Making progress
together
Just like the Penduka women work together to advance, Penduka has created vital partnerships in order to advance. Penduka believes in long-term relationships with its partners. Nationally and internationally. With other non-governmental organisations, with governments and enterprises, with artists and educational establishments. Penduka's partners are active in a wide range of sectors and disciplines. Anybody that can help Penduka realising its goals, is welcome as a partner. Penduka's partners:
The Penduka Foundation Multicultural
This Foundation supports Penduka from the Netherlands. It supports Penduka by giving advice on product sales and development. Foundation Penduka Multicultural raises funds for specific projects for Penduka Namibia. The foundation is also the European distributor for Penduka's products. If you want to volunteer for Penduka in Namibia you can contact this foundation.
Moving Mountains
Uses Penduka's products and handicrafts for interior design concepts for companies, institutions and hotels.
Centre for International Development Groningen
Promotes fair trade to companies in Groningen working together with Penduka.
Bloooms
For its collection of sustainable bamboo furniture Bloooms uses fabrics that have been treated by Penduka women.
House of Design Groningen
Design portal that offers designers from Groningen a stage. Penduka is a member of the House of Design and works together with designers that are affiliated with the House of Design.
Buro Reng
Office for graphic design and communication.
Buro Reng tries to make constructive suggestions, designs and develops communication for Penduka.
Design Academy Eindhoven
Selected Penduka for a cooperation of their 'Man and Humanity' department. Young international designers give Penduka input and they design products that can make daily life for Penduka women much easier.
Namibia Working group.
Helps Penduka raise funds and the group helps with the sale and promotion of Penduka products.
Worldschool
Involves young people in international development. Worldschool allows young people to do research into the issues that Penduka has to deal with in its daily practice.
Partin
A Dutch umbrella organisation for private initiatives that are registered as a public benefit organisation. Penduka is a Partin member.
Erna Beumers
The Dutch ambassador for Penduka.
Satu Miettinen
Works for the Savonia University for Applied Sciences in Kuopio, Finland. She works with Penduka on education and on expositions in the Netherlands and Finland on amongst other things, Namibia and Penduka.
Eames Demetrios
Is a professional storyteller and film-maker from New York. He came up with the kcymaerxthaere-stories, stories that give an alternative perspective on world history. The kcymaerxthaere stories are embroidered by Penduka women.
Isandi Konsept
Sells Penduka products in Norway.
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs Namibia
Works together with Penduka on the tuberculosis programme that was set up in 1998.
Hospitality Association of Namibia
Assists Penduka's tourist department in Namibia on travel reservations and education.
Namibia Craft Centre
Sells Penduka products in the centre of Windhoek, Namibia's capital.
