vrienden van Tshilomba vzw

    The Friends of Tshilomba is a small organisation founded by Father Scheutist Karel Van Laer. He was active for 47 years in various places in the East Kasai region. Struck by the difficult living conditions in this remote region, he decided to roll up his sleeves together with the local population and focus mainly on education as a weapon against poverty.

    The main aim of the ASBL is to raise funds to support the partner group on the spot Balunda ba Tshilomba in the realisation of a number of structural and sustainable projects (e.g. renovating and building schools, literacy training for teenage girls) for the benefit of the weakest groups in society (children, teenagers, single women). The ASBL also supports the Mamu Angélique orphanage in Mbuji-Mayi where 72 orphans or children accused of witchcraft have found a safe home.

  • Child-Help vzw

    Child-Help asbl is a Belgian non-profit organisation for international cooperation.

    Child-Help’s mission is to enable a generation in which children with spina bifida (spina bifida) and hydrocephalus (hydrocephalus) become driven adults in an inclusive society. Child-Help asbl works together with partners all over the world to achieve this.

    Child-Help is committed to making the care and treatment of spina bifida and hydrocephalus accessible by translating global knowledge into viable care in countries where care is inadequate.

    Child-Help aims to improve the quality of life of people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and their families in countries in the South through cooperation with international and local partners.

    Child-Help supports self-help groups to fight within the country for better care and an inclusive society. These self-help groups strive for their own governments to take responsibility.

    Child-Help is committed to preventing these disabilities through primary prevention, including the distribution of folic acid to women of childbearing age.

    In Belgium, Child-Help asbl wants to publicise the issue of these conditions and raise financial support to fulfil its mission.

    Meer information: www.child-help.be 

  • Damiaanactie vzw

    Damiaanactie is a Belgian medical non-profit organisation dedicated to helping people with leprosy, tuberculosis and other diseases that particularly affect the most vulnerable populations.

    Contribute with all its might to achieving the WHO goal of ending the epidemic of  tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases such as leprosy and leishmaniasis by 2030.

    Access to healthcare as a lever for a more just world.

    Many factors such as poverty, malnutrition and poor living conditions influence the spread of epidemics. To give every patient the best chance of recovery, we strive for high quality diagnosis, treatment and care. At the same time, we organise awareness campaigns, training, invest in research and carry out targeted medical interventions.

    And we go even further! Our work is part of a holistic approach aimed at removing barriers at every stage of the patient’s journey. It is about providing essential socio-economic support to the most disadvantaged, combating discrimination and establishing sustainable partnerships with local organisations, public health structures, governments and NGOs operating in the countries where we are present.

    On demand

    Damien Action only intervenes at the request of local authorities. They know best where and when medical help is needed.

    Long-term projects 

    Damien Action is only committed to long-term projects. After all, patients await tough and long-term treatment.

    Local staff 

    We work in the project countries mainly with local staff. They speak the language and gain the trust of patients and their relatives more easily.

  • Broederlijk Delen

    Woven into our mission and vision are the following SDGs:

    1: No poverty
    2: No hunger
    3: Reduce inequality
    17: Partnership to achieve goals

    Broederlijk Delen strives for a sustainable world without inequality. Because there is enough for everyone. Yet people live in poverty. Sharing and redistribution. And investing in the own plans of the poorest communities in partner countries. For us, that is the solution.

    Next, we focus on 3 areas:
    1. Political voice and participation
    2. Global solidarity
    3. Commodities and food systems.

    The SDGs below are woven into this:
    SDG 13: Climate Action: With our 25% revolution, we are fighting for sustainable system change. We fight against unjust systems we experience in our partner countries, such as monoculture, seed patenting by multinationals, mining, … through lobbying, legal work….
    SDG 5: Gender equality internationally
    We empower women in their local communities so that they too have a voice. We empower women through participation in our programmes in our partner countries….
    SDG 3: Good health and well-being.
    We empower local farmers and communities in their agro ecological farming which then contributes to the local food supply.
    We fight in several countries against mining and extractivism that pollute their soil and water, cause land conversion, chemical pollution…. and pose a risk to the welfare of local people.

    We plan to dress up our booth mainly with photo material about our partners and a visual representation of our 25% revolution.

  • Wereldhuis West-Vlaanderen

    Wereldhuis West-Vlaanderen is de plaats waar het Provinciaal mondiaal beleid vorm krijgt. Een bevraging van de achterban toont aan dat het Wereldhuis gewaardeerd wordt als fysieke plek waar Provinciaal Mondiaal Beleid, beleid integratie en haar partners een plek krijgen. De kruispuntfunctie (samenwerken en verbinden) van verschillende stakeholders en de laboratoriumfunctie van het wereldhuis -onderzoeken en durven/kunnen/mogen falen- wordt als uniek gezien. Er zijn reglementen voor ondersteuning van Zuidpartners, educatieve en sensibiliserende activiteiten in West-Vlaanderen en buitenlandse stages. Daarnaast is er ook een documentatiecentrum met een grote collectie rond NT2 en rond wereldburgerschapseducatie.

  • Himalayan Projects

    Himalayan projects, as a Belgian non-profit organisation with a heart for the primal cultures in the developing countries around the Himalayas, focuses on caring for Nepalese disadvantaged groups. In particular, projects aims to create opportunities for women, people with disabilities and children.

    The non-profit organisation improves educational opportunities by providing school infrastructure and educational materials. Besides the voluntary commitment of teachers from here, Nepali teachers are paid and there is also a study fund for higher studies. Medical aid is provided by providing medical posts, medical mobile camps, prevention campaigns and a fund for urgent hospitalisations.

    Furthermore, funds go towards providing clean drinking water for remote villages and rebuilding after natural disasters. Recently, a sanitation project in a public school was completed and a major project on drinking water supply in a remote village in earthquake zone was started. There is also an emergency fund for urgent financial assistance to the underprivileged.

  • Vzw Kitanda

    Vzw Kitanda is a Bruges-based association that wants to help the weakest in society. The current focus is on developing a water supply with semi-economic opportunities for a very poor community in Kenya.

    The provision of water and toilets, the start-up of agriculture, fish farming and a chicken farm for own food production, and the support in developing educational opportunities have a positive impact on health and strengthen the communities of the people in Kenya and Northern Nigeria where the association is developing its projects.

  • Vredeswijzer

    Vredeswijzer was founded from the need for a loving and peaceful world without discord, wars and attacks on nature, people or other living beings. Vredeswijzer brings together methods for resolving conflicts and caring for fellow human beings and the planet.

  • Nkongolo School Support

    Our project ‘Nkongolo School Support’ supports the Nkongolo school in Zambia. The school was established as a state school (under local government authority) by Mr Gordon for the children of workers at ‘Sable Farms’. As a state school, this school strictly follows Zambian education rules which is positive, but sometimes restrictive for those involved.
    We strive for inclusive and quality education (SDG 4) for all, giving all students equal opportunities. Currently, there is a shortage of classrooms and classrooms are too small compared to the number of students. Renovating and expanding the building (SDG 9) will enable all pupils to be taught equally and at the same time. Apart from primary education, they would also like to provide space for pre-school education.
    There is also a need for better furnishings and educational materials in the classrooms.
    Besides classrooms, sanitary infrastructure is an important point of attention. (SDG 6)
    We would like to make efforts to empower the teachers involved to further develop their pedagogical project and didactic approach towards a dynamic learning environment where children can develop their talents.

  • Stichting Ray of Light

    Stichting Ray of Light, founded by writer and humanist Bruce Cerew, is dedicated to making underprivileged women and children in rural Nigeria self-reliant and independent. This is done by transferring technology and promoting vocational training. It also focuses on sustainable development and the environment, for example within agricultural production or the provision of clean drinking water. Thus, five large wells have already been realised and 150 solar street lights have been installed in various Nigerian villages. Furthermore, more than 20,000 solar lamps working on solar energy replacing dangerous paraffin lamps were distributed.

  • Grootouders voor het klimaat

    The Bruges branch of the Grandparents for Climate came into being in early 2020 among some people from Bruges who participated in the Youth Marches for Climate.

    Today, we are part of a global movement of people concerned about global warming caused by massive greenhouse gas emissions. We want to keep our blue planet livable and thus pass it on to our children and grandchildren.

    We inform and sensitise the Bruges population about our use of energy: phasing out fossil fuels and increasing the use of renewable energy. The social aspect in this is important: better home insulation and the use of solar energy, for example, should not only be there for the happy few, but via government support also for people who are struggling financially. After all, the gain here is twofold: more climate care AND more living comfort.

    We also put pressure on the policy. In Bruges, we are monitoring the elaboration of the new 2025-2030 administrative agreement. We see to it that the necessary budgets are determined for the climate themes in that agreement. We also participate in the sounding board group of the Bruges city council’s climate plan. We must also take recent action to improve public transport and preserve scarce open spaces in the Bruges region.

    Contact 

    Would you like to participate or do you have a question?

    Mail to regiobrugge@grootoudersvoorhetklimaat.be 

  • Eco Granja Buvuma

    Victoria Vanilla Eco Granja Buvuma is a project located on Buvuma Island in Lake Victoria off the coast of Uganda, near Jinja. The 100,000 islanders are poor and have almost no access to facilities such as schools and hospitals. On a plantation of some 24 hectares in the village of Bumazime, everything (currently avocado and vanilla) is grown completely organically, with respect for nature. The project works only with villagers and as much as possible with local resources. The intention is to advance the local community, especially the women, and get them involved in the labour-intensive cultivation and ripening of vanilla.

    With the motto “Think Green”, the organisation aims to motivate farmers on the island to plant more trees for more diversity in the environment of Lake Victoria and the island in general.

  • Greenpeace

    Greenpeace Belgium has been committed for years to protecting our planet, as well as social justice? The climate crisis affects us all, but particularly affects the most vulnerable groups in our society. Low-income people, indigenous communities, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and people who experience racism are often hit hardest. They are more exposed to poverty, discrimination and violence, making it extra difficult to adapt to a changing climate.

    This is why we campaign for climate justice: because climate care is also people’s work.

    Greenpeace & SDG 13 – Climate action

    Greenpeace is fighting climate change globally, in line with United Nations SDG 13: ‘Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.’

    What does Greenpeace do?

    • More renewable energy: Advocates for wind and solar energy.

    • Protest and action: Peaceful actions to put pressure on governments and companies.

    • Research: Reports on the biggest polluters and their impact.

    Doel:

    De opwarming van de aarde beperken tot maximaal 1,5°C en zorgen voor een eerlijke, duurzame toekomst.

    Greenpeace en de connectie met de sdg’s

    “Greenpeace is een wereldwijde milieuorganisatie die zich inzet voor een groene en vreedzame toekomst. Wat veel mensen niet weten, is dat hun werk nauw aansluit bij de Duurzame Ontwikkelingsdoelen van de Verenigde Naties, ook wel de SDG’s genoemd. Deze 17 doelen vormen samen een mondiale agenda om armoede, ongelijkheid en klimaatverandering tegen te gaan vóór 2030.” Hieronder een overzicht van de sdg’s waar greenpeace de meeste aansluiting mee heeft.

    Klimaatactie – SDG 13

    “Een van de belangrijkste SDG’s waar Greenpeace aan bijdraagt is SDG 13: Klimaatactie. Ze voeren wereldwijd campagnes tegen de vervuiling door fossiele brandstoffen, en zetten zich in voor een snelle overstap naar schone energie zoals zon en wind. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan acties tegen oliebedrijven of protesten bij klimaatconferenties.”

    Bescherming van oceanen – SDG 14

    “Greenpeace strijdt ook voor de bescherming van onze oceanen. Ze voeren actie tegen overbevissing, tegen de plasticsoep en pleiten voor het instellen van grote beschermde zeegebieden. Hiermee dragen ze direct bij aan SDG 14: Leven in het water.”

    Bescherming van bossen en biodiversiteit – SDG 15

    “Een ander speerpunt is het beschermen van bossen, zoals het Amazonegebied. Greenpeace legt de verbinding tussen ontbossing, landbouwindustrie en klimaatverandering. Ze werken ook aan het behoud van bedreigde diersoorten. Dit sluit aan bij SDG 15: Leven op het land.”

    Duurzame consumptie – SDG 12

    “Via campagnes tegen plastic en fast fashion richt Greenpeace zich op onze consumptiepatronen. Ze willen dat bedrijven verantwoordelijker omgaan met grondstoffen en minder afval produceren. Dit past perfect binnen SDG 12: Verantwoorde consumptie en productie.”

    Andere doelen

    “Ook andere SDG’s worden geraakt, zoals SDG 7 (Betaalbare en duurzame energie), SDG 6 (Schoon water), en zelfs SDG 3 (Gezondheid), omdat milieuvervuiling ook onze gezondheid bedreigt.”

    Conclusie

    “Hoewel Greenpeace geen officiële partner is van de Verenigde Naties, werkt de organisatie wel in lijn met veel van deze doelen. Hun acties, rapporten en campagnes helpen om de SDG’s onder de aandacht te brengen én om echte verandering af te dwingen.”

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