Who is Mama Cash?

• Mama Cash is one of our philanthropic partner and ensures contributions from Ayllu are directed towards local groups doing important work.

• Mama Cash is the world’s oldest international women’s fund, founded in the Netherlands in 1983 to support feminist activism. It provides grants to self-led organizations and movements fighting for the rights of women, girls, and trans and intersex people globally. It focuses on funding structural change and, to date, has supported projects in over 60 countries, including Ecuador.

• Founded in 1983 by five women in Amsterdam—Marjan Sax, Dorelies Kraakman, Patti Slegers, Tania Leon, and Lida van den Broek.

• Their mission is to mobilize resources and support activists working for gender justice, bodily autonomy, and human rights.

• They have funded projects in Ecuador such as Las Comadres.

• Over 40 years, Mama Cash has awarded over €92 million to feminist activists and organizations worldwide.

• Because contacting, communicating and funding grassroots efforts can endanger women on the ground, our goal is to fund local activists via Mama Cash.