Name

Standing Voice

Legal name

Standing Voice

Website

https://standingvoice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Advocacy, Policy & Rights Organizations (HLAJAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Albinism support services
• Health programmes charity
• Education sponsorship
• Livelihoods development

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Standing Voice generates revenue primarily through donations from individuals, organizations, and institutional funders. The charity states that 100% of donations go directly to programmes supporting people with albinism in Africa. The organization is registered as a UK charity (No. 1151250) and accepts tax-deductible donations under UK Gift Aid guidelines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Standing Voice is a UK-registered international non-profit organisation (UK Charity No. 1151250) that delivers health, education, welfare, and livelihoods programmes to people with albinism in Africa. Operating from offices in Tanzania, Malawi, and the UK, the charity runs six integrated programmes: Skin Cancer Prevention (sunscreen, screenings, dermato-surgery), Vision (eye exams and devices), Education (inclusive schooling support), Livelihoods (business development), Welfare Support (trauma recovery, first response, peer counselling), and Advocacy (international, national, and local). All services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries.

Product overview

Standing Voice is an international non-profit charitable organization (not a technology company) that promotes the rights, well-being, and inclusion of people with albinism in Africa. The organization operates six integrated core programmes: Skin Cancer Prevention (providing sunscreen, screenings, and surgery), Vision (eye exams and devices), Education (school reintegration and sponsorship), Livelihoods (business development), Welfare Support (trauma recovery and first response), and Advocacy (international, national, and local levels). These programmes are complemented by a Resource Library containing educational materials, publications, and videos. The integrated approach addresses the complex challenges faced by people with albinism—from grassroots healthcare delivery to international human rights advocacy—ensuring comprehensive support across health, education, welfare, and economic inclusion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skin Cancer Prevention Programme

Quantifiable outcome

• WHO Essential Medicines List inclusion for sunscreen (September 2025)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Global Albinism AllianceflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2025Standing Voice was a co-applicant alongside the Global Albinism Alliance, UN Independent Expert on Albinism, and other partners in the successful campaign to add sunscreen to the WHO Essential Medicines Lists. The Global Albinism Alliance led the formal application submitted in November 2024.
• Pierre Fabre FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2025Co-applicant in the WHO sunscreen application and funder of dermatology programmes. The foundation develops and distributes sunscreen products for people with albinism in Africa.
• International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2025Co-applicant in the WHO campaign and partner in developing the Manual of Best Practice for Dermatologists. ILDS brings together dermatological societies worldwide.
• Beyond SuncarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2025Co-applicant in the WHO sunscreen Essential Medicines List campaign. Organization focused on sun protection for vulnerable populations.
• Africa Albinism NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2025Co-applicant in the WHO campaign. Pan-African network connecting albinism organizations across the continent.
• United Nations Voluntary Fund For Victims of TorturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner providing complex packages of tailored material support for survivors of torture and abuse, including safe housing, livelihood support, and trauma recovery services.
• Ian Brennan (Grammy-winning producer)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked with Standing Voice to found the Tanzania Albinism Collective, a group of musicians with albinism whose debut album 'White African Power' was released to global acclaim and performed at WOMAD Festival.
• Lancaster, Coventry, and Worcester UniversitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partners in developing the Albinism Booklet for Teachers educational resource.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Under the Same Sun: Under the Same Sun is an international NGO focused on the rights, education, and health of people with albinism in Africa — a direct peer operating in the same mission space with overlapping geographies (Tanzania, Malawi, and other African countries) and shared focus on witchcraft-related violence and skin cancer prevention.
• Positive Exposure: Positive Exposure is a US-based nonprofit using arts, photography, and global advocacy to shift perceptions of people with albinism and other genetic conditions. It is a direct peer in mission — combining media-driven advocacy with health and education work — though it focuses on global awareness rather than direct African service delivery.
• Africa Albinism Network: The Africa Albinism Network is a pan-African albinism NGO and a direct peer — it was a co-applicant alongside Standing Voice in the WHO sunscreen EML campaign and serves overlapping beneficiaries across multiple African countries with a comparable rights, advocacy, and health-protection mandate.
• Global Albinism Alliance: The Global Albinism Alliance is the closest direct peer — a global umbrella body co-led by and frequently co-applying with Standing Voice on international albinism advocacy (most notably the 2025 WHO EML campaign). Both organizations center albinism rights, health, and policy reform as their mission.

Broad incumbents

• Sightsavers: Sightsavers is a large established international NGO delivering vision care, education, and disability inclusion across Africa and Asia. It is a broad incumbent peer: overlapping on the Vision Programme's eye-exam and low-vision services for people with albinism, but operating across all-cause visual impairment rather than albinism specifically.
• Amnesty International: Amnesty International is a leading global human rights organization that has specifically documented violence and discrimination against people with albinism in Africa. It is a broad incumbent peer — comparable advocacy, UN engagement, and rights-protection mission, but operating across all human rights issues.
• CBM (Christian Blind Mission) International: CBM International is an established disability-inclusive development NGO working on eye health, rehabilitation, and rights of persons with disabilities in low-income countries. It is a broad incumbent peer: comparable mission around disability and vision, but operating across all disabilities rather than focused on albinism.
• Amref Health Africa: Amref Health Africa is Africa's largest health-focused NGO, providing skin disease, NCD, and community health programming across the continent. It is a broad incumbent peer: overlapping on community dermatology and skin cancer prevention programmes in East and Southern Africa, though not albinism-specific.
• Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International): Humanity & Inclusion is a major international NGO working on disability rights, rehabilitation, and inclusion in conflict- and poverty-affected regions. It is a broad incumbent peer — comparable welfare, trauma, and advocacy work for people with disabilities in Africa, but across all disability categories.

Regional players

• Tanzania Albinism Society (TAS): The Tanzania Albinism Society is a Tanzania-based national albinism advocacy and welfare organization. It is a regional peer operating in the same country as Standing Voice's largest programme footprint, with overlapping beneficiary base and complementary but less internationally oriented mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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