The CO Foundation was founded by Bart and Emmy van der Grinten in January of the year 2000 to provide sustainable support to the underprivileged people in their direct environment. Over the years the CO Foundation established three main projects offering organisational, practical, and financial support in the areas of health care, patient rehabilitation, poverty alleviation, and youth development. All projects of the CO Foundation are based on three important principles: use intrinsic strengths of local people to initiate an activity, make sure the activity is, in the long run self-sustainable, and avoid overhead costs in the Netherlands thus assuring a 100% availability of raised funds in Nigeria. For more information on the different projects of the CO Foundation please visit the Projects section of the CO Foundation website. The CO Foundation is registered with the Chamber of Commerce in Venlo, the Netherlands. It is also registered as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria and the Registrar General in Ghana. For details concerning the organisation of the CO Foundation, including members of the board and the constitution, please visit the Organisation section of the website.