Aims of Projects

Bees Abroad is an expanding charity which currently supports projects in Cameroon and Nigeria in West Africa, Malawi in East Africa and in Nepal.

Funds from Bees Abroad must be utilised for the relief of poverty, which means that projects are bound by BA's legal, charitable requirement to reach the poorest sectors of society. BA is particularly keen to ensure its projects are sustainable, do not depend on constant financial input from outside of the area after the initial set-up period and are not dependant on one person's charisma or input.

Bees Abroad can help to support micro credit schemes on a revolving fund basis to give small start-up grants to the poorest beekeepers as long as they can be assured of careful monitoring by an independent assessor.

Bees Abroad wishes to promote the use of sustainable and affordable intermediate technology techniques and cannot support projects that use inappropriate beehive technology or unsuitable or imported species of honeybee.

Bees Abroad believes that where people have learned beekeeping skills, are able to make their hives from affordable local materials and understand how this can help them to improve their income and their environment, they will buy materials to make hives and equipment and will value them more for having done this.