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Welcome to the Turing Foundation

The Turing Foundation is a private charity based in the Netherlands.
The Turing Foundation spends its funds on behalf of four goals:

The Turing Foundation was established in 2006 by Pieter Geelen, using the wealth he acquired as co-founder of TomTom NV, a company listed at the Dutch stock exchange.

Annual Report 2008 available

Most recent projects: July 2009

July 2009	*Main supporter Theo van Doesburg and the Avant-Garde, de Lakenhal, Leiden* Hundreds of works that have never been seen before in the Netherlands, from Van Doesburg, Mondriaan, Moholy-Nagy, Lissitzky and others, will be read more...	July 2009	Construction and equipment of a new Vocational Training Centre, Bamako, Mali The Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (SKN) is building a new vocational centre at the heart of the read more...
July 2009	Vocational Education for the Loita Maasai, Narok South District, Kenya In Kenya, the Edukans Foundation works together with local organisation ILIDP to improve the accessibility of read more...	July 2009	Restoration and protection of local ecosystems, Région des Savanes, Togo In the Région des Savanes in Northern Togo, a very poor region, the ecosystem is deteriorating at an read more...
July 2009	Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools The three-year project 'Bach Day' (Dag van Bach) focuses on primary schools across the country and introduces read more...	July 2009	Music Theatre Performances by Frank Groothof, 2009-2011 Frank Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children with classical music. The Turing read more...
July 2009	Vocational Education in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, 2009-2010 The Red een Kind Foundation supports children in developing countries who suffer from poverty, discrimination, disasters or read more...	July 2009	School Improvement Programme, Kenya Net4Kids supports the School Improvement Programme in Kenya, launched by the organisation International Child Support. Representatives from read more...
July 2009	*Main supporter Bram and Geer van Velde, Museum Belvédère, Friesland* The Belvédère Museum is preparing an exhibition on the work of artists and brothers Bram and Geer van read more...	July 2009	Field Projects Leprosy Control in Cambodia 2009 The Leprosy Foundation works together with the CIOMAL organisation on Leprosy control in Cambodia. The quality of diagnostics is a read more...
July 2009	Free classical music at the Vondelpark 2009 On Sunday Summer mornings, renowned music ensembles render free classical music in the Amsterdam Vondelpark Theater. In 2009 read more...	July 2009	Construction and equipment for a new Vocational Training Centre, Kisumu, Kenya Together with local organisations BIG Ltd and Pandipieri Centre, Vision, Commitment and Action in read more...
July 2009	Turing Car for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum 2009-2010 A special ‘Turing Car’ will transport children from Rotterdam and surroundings to and from the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum free of charge. What’s more, each read more...	July 2009	LUMC research "Immunopathology of leprosy" 2009 De Lepra bacterie heeft een hoge affiniteit voor Schwann cellen – cellen die een beschermende laag vormen om perifere zenuwen. read more...
July 2009	Foundation for Refugee Students UAF 2009 The UAF supports refugees and asylum seekers with a higher education in their further training and in finding work by means of providing money, advice and supervision. Around 300 UAF-students will graduate read more...	July 2009	School on Wheels, Cameroon School on Wheels takes children to school, and teachers to children. Apart from reading and writing, children are taught practical skills and competences that they read more...
July 2009	Preservation of Natural Resources, Timbuktu, Mali t/m 2010 Because of years of draught and a fast population growth, the natural vegetation of the Timbuktu region is under pressure. Because of this read more...	July 2009	ICT Curriculum for Secondary Schools in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda 2009 Viafrica helps secondary schools to offer their students ICT education, and to ensure a well-educated middle class. Schools must take read more...
July 2009	Informal Skills Training Program, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009-2010 The Edukans Foundation works on vocational and practically-oriented education for youth in Nairobi in a profession that they choose themselves and that they will later be able to practise independently. After that, they will apprentice themselves to read more...	July 2009	Field Projects Leprosy Control in Laos 2009 In Laos leprosy occurs mostly among minorities that are hard to reach. Mutilations are often severe and irreparable if the read more...
July 2009	Main supporter of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2009 The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic students who give 100 concerts a year at venues such as care homes, prisons, schools and asylum centres, for people who hardly ever read more...	July 2009	Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 2009-2010 To make classical music more easily accessible to everyone, at least 30 concerts a year are played at unexpected venues for an audience that read more...
July 2009	Education in the Slum Area of Vila Cruzeiro in Rio de Janeiro 2009 The IBISS Foundation supports the most marginalized groups of Brazil. In the slums, children are hardly stimulated to go to school read more...	July 2009	Festival for Shanty Choirs, Den Burg The 50-headed Oudeschilder Visserskoor sings traditional fishermen's songs, not only at festivities but also in nursing homes and homes read more...
July 2009	Computer lessons, Philippines 2009 Zone One Tondo Organisation (ZOTO) is a popular movement which helps poor people of the Philippines aged 10 to 24, with education as well as read more...		Project Overview on World Map

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