The PATRIP Foundation was set up in November 2011 by the German state-owned KfW Development Bank on behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office, which remains PATRIP’s largest donor.

The PATRIP Foundation works together with trusted NGO partners to support border communities facing challenges of isolation, violence, and poverty.

PATRIP’s overall goal is to contribute to more stability in fragile regions, in terms of secured access to public services, as well as cross-border trade and community integration.

To achieve this, PATRIP’s projects mainly focus on building vital infrastructure and facilitating community dialogue in remote and fragile regions.

By working to connect communities to services, opportunities, and to each other, PATRIP fosters the conditions necessary for them to unlock their potential for social and economic exchange, growth, and overall development.

To deliver quality projects in two very different contexts, PATRIP works with pre-assessed NGO partners, a strong monitoring team on the ground, as well as frequent workshops in the project regions in order to provide plenty of opportunity for exchange among PATRIP and its partners.