Transforming lives one at a time
Funding Impact to empower livelihoods
Our Mission
GIFT ‘s mission is to encourage “lucky” individuals to commit meaningfully to sustainably transform the lives of disadvantaged children and adolescents and empower them to escape their “bad luck” to lead a self-directed existence.
Give it Forward Magic
On the fund raising side
Beyond a monetary contribution, each donor is encouraged to find two or more donors in their network, thus making the Give It Forward magic also work on the fundraising side
Do good, feel good
On the giving side
We encourage the beneficiaries of our donations to, in turn, give forward their good fortune to two or more disadvantage people through money, acts of kindness or simply through caring for others in their community
We Believe in Doing Good Better
We aim at using facts, evidence, and reasoning to do the most good in the world.
We commit to due diligencing associations in a way that ensures our giving has the meaningful impact on lives it intends to have.
We provide multiyear and unrestricted support to the associations in order to drive long-lasting, meaningful and measurable impact.
Latest news
The Lotus Flower at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva
In 2016, Taban Shoresh founded The Lotus Flower in her living room with no money. Fast forward to December 2023 and watch her being introduced by The High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva. Taban was part of two multi-stakeholder pledges; the first one was called ‘Gender Equality and […]
Taban Shoresh: The Story of Her Personal Journey
While GIFT was in Kurdistan, we had the pleasure of being accompanied by Sorelle Amore, an artist and global explorer. During this visit, Sorelle had the opportunity to interview Taban Shoresh, founder of the Lotus Flower, about her inspiring personal journey. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcDQVIWNvKw
Taban Shoresh, founder of The Lotus Flower, honoured with an OBE
Taban Shoresh has been honored with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding charitable work in aiding displaced individuals, refugees, and local communities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. GIFT is incredibly proud to be associated with Taban Shoresh OBE and the remarkable team at The Lotus Flower. This recognition is […]
Contact
Give it Forward Trust – GIFT
Hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
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