SEED FUNDING PROGRAM
THE SEED FUNDING PROGRAM
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACT LOCALLY
LISTENING TO
The cry of the poor
The cry of the planet
The cry of the new generations
The project
“The Seed Funding Program” aims to sustain and encourage significant and promising initiatives in different parts of the world towards the creation of local/national ecological plans for people and planet within the Focolare communities.
It’s an open call to a micro-financing program that aims to encourage significant and promising initiatives in different parts of the world. The main goal is to build local ecological plans within the Focolare communities to journey together towards an integral ecology.
1st edtion – 2021/2023
The Seed Funding Program 2021-2023 saw 15 projects implementing their actions in 4 continents: from the Philippines all the way to Argentina, the initiatives were all different and unique.
➡️ Get to know the projects selected!
2nd edtion – 2025/2027
We are currently preparing the launch of the Seed Funding Program 2025.
Join our team!
We are currently preparing the new launch of the Seed Funding Program. The selected initiatives need strong support and that’s why we are calling you to join our team and be part of this global change!
Read the call for volunteers and fill the form to join the team! Click here to open the call, there you can also find the link to the application form. Application deadline: May 8th, 2025.
Our inspiration
The world faces a complex social and environmental crisis. The Encyclical Laudato Si’ from Pope Francis explains how the cry of the poor is completely interconnected with the cry of the planet. We cannot consider our relationship with nature as separate from fraternity, justice and faithfulness to others.
Chiara Lubich, the founder of the Focolare Movement, argued that it is by starting with small local problems that a moral conscience is formed that is capable of addressing problems on a global scale. In fact, Chiara continued: what is missing is not technical and economic resources but an extra soul, which means new love for mankind, to make us all feel responsible towards everyone.
For more information, feel free to contact us at ecoplan@focolare.org
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