Dreilinden assists the target groups in their work for self empowerment, and pushes for a mainstreaming of gender issues. For this purpose Dreilinden encourages the infrastructure for human rights and democracy by grants to existing organisations, by project grants, by social investments, and through networking. Funding is aimed at the Global South, Central and Eastern Europe, the former CIS states, and Germany. Dreilinden approaches possible partners for their support schemes of her own accord; unsolicited applications are not processed.