The Karibu Foundation supports alternative voices from the Global South that challenge the dominant paradigms of power, distribution, and development.

Karibu has grown out of a spirituality, a practical, faith-based commitment, and a critical and analytic understanding of power and domination in the world. The aims of Karibu are therefore to bring together and support agencies that use analytical insight, moral courage, and strategic clarity in their struggle to create a just world.

Karibu’s Primary Objectives

  ‣      Fund organizations, networks, and social movements in the Global South that challenge systemic injustice and build more just and equitable societies.

  ‣      Work with our partners to strengthen networks, build solidarity, and support collective action.

  ‣      Bring our partners’ voices, experiences, and perspectives into public debates and relevant arenas in the Global North.

Our vision is that alternative voices from the Global South, connected to questions of global justice, come forward and are heard.

Read our complete platform and profile here (in English and Norwegian).

Our name and history

The name, KARIBU, is the Swahili word for WELCOME.