Area 03 · the ARIS platform and association synergy

Education projects rarely die from a lack of ideas, they die from a lack of funding

We help project leaders and impact-driven associations find the money to wire a classroom, equip a canteen, buy supplies or launch a training course. And we make them visible to each other : that is what we mean by association synergy.

The idea

Many associations do solid work and stay invisible, each in its own corner, chasing the same funding. Putting them on a shared platform means projects get discovered and funded that would never have crossed paths, and the project leaders end up helping each other.

The tool

The ARIS platform

ARIS is a platform, not a fund : it holds no money. It puts projects in front of the companies and individuals who want to fund them, in Africa as well as in Europe.

1

The project is reviewed

We look at who is behind it, for how long, what already exists on the ground, and exactly what the money would pay for. A project with no identified leader does not get past this stage.

2

It is published on ARIS

With a costed need, item by item. A funder sees what they are paying for : ten desks, one solar panel, one month of canteen meals.

3

The funding is earmarked

The money goes to the chosen item, and the project leader accounts for how it was spent. No cash payment without supporting documents.

4

The result is made public

Photos, invoices, progress. The funder knows what their money produced, and other associations see what worked.

What has already worked

Three things actually done

We are at the beginning, and we prefer saying so to inflating a showcase.

1,200 euros raised for a project in Cameroon

That is the first earmarked round of funding through ARIS. The project is ready to start. It is not a large amount : it is proof that the chain works end to end.

Twenty young people trained in a trade

Making bio-sourced charcoal and eco-friendly paving stones. Two activities that use local waste, sell locally, and need no imported supply chain.

A circular economy partnership

With ENEDIS, signed in 2025 : equipment refurbished, resold at an affordable price to students, and the proceeds reinvested in projects in the Far North of Cameroon.

Funding

Three ways to put money into a project

None of them involves an invoice from RING : the association sells nothing and takes no commission on a donation.

As an individual

A one-off or regular donation to the association, or direct funding of a published project.

How to give

As a company

A donation, equipment to refurbish, or covering one specific item of a project. Write to us and we will tell you what is most useful right now.

Support us

As an association

You fund another association’s project, or you publish your own. That is exactly the synergy we are trying to create.

Submit a project

Looking for a structured corporate giving offer, with an agreement and named benefits ? That is not offered by the association but by the EDUFREM company. We would rather say so plainly than let you discover an invoice along the way. See where to go.

Submitting a project

Tell us what you want to build

A concrete education project, with a costed need, even a rough one. We reply to everyone, including when the answer is no.