Victims of Conflicts and Violence
What we support
The Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation supports people affected by war and armed conflict. Our aim is to protect the lives, safety, dignity and physical and mental well-being of such people. The projects we support deal primarily with the circumstances and consequences of armed conflict and violence, and include:
- protection for civilians, especially displaced persons and refugees
- psychosocial assistance and rehabilitation of victims of war and conflict
- the foundation gives preference to projects supporting (unaccompanied) children and young people
Priority countries for support
We support projects for people affected in the following countries:
Africa
- Ethiopia
- Burkina Faso
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Chad
Middle East
- Yemen
- Palestine
- Syria
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Myanmar
Caribbean
- Haiti
Latin America
- Colombia
In addition we support projects in Switzerland and the UK benefiting people affected by conflict in their countries of origin (regardless of the priority countries mentioned above).
Criteria for Organisations
We support recognized civil non-profit organisations with headquarters registered in Switzerland or the UK. These organisations have years of established experience, well-qualified staff and professional management structures. The organisations are capable of evaluating their projects in accordance with accepted scientific standards and manage them as follows:
- they are based on a standardised hierarchy of objectives (e.g. impact/outcomes/outputs). This applies above all to larger scale international projects
- they are registered as non-profit, tax-exempt legal entities
- they apply internationally recognised, issue-based quality criteria for humanitarian work
- they cooperate with professional, nationally recognised partner organisations in the priority countries
- they are based on the national strategies of Switzerland and the United Kingdom
Projects we do not support
- projects that do not meet the foundation’s aims
- applications that do not meet the selection criteria
- very small or one-off events
- projects that are about gaining prestige
- projects submitted by private, non-charitable organisations
- projects by groups or organisations that are not registered with a national or regional authority (e.g. not recognised as charities) or that are not monitored by the public sector. Exceptions are subject to justification.
How we select our project partners
The foundation specifically invites organisations based in Switzerland or the United Kingdom to submit applications, provided that their activities particularly meet the funding criteria defined by the Foundation Board and that they possess the technical and organisational capacity to implement the relevant projects.
Unsolicited applications outside this invitation process will not, as a rule, be accepted.
Calls for applications are sent out in November each year. The deadline for submissions is in January of the following year, and funding decisions are made in March.
The calls for applications alternate annually: one year, organisations implementing projects in Switzerland or the United Kingdom are considered; the following year, organisations carrying out projects in accordance with the list of priority countries are considered.
If your organisation meets the criteria, you can complete the form below by mid-September at the latest.
Next call dates:
- November 2026: International projects in accordance with the list of priority countries
- November 2027: National projects in Switzerland and the UK
Contact
| conflict@johnsonstiftung.ch | |
| Phone number | 031 372 25 95 |
Auswahl geförderter Projekte
Caritas Switzerland
War Child: Central African Republic
War Child’s project in Ndélé and the surrounding districts in CAR provides life-saving services to the most vulnerable conflict-affected children and their families to enhance their wellbeing, access to protection and education.
