[1][2][3] The Dekeyser&Friends Foundation supports existing social projects and new non-profit ideas with money, in-kind help, and knowledge.
[3][12] Other individuals, such as primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, former soccer player Jens Lehmann, and conductor Christoph Poppen,[13] have also led projects for Dekeyser&Friends.
In 2010 seventeen participants supported the creation of a new village called Compostela, purpose-built for scavenger families living on the Umapad dumpsite in Cebu, Philippines.
[1][2] Working with social-worker and priest Heinz Kulücke, who had long engaged with questions of poverty and human rights in the Philippines, the groundwork for this rehousing project was laid.
[12] The Foundation runs one major development project, namely the construction and management of Compostela village on the Philippine island of Cebu, which offers scavengers who want to make a fresh start a chance to build sustainable livelihoods.