Unfair structures, poverty and difficult chances for the future determine the daily lives of many inhabitants of African countries. The schwelle foundation accompanies and supports projects in Tanzania, Togo and Cameroon that advocate for justice and participation.

In Bukoba in Tanzania the organization MHOLA aids in the legal situations of women and works to establish changes in the local community,  in Togo, the organisation PEA empowers young people. In the association Youth on the World adolescents from Cameroon and Germany get involved by organizing youth encounters and are committed to community improvements.