Activity

Discover more about the work we do in Sri Lanka and the impact on the community.

Activity Timeline

Nov 2024
Nov 2024

The Hg Foundation and IFS Foundation announce new partnership.

29 Nov 2024 - 29 Nov 2024

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The Hg Foundation and IFS Foundation come together to boost STEM education in Sri Lanka.
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The Hg Foundation and IFS Foundation announce new partnership.

29 Nov 2024 - 29 Nov 2024

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The Hg Foundation, a grant-giving charity focused on improving tech education and skills, is partnering with the IFS Foundation to promote STEM skills in remote and rural communities in Sri Lanka. The Hg Foundation's grant will support the construction of a computer lab and staff training to deliver IT and STEM classes in the village of Weralugahamula. Click here for more details. 
Nov 2024

IFS Foundation launches free photo album

25 Nov 2024 - 25 Nov 2024

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IFS Foundation launches free photo album
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IFS Foundation launches free photo album

25 Nov 2024 - 25 Nov 2024

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The IFS Foundation is proud to launch a dedicated photo album, including images of IFS employees at work and at home. The album, along with the IFS Foundation calendar, cookbook and music album, is available to download free of charge. However we ask that, in return, you consider donating to support the work of the IFS Foundation.
Nov 2024

Platned partners with the IFS Foundation

11 Nov 2024 - 11 Nov 2024

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The IFS Foundation announces a significant new partnership with Platned.

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Platned partners with the IFS Foundation

11 Nov 2024 - 11 Nov 2024

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The IFS Foundation is thrilled to announce a significant new partnership with Platned, marking a transformative milestone in its mission to support and uplift communities in need. This long-term commitment enables us to plan and invest with confidence. As part of this commitment, the IFS Foundation formally recognises Platned as Brand Ambassador. 
Sep 2024

Planting a Fruit and Veg Patch at a Local School

13 Sep 2024 - 13 Sep 2024

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IFS Foundation partner Astra Canyon helped plant a fruit and veg patch at a school in Weralugahamula. 
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Planting a Fruit and Veg Patch at a Local School

13 Sep 2024 - 13 Sep 2024

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IFS Foundation partner Astra Canyon visited the school in Weralugahamula. Together with students and staff, they planted a fruit and veg patch that will serve as an education asset and a source of nutrition to supplement student meals. 
Sep 2024

Donated sewing machines

5 Sep 2024 - 5 Sep 2024

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 In partnership with Singer Sri Lanka, the IFS Foundation donated sewing machines to women in the village of Weralugahamula.
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Donated sewing machines

5 Sep 2024 - 5 Sep 2024

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The IFS Foundation donated sewing machines to women in the village of Weralugahamula. In transferring these productive assets, we help women generate a regular income, stabilising families and creating the conditions for their children to get a decent education. We also took the opportunity to provide advice on table banking, building a collective, and the basics of running a home-based business. Singer Sri Lanka PLC, an IFS customer, provided the sewing machines at discounted rates.
Jul 2024

Waste Storage Unit

16 Jul 2024 - 16 Jul 2024

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A dedicated waste storage unit to dispose of used medical materials responsibly.
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Waste Storage Unit

16 Jul 2024 - 16 Jul 2024

Waste Storage Facility at Madampe Divisional Hospital

Using local contractors, the IFS Foundation funded the construction of a new waste storage facility in Weralugahamula designed to handle various types of hospital waste. The unit contains necessary equipment and capacity for waste management, including secure storage containers and proper ventilation systems.

Jul 2024

Laptop donation

4 Jul 2024 - 4 Jul 2024

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Laptop donation to promote STEM skills in Weralugahamula. 
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Laptop donation

4 Jul 2024 - 4 Jul 2024

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The IFS Foundation distributed laptops, generously donated by IFS, to Weralugamaula school, helping to promote STEM skills in remote, rural communities. Additionally, a laptop was donated to the Madampe Divisional Hospital to improve healthcare administration. 
Jun 2024

Sanitation Facilities

13 Jun 2024 - 13 Jun 2024

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Sanitation facilities to prevent the risk of communicable disease.
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Sanitation Facilities

13 Jun 2024 - 13 Jun 2024

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The IFS Foundation is funding the construction of 25 sanitation facilities for homes in the community of Weralugahamula. These facilities promote good hygiene and help prevent the risk of communicable disease. 
May 2024

New RO Plant

10 May 2024 - 10 May 2024

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A new reverse osmosis water treatment plant built for Weralugahamula school. 
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New RO Plant

10 May 2024 - 10 May 2024

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The IFS Foundation inaugurated a dedicated reverse osmosis water treatment plant for Weralugahamula school. Access to fresh water facilitates hygiene and mitigates the risk of communicable diseases. This asset was funded by IFS Foundation partner Hoist. Volunteers from Hoist and IFS also spent time to repaint school buildings during their visit, to instill pride, and stimulate creativity and learning. 
Mar 2024

New Classroom Opening

1 Mar 2024 - 1 Mar 2024

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Inaugurated six new classrooms at the Welasiya Government School
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New Classroom Opening

1 Mar 2024 - 1 Mar 2024

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The IFS Foundation attended the opening ceremony for six new classrooms at the Welasiya Government School. These classrooms, funded by the Foundation, provide students with the opportunity to continue their education up to age 18 and expand school capacity to over 700 students. The opening ceremony was a day of great celebration, with traditional dances and inspiring speeches. Trustees from the IFS Foundation, IFS senior leaders and representatives were present to mark the occasion.
Feb 2024

Painting school desks and chairs

1 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024

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Painting school desks and chairs donated by the IFS Foundation, Weralugahamula School
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Painting school desks and chairs

1 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024

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A team of 13 IFS employees got together to paint the desks and chairs that were donated to the Weralugahamula school by the IFS Foundation. Local community members and the school teaching staff also participated in the effort. This forms part of a broader commitment to investing in public health and education.

 
Feb 2024

Community cleanup and awareness session

1 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024

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Community cleanup and awareness session on plastic pollution in Weralugahamula.
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Community cleanup and awareness session

1 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024

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12 IFS volunteers spent the day cleaning up a polluted area in Weralugahamula. The IFS Foundation led the effort, joined by 2 knowledge partners from Plasticcyle, who conducted an engaging awareness session on plastic pollution and volunteer briefing on waste segregation at the Madampe Divisional Hospital before heading out to clean. Together with 16 volunteers from the local community, the team collected many bags of waste, including recyclable and non-recyclable plastics, glass, and cans, handing over the collected waste to local officials for responsible disposal.
Jan 2024

RO plant

1 Jan 2024 - 31 Jan 2024

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Opening the RO plant at Madampe Divisional Hospital.
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RO plant

1 Jan 2024 - 31 Jan 2024

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The IFS Foundation inaugurated a new water treatment plant at the Madampe Divisional Hospital, ensuring that hospital staff and patients have access to fresh, clean drinking water.
Nov 2023

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1 Nov 2023 - 30 Nov 2023

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IFS employees painted the new classrooms donated by the IFS Foundation
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painting the new classrooms

1 Nov 2023 - 30 Nov 2023

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Aug 2023

Painted the school buildings

1 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2023

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 IFS employees painted the school buildings of Welasiya Government School
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Painted the school buildings

1 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2023

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With the support of the IFS Foundation, 83 IFS employees used their annual volunteer day to help refurbish Welasiya Government School in Welusumanapura. Over the course of two days, volunteers worked alongside representatives from Foundation partner organisations and parents of school children to buildings, desks, and chairs.
Apr 2023

English language lessons

1 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2023

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Supporting English language lessons at Welasiya Government School, Welusumanapura
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English language lessons

1 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2023

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IFS staff volunteer to participate in English lessons for school students on a monthly basis, sharing knowledge and building trust.
Mar 2023

Village Visit

1 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023

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In March, representatives from an IFS Foundation partner visited the rural community.
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Village Visit

1 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023

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In March, representatives from IFS, an IFS Foundation Partner, visited Welusumanapura. During this visit, a ceremony was held to set the foundation stone for the new classroom buildings under construction. An additional 4 coconut husk machines were donated to the local community. 3 specialised sewing machines were also donated to a clothing collective formed by 12 local women.

Our education projects align to UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education) and our home industry projects align to SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).

Mar 2023

Reverse Osmosis Water Plant

1 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023

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 In March, a second Reverse Osmosis Water Plant was donated to the community.
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Reverse Osmosis Water Plant

1 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023

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In March, construction on a second Reverse Osmosis Water Plant was completed. This was funded by IFS Foundation partner, Hoist. Representatives of Hoist attended the site to help complete the painting of the building and to officially hand it to the community.

This project is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.

Nov 2022

Hospital Repainting Project

1 Nov 2022 - 30 Nov 2022

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In November, IFS volunteers repainted the maternity ward of the community hospital.
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Hospital Repainting Project

1 Nov 2022 - 30 Nov 2022

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In November, IFS volunteers repainted the maternity ward and kitchen of the hospital in Welusumanapura. This took place over 2 days and had support from over 27 individuals, including partners of the IFS Foundation.

This project aligns to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) and is part of the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to improving the medical facilities for the local community.

Nov 2022

English Lessons

1 Nov 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

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In November and December, volunteers from IFS ran English Lessons for students.
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English Lessons

1 Nov 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

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In November and December, volunteers from IFS supported the facilitation of English Lessons. These lessons were requested by the school to support students from grades 9-11 in practising their spoken English. Three lessons were run between November and December. These lessons received positive feedback from both students and teachers, and as a result these lessons will continue into 2023.

Education is one of the five core focus areas for the IFS Foundation. We believe that providing quality education to all is fundamental to the long-term relief of poverty in rural Sri Lanka.  It also aligns to UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education).

Aug 2022

Medical Supplies

1 Aug 2022 - 31 Aug 2022

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In August, the IFS Foundation sourced medical supplies and helped to ensure delivery to people in need.

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Medical Supplies

1 Aug 2022 - 31 Aug 2022

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In August, in response to the economic crisis and in partnership with medical officers and community leaders, the Foundation sourced medical supplies and helped to ensure delivery to people in need. 

This project aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing), supporting the IFS Foundation’s goal of improving wellbeing within rural Sri Lanka.

May 2022

Computer Lab

1 May 2022 - 21 Jun 2022

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In May 2022, a number of IFS Foundation trustees visited Welusumanapura to formally open the computer lab within Welasiya Government School.

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Computer Lab

1 May 2022 - 21 Jun 2022

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In May 2022, a number of IFS Foundation trustees visited Welusumanapura to formally open the computer lab within Welasiya Government School.

Built in partnership with IFS, the computer lab provides the local students with the access to education and opportunity to develop IT skills to support them throughout their futures.

This project is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education), supporting the IFS Foundation’s goal of increasing access to educational opportunity.

Feb 2022

Public Sanitary Facilities

1 Feb 2022 - 28 Feb 2022

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In February 2022, the IFS Foundation completed the construction of a public sanitary facility.

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Public Sanitary Facilities

1 Feb 2022 - 28 Feb 2022

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In February 2022, the IFS Foundation completed the construction of a public sanitary facility. Located by the local medical centre, this facility will provide a safe, accessible facility for the community. Designed to provide disabled access, this is an important addition to the village.

Built in partnership with IFS, this brings the total number of sanitary facilities supplied by the Foundation, within Welusumanapura, to 26.  The majority of these were provided for homes without sanitary facilities - providing essential facilities for local families.  

These projects are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (sanitation) – one of the five key focus areas for the IFS Foundation.

Nov 2021

Care Packages

1 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2021

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In December, the community of Welusumanapura was impacted by heavy rains causing local flooding.

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Care Packages

1 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2021

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In December, the community of Welusumanapura was impacted by heavy rains causing local flooding. IFS, in partnership with the IFS Foundation, facilitated the donation of care packs to affected families.

The care packs contained food and other essentials to support the community during this time.  130 packages were donated to the village of Welusumanapura.

Jul 2021

Coconut Husk Machines

1 Jul 2021 - 31 Jul 2021

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The IFS Foundation, in partnership with IFS, donated coconut husk chipping machines to families in Welusumanapura.

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Coconut Husk Machines

1 Jul 2021 - 31 Jul 2021

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The IFS Foundation, in partnership with IFS, donated coconut husk chipping machines to four families in Welusumanapura. The donation of the coconut husk chipping machines has allowed the families to generate income and support themselves, overcoming challenges to their ability to work.

Providing opportunities for home industry is important. It provides a valuable source of income for families, creating economic independence and helping to boost the broader local economy. It also ensures children can stay in school longer, receiving a better education and improving their long-term prospects.

Of the five key focus areas for the IFS Foundation, this project contributes to providing employment opportunities. This is aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8.

Jun 2021

RO Plant

1 Jun 2021 - 31 Jul 2021

A Reverse Osmosis Water Plant brings clean water to Welusumanapura, Sri Lanka.

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RO Plant

1 Jun 2021 - 31 Jul 2021

In partnership with IFS, the IFS Foundation has completed the installation of a reverse osmosis (RO) water plant. This new plant can serve water requirements all day and will provide up to 6000 litres of drinking water daily to the community.

Access to fresh drinking water can help eliminate many preventable diseases. A healthy community is a viable community. This project is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.

Jan 2019

2019 to 2020 Activities

1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020

Throughout 2019 and 2020, IFS Employees raised funds for a number of projects within Sri Lanka.

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2019 to 2020 Activities

1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020

Throughout 2019 and 2020, IFS Employees raised funds for a number of projects within Sri Lanka.

These projects included:

  • Renovating the maternity ward within Welusumanapura
  • Providing desks and chairs for the school
  • Creating a community garden to provide educational opportunity and produce
  • Installing tube-wells throughout the village
  • Donating masks, thermometers and medical torches to local medical facilities
  • Donating 12 sewing machines to local families

Going forward, the IFS Foundation will take ownership of the relationship with Welusumanapura and future projects.

Jan 2019

Privacy Policy

IFS Foundation Privacy Notice

The IFS Foundation respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Notice explains when and how we collect your personal data when you use our website and the rights you have over your own information.

This Notice applies to the website of the IFS Foundation, however, when you use this site you may be directed to the website of other members of the IFS Foundation or links to third-party websites or applications. These websites may have their own Privacy Notices, which you should also look at.

If you have any questions in relation to this Notice or would like to exercise your rights under it, please contact:

ifsfoundationprivacy@ifs.com

Information about who we are

The IFS Foundation, as we are using that term in this Notice, is a group of independent charities who share certain policies and practices including those outlined in this notice.  Depending on where you reside, you will be interacting with one or more of these independent charities:  IFS Foundation (UK) (Registered Charity Number: 1191843), a  Charitable Incorporated Organisation formed under the law of England and Wales, with a registered Office at Bourne House, Watermans Business Park, Staines-Upon-Thames TW18 3BA, UK; IFS Foundation (US), (EIN 84-4440168), an Illinois General Not For Profit Corporation, with a registered office 300 Park Boulevard, Suite 350, Itasca, IL 60143, US; and IFS Foundation Sri Lanka, (Deed of Trust 458) a charitable trust formed under the laws of Sri Lanka, with a principal office Orion Towers 1, Level 18, Now. 736, Dr. Danister de Silva Mawatha, Colombo 9, Sri Lanka. Further information and details of our registration with data protection supervisory authorities are detailed below.

How our website works

When you visit our website, we collect data on your location. This allows us to direct you to the website of the IFS Foundation partner in your geographic region if this is necessary to perform any of your requested actions.

We also use cookies on our website to collect standard internet log-on information and details of visitor behavior patterns (e.g. to find out the number of visitors to different parts of the site). This enables us to analyze and improve the content of our site and the navigation experience of users. We do not use this information to attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. Some cookies on our site also permit third parties to analyse visitor behavior to display advertising. These parties also do not use this information to attempt to find out the identities of individuals. For full details of the cookies used on our website, see our Cookies Notice at the end of this policy and in the settings. You can disable or delete some or all cookies in your browser setting, although this may affect some parts of the site’s functionality.

The data we collect about you

There are a number of areas on our website where you may provide personal data to IFS Foundation, including when you:

The information we collect will depend on the nature of your action but may include name, email address, telephone number, country and language preference. Where you make a donation through our website, we do not collect your financial information but direct you to a payment provider to process your donation and forward it on to IFS Foundation’s partner in Sri Lanka. Our payment provider is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.

When you provide your information to us, we will only use the information for the purposes for which it is provided, for any compatible purposes and to fulfil our legal or regulatory obligations unless you have agreed for your data to be used for other purposes.

When will we send you marketing communications?

We will only contact you for marketing purposes (for example keep you up to date on our work based on your previous responses to our campaigns, or let you know of ways in which you can support that work) where we have your consent.

At each place that you provide your personal data on our website, there is an opportunity for you to express your preferences in relation to marketing communications from us. Where you provide your consent to such communications, you can withdraw consent or change your preferences at any time by clicking the unsubscribe button on any marketing communication or by sending an email to ifsfoundationprivacy@ifs.com expressing your preferences.

We will generally treat any marketing consent you give us as lasting for 5 years, as we have found our supporters may get involved with different campaigns at different points over this period of time. We never sell or share your information with entities outside of the IFS Foundation for their marketing purposes. 

Links to other Affiliate websites

For some actions that you may like to take when visiting our website, you will be redirected to the website of an IFS Foundation partner in your geographic region. In these cases, that entity will collect your data rather than IFS Foundation, and you should look at their Privacy Notice to understand how they will use your data, and your rights. This includes where:

Who might we share your information with

We may share your information with other members of the IFS Foundation. We may also share your information with third parties who process data on our behalf, but only where we place obligations on them in relation to the security of the data and require them to use the data only as we instruct.

International transfers of data

In some cases, we may transfer your personal data to members of the IFS Foundation confederation and third-party service providers who are located outside your jurisdiction.

If you are in the European Union, and your personal data is transferred to other members of the members of the IFS Foundation or third-party service provider outside the European Economic Area (EEA), this will occur under a safeguard mechanism recognized by the European Commission as providing adequate protection for your personal data.  Transfers to members of the IFS Foundation will occur under the EC’s model data protection clauses.  You may ask to see a copy of these clauses.

Transfers of your data to other third parties outside the EEA, or to third parties outside any other jurisdiction in which you are located, will occur in accordance with local data protection laws.

Your data and social media

This section refers to the ability for you to like, re-tweet, share, etc. IFS Foundation content on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Additionally, when using our website, you can link through to such social media sites. When you do this, depending on your privacy settings, these networks will adjust their marketing to show you more IFS Foundation content.  To change your settings on these services, please refer to their privacy notices, which will tell you how to do this.

Children’s data

Our website is not intended for use by children and we do not knowingly collect data on children.

IFS Foundation and social media

Many social media sites provide, or permit, tools that aggregate and highlight content that appears on their site. IFS Foundation uses such tools to analyze and assess the success of IFS Foundation campaigns and communications, the level of interest in issues IFS Foundation cares about, and the level of social media activity resulting from media stories about IFS Foundation or IFS Foundation /NGO activities. We use the native reporting tools of the social media networks, but may also use third-party tools.  IFS Foundation uses such tools to respond directly to other users’ queries and comments related to IFS Foundation.

How do we protect your data

We ensure that there are appropriate technical controls in place to protect your personal details. For example, our online forms are always encrypted and our network is protected and routinely monitored.

We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your information is only accessible by appropriately trained staff, volunteers and contractors.

Where we use external companies to collect or process personal data on our behalf, we put a contract in place that sets out our expectations and requirements in relation to security of the data they access or process.  These organizations - referred to as "Data Processors" also have legal liability for the way in which your data is used, providing you with additional protection.

How long do we keep your data

We will only retain the data you provide to us through our website for as long as required by applicable laws or as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with any consents provided. We will delete personal data at the end of this period unless we wish to use it for statistical purposes, in which case we will anonymize it, such that you could never be re-identified with it.

Your rights

You have the right to request details of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please make a request to our Data Protection Officer at ifsdpo@synchlaw.se. We will provide this information to you without charge, unless requests are manifestly unfounded, repetitive or excessive, in which case we are entitled to charge an administration fee.

You also have a right to have inaccurate information we hold about you rectified or removed and a right, in some circumstances, to restrict or object to us processing your information, or to seek erasure of your data. If you believe we are not respecting your rights, you are entitled to make a complaint to a relevant supervisory authority.

The legal basis on which we hold and use your data will vary depending on the activity involved. In some cases, we might hold the data because it is needed to fulfill a contract or meet our legal obligations (i.e. a donation), in others because it is in IFS Foundation’s legitimate interest to do so, and in others, because you have consented to this use. We note that the legal basis on which we process your data will influence your specific rights.

Changes to this notice

We may make changes to this notice from time to time. We will always detail, at the end of this notice, the date it was last updated and you should check back from time to time.

 

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our use of cookies

Most websites use "cookies," which are small text files placed on your hard disk by a web server. We use cookies to remember the settings made by each visitor, such as choice of country, and thereby offer personalized features. This helps us to register the traffic flow on the website and provides us with statistics and information on how many visitors we have on our website, the time the visitors spend on our website, the visitors’ origin and domain and what operative system, such as Windows, and browser they use. We also use cookies to trace downloads you make, to facilitate your subsequent downloads and provide us with information about your downloads. To sum up, using cookies enables us to improve the service and function of our website for your benefit.

Cookies contain text that can be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. That text often consists of a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your computer, but may contain other information as well. Here is an example of the text stored in a cookie that we might place on your hard disk when you visit one of our websites: E3732CA7E319442F97EA48A170C99801. On this website we use cookies that are saved to the hard disk and therefore remain after the browser is closed, so called persistent cookies. We may also use so-called session cookies, which are cookies saved to the web browser that disappear when the browser is closed. 

You can find more details about our cookies and decide which cookies to accept by clicking the Cookies Settings link at the bottom of our website.

Security

Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. You can accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to reject cookies. You must, however, allow cookies to be set to use all the functions on this website. Not allowing cookies will affect the possibility to conduct: Downloading gated assets, social sharing, personalization, watch and share videos.

We may use cookies for:

Storing your Preferences and Settings. If you enter your city or postal code to get local news or weather information on an IFS site, we may store that city or postal code in a cookie so that you will see the relevant local information when you return to the site. This can save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information every time you visit the site.

Targeted Advertising. When we display online advertisements to you, we will place one or more persistent cookies on your device to recognize your device each time we display an ad to you. Because we serve advertisements on our own websites as well as those of our advertising and publisher partners, we are able to compile information over time about the types of pages, content and ads you or others who are using your computer visited or viewed. This information is used for many purposes; for example, it helps us ensure that you do not see the same advertisements over and over again. We also use this information to help select and display targeted advertisements that we believe may be of interest to you.

Site Analytics. We may use cookies to count the number of unique visitors to a web page or service or to develop other aggregate statistics about the operations of our sites and services. Such analytics help us operate and improve the performance of these sites and services.

 

 

Terms and Conditions

IFS Foundation Terms and Conditions of Use

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