Our projects
Our projects are carried out together with national, regional and local actors with a focus on offering women the opportunity to educate themselves.
About us
Vision
Contribute to a world without poverty through education
Our vision is that everyone should be given the opportunity to learn how to read, write and count. Dispurse Foundation is a Swedish charitable foundation that wants to combat poverty by offering education to those who need it around the world. We are convinced that education is one of the most important prerequisites for the individual to have the opportunity for increased empowerment and tools to change their life situation.
Until 2011, we worked with education mainly by building schools and administering scholarships for women in different parts of the world. In 2012, we began the development of FOCUS, which is a digital literacy education, packaged as an application, for women who, for various reasons, have not had the opportunity to develop basic literacy. FOCUS is tested against our target group continuously and is constantly being developed.
During 2025, the development of FOCUS will continue, as well as the development of a new application that will promote increased digital competence among people with a short school background.
Our work
At Dispurse, we are convinced that a holistic approach is required to make real and sustainable change and that we are stronger together. This conviction is reflected in our work, which consists of three parts
Support our work
Support us and create a better life for women. Being able to read, write and count is not only a human right, it is also a key to being able to live an independent life and to become a positive force that can help influence and develop society.
Our Mission
We develop innovative and cost-effective digital learning materials for adults to enable them to better manage their everyday lives, improve their economic situation and give them opportunities to actively participate in and develop the society they live in.
Globally, there are over 770 million people who lack basic literacy, a majority of whom are women.
By developing a qualitative and digitally based literacy education adapted for adults around the world, we want to change these figures.
Our target group is young and adult women who have never had the opportunity to go to school and who are between 15 and 45 years old, but we do not exclude anyone.
Our work is based on proven experience and current research in pedagogy, literacy, digitalization and adult education.
Our history
Our work started in 1993 thanks to our founder Gert Johansson's vision and initiative. Gert was convinced that education is one of the most important factors that can enable change both for the individual and for societies as a whole. Describing the history of how and why Dispurse came into being feels important, for us who work with it, for those who develop through the foundation's work and for you who follow and support our work.
GERT JOHANSSON
“If you want to get something done, you should start where it is at its worst!”
Taking responsibility of our technological waste
For us, taking responsibility of our technological waste is a crucial matter. Thats why we collaborate with the peruvian organization A Caminar who works to help families and children living i extreme poverty in Lima. Through this collaboration our technological waste can be reused and recycled helping people in need. For more information about A caminar go to https://www.acaminar.org/
