Who we are

The foundation was founded by and works closely with the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Netherlands, a legal entity under Dutch law. The main task of Agensea is to support local and sustainable initiatives for social and economic development in less prosperous regions in the material world. Agensea provides carefully selected local partners of funds needed to achieve their goals. The local projects supported are always the entire community, regardless of religion, gender, etc. Agensea has potential partners in over 170 countries and independent territories in the world. After several years of involvement in the development of a school in the interior of Suriname, attention is now focused on Inshindo project in Zambia. Areas in this project are community development, health, education, self-sufficiency, communication and collaboration. Agensea has the ANBI status and does not respond to requests from third parties for cash or cooperation. The Board of Agensea is appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Netherlands and currently consists of: Biographies of Board of Agensea Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (Chair) Sylvia (1970) works as Assistant Professor with the Public Administration and Policy Group of Wageningen University since 2011 and is also Adjunct Professor in … Meer lezen over Who we are