HH Sheikha Moza visits ‘Oranje Fonds’ headquarters in Amsterdam

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser hosted by Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands at the offices of her charitable organisation, the 'Oranje Fonds' (the Orange Fund) which is the largest foundation in the sphere of social welfare in the Netherlands. The Fund aims to promote participation in society by working mainly with disadvantaged people in social integration programmes. 

During the visit, the Orange Fund Directors presented a selection of their programmes to Her Highness relating to both elderly and youth care in the communities, including mentoring and educational programmes to help socially disenfranchised members of the community to become more active. At the end of the presentation, Her Highness met with a group of young people who have benefited from the Orange Fund programmes and who spoke with Her Highness about their lives and how working with the Fund has helped them.

The Oranje Fonds is an endowed foundation with additional substantial income from donations and rights to lottery revenue. Annually, they invest about € 32 million in almost 7000 social initiatives in the throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Orange Fund was founded in 2002 with the marriage of the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima, who are both patrons of the organisation.