EMVI’s core activities are funded by agencies/departments under the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the countries listed below.

The Netherlands:
Directorate General for International Cooperation/Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)

Republic of Ireland
Irish Aid (IA)

Sweden
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

Denmark
Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)

These agencies/departments operate in over thirty Developing Countries, providing aid for a range of activities in areas as diverse as health, education, agriculture, the environment, good governance and human rights just to mention a few. With the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) agreed by the United Nations, uppermost on their agendas, their collective efforts can be summed up under the general heading of poverty alleviation. It is MDG #6: combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, which has direct relevance for EMVI.