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Our Purpose

Gemfields Foundation, established in 2019 as a UK registered charity, is the charitable arm of Gemfields Group, through which donors can contribute funding to directly support community and conservation projects in sub-Saharan Africa, boosting the scale and scope of the work continuously carried out by Gemfields since 2009.

The Foundation has two charitable purposes: (i) to further the prevention or relief of poverty, and (ii) to advance animal welfare and conservation efforts to protect wildlife and natural habitats.

Gemfields Foundation functions unlike most charities in that 100% of donor funds are directed towards underlying projects. The Foundation does not have overhead, administration, employee, travel and management costs, as these are borne fully by Gemfields Limited.

The Foundation is able to leverage, at no cost, the Group’s in-country experience, personnel, infrastructure, logistics, support and community liaison teams. As such, the Gemfields Foundation is well-positioned to deliver impactful projects in a commercial and timely fashion.

Governed by an international board of trustees originating from five countries, the Gemfields Foundation provides a vessel through which donors can leverage Gemfields’ proven on-the-ground project delivery capability to make a material positive impact, all within the governance and regulatory framework provided by Gemfields as a publicly listed company.