The Global Fund for Children 2007–2008 Annual Report & Resource Guide small is beautiful In a world where bigger is assumed to be better, it is an act of courage to nurture the small. Children are the planet’s smallest citizens—a fact that makes them vulnerable and easy to overlook. But children have boundless energy and potential, with powerful dreams for the future. Small investments in their daily lives yield tremendous results over time. Small organizations—often the most nimble and creative at solving problems—are the best suited to nurture these investments. Their innovative projects provide inspiring examples for others to follow. Small groups with limited resources but limitless vision and heart can change communities. Children are small, but with opportunities, their future is infinite. That’s why small is mighty . . . and beautiful. THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN Our Vision, Our Mission At The Global Fund for Children, we envision a world where all children grow up to be productive, caring citizens of a global society. To this end, we work to advance the dignity of young people worldwide. We Pursue Our Mission By: Making small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with many of the world’s most vulnerable children and youth; Harnessing the power of children’s books, films, and documentary photography to promote global understanding. the GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN Contents 6 Message from the Board Chair & President 68 Global Media Ventures 8 Grantmaking 74 Giving 16 Portfolios 16 Learning 19 Grantee Partner: Tbilisi Youth House Foundation 22 Enterprise 25 Grantee Partner: Ação Forte 28 Safety 31 Grantee Partner: Association of People for Practical Life Education 34 Healthy Minds & Bodies 37 Grantee Partner: Ascensions Community Services 40 Responding to Crisis 43 Grantee Partner: Interfaith Dialogue & Research Center 76 Our Donors 46 Sustainability Awards 51 Grantee Partner: Vikramshila Education Resource Society 54 Special Partnerships 54 Goldman Sachs Foundation 55 Grantee Partner: Dream A Dream 56 Nike Foundation 57 Grantee Partner: Yanapanakusun 58 Johnson & Johnson 59 Grantee Partner: Women’s Education for Advancement & Empowerment 60 Clinton Global Initiative: Under-8 61 Grantee Partner: Monduli Pastoralist Development Initiative 62 A Closer Look: Vulnerability & Gender 65 Grantee Partner: Society Undertaking Poor People’s Onus for Rehabilitation 84 2007–2008 Grants 84 Selecting Our Grantee Partners 86 Learning 98 Enterprise 104 Safety 111 Healthy Minds & Bodies 116 Creative Opportunities 118 Responding to Crisis 121 Financials 125 Directors 126 Staff 127 Index & Credits Message Board Chair & President Great opportunities to make a difference may be rare, but small ones surround us every day. Since its creation in 1994, The Global Fund for Children has sought to notice and nurture young organizations that advance the dignity of children and youth. We have done this by making small grants to big innovators and by helping our grantee partners grow strategically. We have also made an impact by publishing a collection of thoughtful, quality books for children—the world’s smallest readers. Over time, we’ve discovered that small is beautiful— and powerful, too. GFC is not the first organization to learn this lesson. In Bangladesh, an economist named Muhammad Yunus launched a project in 1976 to see if small loans could make a dramatic difference in the lives of the poor. What would later become Grameen Bank started out with $27 loans to 42 families. Since then, the bank has become a small giant in the banking industry, extending $7.1 billion in microcredit to people in more than 82,000 villages and 40 countries. Children themselves can act as small but powerful agents of change. In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell began the world scouting movement with 20 boys and an experimental camp in Dorset, England. Girls later demanded to be included, and with time, both boys and girls began organizing themselves into what would become the world’s largest volunteer youth movement. Today, more than 28 million scouts are active in 160 countries, organized in small, locally based troops with strong global connections. Many successful organizations choose to be great instead of big—a phenomenon documented in the best-selling business book Small Giants. We believe 6 www.globalfundforchildren.org Becoming a Small Giant The Global Fund for Children can count itself among the small giants in the philanthropic world for several reasons. First, we have opted to support communitybased organizations that serve hundreds of vulnerable children and youth, often with extraordinary compassion and effectiveness. Second, our small grants go a long way in developing countries, so a relatively little amount of money can have a big impact. Third, our grantee partners are part of a growing global network of organizations whose knowledge, influence, and capacity for innovation make them small giants both in and beyond their own countries. Among our grantee partners are many small giants. In 2002, we made a $5,000 grant to Asociación Solas y Unidas (Alone and United Association), one of the first community-based groups in Latin America run by and for women with HIV/AIDS. Our grant, renewed each year, supported a day school for these women’s children. Over time, Solas y Unidas expanded its budget, developed a model children’s program, and replicated its work. With a Sustainability Award from GFC in 2006, the group purchased a building, gaining a long-term asset and organizational stability. And Solas y Unidas has become a leading partner in a United Nations–supported consortium to fight HIV/AIDS in Peru. In this annual report, we invite you to read about other small giants that we’ve had the privilege to learn from and support. We hope you’ll savor the images that bring their stories to life—including photographs by Tadej Znidarcic, the recipient of this year’s Global Fund for Children / International Center of Photography Fellowship. A Slovenian photographer based in New York, Znidarcic documented the efforts of some of our most inspiring grantee partners on trips to India, Bangladesh, and Romania. We also invite you to celebrate this year’s accomplishments, which are anything but small: • We awarded 541 grants valued at nearly $3.2 million to grassroots groups all over the world. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to global philanthropy, but it represents a hundred-fold increase from our inaugural year of grantmaking in 1997, when we made three awards totaling $3,100. • Launched at the third annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, our new Under-8 Initiative will invest $10 million in early childhood development and education programs for children 8 years and under. • To better understand and measure our grantmaking effectiveness, we developed and refined a core set of metrics indicators. Building on the best practices of peer organizations and our commitment to learning from our grantee partners, this cutting-edge framework will enable us to evaluate the outcomes of programs and services more systematically. The ultimate goal is to help our grantee partners expand their reach and deepen their impact. • O ur Global Media Ventures work is thriving. Our delightful board book Global Babies has become a best seller, and we published our most anticipated title, Children of the U.S.A., in February. Two documentary films we invested in, War Child and Journey of a Red Fridge, were screened at major film festivals to critical acclaim. of communications. We were also thrilled to welcome Sarah Perot of Dallas, Texas, to our board of directors and David Kowitz, managing partner and founder of Indus Capital, to the burgeoning board of trustees of The Global Fund for Children UK Trust. This year’s creation of both the UK Trust (now a registered charity in the United Kingdom) and our new Silicon Valley Leadership Council represent bold, strategic steps toward our goal of advancing the dignity of children and youth worldwide. The stories in this report prove the power and beauty of small things. Small amounts of money, targeted to innovative groups, can make a vast difference in the lives of marginalized young people around the world. Your support has a tremendous multiplier effect when joined with the contributions of others. We are truly grateful for the gifts, ideas, and commitment of all of our donors and partners. Each of you helps us to appreciate the small—while dreaming big. With our deepest thanks, Juliette Gimon Chair, Board of Directors Maya Ajmera President & Founder The Global Fund for Children could not aspire to “small giant” status without the daily contributions of talented staff and board members. (Please consult the end of this report for a complete list.) This year, we welcomed the newest member of our senior management team, Jerry Irvine, as vice president www.globalfundforchildren.org 7 Our Impact Around the World Grantmaking 266 310 447 541 20 20 183 20 2,651,566 3,165,188 2.5 400 2.0 300 1.5 200 1.0 0.5 100 0 0 75 103 128 157 206 228 250 48 58 61 65 8 300* -0 Growth in Countries Served Total Number of Countries to Date 66 07 7 -0 06 6 -0 05 5 -0 04 4 -0 03 20 8 -0 07 20 7 -0 06 20 6 -0 05 20 5 -0 04 Growth in Grantee Partners Total Number of Grantee Partners to Date 323 66 60 200 45 150 30 100 50 15 0 0 8 -0 07 20 7 -0 06 20 6 -0 05 20 5 -0 04 20 4 -0 03 20 8 -0 07 20 7 -0 06 20 6 -0 05 20 5 -0 04 20 4 www.globalfundforchildren.org 1,819,500 500 -0 03 8 3.0 20 • 21 percent in the number of grants, for a total of 541 We gave the following grants this fiscal year in these areas: • Learning $1,014,000 to 86 grassroots groups • Enterprise $466,500 to 40 grassroots groups • Safety $532,500 to 45 grassroots groups • Healthy Minds and Bodies $318,500 to 33 grassroots groups • Creative Opportunities $37,500 to 5 grassroots groups • Responding to Crisis $317,300 to 49 grassroots groups • Sustainability Awards $325,000 to 13 grassroots groups • Johnson & Johnson Health and Well-Being Grants $203,000 to 203 grassroots groups • Tracking grants $17,000 to 17 grassroots groups • Opportunity grants $24,779 to 20 grassroots groups • Organizational development awards $75,000 to 10 grassroots groups • Affinity grants $16,835 to 7 peer organizations • Presidential Innovation Fund grants $11,700 to 4 allied grassroots groups • Miscellaneous grants $8,574 to 9 grassroots groups 1,504,508 20 • 11 percent in the number of active grantee partners, for a total of 228 600 815,300 4 • 19 percent in the value of grants, for a total of $3,165,188 $3.5 -0 Our total grants and grantee partners continue to increase. Since last fiscal year, we have grown by: Number of Grants Total Number of Grants to Date 1,958 03 This approach to grantmaking gives us flexibility to respond to the needs of the world’s most vulnerable children in a more nuanced way and in a variety of contexts. The core areas where we work have high potential for social return, and they have models and mechanisms in place that can produce immense gains even from small investments. Growth in Grantmaking (in millions) Total Value of Grants to Date 10,809,422 20 Guided by this philosophy, The Global Fund for Children has four core program portfolios: Learning, Enterprise, Safety, and Healthy Minds and Bodies. We also maintain a Creative Opportunities portfolio to fund innovative programs that do not fit into these four major emphases and a Responding to Crisis portfolio for emergencies and recovery and renewal work. Since our first three grants totaling $3,100 in 1997, we have awarded 1,958 grants valued at $10,809,422 to 323 grantee partners in 66 countries. 20 We believe that in order to thrive in childhood and develop into contributing adults, children and youth must be engaged in the learning process wherever they may be. They must also be productive, safe, and healthy. These elements provide the basis for children’s development and positive engagement with the world around them. www.globalfundforchildren.org 9 We estimate that, through our grantee partners, we have directly served well over 1 million children since 1997. Our Model Since community-based programs need more than just funding, we also invest in the people and organizations that make these programs successful. For this reason, our grantmaking and capacity-building model has three strategic components: grants, value-added services, and knowledge initiatives. Grants We believe that the best way to reach the world’s most vulnerable children is through the programs and services of communitybased organizations. Grants that support and strengthen effective, innovative communitybased organizations can improve the lives of the children, youth, and families they serve at a critical juncture. Although all of our grantee partners are unique, they share certain key characteristics. All are grassroots organizations that offer community-based solutions to challenges facing the vulnerable children and youth who are their direct beneficiaries. Our grantee partners often pioneer groundbreaking approaches that earn them recognition as local resources and models. In addition, they have excellent leadership, sound management, and effective programs, which means the small seed that our grant represents falls on fertile ground. Detailed descriptions of our grantmaking by portfolio and a comprehensive list of grants made this fiscal year are provided throughout this report. Value-Added Services Value-added services are offered to our grantee partners to strengthen their organizations, make them more sustainable, and help them optimize the use of their grants. Organizational Development Support Ten grantee partners from five countries received organizational development assistance totaling $75,000 this year. The awards 10 www.globalfundforchildren.org enabled five organizations in India and five in Latin America (in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) to obtain technical assistance and consulting services from a consulting partner in their region. Awardees also participated in peer learning exchanges with other GFC grantee partners. Eastern Europe & Central Asia North America East Asia & the Pacific In the past few years, our regional consultants have provided diverse services, including the following, to organizational development grant recipients. • Mexico’s El Caracol helped Centro San Juan Bosco in Honduras to define job roles and responsibilities for staff, court a larger array of funders, create a five-year strategic plan, and improve communication methods. South Asia Middle East & North Africa Africa Latin America & the Caribbean • In India, Dasra created a template to improve management information systems at Agastya International Foundation and helped Agastya design a model to assess the impact of its science education programs. • Goals and Performance Analysts assisted fellow South African grantee partner Ikamva Labantu in preparing a financial procedures manual. Leveraging Our leveraging work helps grantee partners identify and pursue opportunities for additional funding in order to promote sustainability and growth. These efforts are crucial since our support is often the first significant contact our partners have with international donors. We play an active role as advocates of our partners’ work, helping them achieve recognition and visibility. We often facilitate introductions to government, multilateral, and private donors through our networks and strong reputation for finding great groups operating under the radar. Since 1997, we have leveraged over $2.6 million for our grantee partners. This year, Gender Education, Research and Technologies Foundation (Bulgaria) and Challenging Heights (Ghana) leveraged East Asia & Pacific Cambodia China Indonesia Laos Mongolia Philippines Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam Total 2 7 4 1 3 4 5 1 1 28 Europe & Central Asia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Georgia Romania Serbia Turkey Ukraine Total 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 20 Latin America & Caribbean Bolivia Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Total Middle East & North Africa 5 7 6 4 3 5 4 2 1 5 4 1 1 5 53 Egypt Lebanon Total Sub-Saharan Africa 1 1 2 North America United States Total 11 11 South Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh India Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Total 1 2 40 2 6 4 55 Benin Burkina Faso Congo, Dem. Rep. Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Liberia Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Total 1 3 1 6 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 5 2 4 2 7 5 1 3 6 1 59 www.globalfundforchildren.org 11 significant grants and awards with our help. And our networking with peer funding organizations—American Jewish World Service, Global Fund for Women, EMpower, Third Millennium Foundation, and the Fund for Global Human Rights—led to additional or follow-on funding for several other grantee partners. KLARA Network The KLARA (Knowledge, Learning, and Resource Access) Network was launched in 2007 to provide our grantee partners with a space to engage in continuous dialogue, identify other GFC partners, search for funding sources, and link to resources to strengthen their organizations. Legal Assistance: Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Our grantee partners can access pro bono services from 160 independent law firms through our collaboration with the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation. Ethiopian grantee partner Prei Effort for Those Who Are in Need established 501(c)(3) status in the United States with Lex Mundi’s help, greatly expanding its capacity to fundraise. In Honduras, a Lex Mundi member law firm assisted our partner Sociedad Amigos de los Niños (Friends of Children Society) with employment contracts. Knowledge Initiatives Our knowledge initiatives gather, distill, and disseminate experiences and lessons among grantee partners and the wider development and philanthropic communities. Measuring Outcomes This year, responding to internal need and external encouragement, we began taking a more systematic approach to evaluating the outputs, outcomes, and impact of our grantmaking. We developed and refined a 12 www.globalfundforchildren.org core set of metrics indicators that will help us to better understand and assess our own effectiveness and to measure the value of our grantee partners’ programs and services. Grounded in the best practices of peer organizations and in our own extensive experience, this cutting-edge framework will allow our grantee partners to expand the reach and depth of their work. Our metrics framework includes eight indicators that measure grantmaking effectiveness, organizational capacity, and program effectiveness. While still in its early stages, and in an emerging field, this work is breaking new ground for measurement in the sectors of grassroots philanthropy and community-level program evaluation. We are especially proud of our newly developed Global Fund for Children Organizational Capacity Index, a diagnostic tool that helps assess organizational growth and development by classifying organizations as nascent, emerging, developing, strengthening, or thriving. Early feedback indicates that with this tool, we are building new knowledge in our sector, as well as providing grantee partners with a space for learning about and contributing to their organizations’ development. Knowledge Exchange Workshops These workshops facilitate the direct exchange of experiences in serving the most vulnerable children at the community level. This year, we held three Knowledge Exchange workshops: our first ever for South American grantee partners, held in November 2007 in Peru; one for African partners working within the Learning portfolio, held in March 2008 in Tanzania; and another as part of our collaboration with the Goldman Sachs Foundation, held in June 2008 in India. Each event lasted three days. In Cusco, the Peru workshop gathered 20 grantee partners from six countries to discuss common issues, interests, and strategies. Whether the topic was best practices and how to define them, improving project monitoring and evaluation, or encouraging “horizontal” community organization, participants benefited from the honest dialogue and lively networking. Participants left the workshop with personalized resource guides and work plans to assist their home organizations in building networks and increasing knowledge. In Tanzania, we brought together 21 grantee partners representing 11 countries to share their experiences with Learning initiatives. Topics for discussion included the role that advocacy plays in education, best practices for increasing program effectiveness, and ways grantees can incorporate new models for culturally adapted early childhood development programs. Several of the organizations that participated in the exchange produced a concrete proposal for future collaboration, including joint work to develop enrichment camps and mobile libraries. In India, 22 organizations from across the country came together for a successful exchange on Enterprise and Learning initiatives, hosted by grantee partner Magic Bus. Participants shared best practices for helping vulnerable youth benefit from and participate in India’s economic boom. Prior to that gathering, we sponsored a networking event in Mumbai with grantee partners from our GFC / Goldman Sachs Foundation Initiative and professionals from Goldman Sachs India. They discussed strategies for improving the skills of marginalized youth to help them compete in the employment market, and ideas for harnessing the resources and knowledge of the private sector to achieve social goals. Tracking Grants All of our past grantee partners are eligible for a $1,000 tracking grant every two years in exchange for basic information on their current status. This allows us to monitor their development and evaluate our record in making “good bets” on emerging organizations. Seventeen tracking grants were awarded this year, bringing the total to 55 since 2003. Fellowships This was the second year of our international fellows program, which enables practitioners to spend time conducting research in Washington, DC. This year’s international fellow was Pamela Kola, a Kenyan expert on early childhood development and the founder and director of the Centre for Research, Communication and Gender in Early Childhood Education, located in Nairobi. During her tenure at GFC, Kola studied our grantmaking in early childhood development and education. She produced an insightful survey of knowledge and grantee partner programs in this sector, adding an international grassroots perspective to our work and drawing lessons that will benefit her own organization. This year’s William Ascher summer fellow was Matthew Levy, a 2008 graduate of the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. At GFC, he analyzed the process, implementation, and evaluation of our Sustainability Awards to provide recommendations for improvement and to identify what has worked well. This fellowship was created to honor our founding chairman, William Ascher, currently the Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College. www.globalfundforchildren.org 13 small victories portfolio Our priorities Learning We believe that every child everywhere deserves access to a quality education. Not only is education every child’s right, it is also one of the keys to creating a healthier, more caring, and more productive global society. Despite overall gains in providing access to and increasing the quality of education in the last decade, the most marginalized and vulnerable children and youth remain underserved or not served at all. The desperately poor; those living in remote, conflict-torn, or marginalized communities; ethnic minorities; groups disenfranchised by gender or social stigma; and the disabled continue to have little access to education. 16 www.globalfundforchildren.org Our priorities include safety-net schools, early childhood education, and providing complementary and supplementary learning. Small, community-based organizations are often best positioned to serve these difficult-to-reach populations. Unlike large institutions, they can be nimble and responsive, tailoring programs to local needs and circumstances. They often promote creative approaches that give children opportunities to learn in small, informal groups. Our priority areas under this portfolio are safety-net schools that catch and reintegrate those who have drifted away from the formal school system and those who never had the chance to go to school; early childhood development; and providing complementary and supplemental learning through such initiatives as tutoring centers, children’s libraries, and literacy assistance. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $1,014,000 to 86 grantee partners within the Learning portfolio: In the bayous of southeastern Louisiana, Native American children can attend summer enrichment programs with the support of United Houma Nation and The Global Fund for Children. Houma tribal communities were hard hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and have traditionally struggled with poverty and lack of access to education. Our grant invests in leadership training and cultural awareness programs for youth in grades 6 to 12, who are most at risk of dropping out of school, turning to drugs and alcohol, or becoming single parents. In a poor neighborhood in New Delhi, India, a small, attentive group of kids sits under shady trees in a graveyard, confidently reciting the alphabet and solving basic math problems. To the staff and teachers of Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, the scene is typical. Chintan sponsors afternoon classes outdoors to accommodate children who work as waste pickers in city garbage dumps. Our grant supports the flexible education program, which gives wastepicking children opportunities to leave behind this hazardous work. www.globalfundforchildren.org 17 Profile grantee partner location Ready for His Close-Up Tbilisi Youth House Foundation Tbilisi, Georgia Whether he’s behind the camera or in front of it, Kakha exudes warmth and confidence. Teaching a video class to kids at the Tbilisi Youth House Foundation (TYHF), the 21-year-old Georgian has no trouble connecting with his audience. He understands their challenges because he’s faced them himself. Four young Tibetans founded Kham Kampo Association (KKA) in 2005 to improve living conditions among impoverished rural people in the area of Tibet traditionally known as Kham. Responding to a direct request from local teachers, KKA helped to create a school library in Reda Township, Sichuan Province, China, last year. With our grant, teachers purchased 4,000 books as well as musical instruments, maps, globes, and other teaching aids. The effort shows that a single library, strategically placed, has unlimited potential to expand horizons. Teboho Trust is an innovative group that serves over 200 vulnerable and orphaned children aged 4 to 19 living in and around Soweto Township, South Africa. A Saturday School and other activities to promote children’s educational, social, economic, and personal development are helping kids from poor schools to beat the odds and pass the country’s rigorous university entrance examination. Our grant this year helped Teboho Trust pay its volunteer staff, expand programs, and network with other grantees and donors. When Kakha was a child, he and his family joined hundreds of thousands of people displaced by armed conflict in the Abkhazia region. When the war forced them to leave home and move to Tbilisi, the capital, he remembers, “My parents were unemployed and we had no place to live. . . . I really needed someplace to go where people would listen to my problems and would tell me how to change my life.” At 13, Kakha discovered the Tbilisi Youth House. There, he supplemented his formal schooling with English and computer classes and received counseling. “Also, youth leadership training helped me to know about human rights and civic responsibilities and to obtain all those necessary life skills which could help me become an active member of my community. This ‘House’ became my second home,” Kakha says. Launched in 1997, TYHF reaches 2,000 displaced and vulnerable youth annually with its programs. Since 2003, The Global Fund for Children has supported a project that identifies adolescents whose behavior and school participation indicate the greatest risk of their dropping out of school. 18 www.globalfundforchildren.org The program served nearly 600 youth this year in Tbilisi and remote areas, offering tutoring, psychological assistance, and afterschool activities. That kind of support puts young people like Kakha on the right path. When TYHF began offering video classes, he says, “I was one of the first students to register. It was an absolutely new experience.” Kakha learned to develop scripts, shoot films, and create montages. He started a video club that produced one-minute films on children’s rights issues, with two films winning special prizes at an international festival. “It was an unforgettable feeling to know I did something to promote the work of TYHF,” Kakha remembers. “I even chose cinematography as my future profession.” After high school, he studied cinema at Tbilisi State University and landed a job as a cameraman with a Georgian TV channel. Kakha teaches a TV and video class in TYHF’s dropout prevention program. He is one of over 50 youth leaders giving back to the organization that invested in them—a sign of Georgia’s increasingly vibrant civil society. “When I look at my students, I remember myself when I first came to the class like them, full of fears and uncertainty,” Kakha says. “I am so thankful to TYHF for the help and care, for the warmth and light once given to me. And I hope that TYHF will never stop giving this warmth to many, many other children.” www.globalfundforchildren.org 19 Carry Promise small investments portfolio Our priorities Enterprise Our priorities include youth-led enterprise, children’s banking and savings, leadership development, and comprehensive livelihood programs. We believe that enterprise programs must meet working children where they are and acknowledge their need to earn an income, while promoting a more supportive work environment. Such an environment guarantees safety and dignity, balances work with learning and recreation, provides opportunities for growth and advancement, and gives youth a degree of control over their time and their earnings. We support comprehensive programs that recognize the range of educational, economic, and social skills that vulnerable children and youth require in order to develop into productive adults. Rather than opposing involvement in any type of labor, we promote opportunities for adolescents to engage in enterprise and entrepreneurial training that promote their personal 22 www.globalfundforchildren.org growth and development and respect their fundamental dignity and rights. Our Enterprise portfolio is rooted in the concept of asset building—helping young people accumulate and protect assets that will allow them to pursue a better future. Through our grantees’ experience, we have learned that relatively small amounts of money, strategically invested, can have a big impact on a young person’s ability to get ahead. And small enterprises are often more able to innovate and adapt creatively to local circumstances. Our priorities for this portfolio include youth-led enterprise; children’s banking and savings; entrepreneurship and leadership development; and comprehensive livelihood programs. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $466,500 to 40 grantee partners under the Enterprise portfolio: Following their parents’ example, children from coffee-farming families in Veracruz, Mexico, are saving small amounts of money that may add up to a better future. Through Desarrollo Autogestionario (Self-Managed Development), we support a program that has created 21 children’s savings groups involving 620 working kids, more than half of whom are girls. Whether they put aside money for education, a future home purchase, or lending to poorer community members, the children are learning important habits and values at an early age. Collectively, the kids saved more than $26,000 this year. Men on the Side of the Road (MSR), just outside of Cape Town, South Africa, has developed a simple, thoughtful approach to providing employment opportunities to boys and men who stand on street corners and along highways in search of day labor. MSR collects and refurbishes used tools in the community; trains boys and men in skill areas like gardening, plumbing, and painting; and works with local businesses to find job placements for program participants. Since 2005, our grants have supported this innovative model, which MSR plans to replicate in other provinces and even neighboring countries. Founded in 2003, an organization called Women in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE) inspires, empowers, and equips Tanzanian www.globalfundforchildren.org 23 Profile Generation Next grantee partner location Ação Forte Campinas, Brazil Despite the odds, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can get ahead in Brazil. All it takes is some strong action. Ação Forte (Strong Action) is helping teens from low-income neighborhoods develop their academic potential and take active roles in improving their communities—the Vila Boa Vista and Parque Norte neighborhoods of Campinas, in São Paulo State. Through the organization’s Young Entrepreneurs Program, kids aged 14 to 17 learn skills that give them an edge in the job market. youth through entrepreneurship and leadership training. The process begins with general sessions on starting, running, and marketing small businesses; continues with training in industry-specific skills such as poultry keeping and catering; and culminates with awards of in-kind capital to help trainees start their own microenterprises. This year, our grant provided training and seed money to help 60 young people start their own small businesses, which are already earning income. In rural Romania, our partner Fundatia Noi Orizonturi (New Horizons Foundation) is working to instill in young people a commitment to community service and a feeling of confidence about the future. Our grant supports five Impact Clubs, which bring together local youth for leadership training and service projects. Noi Orizonturi also organizes outdoor adventure camps to help build students’ team spirit, self-esteem, and trust—assets that help teenagers grow into productive adults. Most of the teens served by Ação Forte live below the national poverty line, and most of their parents never completed high school. In competing for jobs, they face an uphill battle. While primary-school enrollment in Brazil is nearly universal, and 70 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds attend high school, the poor quality of public instruction puts lowincome students at a disadvantage. Those who graduate lack access to training and contacts that can help them succeed professionally. As Brazil reaps the benefits of globalization, these kids are in danger of being left behind. Ação Forte is breaking that cycle with an innovative, practical approach. For one year, participants in the Young Entrepreneurs Program attend free, intensive classes in business management, entrepreneurship, information technology, citizenship, and English. Together, they create a microenterprise, with help from finance, marketing, and human resources professionals. Last year, the teens launched a jewelrymaking business that generated profits and 24 www.globalfundforchildren.org valuable lessons. They wrote a business plan and collaborated to market their products. And because Ação Forte aims to prepare young people for responsible citizenship, they implemented a community recycling project, drawing ideas from the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. “What I learned here, I’ll keep for the rest of my life,” says Caroline, a 15-yearold who recently completed the Young Entrepreneurs Program. “I see the world in a different way. I’d like to have my own business, be a college graduate, and get a master’s and a doctoral degree.” Saulo, 15, says the program prepared him for job interviews and effective teamwork. In college, he wants to study mechatronics, a field that combines mechanical, electronic, and software engineering. “Ação Forte made all of us different,” he says. “We think about the future more—where we’re going to school, where we’re going to work, and how we’re going to get there.” The Global Fund for Children was the first US-based institutional funder of the program, which also receives support from the Brazilian private sector. Our grants helped Ação Forte upgrade its computer classroom, where students and their parents learn to use the Internet. “The world has opened up for these kids,” says Élide Augusto, coordinator of the program. “They arrive thinking some other person or the government is going to solve their problems. They end up realizing that the solution is in their hands.” www.globalfundforchildren.org 25 Create Oceans small streams portfolio Our priorities Safety Our priorities include organizations that intercede on behalf of children in immediate danger or harmful circumstances, and those that create safe passage for children. We believe that children’s futures can be secured only when children are protected from threats to their safety and insulated from exploitation, violence, abuse, and neglect. A safe environment enables children to participate fully in their communities, to exercise their skills and talents, and to pursue their dreams. Providing children with safe environments in which to learn, play, live, and grow is a fundamental tenet of our work. Our concept of safety is broadly drawn because the diversity of problems facing children is vast: victimization by the criminal justice system, precarious shelter, exposure to violence and exploitation in a multitude of contexts—armed conflicts, child trafficking, hazardous labor—and many more. 28 www.globalfundforchildren.org Children are more deeply affected by these dangers than any other population segment, and those in economically distressed circumstances are even more vulnerable. We remain committed to identifying and supporting grassroots groups working to ensure the safety of boys and girls. These small organizations can often grasp a problem more quickly and look out for the safety of individual children more easily than can big agencies. And while they may serve relatively small numbers of children, the impact on the lives of those helped is dramatic. We give priority to organizations that intercede on behalf of children already in immediate danger or harmful circumstances, and to those that create safe passage for children at risk of becoming involved in unsafe pursuits. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $532,500 to 45 grantee partners under the Safety portfolio: Orphans and street children have a determined ally in Centar za Integraciju Mladih (Center for Youth Integration) in Belgrade, Serbia. Our grant is enabling the organization’s trained volunteers—many of whom are orphans themselves or come from war-torn homes—to educate more than 300 street children about their rights, help them obtain legal documents and medical services, and teach them practical skills. Few organizations in Serbia serve this population. The group also runs the country’s first 24/7 drop-in center. One of Lebanon’s leading nongovernmental organizations, Association du Foyer de l’Enfant Libanais (Lebanese Child Home Association) has assisted orphans and other children affected by civil conflict in Beirut for over 30 years. Since 2004, we have supported the group’s Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program, which targets children at the greatest risk of resorting to criminal pursuits or being exploited on the streets. The program gives these children the skills they need to resume their schooling while simultaneously stabilizing their personal lives through psychological counseling, legal support, and other interventions. www.globalfundforchildren.org 29 Profile grantee partner location Reaching Home Again Association of People for Practical Life Education Accra, Ghana The stories of Ghana’s trafficked children are achingly similar. In Mumbai, India, hundreds of juvenile offenders and neglected children languish in state-run juvenile detention centers. Aangan Trust provides psychological rehabilitation services for these children, helping them to deal with past trauma and to create positive, permanent change in their lives. This year, our grant supported rehabilitation work with more than 500 boys in the Bhiwandi Observation Home and also helped Aangan reach more boys in detention centers in the state of Maharashtra, where poverty, child labor, youth crime, and violence are rampant. 30 www.globalfundforchildren.org Working in northern Burkina Faso, Association d’Appui et d’Eveil Pugsada (Association of Support and Coming of Age) strives to change attitudes and behaviors regarding the treatment and status of girls. Since 2005, our grants have supported a project to break the silence surrounding sexual harassment of girls in schools, a widespread problem. The group has organized community theater performances, radio broadcasts, and schoolbased workshops with approximately 2,000 children to tackle the topic, involving parents and teachers in the process. Yaovi, now 17, spent seven years as a bonded laborer in the cattle and fishing industries. He was first lured away from his village with promises of attending school in the big city. Doris, who is 9, became a domestic servant when she was only 4. Working long hours for no pay, she was beaten and poorly fed. Sefam left home to work in a fishing village, hoping to add to his family’s income. Instead, he spent ten years in dangerous, slavery-like conditions, untangling nets, diving for fish, and bailing out precarious boats. While hard statistics are elusive, UNICEF reports that about 1.2 million children are sold into slavery each year worldwide. One-sixth of these children live in Africa, with thousands in Ghana. Far from their homes and families, the children are easily exploited and abused, and many develop serious illnesses. Poverty, unemployment, and the desperation of parents who want a better life for their children contribute to the problem. Focusing its rescue work in over 70 fishing villages around Lake Volta and raising awareness in more than 40 communities targeted by human traffickers, the Association of People for Practical Life Education (APPLE) is effectively fighting child trafficking in Ghana’s fishing industry. Grants from The Global Fund for Children have supported these activities since 2006. APPLE works at the grassroots level to educate parents and fishermen about the dangers and legal consequences of trafficking, and collaborates with local community leaders and law enforcement agencies to identify and free child laborers. Most rescued children are brought to APPLE’s own shelter, where they receive medical care, counseling, basic education, and child rights education. After rejoining their families, they return to school, with a team of APPLE community coordinators monitoring their progress. Since 2005, APPLE has rescued over 100 boys and girls. That number may seem small, given the magnitude of the problem, but the lives of the rescued children have changed immeasurably. Today, their stories are similarly hopeful. “I am now in school, feeling so good and happy indeed,” says Sefam, who wants to be a professional driver. “I spent five years away from home before I was rescued by APPLE,” says Catherine, who worked in the fishing villages of Yeji. “I am now attending school at my village at Atitekpo. I am with my parents. I would like to become a hairdresser.” APPLE strives to address the underlying causes of child trafficking and has become a leading voice in national prevention efforts by engaging local people and governments to press for enforcement of Ghana’s 2005 Human Trafficking Act. APPLE also plans to collaborate with local and international organizations to rescue other children still in bonded labor in the fishing communities of Lake Volta. www.globalfundforchildren.org 31 Spread Happiness small joys Our priorities We focus on programs that complement, fill the gaps in, and strengthen conventional healthcare systems, institutions, and infrastructure. We recognize that healthy minds and bodies are an important path to dignity and productivity. When children are not healthy, they are unable to meet all their basic needs, let alone pursue their dreams. Good health is not merely the absence of illness and disease. In order to grow, learn, and be active members of their communities, children must also be well nourished and protected from harmful substances, and they must have access to information, adequate social and emotional support, and a clean environment. Our grantee partners operate innovative programs that address the health and 34 www.globalfundforchildren.org well-being of children and youth in their communities. Our priority areas in this portfolio are HIV/AIDS prevention and support, psychosocial health, reproductive health, and improved nutrition. We focus on programs that complement, fill the gaps in, and strengthen conventional healthcare systems, institutions, and infrastructure. Small organizations are often best positioned to identify and meet children’s health needs in this way. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $318,500 to 33 grantee partners under the Healthy Minds and Bodies portfolio: A mobile dental clinic that visits poor neighborhoods in Bogotá, Colombia, offers free, quality dental care to children whose families cannot otherwise afford it. The Boquitas Sanas (Healthy Little Mouths) program is the brainchild of dentist Lida Alarcón, the founder of Fundación Simsa (Simsa Foundation). Our grant has allowed the Boquitas Sanas clinic to expand services to more communities, providing as many as 160 children a day with dental treatment and education about dental health and hygiene. Throughout Africa, HIV/AIDS has disintegrated many families, leaving children vulnerable and orphaned. Since 2003, our grants to Education as a Vaccine against AIDS have helped the organization fight the spread of the virus through workshops with orphaned and street-working children in Benue State, Nigeria. In order to foster hope and positive habits in a community where 10 percent of the population is HIV-positive, these prevention efforts are complemented by educational support and livelihood opportunities for young people. www.globalfundforchildren.org 35 Profile grantee partner location Lifting Others As They Climb Ascensions Community Services Washington, DC, United States According to the African proverb, it takes a village to raise a child. Dr. Satira Streeter would agree—adding that a healthy, supported family is the crucial but often missing link between a village and its children. Streeter works in the low-income neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. There, children and families face the daunting challenges of poverty, violence, drug use, delinquency, and school failure. Despite the need, access to community-based mental health services is extremely limited. Streeter is the only licensed clinical psychologist practicing in the city’s Seventh Ward. Sometimes the best health advocates come in small packages. Our grant to Action pour la Promotion des Droits de l’Enfant au Burkina Faso (Action for the Promotion of the Rights of the Burkinabe Child) supports the child-to-child program, which trains school kids to promote the importance of education, nutrition, and vaccination to their younger and out-ofschool peers. Last year, over 600 children benefited from the group’s nutrition program, which includes regular weight and growth checks (often performed using a portable hanging scale mounted on a tree limb) and counseling for caregivers. 36 www.globalfundforchildren.org Teenage pregnancy is a serious public health problem in Brazil. In the megacity of São Paulo, Associação de Apoio às Meninas e Meninos da Região Sé (Association for the Support of Boys and Girls of the Sé Region) works directly with teen mothers in poverty. Since 2005, our grants have helped fund the organization’s Ser Mulher (To Be a Woman) program, which provides nonformal education, counseling, and support to adolescent mothers so they can leave the streets and care for themselves and their children. In 2004, she founded Ascensions Community Services, the only free, comprehensive community mental health provider in the area. Offering individual and group therapy, parenting groups, clinical evaluations, home and school visits, and other interventions, Ascensions helps clients improve their self-image and interpersonal relationships and make positive contributions to their community. “I have to do this work,” Streeter says simply. “I’m from a community very similar to this one and have dealt with many of the same issues. I know the importance of having a few strategically placed people that care.” Ascensions serves about 375 families, 85 percent of which are headed by single mothers. The Global Fund for Children supports the Ascending Families program, which uses a “therapy without walls” approach to decrease the incidence of child abuse, academic failure, and substance abuse. The idea is that healing a child requires the involvement of the whole family unit and close partnerships with “village” institutions like schools, workplaces, and churches. Teresa, a sixth grader, attends a school-based girls’ leadership group as part of the program. Her mother—who has a teenage son in juvenile detention—goes to therapy at Ascensions. “My mom says she feels less stressed out when she has another grown-up to talk to,” says Teresa. “Dr. Streeter is also helping my mom put a plan together to help my brother so he won’t end up going back to ‘juvie’ when he gets out. We all have to work together.” By providing effective and culturally relevant services, Ascensions has lessened the stigma sometimes associated with therapy in the African American community. The organization’s Anacostia office is a warm converted home filled with African art and comfortable furnishings—a setting that promotes reflection, relaxation, and wellness. As mothers gain self-esteem through therapy, they are encouraged to “lift others up as they climb,” explains Streeter. “Once a mother starts thinking of herself in better terms, she can think of her children in better terms and believe that she and they can amount to something.” Last year, Ascensions was honored by the Catalogue for Philanthropy as one of the best small nonprofits in Washington, DC. www.globalfundforchildren.org 37 small steps portfolio Our priorities Responding to Crisis We believe that in times of crisis, community-based groups are in the best position to respond immediately since they know the people and the local areas affected. In long-term recovery and renewal work, these groups play a key role in reknitting their communities and creating a safety net for children and youth affected by crisis. We offer two funding mechanisms for community-level crisis response, whether the crisis is a natural disaster, public health crisis, or violent conflict. Rapid Response Grants are given to existing grantee partners or affiliates that are addressing an immediate crisis. Recovery and Renewal Grants are awarded to new and existing grantee 40 www.globalfundforchildren.org We support our grantee partners’ responses to crises brought about by severe weather, political instability, and conflict, and we help communities recover from natural disasters. partners that are working in areas where the crisis has been declared over, but where reconstruction is either ongoing or has failed. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $317,300 to 49 grantee partners under the Responding to Crisis portfolio. We supported our grantee partners as they dealt with crises brought about by severe weather, earthquakes, and political instability. We also helped communities in their recovery and renewal efforts resulting from three natural disasters in 2004 and 2005 that have had a profound, long-term impact on children and families. In crisis situations, small organizations often act to meet local needs with great speed and flexibility, getting resources to people and places where the need is most urgent. Rapid Response Grants Grantee partners in 14 countries responded to the crises brought about by severe monsoons and flooding, cyclones, earthquakes, political unrest, fire, and a hurricane. In Pakistan, we disbursed emergency grants to four grantee partners who were able to provide beds, clothing, medical supplies, and food to families in provinces hit by tropical cyclone Yemyin. In Bangladesh, in Nepal, and on the ThailandMyanmar border—where heavy monsoon rains, flooding, and cyclones caused unprecedented human suffering—grantee partners reached out to survivors with food, medicine, and school supplies. After devastating earthquakes struck Peru in August 2007 and Indonesia in September 2007, we quickly disbursed grants to organizations there. In Peru, our partners used the grants to repair their earthquake-damaged buildings and to purchase emergency supplies for local residents. In Indonesia, grant funds helped provide psychosocial support to the earthquake-affected community of Bengkulu, Sumatra. www.globalfundforchildren.org 41 When Hurricane Dean passed through the Caribbean in August 2007, our grantee partners in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica used emergency funds to get food, shelter, clothing, medicine, and potable water to needy families. Dominican partner Niños con una Esperanza (Children with a Hope) used the grant to repair the homes of six families whose children participate in their programs. Political unrest erupted in many parts of western Kenya in late December 2007, following that country’s disputed presidential election. Minority ethnic groups bore the brunt of the violence. Two community-based organizations received emergency grants in the aftermath. Centre for Research, Communication and Gender in Early Childhood Education used the funds to pay for food, clothing, blankets, educational activities, and other expenses in identified communities. Carolina for Kibera received a grant to cover the school fees and school supply costs of adolescent girls whose families were displaced by the turmoil, helping the girls stay in school. The massive earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province in May 2008 affected countless people in the region. However, upon contacting our grantee partners immediately after the earthquake, we found that none required emergency assistance. 42 www.globalfundforchildren.org Recovery and Renewal Grants Long after international aid agencies pack up their relief efforts, community-based organizations are left to deal with long-term recovery and renewal efforts. Our grantee partners are still helping communities recover from natural disasters that occurred up to four years ago. In India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, nine of our grantee partners are working with the communities hardest hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. These partners include child- and youth-serving organizations that help children address the psychosocial aftereffects of the trauma and reestablish normal, productive routines in their daily lives. In Pakistan, five of our grantee partners continue recovery and renewal work with the populations most affected by the October 2005 earthquake in the Kashmir region, including women and children in difficult-to-reach, low-income areas. Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the US Gulf Coast, we continue to support the recovery and renewal efforts of five of our grantee partners in Louisiana and Mississippi. Profile grantee partner location Returning to Life Interfaith Dialogue and Research Center Islamabad, Pakistan On the morning of October 8, 2005, the world came crashing down for the children of Balakot, in northern Pakistan. A powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck just as the school day began. Walls and ceilings collapsed, crushing children and teachers in their classrooms. Thousands were killed, and the town was almost completely destroyed. Throughout the earthquake region, at least 73,000 people died and 3.3 million were left homeless. It was the worst natural disaster in Pakistan’s history. Children like Surayya, now 14, are still struggling to recover. “The 2005 quake devastated my life, destroying my house and taking away my family,” she says. “My parents and two siblings were buried under the debris of our house. I was partially hurt. There were casualties all around the neighborhood, and my schoolmates also perished. If I hadn’t stayed home with a fever that day, I too could have died at school along with my friends and teachers.” After the earthquake, the Interfaith Dialogue and Research Center (IDRC), based in Islamabad, was one of many local organizations to join the recovery effort, helping to establish relief camps throughout the region. IDRC’s mission is to advance the study of different faith traditions and initiate interfaith dialogue to promote peace, primarily among youth. Since the earthquake shattered the lives of so many young people— leaving them orphaned, homeless, physically injured, and mentally traumatized—IDRC focused its efforts on assisting them. In 2007, The Global Fund for Children made a grant to IDRC to support its relief and rehabilitation work in the earthquakestricken cities of Balakot and Muzaffarabad. Funds helped provide 5,000 in-school counseling sessions to children who had returned to class. Because fun and learning also speed recovery, IDRC organized sports tournaments for hundreds of boys and girls and took 100 young earthquake survivors to mosques and churches to learn about different faith traditions. Most importantly, IDRC has trained 100 young people in post-trauma counseling and disaster management, facilitating the rebuilding of hearts, homes, and lives. “Big international organizations could not do what the IDRC did,” says Azhar, a 16-year-old earthquake survivor who plays cricket for an IDRC-sponsored team in Balakot. “It’s all right to provide buildings, shelter, education, and health, but unless you pull quake-stricken people out of their tragedy and fear, life cannot return to them.” Surayya, whom IDRC trained to be a youth leader in her village, says, “I think boys and girls like me, who lost everything in the earthquake, were bereaved and hopeless. But training encourages me to take on the odds. We will inspire others with what we’ve learned and with the courage we’ve plucked up . . . and we will help people return to life.” www.globalfundforchildren.org 43 Cover Miles small leaps Grantmaking Sustainability Awards The Sustainability Award is part of our unique grantmaking model that allows for a dignified and fair exit from our funding relationship. It rewards Global Fund for Children grantee partners for their success and growth and represents an important investment in their long-term sustainability. Thirteen of our most successful grantee partners were each given a $25,000 Sustainability Award this year, bringing the total to 37 since we established the award four years ago. Of this total, 11 awardees were in Latin America, ten in Africa, ten in South Asia, three in East and Southeast Asia, two in the United States, and one in Eastern Europe. Recipients of the Sustainability Award should: • Have received our funding for at least two years • Be representative of the organizations that we support due to their innovations and effectiveness 46 www.globalfundforchildren.org • Have arrived at a critical stage in their organizational development • Have demonstrated organizational development in budget growth, program expansion, and/or diversifying funding sources over the course of their relationship with us • Have increased their public profile and ability to leverage additional funds through prizes or awards, government recognition, and/or increased financial support • Have affected broader issues related to children, education, and/or development through advocacy, training, and/or replication • Have proved their management capacity to administer this large, strategic grant • Have maintained strong communication with our program staff, leadership, and representatives Although small by some grantmakers’ standards, Sustainability Awards are our largest award and serve to recognize grantee partners that have been singularly effective in their efforts to improve the lives of vulnerable children. Winners use the award in a variety of ways, including investing in facilities or improvements, building institutional capacity in fundraising and communications, creating reserve and revolving funds, and implementing incomegeneration and self-sufficiency initiatives. Attaining a Sustainability Award does not mean the end of the grantee partner’s relationship with us. Awardees remain active in our network as lifetime GFC grantee partners, attending our Knowledge Exchange workshops, participating in our online community (KLARA) and other knowledgesharing initiatives, and receiving our help in leveraging funds from other sources. They are also eligible to receive tracking grants, which allow us to follow their progress as they continue to grow and develop. This fiscal year, 13 grantee partners received a $25,000 Sustainability Award, for a total of $325,000: Ark Foundation of Africa (AFA) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Director: Rhoi Wangila Total support from GFC: $82,000 since 2002 AFA works to alleviate the impact of poverty and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania through its health, education, and community development activities. Since 2002, we have supported AFA’s One Stop Center, which provides free secondary-school education to orphaned and vulnerable children. With 15 years of experience, diversified funding sources, and an increased organizational budget, AFA is poised to expand and replicate its work in neighboring African countries. The Sustainability Award will enable AFA to hire a resource development director to support and spearhead the group’s development strategy. Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo (Pro-Child Civil Association) Villa El Salvador, Peru Director: Sara Diestro Total support from GFC: $80,500 since 2002 Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo, more commonly known by its primary program, Escuelas Deporte y Vida (Sports and Life Schools), provides young people living in the slum of Villa El Salvador in Lima with the opportunity to play soccer, volleyball, and other sports in order to promote their participation in formal education and life skills programs. Since receiving its first GFC grant in 2002, Deporte y Vida has doubled its budget and grown in national and international influence and visibility. The organization will use its Sustainability Award to create a sustainability fund that will allow it to pursue priorities identified in its ongoing strategic planning process. Asociación de Defensa de la Vida (ADEVI) (Association for the Defense of Life) Huachipa, Peru Director: Ezequiel Robles Hurtado Total support from GFC: $77,500 since 2002 ADEVI works to eradicate child labor in the brick-making kilns of Huachipa by providing nonformal schooling, preventive health education, skills training, microenterprise development, and Andean cultural awareness programs. Since our initial grant in 2002, ADEVI’s budget has almost quintupled, from $67,500 to $329,180. During that time, ADEVI has expanded beyond direct service provision to become an effective advocate for child workers at the local and national levels. The Sustainability Award will help ADEVI implement a range of initiatives to strengthen internal capacity and external visibility, including staff training, communications, equipment purchases, and the creation of a reserve fund. www.globalfundforchildren.org 47 Asociatia Ovidiu Rom (ovidiu rom association) Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) Bacau, Romania Directors: Leslie Hawke and Maria Gherghiu Total support from GFC: $71,000 since 2003 New York, New York, United States Director: Rachel Lloyd Total support from GFC: $41,500 since 2004 Ovidiu Rom provides employment for impoverished Roma women and access to education for their children, and works closely with the Romanian government to provide critical social services. Our first three grants supported an early childhood education program when Ovidiu Rom was just beginning its work. More recent grants have helped the organization transition from a service provider to a policy-driven organization. Over the last five years, Ovidiu Rom has increased its budget fourfold and established an endowment. Equally impressive is the growth in the number of children served, from 150 at three sites in 2003 to 1,700 at 60 sites this year. With its Sustainability Award, Ovidiu Rom will create a reserve fund that will allow it to take advantage of new, timely, and strategic opportunities to increase its organizational visibility and its influence on education reform measures. GEMS provides preventive and transitional services to girls and young women who are at risk of or experiencing sexual exploitation and violence. Since our first grant in 2004, GEMS has grown from exclusively providing crisis and transitional services to conducting preventive education and outreach to at-risk young women. GEMS has also begun working with law enforcement, has designed a trainingof-trainers curriculum, and has garnered national recognition for its efforts to raise awareness about sexual exploitation. GEMS will use the Sustainability Award to support a strong information technology system, identified as an emerging need in its planning and evaluation processes. Centro de Estudios y Apoyo para el Desarrollo Local (CEADEL) (Center for Study and Support for Local Development) Chimaltenango, Guatemala Director: Gabriel Zelada Total support from GFC: $60,500 since 2003 CEADEL works to eliminate the use of child laborers and to improve conditions for young people who work in Guatemala’s agribusiness industry. Our grants have supported a scholarship program for girls as well as workshops on labor rights, reproductive rights, and gender issues. In addition to providing academic and vocational support to hundreds of adolescent girls, CEADEL has become one of the region’s foremost advocates for the rights of working adolescent girls. CEADEL will use the Sustainability Award to construct its own building, which it views as crucial to organizational stability. 48 www.globalfundforchildren.org Ikamva Labantu (The Future of Our Nation) Cape Town, South Africa Director: Isherne Davids Total support from GFC: $79,000 since 2002 Ikamva Labantu partners with local residents to improve the quality of life in Cape Town’s townships by addressing a range of issues, including education, economic empowerment, and homebased care. Although Ikamva was already an established institution at the time of our initial grant, we were drawn to the organization because of its interest in the needs of vulnerable boys. With our support, Ikamva launched the Boys/Men Kindness Program to promote the positive development of boys living in townships; it has become fully sustainable in just four years. The Sustainability Award will help create a staff incentive fund to increase staff satisfaction, reduce turnover, and eliminate disruptions to Ikamva’s programs. Jifunze (Learning) Project Kibaya, Tanzania Director: J. Carrie Oelberger Total support from GFC: $54,000 since 2002 Based in a remote, rural region of Tanzania, Jifunze works alongside community members and schools to encourage the use of effective and innovative educational resources and techniques. Over the past five years, we have witnessed the evolution of the group’s Community Education Resource Center into a nationally recognized, community-owned, and community-managed program. Jifunze will use its Sustainability Award to document its experiences and disseminate the report within the wider development community in East Africa. Luna Nueva (New Moon) Asunción, Paraguay Director: Raquel Fernández Total support from GFC: $77,000 since 2002 Luna Nueva works to eradicate violence against women and children by developing and implementing programs in education, healthcare, self-esteem, human rights awareness, and violence prevention. The organization seeks to improve the quality of life and defend the fundamental rights of commercial sex workers and adolescent victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Since our initial grant in 2002, Luna Nueva has doubled its budget and expanded its advocacy work to press for a more effective governmental and societal response to child sexual exploitation. The Sustainability Award will be used to create a revolving fund to cover the short-term cash flow constraints that arise when funder commitments do not align with program operation dates. Phulki (Spark) Dhaka, Bangladesh Director: Suraiya Haque Total support from GFC: $70,500 since 2002 Phulki implements innovative factory-based childcare centers as it strives to create a world where working women do not have to sacrifice their children’s well-being in order to achieve economic emancipation. Phulki’s five-year partnership with us has enabled the organization to scale up its innovative childcare and child-to-child programs, which have been replicated by public- and privatesector organizations in Bangladesh. The Sustainability Award will be used to construct Phulki’s own office building in Dhaka and to launch an income-generating project to produce affordable sanitary napkins for women workers in garment factories. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (Village Self-Reliance) Pabna District, Bangladesh Director: A. H. M. Rezwan Total support from GFC: $74,500 since 2003 Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha works to improve the lives of economically vulnerable rural families in Bangladesh through education initiatives, including a mobile boat school program that brings classrooms, Internet access, libraries, and appropriate technologies to villagers in remote, floodprone areas. We were a proud early investor in the boat schools, which have precipitated Shidhulai’s exponential growth in budget, operations, and influence over the last five years. Organizations throughout the region have replicated this innovative model, which has earned Shidhulai international recognition. The Sustainability Award will help Shidhulai purchase office space in the capital city of Dhaka, contributing to the organization’s visibility and long-term stability. www.globalfundforchildren.org 49 Profile The Little School That Could grantee partner location Vikramshila Education Resource Society Bigha, India The village of Bigha—population 6,000— is typical of many rural communities in West Bengal, India. Hard to reach by road or rail, with few public services and a struggling agrarian economy, Bigha has suffered from the exodus of its educated population. Vast disparities divide rich and poor, especially when it comes to education. Sociedad Amigos de los Niños (SAN) (Friends of Children Society) Tegucigalpa, Honduras Director: Sister Maria Rosa Leggol Total support from GFC: $56,000 since 2003 SAN protects the rights of young domestic workers in Honduras and provides these girls and young women with alternative skills and means of supporting themselves. Our grants have helped to fund the Reyes Irene Valenzuela Support Center, which provides technical training and nonformal education to 400 female domestic workers aged 12 to 17. Since 2003, SAN has doubled its budget, expanded its donor base and visibility, and launched new initiatives, including a savings and credit cooperative that allows girls to accumulate assets for the future and start their own small businesses. The Sustainability Award will be used to improve accounting services and develop a broader resource base for the organization. 50 www.globalfundforchildren.org Vikramshila Education Resource Society Bigha, India Director: Shubhra Chatterji Total support from GFC: $67,000 since 2002 Vikramshila establishes model education programs and trains government-school teachers in its effort to bring quality education to marginalized sectors of Indian society in order to lessen the disparity of educational standards between the wealthy and the poor. Since 2002, we have been a strong supporter of Vikramshila’s model school and resource center in the village of Bigha. The school places education at the center of community life, making learning more accessible and engaging to students and their families. Its impact on the local people and government, and on neighboring government schools, has been substantial. Vikramshila will use its Sustainability Award for resource mobilization activities that build a secure future for the school. Shubhra Chatterji is the founder of Vikramshila Education Resource Society, an organization that began working in Bigha more than a decade ago. “Although the government of West Bengal had declared the district to be 100 percent literate, we found it otherwise,” she recalls. “Bigha had a government primary school for 60 years, but Muslims and lower-caste Hindus stayed away, as they were given a strong nonverbal message that education was not for them. This is a common story.” In 1996, Vikramshila created a model school in Bigha to prove that a quality education could be made accessible to all sectors of Indian society. “We felt if we could show some results here, then the good practices could be replicated easily in villages facing similar conditions,” says Chatterji. The school’s main innovation was to replace rote learning in traditional subjects with participatory, locally relevant approaches. “The most important step is to link the life situations of the children from working-class homes to the world of academics.” Bigha model school has since become a vibrant hub of community life. Everyone from students to vegetable vendors uses the school’s mobile library. Awareness of health, sanitation, and environmental issues has increased. Most importantly, close to 100 percent of graduates go on to secondary school, where they thrive academically and socially. The school has also emerged as a regional and national resource center, influencing the quality of education far beyond the village through teacher training efforts. Vikramshila volunteers have trained 7,500 teachers— mostly from government schools—in ten Indian states. The organization has lobbied state governments and the federal government to improve the formal education system, advocating successfully for a bill to make education a fundamental right in India. Since 2002, The Global Fund for Children has supported Bigha model school with a total of $67,000 in grants. Grantee partners from four countries have visited the school to learn about its pioneering community-based approach. In 2008, GFC gave Vikramshila a Sustainability Award to help build a more stable long-term financial future for the school. Funds cover operating costs, a fundraiser’s salary, low-risk investments that can generate interest income, and other revenue-generating activities. For Chatterji, a former teacher in India’s elite private schools, the school’s success has broader implications. “India has some of the best schools and some of the worst. Since education is the only guarantee for social uplift, my dream is to see that all children, rich or poor, are able to access the same quality of education.” www.globalfundforchildren.org 51 Forge Mountains small stones Special Partner Goldman Sachs Foundation Profile Despite India’s booming economic growth, the poorest and most vulnerable Indians still have vast unmet needs. The country’s burgeoning population includes more than 400 million young people under 18, and India accounts for a fifth of the world’s out-of-school children. India also has the largest number of working children in the world, with nearly one-third of children under 16 involved in some form of work. To benefit from the new economy, Indian youth must be prepared with a strong educational foundation, vocational training, English proficiency, mentoring, social and employment networks, and opportunities to develop leadership skills and a healthy work ethic. The Global Fund for Children’s grantee partners understand these needs and are often among the first to recognize and cultivate the untapped assets of young people who may be invisible to or dismissed by others. Two years ago, the Goldman Sachs Foundation awarded us a three-year grant of $1.2 million to help ensure that young Indians participate productively in the country’s economic advancement. This partnership, the Global Fund for Children / Goldman Sachs Foundation Initiative, supports community-based efforts to develop the leadership, entrepreneurial, and academic skills of marginalized Indian youth, particularly in Mumbai and Bengaluru. 54 A Bridge to Adulthood Investing in the Potential of India’s Youth www.globalfundforchildren.org grantee partner location Dream A Dream Bengaluru, India When the initiative is complete, we will have supported 25 community-based organizations with as many as 80 grants. This year, we invested in 21 groups through our partnership with Goldman Sachs. Meet Hamsa, a 19-year-old dreamer. Among them is Door Step School, which embraces the idea that schools should be brought to vulnerable children rather than the other way around. The organization’s innovative programs bring nonformal education to working children and youth in slum areas in and around Mumbai, successfully transitioning them into formal schools where they can learn the academic skills necessary to find quality employment. They were brought together by Dream A Dream, a community-based organization in Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), India, that pairs disadvantaged teenagers with older volunteers during the crucial transition to young adulthood. In rural Rajasthan, Gramin Mahila Sikshan Sansthan provides quality education for secondary-school girls who would otherwise be unable to attend school, and as part of its curriculum offers a science program that empowers its students to find work as professors, teachers, scientists, and researchers. Shaishav works with youth on financial literacy, including savings, banking, goal setting, and leadership skills. Sujaya Foundation and the Institute of Leadership and Institutional Development help develop the computer and spoken English language skills of marginalized youth to give them an edge in the job market. And while you’re at it, meet his mentor, Shashank. His job is to encourage Hamsa to keep dreaming, but with his feet planted firmly on the ground. “I am from Bangalore,” says Hamsa. “My mother left home when I was young, as my parents had a lot of problems at home. I used to be a drifter and a rag picker. But I dreamed of studying and doing something more with my life.” Years ago, Hamsa joined a field hockey team through Dream A Dream, where he made friends and learned teamwork and discipline. “I dream of playing for my school, state, and—who knows—even for the national level. I’m a great goalkeeper,” he says. Hamsa stayed in school and now works as an intern at Dream A Dream. He thinks about getting married and working to benefit children someday. But he admits to needing support as he navigates the big decisions ahead. That’s where Shashank comes in. A 30-year-old project leader at a software company, he has volunteered with at-risk kids at Dream A Dream for several years. “No matter what effort a teenager makes growing up, it’s always possible for him to make a drastic decision one fine day that takes him back to the life he came from,” says Shashank. “During this time, it’s important for young adults to share their thoughts and feelings with someone.” A grant from The Global Fund for Children has funded the mentoring program’s pilot phase. Participating pairs meet on a weekly basis—going out to a movie, taking walks, shopping, creating a study plan, or working together on a job application. Over time, they talk through life choices and build a friendship. The relationship fills an important need for participating teens, since their parents usually are not able to assist them emotionally or financially. When kids are young, Dream A Dream offers them opportunities to learn life skills and have fun through sports, creative arts, reading, computers, and outdoor activities. As they transition toward adulthood, the mentoring program provides a bridge to the future. Partnering with six nonprofit organizations, Dream A Dream has attracted hundreds of volunteers to run its programs. Most, like Shashank, are young professionals from Bengaluru’s corporate sector who say they learn and grow from the experience. “Adolescents have all the wisdom in the world,” says Shashank. “They are good at making decisions, and they know a lot about introspection and change. . . . They just need a few pointers to put their wisdom, action, decision, and introspection together. This is what I do when I’m with Hamsa.” www.globalfundforchildren.org 55 Special Partner Nike Foundation Profile The Global Fund for Children is part of the Grassroots Girls Initiative (GGI), funded by the Nike Foundation. GGI aims to empower adolescent girls by supporting grassroots organizations in implementing programs, conducting advocacy, strengthening their organizational and programmatic capacities, and collaborating with other partners. Like the other organizations involved in GGI, we believe that when girls receive support and recognize the many opportunities available to them, they can become a powerful force in transforming their families, their communities, and the world. The other grantmakers in GGI are American Jewish World Service, EMpower–The Emerging Markets Foundation, Firelight Foundation, Global Fund for Women, and Mama Cash. The initiative also includes two partners that provide support and input: the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Nike Foundation. Our grants under GGI provide both program-based and organizational support to a wide range of local groups. This year, we supported 20 community-based organizations working with adolescent girls all over the world. Six groups are in India; three in Brazil; two each in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Zambia; and one each in Burkina Faso, Egypt, Guatemala, Nigeria, and Pakistan. 56 Part of the Plan Grassroots Girls Initiative www.globalfundforchildren.org These partners empower girls through a number of groundbreaking efforts: In Nigeria, the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy has launched a school-based program to support and educate girls aged 13 to 17 about sexual abuse and prepare them for leadership roles. Love in Action, an Ethiopian organization working in the Hadiya region, provides culturally relevant microenterprise training for girls aged 12 to 21. Centro de Estudios y Apoyo para el Desarrollo Local (Center for Study and Support for Local Development) in Guatemala offers scholarships to girls who are working in or are at risk of entering the agribusiness industry, and holds workshops on health, labor rights, and gender issues. In the slums of Hyderabad, India, a group called Mahita (Regeneration) offers nonformal education and skills training opportunities to adolescent girls in Muslim communities. This fiscal year, we awarded a total of $180,000 in direct grants to our 20 grantee partners under the Grassroots Girls Initiative. grantee partner location Yanapanakusun Cusco, Peru At least 5 percent of all girls in Peru—or 560,000 girls—work as domestic laborers, according to a recent estimate. Each has a unique story, but they share many common challenges. Ask Maximiliana, who at age 9 left her rural village in the Andean highlands to work in the city of Cusco. “Girls are mistreated by their employers in many ways. Sometimes they’re not allowed to go to school. They’re not given a day off. They have problems communicating because they leave their villages speaking Quechua and don’t know Spanish well. They have to learn how to make others respect them.” Isolated from their families and unaware of their rights, girl domestics often work long hours for little pay. Physical and sexual abuse is widespread. Many girls suffer alone, behind closed doors, but public awareness of their plight is growing. Founded in 2001, a grassroots organization called Yanapanakusun (which means “let’s help each other” in Quechua) offers support to girls employed as household workers in Cusco. The group provides 1,200 girls annually with shelter, medical care, counseling, formal education, and other assistance. Most of the girls are migrants from poor indigenous villages, and when possible, the group helps them reestablish contact with their families. Activities are partly financed through Yanapanakusun’s operation of a small hostel and a tourist service in the region, which includes Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail. In 2006, The Global Fund for Children became the first US-based institutional funder for a new program that is helping 150 girls to develop life plans. With a social worker’s guidance, each participant acknowledges her past, evaluates her current situation, and defines future goals. The girls track their emotional, educational, health, and work progress for five years, using the life plan as a guide. Staff members provide encouragement and links to outside resources to help each girl succeed. Maximiliana, who is now 14, was abused by her Cusco employers and is estranged from her family. She has lived at Yanapanakusun’s shelter for many years. Like other girls in the life plan program, she is now making academic progress, enjoying better health and self-esteem, and learning to handle conflict. As part of her life plan, she will work part-time; children as young as 12 can legally work in Peru, and many need paid employment. “But it’s not going to be like it was before, because I’m going to sign a contract where they respect my rights and I know my obligations. And the teachers will always be checking on how I’m doing,” says Maximiliana. “My life has changed because I’m not mistreated anymore. I can go to school, and there are people who love me and show me how to get better. I’ve learned to respect and trust people.” www.globalfundforchildren.org 57 Special Partner Johnson & Johnson Health and Well-Being Grants Our Johnson & Johnson Health and WellBeing supplemental grants enable our grantee partners to provide basic healthcare interventions and supplies to the children they serve. This additional support ensures a more holistic and integrated approach to the children’s well-being. Since we started the program four years ago with funding from Johnson & Johnson, nearly 100 percent of our grantee partners have availed themselves of this supplementary grant. This fiscal year, we awarded 203 Health and Well-Being grants totaling $203,000. Our grantee partners apply these $1,000 grants in the most appropriate way to improve the health, hygiene, and nutrition of children in their care. Often the money pays for simple necessities that dramatically improve the daily quality of life for these children. Health and Well-Being grants were used in a variety of ways this fiscal year, including: • Providing nutritious food for HIV-positive children in Kigali, Rwanda, to supplement life-saving anti-retroviral drugs (Amahoro Association) • Offering family-based health education to young female scholarship recipients and their parents in San Francisco Libre, Nicaragua (Asociación Mujer y Comunidad) • Educating child laborers in the Kailali district of Nepal on HIV/AIDS and personal hygiene through health checkup camps and a video (Backward Society Education) • Providing nutrition shakes to vulnerable children in early childhood development 58 www.globalfundforchildren.org centers in Cape Town, South Africa (Ikamva Labantu) • Offering reproductive health education and counseling, mosquito nets, and seeds for fruit and vegetable gardens to vulnerable children in Lusaka, Zambia (International Trust for the Education of Zambia Orphans) • Purchasing fitness equipment for a gymnasium for underprivileged urban youth in Mumbai, India (Kherwadi Social Welfare Association) • Training mothers in proper infant care through cooperative neighborhood programs in Diyarbakir, Turkey (Umut Isigi) • Helping underprivileged families to access free government healthcare in May Pen, Jamaica, by obtaining birth certificates for undocumented children (Rural Family Support Organization) • Teaching nutrition and offering healthy cooking classes and meals to underprivileged children in Washington, DC, United States (Words, Beats, Life) • Providing a daily glass of milk to children of prisoners participating in youth literacy and support programs in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas) • Serving fruit to children at rural book parties for youth in Luang Prabang, Laos (Big Brother Mouse) • Providing health training and necessities such as soap, toothbrushes, and nit combs to ethnic Tibetan children in Nangchen County, China ( Jinpa Project) Profile grantee partner location What’s for Lunch? Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment Chiang Mai, Thailand A little soy milk. An egg. Fresh vegetables and fruit. Lunchtime foods that many kids take for granted are making a big difference in the health of nursery-school children who live in refugee camps along the ThailandMyanmar border. Most of the children, ages 2 to 5, were born in the camps. Their parents—members of the Karen and Karenni ethnic groups—fled fighting and oppression in Myanmar over the last two decades. According to human rights groups, about 150,000 refugees live in nine camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Around 15,000 people have been resettled in third-party countries in the last two years. The rest, who still await resettlement abroad, are not allowed by the Thai government to leave the camps in the meantime. They depend completely on international agencies and local NGOs for protection, schooling, healthcare, and food. They are a neglected people, and the small children among them are unsurprisingly the most vulnerable group of all. The quantity and quality of food in the refugee camps is limited, with a diet meant more for shortterm survival than long-term health. Rice, oil, fish paste, chili, salt, and yellow beans are available—but little else. This means that lactating mothers and young children lack essential vitamins, nutrients, protein, and fat at a crucial time in the children’s development. A recent report on nutrition in the refugee camps shows that 34.4 percent of the children under age 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition. Most 2- to 5-year-olds are underweight and disadvantaged when it comes to fighting disease. Physical and learning disabilities are increasingly common. That’s why a little extra food at lunch can have a big impact. An organization called Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE) has worked inside the refugee camps since 1990, ensuring that displaced women and children have the education and skills they need to participate in the future development of their communities. The Global Fund for Children has helped to support WEAVE’s early childhood development program since 2005, with grants to train teachers, trainers, and parents working in 30 preschools inside three camps. For the past two years, WEAVE has used its Johnson & Johnson Health and Well-Being supplemental grants to give preschoolers a nutritional boost at lunchtime. WEAVE’s midday meal program feeds nearly 3,000 kids in 25 preschools—with 600 covered by GFC funding. Parent volunteers come to each nursery school daily to help cooks prepare a variety of fresh, healthy food for the children. Two local partners—the Karen Women’s Organization and the Karenni National Women’s Organization—manage the lunch and preschool programs. Best of all, WEAVE has leveraged these two small grants to obtain funding for the lunch program from other donors. So more kids are eating right, and they are healthier, more active, and ready to learn. www.globalfundforchildren.org 59 Clinton Global Initiative Profile grantee partner location Under-8 Bright Moon Rising Monduli Pastoralist Development Initiative Monduli, Tanzania More than 200 million young children in the developing world are not fulfilling their potential due to poverty, poor nutrition, and insufficient care. Early intervention is needed to ensure that these children—the majority of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia—develop their cognitive, social, and emotional abilities so that they are prepared to take on the challenge of formal schooling. Nimble, responsive community organizations are best poised to reach and serve the most vulnerable children, who are often missed by mainstream initiatives. With our Under-8 Initiative, we seek out promising models that build the skills of both children and their parents, and we strengthen these communitybased organizations through a combination of financial, organizational, and technical support. Through our new Under-8 Initiative, The Global Fund for Children has committed to investing $10 million in early childhood development and education for children who are 8 years old or younger. Over a five-year period, we will fund 100 innovative community-based organizations in 20 impoverished countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America, touching the lives of as many as 500,000 vulnerable children. This fiscal year, we awarded a total of $478,300 in grants to 29 GFC grantee partners under the Under-8 Initiative. Our funding supported the work of many innovators: Announced at the third annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, the Under-8 Initiative will: • Support and strengthen organizations providing successful, high-quality early childhood development programs that ensure the healthy psychosocial and physical development of children aged 8 and under, preparing them for formal schooling • Invest in children’s books (including translations), documentary films, and photography that raise awareness about the importance of early childhood education in the developing world and highlight innovative grassroots organizations with model programs 60 www.globalfundforchildren.org In Johannesburg, South Africa, Lapeng Child and Family Resource Service runs a model preschool program for 70 children, as well as vibrant arts, health, and nutrition education activities for community youth and parents. Phulki (Spark), a Bangladeshi organization, operates a unique child-to-child program that trains youth leaders to educate their peers about sexual abuse, child labor, health, and other issues. To keep the children of migrant construction workers safe and healthy, Mumbai Mobile Crèches in India sets up mobile daycare centers at construction sites so kids can learn and play while their parents work. In Ukraine, the Early Intervention Institute for Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities provides medical and psychosocial support to infants and young children who might otherwise be institutionalized, helping them integrate into schools and communities. “Children are the bright moon,” say the Maasai people of Africa, meaning that kids bring light into homes and families. In traditional Maasai culture, the best education of these bright youngsters comes from their elders, and small children learn their earliest lessons through inclusion in everyday activities. with local resources, the preschools include community-nominated teachers and grandparents who serve as resource people. MPDI’s coordinator, Erasto Ole Sanare, was born and raised in Monduli District and attended school there. He has extensive teaching experience and a deep commitment to the well-being of his community. “Children’s confidence is built with their culture,” says a Maasai teacher. “Culture provides the foundation for formal education.” Kids and parents sing the praises of the preschools. “We have time for other activities because we have a place to leave our children. We can fetch water, collect firewood, and do other duties and return to find them very safe and well fed,” says a Maasai mother. “I have a lot of new friends and we play together,” says Joseph, a child attending Armaroroi ECD center. “I am also learning another language than Maasai,” he adds. The centers run activities in the children’s native language but also introduce them to Swahili to prepare them for primary school. Close to 900,000 Maasai people live in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya. Nomadic herders of cattle and sheep, they have fought to preserve their traditional lifestyle in the face of dwindling access to land and clean water, conflicts over wildlife preservation, and a dire need for healthcare and for education that can prepare the next generation to interact successfully with the outside world. Since 2004, the Monduli Pastoralist Development Initiative (MPDI) has worked to help Maasai communities maintain their traditional beliefs and systems while ensuring that children receive a modern education. A grant from The Global Fund for Children helps to support the organization’s innovative Early Childhood Development (ECD) program, targeting Maasai children from birth to age 8 in Sepeko Ward, Monduli District, northern Tanzania. Two years ago, Sepeko Ward had just two preschools. Thanks to MPDI, there are now 34 culturally appropriate, communitybased ECD centers serving over 2,000 children close to home. Created and managed The ECD centers serve as a crucial bridge between the Maasai communities and the outside world, between the informal learning that children receive at home and the formal education that will come later. Recognizing the value of this approach, the Tanzanian government has designated some of the centers as “satellite schools” and has provided trained teachers. The preschools have also become community hubs. Local healthcare providers send nurses there to give medical attention and advice to the children and their families, and the centers are also used for adult classes and community activities. www.globalfundforchildren.org 61 A closer look Vulnerability & Gender A young boy of 14 arrives in the glittering downtown of the big city. Having stowed away on a luggage car of a train that passes his rural village weekly, he finds himself at the busy central station with a vague plan— get a job, support himself, and send money home to his struggling family. With a few coins in his pocket, he begins to ask nearby retail stores and small shops for work, but he has no luck. Some other boys provide support and guidance, but they are equally low on luck and strategy, and their advice leads to few results. Begging, pickpocketing, and street life are meant as a temporary plan for survival before the big break, but big breaks are few and far between, and the boy begins to use alcohol and drugs to temporarily escape from this harsh reality. A frustrating downward spiral begins as hope dissipates. Vulnerabilities come in many forms, as do opportunities. While recent research shows that overall, young people in developing 62 www.globalfundforchildren.org countries are entering adolescence with better health and with more opportunities than previous generations, their gains are uneven across countries and regions. A child may be vulnerable because he or she is poor or orphaned, a member of a minority ethnic group, displaced from home or community, or suffering from disease or a physical handicap. Opportunities may come in the form of a chance to go to school, the offer of a new job, a mentor, or a strategically made loan. Sometimes adults provide these opportunities; sometimes children actively seek them out through independent initiative and drive. With 1.5 billion people between the ages of 10 and 24 now living in developing countries—a figure that represents 86 percent of the world’s youth—opportunities for education and employment are increasingly crucial to personal advancement, economic growth, and security. In developing countries, girls often face education and health inequities compared to their male peers. They may never enroll in school, or may be withdrawn from school when resources are scarce or household chores are numerous. They are less likely than boys to successfully transition to secondary school. They are at risk of early marriage or forced sex. Other health and safety vulnerabilities, especially related to teenage pregnancy and childbirth, abound. While media reports and academic studies have drawn attention to girls’ vulnerability, the distinct vulnerabilities of boys and young men earn far less attention. In the last 20 years, the percentage of boys aged 10 to 14 who have never attended school has dropped from 21 percent to 11 percent—a positive step. Yet educational access and quality are unequal, affecting a young male’s ability to prepare for productive, well-paid work. School attendance rates for boys in sub-Saharan Africa have fallen, for example. And in Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia, and Thailand, employment for young men aged 15 to 24 has dropped by nearly 20 percent in recent years. Acute frustration, a lack of role models, and limited emotional and social outlets put boys at risk of engaging in violence, pursuing illicit economic activity, escaping reality through alcohol and drugs, or seeking a misguided sense of belonging through gang membership or inscription as child soldiers. According to the World Bank, 300,000 young people under the age of 18 have recently been involved in armed conflict, and another 500,000 boys and girls have been recruited into military or paramilitary forces. www.globalfundforchildren.org 63 Profile Success Stories from Mumbai’s Streets grantee partner location Society Undertaking Poor People’s Onus for Rehabilitation Mumbai, India Just for today, I should be free from drugs. I will listen to positive voices. I understand that I can change. I can transform failure to success. I will enjoy my day. This simple pledge is the basis for the transformative work of Society Undertaking Poor People’s Onus for Rehabilitation (SUPPORT), a communitybased organization working with drugaddicted street children in a gritty neighborhood outside Mumbai. Street life, gangs, domestic violence, and aggression are essentially cries for support. Ultimately, the pressure on a young man to earn and provide for himself or his family— especially where unemployment is high and chances to learn practical skills are few— places additional pressure on him to prove his identity and recognize the purpose and value of his life. For impoverished young men, life in a rural village or urban slum can be spare and slow, with few economic prospects or outlets for creative self-expression. The draw of the globalized city—its shops and neighborhoods that cater to the wealthy, its crowds, its energy, and its promise of infinite opportunity— is difficult to resist. The hard times of the streets, however, are usually a grim reality check on the distant illusion of upward mobility. Even when a young man finds urban work, it is often hazardous and poorly paid, making it difficult to earn a livelihood. Within a poverty environment, the dual challenges of urban migration and gender disparity can present tremendous obstacles in a young boy’s life. As young men seek to compensate for vulnerabilities and to meet external expectations, the progress they hope for often proves elusive, and the outcomes are potentially dire. Safety nets, second chances, and real and relevant opportunities are critically needed to mitigate these poor outcomes. In train stations and dark alleys, many community-based organizations are working to provide alternatives. Local, contextual, adaptable, and flexible, they can harness and facilitate real opportunity, ultimately transforming vulnerabilities to assets. Sources: Martine, George. The State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth. New York: United Nations, 2007. Lloyd, Cynthia B., ed. Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005. World Bank. World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2006. 64 www.globalfundforchildren.org Beginning with just five children in 1993, SUPPORT has since involved hundreds in its programs. The only organization in Mumbai providing detoxification and rehabilitation services to drug-using street children and youth, it is also one of the very few groups in India offering residential rehabilitation programs. SUPPORT’s success owes much to the dedication and compassion of director Sujata Ganega, a social worker, and Hoshang Irani, a former banker who runs the day-to-day operations. In Mumbai, a megacity of 18 million, over 100,000 impoverished children live on the streets. They leave home for many reasons— acute poverty, abusive parents, the lure of bigcity life—but often find that living on their own only presents new problems. Girls can be vulnerable to sexual abuse or forced into sex work. Boys face police harassment, gang exploitation, and violence. All struggle with hunger, substance abuse, illness, and despair. Targeting street children aged 8 to 18, SUPPORT operates daytime drop-in centers near Mumbai’s busiest train stations, offering a safe haven, medical care, and a sympathetic ear. Drug-addicted children are encouraged to move to SUPPORT’s residential detoxification center, where trained medical and counseling staff guide them through a 15- to 30-day detox regimen that includes checkups and therapy. Boys continue treatment at residential rehabilitation facilities in Santacruz, a suburb of Mumbai, while girls are housed in a peaceful, rural setting outside the city. At both centers, children have access to schooling, personal coaching, recreation, and vocational activities. They do laundry and prepare daily meals—routines that build pride and discipline. The Global Fund for Children has helped to fund the boys’ rehabilitation center since 2006, allowing 50 boys to pursue formal schooling and vocational skills training each year. Some children remain in SUPPORT’s care for a decade or more, moving from crisis to recovery to self-sufficiency. Their stories inspire hope. There’s Jagdish, who went from sniffing glue on the streets of Mumbai to detoxification, success at school, and college studies, with plans to become a banker. There’s Pappi, who first came to SUPPORT at age 8 and now, in his last year of high school, dreams of leading the organization. And there’s Ashok, who ran away from an abusive father to live on the streets outside Mumbai’s Dadar railway station. He became a peer educator at SUPPORT, looking after sick children in the medical room, and eventually joined the staff. www.globalfundforchildren.org 65 Inspire History small tales Global Media Ventures Through the power of books, documentary photography, films, and online media, the Global Media Ventures program celebrates the community and diversity of children and young people all over the world. Our vibrant photo-illustrated children’s books present the many common experiences that young people around the world share, while also highlighting their varied cultural backgrounds. Our documentary photography illuminates the daily lives of young people served by the communitybased organizations we fund. The films we support focus on the resilience of young people and raise awareness of the issues confronting them. As we narrate their stories through our books, pictures, films, and online media, we promote the dignity of vulnerable children and youth and advance global citizenship. Global Fund for Children Books At the heart of Global Media Ventures is the children’s book program, published under the imprint Global Fund for Children Books. 68 www.globalfundforchildren.org Celebrating Community We have 23 children’s books in publication and more than 500,000 copies in circulation. Our books have been read by over 1.5 million readers and have collectively won 27 awards. The latest addition to the collection is Children of the U.S.A., showcasing children of different ethnic, religious, and geographical backgrounds in 51 towns and cities across the country. This book tells a hopeful story of American children sharing their many gifts and unique histories with their neighbors and the world. School Library Journal says the book “give[s] children the opportunity to learn about tolerance and respect as they discover many common threads.” Global Babies, published in 2007, has been a huge success in bookstores everywhere. This charming board book, which Booklist called “stunning in its simplicity and effectiveness,” conveys the universal love for babies through intimate portraits from the world over. The book is so popular that it will soon be released in an English-Spanish bilingual edition as Global Babies / Bebés del Mundo. In 2009, we anticipate the release of Faith, a beautiful celebration of religious diversity expressed in images of children practicing their faith worldwide. With full-page photographs, a glossary of religious terms, and representations of faiths from around the globe, this is an important addition to the growing Global Fund for ChildrenBooks collection. Additional books are in development with Charlesbridge Publishing, a for-profit children’s book company that has been our partner since 1997. When we published our first book, Children from Australia to Zimbabwe, a portion of the royalties went to fund our grantmaking. This practice continues today. Books for Kids The Books for Kids project donates Global Fund for Children books and resource guides to community-based literacy groups worldwide. In targeting local groups that demonstrate a pressing need for educational materials, Books for Kids hopes to reach children who may not otherwise have access to new and quality books. Since 1996, our Books for Kids project has donated over 77,000 books to organizations and programs promoting children’s literacy all over the world. From May 2006 through this fiscal year, Books for Kids boosted its worldwide distribution with a $50,000 Book Club Award from Oprah’s Angel Network. The grant, given in honor of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, funded shipments of over 15,000 children’s books to vulnerable young people around the world, with a concentration of donations reaching organizations in remote or post-conflict locations. Recipients included the Sam-Kam Institute in the West African country of Sierra Leone, which is recovering from decades of civil war. The books help strengthen the institute’s English and literacy programs for war victims and excombatants. Our Bolivian grantee partner Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas (Th’uruchapitas Library) received 232 of our Spanishlanguage books for its program that teaches children of prisoners how to read and write and provides them with emotional support. In addition to the book donations made possible by Oprah’s Angel Network, this www.globalfundforchildren.org 69 fiscal year we shipped 1,412 books with a retail value of $13,720 to grassroots groups working with children in underserved communities, primarily in the United States. These organizations included the Franklin– Grand Isle Bookmobile, a traveling library serving rural communities in Vermont, and our grantee partner KID smART, an artsin-education initiative in New Orleans that has played a key role in facilitating children’s psychosocial recovery after Hurricane Katrina. Documentary Photography The Global Fund for Children / International Center of Photography Fellowship uses the power of photography to highlight the hope and opportunity our grantee partners cultivate in the children they serve. It is also designed to inspire a new generation of photographers to document social change all over the world. The fellowship, created in 2004 in partnership with the New York–based International Center of Photography, has since been awarded to four young photographers. This year’s awardee was Tadej Znidarcic, a Slovenian photographer based in New York City. Znidarcic documented the work 70 www.globalfundforchildren.org of four of our grantee partners. He traveled to India to photograph the dance and movement programs of Kolkata Sanved (Kolkata Sensitivity) and the leadership trainings at Phulki (Spark). In Bangladesh, he documented children learning on the boat schools of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (Village Self-Reliance), and in Romania, he captured Roma and orphan populations at Children on the Edge and Asociatia Ovidiu Rom (Ovidiu Rom Association). Several of the photographs illustrating this annual report were taken during his fellowship. Global Fund for Children Films This year, we promoted our investments in two important films, War Child and Journey of a Red Fridge. War Child is a feature-length documentary on the life of Emmanuel Jal, a Sudanese child soldier turned hip-hop artist in the United Kingdom. Jal’s story mirrors his homeland: tragedy and terror mingled with hope and restoration. His dream of gua, or peace, for Sudan and the rest of Africa is told in his own words and music. War Child had its international debut at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Cadillac Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. At Tribeca, we presented a $5,000 grant to GUA Africa, an organization founded by Jal to help rebuild war victims’ lives. GUA Africa is currently raising funds to build a school in Jal’s hometown of Leer, Sudan. Journey of a Red Fridge focuses on a young Nepali student, Hari Rai, who works as a porter so he can pay his school fees and cover his living expenses. He is asked to carry a defective refrigerator from the top of a mountain to town for repairs. During this four-day journey, we learn about his life and those of other porters. Produced by the award-winning Serbian production company Lunam Productions, Journey of a Red Fridge won the audience award at the CRONOGRAF International Documentary Film Festival in Chisinau, Moldova, and made its North American premiere at the SILVERDOCS: AFI / Discovery Channel Documentary Festival. Blog: On the Road One of the most popular features of our redesigned website is our blog, On the Road (www.gfcontheroad.org). This online journal gives readers a taste of our journeys as we scout for pioneering community-based organizations. Readers learn about our grantee partners’ innovative methods, as well as the challenging environments in which they work. This year, staff members shared their impressions of the 2008 Enterprise and Learning Knowledge Exchange in India, blogging about their travels, the hope inspired by our grantee partners, and the value of sharing knowledge among organizations working for children around the world. We are expanding our efforts in this area through a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Selected from a pool of 1,010 applications, GFC was one of just 17 winners of the first-ever Digital Media and Learning Competition. We are utilizing video, audio, online surveys, and blogging to share knowledge among organizations working for children around the world. www.globalfundforchildren.org 71 Grow Futures small seeds Giving To spread awareness of our work and raise resources to support more grantee partners around the world, we have created two strategic groups of prominent philanthropists. The Global Fund for Children UK Trust, an independently registered charity in the United Kingdom, began operations this year. UK Trust board members act as global ambassadors for our work and cooperate with us to raise funds in the United States and across Europe. The group raised over $800,000 for GFC this year through its networks and peers. Not only will this collaboration further our mission of advancing the dignity of children and young people throughout the world, but it will also build our organizational sustainability. In the United States, we launched the Silicon Valley Leadership Council, a select group of dedicated, informed leaders with expertise in business, technology, and philanthropy who raise awareness in their communities about the challenges facing vulnerable children, engage others to support us, and participate in GFC briefing sessions. In January 2008, the council inaugurated this partnership by hosting a photography exhibit at SPUR Projects in Portola Valley, California, featuring the work of Malin Fezehai, last year’s Global Fund for Children / International Center of Photography fellow. For a complete list of those on the GFC board of directors, the UK Trust board of trustees, and the Silicon Valley Leadership Council, please consult page 125. 74 www.globalfundforchildren.org Global Leadership, Global Philanthropy Nurturing Global Citizens As part of our effort to mobilize youth to bring a global lens to their own communities, we seek out strategic partnerships that bring our mission to schools across the United States. We are excited to continue our important partnership with New Global Citizens, working to empower American high-school students to make a difference in the world. Each New Global Citizens team chooses to learn about, educate their community about, and raise money for one of our grantee partners. This year, we worked with teams from six high schools that raised money for our grantee partners. We keep in touch with these future global leaders by updating them on our grantees’ progress, providing photos and blogs from program officer visits to the field, and giving them background information about the region and the issues their selected grantee partner addresses. This year, New Global Citizens teams raised money to support Challenging Heights in Ghana, Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group in India, Association des Artistes et Artisans contre le VIH/SIDA et les Stupifiants (Association of Artists and Artisans against HIV/AIDS and Drugs) in Burkina Faso, Centar za Integraciju Mladih (Center for Youth Integration) in Serbia, Skolta’el Yu’un Jlumaltic (Service to Our People) in Mexico, and Movimiento para el Auto-Desarrollo Internacional de la Solidaridad (Movement for International Self-Development and Solidarity) in the Dominican Republic. Our longstanding partnership with The Mirman School in Los Angeles continued this year as elementary-school students held their annual read-a-thon to raise money for Ruchika Social Service Organization in India and Ethiopian Books for Children and Educational Foundation in Ethiopia. Since 1999, The Mirman School has raised over $60,000 to support our programs around the world. Fashionable Giving Tea Collection’s adorable clothing line carries our message to children and families around the world. The special GFC collection of children’s tees and bodysuits is imprinted with the phrase “For Little Citizens of the World.” This year, Tea Collection sponsored a competition for children under age 8 to contribute original artwork to be put on next year’s collection. These inspired tees will be available in spring 2009 at www.teacollection.com. Since the beginning of our partnership in 2006, Tea Collection’s garments have raised over $57,000 for our work with children and youth. We were pleased this year to partner with TONIC, an innovative company connect- ing top designers with nonprofits to create stylish, cause-inspired clothes for adults. TONIC signed on London-based designer Luella Bartley to design a special, limitededition T-shirt for GFC and Boquitas Sanas (Healthy Little Mouths), a program of our grantee partner Fundación Simsa (Simsa Foundation). Each T-shirt purchase supports dental care for children in Colombia. Special Initiatives Our partnerships with Working Assets and CIBC World Markets Miracle Day allow individuals to support GFC initiatives in simple yet meaningful ways without altering their daily routines. Working Assets sends a donation to its nonprofit partners each time a client uses its mobile telephone services. The CREDO Mobile partnership program makes it easy for people to incorporate philanthropy into their daily lives. Since 2005, our partnership with Working Assets has raised over $100,000. On the first Wednesday of each December, CIBC World Markets donates 100 percent of the fees and commissions of its traders, advisors, and sales staff to children’s charities. We have been a recipient of these commissions for the past two years. This year, many individual traders took advantage of this special day, making trades and purchases that brought in $42,000 for our Books for Kids program. www.globalfundforchildren.org 75 2007–2008 Our Donors Individuals Anonymous (51) Henele Adams Brenda Adderly Maya Ajmera and David Hollander Jr. Richa and Ravi Ajmera Roopa and Ramesh Ajmera Barbara Anderson Antonella Antonini and Alan Stein Joseph H. Arcidiacono Barbara and William Ascher Sandra and Shane Atherholt Latha Baddigam Christine Baker Denise Baldwin Marion Ballard Dorothy and Andrew Barnes Thomas C. Barry Adrienne and John Beckmann Deborah Beckmann-Kotzubei and Jacob Kotzubei Marilyn Beller Susan and Barry Berman Sharmeela Binwani Margaret R. Blake Robert L. Bletcher Bethany Bond Tammy and Michael Borosky Tod Breslau Ellen Breslow Darcy and Brady Brewer Joey Brewer Devon and Peter Briger Kathryn Briger Marisa Brown Michael Burkes India and Michael Bush Jacqueline Campbell Amy and Charles Carter Tracy Carter Bonnie Cary-Freitas and Alex Freitas 76 www.globalfundforchildren.org Mike Cavanaugh Katherine Alice Chang and Thomas Einstein Frank Chau David Chow Annette Clear and Michael Begert Richard Clemmer Michelle Cline Becky and Munroe Cobey Susan and Peter Colby Julie Conrad Julia Candace Corliss Katelena Hernandez Cowles and James Cowles Paula and James Crown Blake and Michael Daffey Mary and Matt Davidson-Seiden Linda Davis Sebastian and Benjamin Davis Roxanne Dawson Alice M. De Guzman Arlene M. De Guzman Diane and Howard Deshong Jeanette and Howard Deshong Jodi Ecker Detjen and Michael J. Detjen Saraswathi Devi and C. K. Hiranya Gowda Andy Diamondstein Valerie Dockendorff Bill Drayton John P. Driscoll Constance and Arthur Driver Stanley Druckenmiller Suzanne Duryea and Timothy Waidmann Viretta and Edwin Edwards Jennifer Enoch and Michael Wilmore Sarah G. Epstein Sean Erickson Brent Farmer Kate and Henry Faulkner Evelina Feinberg Ann Felber Penelope Fetsch Gary Finch Jeanne Donovan Fisher Diane Flannery Ana Fong Stacey L. Foran Charlotte and Bill Ford Connie L. Formby The Fox family John Hope Franklin Patricia Freedman Mary Jo Freshley Randi Frisch and Paul Green Nella and Paul Fulton Meg Garlinghouse Paola Gianturco Gabriele Gidion Noelle Swan Gilbert Eleanor Hewlett Gimon Juliette Gimon Jack Gordon Bruno Grandsard Susan Green and David Thompson Kate Greene Connie Allen Greig Michael E. Guarasci Anu Gupta and Arnab Ghatak Vineeta Gupta Susan Gutchess Kathie M. Hackler Josette Haddad Arlene and Robert Harder Susan Carter Harrington and Tom Harrington Peter Harris Susan K. Harris and Charles T. Harris III Fiona Harrison and Richard Sander Jeanie Hayes Hatch and Timothy Hatch Alicia and Matthew Hawk John Hepburn Benedict T. Herold Esther Hewlett Sally and William Hewlett William N. Hogan Shirley Hollander Peter Holz Heather and Adam Hopkins H. C. Hovanessian and Vache Mahseredjian Samuel Huber H. Ingalls Farieda and Behram Irani Sarah Ireland Marisa Delacruz Irvine and Jerry Irvine Paul Tudor Jones Elyce Judith Parie Kadir Namrita Kapur Anjali Kataria and Vinay Bhargava Evelyn and George Kausch Elizabeth Kehoe Anita and David Keller Meara Kelley Sanjiv Khattri Courtney Klein Kimberly Knoller Marcia and Henry Knoller Wendy and David Knoller Judith Kramer Joanne Krell Michael Krieg Brian Ladd Jagmeet Lamba Patricia Lancaster Marilyn Lapicola Guy Lawrence Jeffrey Lee Gretchen Lehman Solome Lemma Benjamin Lerman David Levenson Arnold Levine Nia-Chiang Liang Linda Liau and Marvin Bergsneider Greg Licamele Ruth Lindeborg and Leonard Busby Harry Lippy Joan Lombardi and Neville Beharie Chinmay Lonkar Marcena W. Love Tina Lu and Jonathan Liu Laura Luger Sety Madyoon Shalini and Aman Mahajan Miguel P. S. Marques Jimena Martinez and Michael Hirschhorn Agnieszka Marzec Roza Matzkin Jennifer Maxwell Julia Mayer-Janovic and Adam Janovic Eric Mayers Debbie and Mark McGoldrick Mary Patterson McPherson Meheret Mellese Thomas Meurer Rachel Eve Miller and Alan Epstein Frank Minton Judith Fiske Moak and Kevin Moak Chitra Mojtabai and Clayton Townsend Donna, Glenn, and David Mordini Bonnie Morro Samantha Moulton Rose Jackson Moye and Michael Moye Hiten Mulchandani Nancy and Clay Mulford Tony Mullen Florabel G. Mullick, MD Susan Murdock Anne Firth Murray Paula and Ray Murray Chiang Ling Ng Huyen Minh Nguyen Bjorn Nielsen E. MacArthur Noyes Victoria Nye MaryEllen O’Donnell Terry Okamoto Lynn and Harry O’Mealia Sarah Orr Marina Ospina-Walz Barbara and Bryn Ostby Sarah Carmen Padgett and Charles Padgett James Pallotta Stacey L. Parezanin Nancy Peretsman and Robert Scully Katherine Perot Lisa and Leonard Petrus Carol Phethean and Peter Yawitz Marnie and Don Pillsbury Donna Pineo Solace Pineo Bryce Pingul Marilyn and Thomas Pinnavaia Sandra Pinnavaia and Guy Moszkowski Joan Platt Darcy and Jeffrey Pollack Michael Polster Cynthia Pon Maria C. Porter Marlene Quintero Raj Rajaratnam Prem Ramaswami Carolyn and Karl Rathjen Leigh Rawdon and David Rolf Adele Richardson Ray www.globalfundforchildren.org 77 Claire Reade Gay A. Roane Anne Roberts Jeanne and William Roberts Rick Rome Lita Rosen Abbe Rosenbaum Debra Rosenfeld Sandra and Paul Rosenfeld Patricia L. Rosenfield Nadine and Edward Rosenthal Sushma and Indrajit Roy Shaheen and Harpal Sadhal Melissa Cleveland Salamé and Roy Salamé Azyzah Sasry Allison and John Saviano Jennifer Schaffstein Tamar Schiffman Emily Schneider Gabriel Schwartz Joel L. Shapiro Susanna Shapiro Alice H. Shenk David A. Sherman Cynthia Sherrill and Rinaldo Veseliza Joan Shifrin and Michael Faber Anant Shivraj Rona Silkiss and Neil Jacobstein Heather and Adam Silver Jody Silverman Stephen M. Simko Anne and Dan Simon Janata Sims Nazila and Mehran Sina Chitra Singh and Hari Singh Lunayach Neera and Raj Singh Carol and Gary Sobelson Sabina and Ajay Sondhi Anne Sorensen James Spindler Kim Stauton-Ramsey Ruth and Robert Steen Lisa Sterling Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stern Margaret and Robert Stillman Lauren Stills Brian Stolz Rhonda Stroud and Larry Nittler Sarah Strunk and Kent Lewis Cheryl Swan Collette and David Swan Steve Tak Steven T. Tanijo Elif Tasdizen Tony Thomas 78 www.globalfundforchildren.org Nike Zachmanoglou Tirman and John Tirman Naz Toloui Ellen and Benjamin Tombaugh Colleen and Steve Trotter The Turner family Pamala and Maineva Tyson P. Tyson-Mudd and S. Mudd Ellen Uy The Curt Vanderstoep family The Rick Vanderstoep family Carmine Versaci Duan and Fan Wang John J. Weigel Rosanne and Richard Weinberg Shana Weinberg Sasha and Howard Weinstein Amy and Daniel Weiss Emma Wernig Meike and Markus Wernig Kristiana Weseloh Lisa and Lance West Alison Whalen and Steven Marenberg Paula and Sally Whiteman Lenore Denise Williams Lee and Sam Wood Nardos Worku Jasmine and Mickey Wu Kana Yamanouchi Kimberly and David Yount Corporate Giving Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Charlesbridge Publishing CIBC World Markets Corporation Credit Suisse Americas Foundation Danya International, Inc. Elsevier Ltd. GMAC Financial Services Goldman Sachs Foundation IBM Employee Services Center Indus Charitable Foundation Integrity Finance & Real Estate Group, Inc. J.E. Robert Companies Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Kain Kumar MD, Inc McKinsey & Company Morgan Stanley Foundation Nike Foundation On-Site.com Piano Play Music Systems, Inc. Project, Inc. R&M Enterprise, Inc. TAMAC Tea Collection Tectonics Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc. Robert K. Steel Family Foundation The Whitehead Foundation The Willie Whitehead Foundation Gift Funds Foundations Anonymous (2) Bertuzzi Family Foundation Bridgemill Foundation Howard G. Buffett Foundation The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation Angelo R. and Mary V. Cali Family Foundation, Inc. Catto Charitable Foundation Chapin Foundation Chicago Community Foundation Colina Foundation Crystal Springs Foundation The Daffey Foundation ELMA Philanthropies Flora Family Foundation Frankel Family Foundation The Frank and Brenda Gallagher Family Foundation Claire Giannini Fund The Global Fund for Children UK Trust Tim and Mary Haddon Family Foundation Harrington Family Foundation Dr. Daniel C. Hartnett Family Foundation The Henley Foundation The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation James Family Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Keare/Hodge Family Foundation Kowitz Family Foundation KPW Family Foundation Libra Foundation MacArthur Foundation Marc Haas Foundation Oberoi Family Foundation Oprah’s Angel Network Overbrook Foundation Perot Foundation The Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation The Kim and Ralph Rosenberg Family Foundation The Sage Foundation Scully Peretsman Foundation Shafran Family Foundation The James and Chantal Sheridan Foundation Stanley S. Shuman Family Foundation The Maya Ajmera and David Hollander Jr. Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund The Billingsley Fund of the Dallas Women’s Foundation The Elizabeth Roberts Boyle Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis The Burnham Family Charitable Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program The Cohen Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan The Cole Dodwell Family Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund The William H. Draper III and Phyllis C. Draper Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund The Mr. and Mrs. David J. Field Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program The Fortunate Among Us Trust Fund The Martha Gaudet Charitable Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The globalislocal Fund The Hodgson Fund of the New York Community Trust The Hurlbut-Johnson Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Laura and Gary Lauder Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund The Minella Family Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Monterey Fund, Inc. The Gib and Susan Myers Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation The New York Community Trust Alliance Bernstein Foundation Fund The William J. and Elizabeth R. Patterson Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors The Neal and Jennifer Simon Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region The Ravi and Mona Sinha Family Fund of Goldman Sachs Gives The Srinija Srinivasan Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Stewart Family Fund of the Chicago Community Trust The G. Thompson and Wende Hutton Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Unger Family Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Volpi-Cupal Family Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Frank Geider Sr. from Louis Knolker The marriage of Katie Halpin and Ben Blatt from Ronnie and Phil Kaufman Scott and Anita Harris from Liz Lufkin and Bob Steinberg Felice A. 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Preschool from Allyson Parker Dan Nielson Joseph Promo Hayley Crown from David and Colleen Shevsky Mary and Charles Gofen Barbara Stokel Debbie Culbertson from Noha Bassil Topalian Jessica Dadds Michael and Kathleen Wendt Ava Dalton’s first birthday from Linda and James Zukauckas Amy Roetgerman Chance Peets Leviatin from Michelle Devost from Roz and Victor Leviatin Steven Herbert Cole Peets Leviatin from Jessica and Jonathan Ebbeler from Roz and Victor Leviatin Christine Muench Neve Aurora Peets Leviatin from Robin and Basile Enan from Roz and Victor Leviatin Anonymous Samuel Joshua Leviatin from Gideon and Isaac Fenster from Roz and Victor Leviatin Kristen and Mitchell Fenster The children of the Longmeadow Maritza Ficarra from Public Schools from Diane Pugliese The marriage of Megan Fitzgerald E. 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Thrall from Anonymous Gail Watrous from Anonymous (2) Margaret Elizabeth Weinberg and Isabel Ann Weinberg from Justin Paglino Justin Wentz from Anonymous Nell, Zander, Alexandra, Stephen, and Pat Whitman from Sylvia Whitman Dorothy Wuerker from Joan Platt Matching Gifts Schools Online Giving Programs Alliance Bernstein Analytics Operations Engineering, Inc. 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Leaving a Legacy Ensure the future of The Global Fund for Children’s work around the world by becoming a member of the GFC Children’s Legacy Fund. will continue to be strong long into the future, bringing hope and opportunity to millions of children around the world. By naming The Global Fund for Children as a beneficiary of your will, retirement plan, or life insurance policy, you will automatically become a member of the Children’s Legacy Fund. Your gifts will have meaningful and lasting benefits for vulnerable children and youth. We welcome present gifts of securities and other property that we can use now. We also encourage future gifts, such as bequests, beneficiary designations, and trusts. These gifts increase our organizational stability and make long-range planning possible. As a member of the Children’s Legacy Fund, you can be certain that we will use your gift to continue and expand our important work. We have been a leader in grassroots grantmaking for over a decade. Our grantmaking model has proved effective and successful, and you can be assured that our mission For information about arranging such gifts, please contact The Global Fund for Children’s Investor Relations Office at 202-222-0804. We recommend that you consult with legal and financial advisors when considering a planned gift. www.globalfundforchildren.org 81 Shape Waves small splashes All black-and-white photographs were taken by Tadej Znidarcic during his 2007–2008 GFC / ICP Fellowship trip to India, Bangladesh, and Romania. Eligibility Criteria and Selection guidelines Selecting Our Grantee Partners The Global Fund for Children selects grantee partners based on their demonstrated potential to produce sustainable improvement in the lives of vulnerable children and youth and to serve as a resource or model for other organizations. Eligibility Criteria Prospective grantee partners must meet the following eligibility criteria in order to be considered for support. Appropriate size and stage of development With rare exceptions, a prospective grantee partner’s annual budget should not exceed $200,000. In most cases, new grantee partners have budgets in the $25,000 to $75,000 range. Our aim is to identify organizations at a relatively early stage in their development. Direct involvement with children and youth Prospective grantee partners must work directly with children and youth. We do not support groups engaged exclusively in advocacy or research. (We do, however, support organizations that perform both advocacy and direct service.) Capable management Prospective grantee partners must have systems and processes for ensuring responsible management of funds. At a minimum, an 84 www.globalfundforchildren.org organization must have basic accounting and reporting systems as well as phone and email access. Local leadership Prospective grantee partners must be led by individuals who live and work in the community. We prioritize organizations whose leaders were born and raised in the community. We do not fund the local offices or affiliates of national or international organizations. Legal status A prospective grantee partner must be registered with the local or national government as a nonprofit organization. If the political context makes legal registration unfeasible, the organization must demonstrate nonprofit equivalency. We do not provide start-up funding for the creation of new organizations. Selection Guidelines Beyond these basic eligibility criteria, we use the following selection guidelines in identifying organizations that are truly exceptional. A focus on the most vulnerable We give priority to organizations that reach children of “the last mile”—those who are economically and socially outside the reach of mainstream services and support, including street children, child laborers, AIDS orphans, sex workers, hard-to-reach rural populations, and other vulnerable or marginalized groups. Strong leadership We give priority to organizations that have committed, respected, and dynamic leadership with a vision for change. Community involvement Adaptability We give priority to organizations that are rooted in their community and operate with community input, involvement, and investment, embracing the community as an integral part of their success. We give priority to organizations that generate models, methodologies, and practices that can be adapted and applied to similar issues and challenges in other communities. Effectiveness We give priority to organizations that can demonstrate sustained, meaningful improvement in the lives of the children and youth they serve. Empowerment We give priority to organizations that engage children and youth as active participants in their own growth and development, rather than as passive recipients of services. Innovation and creativity We give priority to organizations that tackle old problems in new ways, demonstrating innovation and creativity in their program strategies and approaches. Potential for sustainability We give priority to organizations that have a strategy for ensuring the long-term sustainability of their programs through donor diversification, mobilization of government funding, community investment, income-generating activities, and other creative measures. Reputation We give priority to organizations that are recognized and trusted in their communities. The Global Fund for Children does not accept unsolicited proposals. Those interested in applying may inquire online at our website: www.globalfundforchildren.org. www.globalfundforchildren.org 85 2007–2008 Grants list Learning Ark Foundation of Africa (AFA) $21,000/26,145 Tanzanian shillings Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Director: Rhoi Wangila [email protected] www.arkafrica.org Asociación Civil Wará (Wará Civil Association) $3,500/9,450 Peruvian nuevos soles Huayllarcocha, Peru Director: Williar Vargas [email protected] Through educational, health, and community development programs, AFA works to enhance the well-being of East African children and families whose lives have been devastated by war, poverty, and HIV/AIDS. Previous funding: $86,000 since 2002 Asociación Civil Wará works in a rural indigenous community outside of Cusco to provide sports and educational activities for children who frequently work long, hard days in the fields. Asanble Vwazen Jakè (AVJ) ( Jakè Neighborhood Association) $8,000/385,200 Haitian gourdes Port-au-Prince, Haiti Director: Reagan Lolo [email protected] We believe that every child everywhere deserves access to a quality education. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $1,014,000 to 86 grantee partners under this portfolio. Aarambh (To Start) $7,000/280,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Shobha Murthy [email protected] www.aarambh.org Aarambh empowers disadvantaged communities through participatory and collective action that secures improved educational opportunities for children and expands health and livelihood opportunities. Achlal (Caring Kindness) Child Development Center $14,000/16,646,000 Mongolian tugriks Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Director: Azzayaa Davaanyamyn [email protected] Achlal provides community-based support for poor and disabled children and their families in Bayankhoshuu, one of the poorest slums of Ulaanbaatar. Previous funding: $28,000 since 2004 Agastya International Foundation $16,000/636,800 Indian rupees Chittoor district, India Director: Rama Raghavan [email protected] www.agastya.org Agastya makes education creative, practical, and responsive to students’ needs through mobile science labs, science fairs, teacher training, and communications and information technology programs. Previous funding: $35,000 since 2004 Anandan (Happiness) $8,000/320,000 Indian rupees Kolkata, India Director: Indrani Ghosh [email protected] www.geocities.com/anandan_kolkata Anandan provides functional, remedial, and holistic education to slum-dwelling children and directs their individual talents and dispositions toward suitable earning opportunities. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Ananya Trust $7,000/280,000 Indian rupees Bengaluru, India Director: Shashi Rao [email protected] www.ananyatrust.com Ananya Trust fulfills the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs of migrant children through its school, Ananya Shikshana Kendra. 86 www.globalfundforchildren.org AVJ provides basic education to children and youth in the very poor Jakè neighborhood of Port-au-Prince and promotes their participation in improving the community as a whole. Previous funding: $7,500 since 2006 Asociación de Promotores de Educación Inicial y Preprimaria Bilingüe Maya-Ixil (APEDIBIMI) (Maya-Ixil Association of Promoters of Bilingual Early Education) $17,000/129,200 Guatemalan quetzales Nebaj, Guatemala Director: Benito Terraza Cedillo [email protected] APEDIBIMI provides bilingual early childhood education in the Ixil and Spanish languages to more than 1,300 indigenous Ixil Maya children in 14 remote villages. Previous funding: $59,167 since 2003 Asanble Vwazen Solino (AVS) (Solino Neighborhood Association) $2,500/95,000 Haitian gourdes Port-au-Prince, Haiti Director: Jeremy Dupin [email protected] Asociación Mujer y Comunidad (Women and Community Association) $15,000/278,700 Nicaraguan córdobas San Francisco Libre, Nicaragua Director: Zoraida Soza [email protected] AVS, a grassroots neighborhood organization, runs a free school serving 150 children living in Solino, a poor and violent neighborhood in Port-au-Prince. Previous funding: $1,000 in crisis funding since 2008 Mujer y Comunidad promotes the health, education, and safety of women and girls in rural Nicaragua and provides scholarships for children to attend formal schools. Previous funding: $41,000 since 2003 Asociación Civil Pro Niño Íntimo (Pro-Child Civil Association) $19,000/59,090 Peruvian nuevos soles Villa El Salvador, Peru Director: Sara Diestro [email protected] Asociación para los Derechos de la Niñez “Monseñor Oscar Romero” (Monsignor Oscar Romero Association for Children’s Rights) $14,000/107,940 Guatemalan quetzales Guatemala City, Guatemala Director: Elisa Marroquin [email protected] www.losromeritos.com Asociación Civil Pro Niño Íntimo, popularly known as Escuelas Deporte y Vida (Sports and Life Schools), provides young people living in the slum of Villa El Salvador with the opportunity to play sports, promoting their integration into the organization’s formal education and life skills programs. Previous funding: $86,500 since 2002 Los Romeritos, as this organization is locally known, works with the children of sex workers, street vendors, and underemployed single mothers to prevent secondgeneration prostitution by providing access to education and support services. Previous funding: $36,000 since 2003 www.globalfundforchildren.org 87 Asociación Promoción y Desarrollo de la Mujer Nicaragüense Acahual (Acahual Association for the Promotion and Development of Nicaraguan Women) $15,000/304,000 Nicaraguan córdobas Managua, Nicaragua Director: Norma Villalta [email protected] Acahual improves the lives of women and girls in the impoverished neighborhood of Acahualinca through education, integrated health services, and the strengthening of community structures. Previous funding: $42,500 since 2004 Asociatia Ovidiu Rom (Ovidiu Rom Association) $21,000/50,400 Romanian new lei Bacau, Romania Director: Maria Gheorghiu [email protected] www.alexfund.org Children in the Wilderness (CITW) $14,000/1,960,000 Malawian kwachas Lilongwe, Malawi Director: Gladys Msonda [email protected] www.childreninthewilderness.com Door Step School $15,000/640,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Bina Lashkari [email protected] www.doorstepschool.org Through school scholarships, skills training, and other programs, Benishyaka promotes the development and empowerment of widows, orphans, and vulnerable families affected by Rwanda’s civil war, the 1994 genocide, and the ongoing AIDS epidemic. Previous funding: $33,000 since 2005 CITW offers orphaned and vulnerable children life skills education and alternative educational opportunities through experiential learning camps held at safari sites during the commercial off-season. Previous funding: $20,000 since 2006 Door Step School serves working, slum-dwelling, and street children through community preschools, classes for both school-going and out-of-school children, and mobile libraries and literacy classes. Previous funding: $51,050 since 2004 Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group $11,000/440,000 Indian rupees Delhi, India Director: Bharati Chaturvedi [email protected] www.chintan-india.org Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) $11,000/440,000 Indian rupees Kolkata, India Director: Bharati Dey [email protected] www.durbar.org Chintan promotes social and environmental justice for waste-picking communities, particularly for women and children, by helping them gain access to better education and livelihood opportunities. Previous funding: $20,500 since 2006 DMSC, a forum of approximately 65,000 sex workers, works in red-light districts throughout Kolkata to promote and protect the civil and human rights of its members and to expand educational opportunities for its members and their children. Previous funding: $21,000 since 2005 Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas (Th’uruchapitas Library) $7,000/51,800 Bolivian bolivianos Cochabamba, Bolivia Director: Gaby Vallejo [email protected] Ovidiu Rom provides Roma children with access to education and works closely with the Romanian government to offer critical social services. Previous funding: $75,000 since 2003 Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas provides a safe, supportive, educational space for the most disadvantaged children in Bolivian society, namely street children, child laborers, and children living in prison with their incarcerated parents. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Association for Community Development Services (ACDS) $18,000/716,400 Indian rupees Kundrathur area, India Director: N. Vidhyadharan [email protected] www.acdsindia.org Centro Cultural Batahola Norte (CCBN) (Cultural Center of Batahola Norte) $13,000/241,540 Nicaraguan córdobas Managua, Nicaragua Director: Jennifer Marshall [email protected] www.friendsofbatahola.org ACDS seeks to end child labor in the stone quarries of the Kanchipuram district and to give the children of quarry workers access to free, high-quality education and healthcare. Previous funding: $75,000 since 2003 CCBN promotes opportunities for vulnerable women and children through more than 20 courses in basic education and domestic and technical skills. Previous funding: $19,000 since 2005 Backward Society Education (BASE) $11,000/707,300 Nepalese rupees Kailali district, Nepal Director: Dip Lal Chaudhary [email protected] BASE offers general education, healthcare, income generation assistance, legal rights education, and other services to former bonded laborers in Nepal, particularly to members of the ethnic Tharu community and to women, and works to prevent child labor and improve access to education for girls. Previous funding: $19,500 since 2005 88 Benishyaka Association $16,000/8,656,000 Rwandan francs Kigali, Rwanda Director: Betty Gahima [email protected]; [email protected] www.benishyaka.org www.globalfundforchildren.org Challenging Heights $8,000/7,920 Ghanaian cedis Sankor, Ghana Director: James Annan [email protected] www.challengingheight.org Challenging Heights addresses the needs and aspirations of children and youth in Sankor and Winneba through educational support, awareness-raising activities on child labor and trafficking, and policy advocacy. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Chiricli (Bird) International Roma Women’s Charitable Fund $11,000/55,000 Ukrainian hryvnia Kiev, Ukraine Director: Yuliya Kondur [email protected] Chiricli provides assistance to Ukraine’s vulnerable Roma population, with an emphasis on increasing educational opportunities and school attendance among Roma children and youth. Previous funding: $38,000 since 2003 Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO) $6,000/23,544,000 Cambodian riels Phnom Penh, Cambodia Director: Heng Yon Kora [email protected] www.online.com.kh/users/csaro CSARO addresses the needs of Phnom Penh’s waste pickers through a community development program, a solid waste management program, and a mobile education program for children. Early Intervention Institute for Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities (EII) $8,000/40,000 Ukrainian hryvnia Kharkiv, Ukraine Director: Anna Kukuruza [email protected] www.ei-kharkov.org EII works to prevent the institutionalization of children who have developmental delays and disabilities and to integrate them into their families, schools, and communities through therapeutic and educational services. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Espacio Cultural Creativo (Cultural Creative Space) $17,000/131,920 Bolivian bolivianos La Paz, Bolivia Director: Maria Carmen Schulze [email protected] [email protected] Espacio Cultural Creativo serves working and street children by helping formal schools adapt to their needs and circumstances and by creating non-school-related opportunities for cognitive development and creative expression. Previous funding: $46,430 since 2002 www.globalfundforchildren.org 89 Fundación Junto con los Niños ( JUCONI) (Together with Children Foundation) $16,000 Guayaquil, Ecuador Director: Silvia Reyes JUCONI provides support to children working on the streets, with the aim of reducing or eliminating their street work, reintegrating them into school, and rebuilding the family environment. Previous funding: $28,500 since 2004 Ethiopian Books for Children and Educational Foundation (EBCEF) $18,000/162,000 Ethiopian birr Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Director: Yohannes Gebregeorgis [email protected]; [email protected] www.ethiopiareads.org EBCEF promotes children’s literacy in Ethiopia through in-school, community, and mobile libraries; awareness-raising campaigns; and children’s book publishing programs. Previous funding: $30,000 since 2003 Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop $12,000 Washington, DC, United States Director: Kelli Taylor [email protected] www.freemindsbookclub.org Free Minds introduces young male inmates at the DC Jail to the transformative power of books and creative writing by mentoring them and connecting them to supportive services throughout their incarceration and after their reentry into the community. Previous funding: $10,000 since 2006 Friends for Street Children (FFSC) $16,000/257,840,000 Vietnamese dong Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Director: Sr. Marie Le Thi Thao [email protected] www.olivierdumonde.com FFSC’s seven development centers provide street children with nonformal education, vocational training, shelter, and healthcare, with additional training in life skills, child rights awareness, and HIV/AIDS. Previous funding: $67,500 since 2000 90 www.globalfundforchildren.org Fundación Alfonso Casas Morales para la Promoción Humana (Alfonso Casas Morales Foundation for Human Advancement) $9,000/18,279,000 Colombian pesos Bogotá, Colombia Director: Pablo Henao Mejia [email protected] www.promocionhumana.org Fundación Alfonso Casas Morales para la Promoción Humana helps at-risk children on the northern outskirts of Bogotá succeed in school through an accelerated learning program, a tutoring program, a free cafeteria, a computer center, and a community library. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 Fundación Crecer (Growth Foundation) $7,000 Guayaquil, Ecuador Director: Pastora Castro de Moran pastoracastro@fundacioncrecer [email protected] www.fundacioncrecer.org Fundación Crecer reintegrates street-working children into school, family, and community life through a comprehensive program of basic education, health, nutrition, vocational and life skills training, and cultural and recreational activities. Fundación Nuestros Sueños (Our Dreams Foundation) $6,000/12,186,000 Colombian pesos Quibdó, Colombia Director: Millis Moya [email protected]; [email protected] Fundación Nuestros Sueños provides early childhood education to children in a Quibdó slum community, utilizing a curriculum that promotes health, nutrition, cognitive and motor skills development, psychosocial well-being, positive values, cultural identity, and environmental awareness. Girl Child Concern (GCC) $6,000/702,000 Nigerian nairas Kaduna, Nigeria Director: Mairo Mandra [email protected] GCC empowers adolescent girls through scholarships, mentorships, and leadership development programs. Gramin Mahila Sikshan Sansthan (GMSS) (Sikar Girls Education Initiative) $15,000/600,000 Indian rupees Sikar, India Director: Chain Arya [email protected] GMSS provides quality education for girls in rural Rajasthan who would otherwise be unable to attend school. Previous funding: $56,000 since 2001 Halley Movement $16,000/488,000 Mauritian rupees Batimarais, Mauritius Director: Mahendranath Busgopaul [email protected] [email protected] www.halleymovement.org Halley Movement offers a variety of educational, counseling, and supportive services to help the children of Mauritius stay in or return to the formal school system. Previous funding: $45,000 since 2003 Hope for Children Organization (HFC) $14,000/133,000 Ethiopian birr Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Director: Yewoinshet Masresha [email protected] www.hopeforchildrenorganization.org HFC provides psychosocial support, livelihood promotion, community resource mobilization, health education, life skills training, and material support to orphans and other vulnerable children in Addis Ababa. Previous funding: $20,000 since 2005 Ikamva Labantu (The Future of Our Nation) $21,000/147,000 South African rand Cape Town, South Africa Director: Ishrene Davids [email protected] www.ikamva.org Ikamva Labantu works in partnership with local residents to improve the quality of community life by addressing a range of issues, including education, economic empowerment, and home-based care. Previous funding: $90,534 since 2003 Institute of Leadership and Institutional Development (ILID) $10,000/400,000 Indian rupees Bengaluru, India Director: G. K. Jayaram [email protected] www.ilid.org ILID’s Project Pygmalion uses computer-aided instruction, role-playing, and interactive games to teach English and computer technology to children and youth from poor communities in Bengaluru as a means of increasing their readiness for the global economy. Previous funding: $9,000 since 2007 www.globalfundforchildren.org 91 Instituto para la Superación de la Miseria Urbana (ISMU) (Institute for Overcoming Urban Poverty) $19,000/146,490 Guatemalan quetzales Guatemala City, Guatemala Director: María Elvira Sánchez Toscano [email protected] ISMU, a coalition of grassroots organizations, helps communities confront the lack of quality daycare and early childhood development opportunities by establishing community children’s centers for children from poor working families. Previous funding: $50,000 since 2003 International Trust for the Education of Zambia Orphans (ITEZO) $6,000/23,220 Zambian kwacha Lusaka, Zambia Director: Alexander Chola Fundafunda [email protected] ITEZO empowers orphaned and vulnerable children and youth through educational support and vocational skills training programs. Kamitei Foundation $18,000/22,410,000 Tanzanian shillings Masai and Mbulu communities, Tanzania Director: Jeroen Harderwijk [email protected] www.kamitei.org The Kamitei Foundation’s Community Education Improvement Program works closely with rural communities in western Tanzania to improve education by investing in facilities and teaching materials at the primary level and by providing scholarships for students to pursue postprimary vocational education. Previous funding: $44,000 since 2003 92 Kindle Orphan Outreach $8,000/1,120,00 Malawian kwachas Salima district, Malawi Director: Andrew Barr [email protected] www.kindleorphanoutreach.org Kindle offers comprehensive educational, counseling, healthcare, and spiritual support services to orphaned and vulnerable children in the Salima district. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 Lapeng (Home) Child and Family Resource Service $8,000/64,000 South African rand Johannesburg, South Africa Director: Mathibedi Nthite [email protected] Lapeng serves one of the most violent neighborhoods in Johannesburg by running a model preschool, providing capacity-building support for community crèches, and holding weekly drop-in arts workshops for children and youth. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Light for All (LiFA) $12,000/456,000 Haitian gourdes Lhomond, Haiti Director: Gerry Delaquis [email protected] www.lightforall.org LiFA helps rural Haitian communities strengthen their schools through a school sponsorship program that covers basic costs, provides administrative and financial training for school administrators, educates parents on the importance of education, and helps the community plan for long-term self-sufficiency. Previous funding: $40,500 since 2004 Kham Kampo Association (KKA) $9,000/63,000 Chinese yuan Sichuan Province, China Director: Tobkey [email protected] www.khamkampo.org Mahita (Regeneration) $8,000/318,400 Indian rupees Hyderabad, India Director: Ramesh Reddy [email protected] www.mahita.org Working in one of the poorest regions of China, KKA operates programs in education, livelihood development, healthcare, environmental conservation, and cultural preservation. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Focusing on vulnerable children in the slums, and working in particular with girls and Muslim communities, Mahita creates opportunities through education, income generation programs, and skills training. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 www.globalfundforchildren.org Monduli Pastoralist Development Initiative (MPDI) $8,000/9,816,000 Tanzanian shillings Monduli, Tanzania Director: Erasto Sanare [email protected] Nehemiah AIDS Relief Project $12,000/360,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Director: Daisy Mutimba [email protected] MPDI helps Maasai pastoralist communities maintain their traditional beliefs and systems while also ensuring that their children receive a modern education. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Nehemiah is a faith-based nongovernmental organization that facilitates the church and community response to HIV/AIDS, providing a variety of educational, material, and social support services to 200 child beneficiaries annually. Previous funding: $23,534 since 2005 Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA) (Movement of Dominican-Haitian Women) $9,000/306,000 Dominican pesos Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Director: Sonia Pierre [email protected] MUDHA promotes the advancement of Dominicans of Haitian descent through independent community schools and programs on education, health, human rights, gender, domestic violence, and identity. Previous funding: $8,500 since 2007 Muktangan (Open Courtyard) $7,000/278,600 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Elizabeth Mehta [email protected] www.muktanganedu.org Muktangan addresses the learning needs of underprivileged children and their families by offering low-cost, high-quality, child-centered education. Mumbai Mobile Crèches $10,000/398,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Devika Mahadevan [email protected] www.mobilecreches.org To protect children of migrant construction workers from the dangers of construction sites, Mumbai Mobile Crèches sets up mobile daycare centers at construction sites, providing a supervised place for children to learn and play while their parents work. Previous funding: $8,000 since 2006 Network of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (NEED) $14,000/560,000 Indian rupees Lucknow, India Director: Anil Singh [email protected] www.indianeed.org NEED facilitates the development of grassroots selfhelp groups that respond to the needs of rural women throughout Uttar Pradesh and empowers these groups to organize and teach nonformal education classes for community children. Previous funding: $46,400 since 2003 New Horizon Ministries (NHM) $14,000/49,210,000 Zambian kwacha Lusaka, Zambia Director: Juliet Chilengi [email protected] www.nho.kabissa.org NHM works with girls who are orphaned, impoverished, or living with HIV/AIDS to promote their positive involvement in the community and in activities that reduce their vulnerability to sexual and other forms of exploitation. Previous funding: $39,534 since 2005 Nyaka School $14,000/24,472,000 Ugandan shillings Nyakagyezi, Uganda Director: Twesigye Jackson Kaguri [email protected] www.nyakaschool.org Nyaka School provides AIDS orphans with a free, high-quality education and extracurricular activities as a way to combat pervasive hunger, poverty, and systemic deprivation. Previous funding: $17,000 since 2005 www.globalfundforchildren.org 93 Rural China Education Foundation (RCEF) $6,000/42,000 Chinese yuan Beijing, China Directors: Diane Geng and Sara Lam [email protected]; [email protected] www.ruralchina.org RCEF places long-term volunteers in schools to partner with local teachers and develop effective curricula and teaching approaches for the rural context, with the aim of promoting learner-centered education in rural China that is relevant to the children’s life needs. Salesian Sisters $8,000/316,350,000 Zambian kwacha Lusaka, Zambia Director: Sr. Ryszarda Piejko [email protected] Oruj Learning Center $6,000/297,600 Afghan afghanis Kabul, Afghanistan Director: Sadiqa Basiri [email protected] Oruj Learning Center works collaboratively to run four girls’ schools in the rural Wardak and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan, partnering with other nonprofits to confront the educational challenges facing girls, advocate for the expansion of primary education into villages, and lobby for the elimination of gender-based violence. Poder Joven (Youth Power) $14,000/28,434,000 Colombian pesos Medellín, Colombia Director: Clared Patricia Jaramillo Duque [email protected] www.poderjoven.org Poder Joven offers programs that promote literacy, life skills, critical thinking, and personal responsibility, with the aim of preventing children living in the violent and impoverished neighborhoods of downtown Medellín from abandoning their homes for the streets. Previous funding: $26,000 since 2004 Prei Effort for Those Who Are in Need (PEFAN) $8,000/27,000 Ethiopian birr Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Director: Fisha Tadesse [email protected] [email protected] www.pefan.org PEFAN works to keep vulnerable children off the streets through holistic services that include educational support, access to healthcare, counseling, mentoring, and training in the performing arts. Previous funding: $6,500 since 2006 94 www.globalfundforchildren.org Prerana (Inspiration) $20,000/796,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Priti Patkar [email protected] www.preranaatc.org Prerana offers a range of educational activities, antitrafficking initiatives, and support programs to protect the human rights of sexually exploited women and their children. Previous funding: $82,250 since 2001 Puririsun (Let’s Journey Together) $9,000/69,840 Bolivian bolivianos La Paz, Bolivia Director: Jim José Obando [email protected]; [email protected] Puririsun promotes dignity and opportunity for poor children in La Paz in the areas of education, health, nutrition, and life skills. Previous funding: $8,800 since 2006 Raza Educational and Social Welfare Society (RESWS) $7,000/280,000 Indian rupees Bengaluru, India Director: Benazeer Baig [email protected] www.benazeer.org RESWS seeks to eradicate child labor by bringing children from economically deprived localities to RESWS’s formal school, which serves 500 students. City of Hope, run by the Salesian Sisters of Zambia, provides holistic support services, including a transitional shelter, a successful community school, and a vocational skills training program, to adolescent girls who are survivors of neglect and sexual abuse. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (Village Self-Reliance) $20,000/1,376,000 Bangladeshi takas Pabna district, Bangladesh Director: A. H. M. Rezwan [email protected] www.interconnection.org/sss Shidhulai focuses on the improvement of isolated rural communities in Bangladesh, with an emphasis on bringing environmental training, human rights awareness, and basic education to children, especially girls, who would otherwise be unable to attend school. Previous funding: $84,500 since 2003 Shilpa Children’s Trust (SCT) $9,000/1,021,500 Sri Lankan rupees Colombo, Sri Lanka Director: Nita Gunesekera [email protected] SCT provides shelter and quality basic education to children made destitute by war and terrorism, in addition to offering stimulating activities such as painting classes, nature walks, and music training. Previous funding: $116,643 since 2002 Skolta’el Yu’un Jlumaltic (SYJAC) (Service to Our People) $10,000/100,000 Mexican pesos San Cristóbal, Mexico Director: Sabas Garcia [email protected] www.syjac.org.mx SYJAC works to improve living conditions and opportunities in the indigenous slums around San Cristóbal through programs in early childhood development, basic education, health, housing, sanitation, vocational training, and values. Previous funding: $8,000 since 2007 Snowland Service Group (SSG) $10,000/70,000 Chinese yuan Yushu County, Qinghai Province, China Director: Rinchen Dawa [email protected] www.snowlandsgroup.org SSG empowers Tibetan communities through sustainable community development projects in education, renewable energy, and basic infrastructure. Previous funding: $14,000 since 2006 Sociedad Dominico-Haitiana de Apoyo Integral para el Desarrollo y la Salud (SODHAIDESA) (Dominican-Haitian Society of Comprehensive Assistance for Health and Development) $12,000/394,920 Dominican pesos Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Director: Frantz Compere [email protected] SODHAIDESA works to improve living conditions for immigrant Haitians and their descendants living in the Dominican Republic by focusing on the community’s health and educational needs, especially those of children. Previous funding: $22,575 since 2005 Society Biliki (Path Society) $18,000/25,200 Georgian lari Gori, Georgia Director: Mari Mgebrishvili [email protected] www.biliki.ge Biliki assists underprivileged, special-needs, and internally displaced children from the conflict zones of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Previous funding: $61,500 since 2003 www.globalfundforchildren.org 95 Society for Education and Action (SEA) $14,000/560,000 Indian rupees Mamallapuram, India Director: S. Desingu [email protected] www.seaorg.in Tbilisi Youth House Foundation (TYHF) $19,000/33,440 Georgian lari Tbilisi, Georgia Director: Nana Doliashvili [email protected] www.youthhouses.net SEA promotes school enrollment and retention for children in the impoverished fishing communities south of Chennai, preventing their initial or continued work on fishing boats or docks. Previous funding: $67,750 since 2004 TYHF provides a variety of programs that help internally displaced children stay in or return to school, attend nonformal classes, and practice volunteerism. Previous funding: $44,000 since 2003 Sujaya Foundation $6,000/238,800 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Neelambari Rao [email protected] www.sujayafoundation.org Sujaya Foundation strives to bridge the digital and linguistic divide through education and employment for underprivileged children and youth. Talented Young People Everywhere (TYPE) $6,000/17,610,000 Sierra Leonean leones Port Loko, Sierra Leone Director: Ibrahim Shaid [email protected] TYPE promotes education and academic excellence in Port Loko through mentoring, tutoring, and material support. Tanadgoma (Assistance) Library and Cultural Center for People with Disabilities $14,000/25,540 Georgian lari Tbilisi, Georgia Director: Nana Alexidze [email protected] Tanadgoma promotes integrative and inclusive education for children with disabilities by providing them with basic educational and extracurricular activity programs; facilitating their transition into the mainstream school system; and educating teachers, parents, and government officials on issues related to disability. Previous funding: $28,000 since 2004 96 www.globalfundforchildren.org Teboho Trust $9,000/72,000 South African rand Johannesburg, South Africa Director: Jose Bright [email protected] www.teboho.com The Teboho Trust provides academic and psychosocial support to orphaned and vulnerable children in Soweto and nearby townships through education, leadership development, personal and social development, and economic empowerment programs. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Ubumi Children’s Project $7,000/27,090 Zambian kwacha Kitwe, Zambia Director: Richard Phiri [email protected] www.ubumi.org Ubumi ensures that community members, rather than institutions, remain the primary providers for and caretakers of Kitwe’s orphaned and vulnerable children by providing a community school, a transitional home for street children, and skills training in income-generating activities. Uganda Integrated Child and Youth Care Foundation $21,000/36,708,000 Ugandan shillings Kitemu, Uganda Director: Sserwanga Stephen [email protected] www.kitemisch.itgo.com Uganda Integrated Child and Youth Care Foundation, formerly known as Kitemu Integrated School, is dedicated to providing quality education and enhanced life opportunities to children with special needs, orphans, and low-income students living in the shantytowns on the outskirts of Kampala. Previous funding: $58,000 since 2001 Umut Işiği: Kadin, Çevre, Kültür, ve İşletme Kooperatifi (Light of Hope: Women, Environment, Culture, and Enterprise Cooperative) $7,000/8,400 Turkish new lira Diyarbakir, Turkey Director: Naside Buluttekin [email protected] Umut Işiği provides support, training, and education to women and children in low-income neighborhoods and offers early childhood education services for children from infancy to age 6. United Houma Nation $8,000 Golden Meadow, Louisiana, United States Director: Brenda Robichaux [email protected] www.unitedhoumanation.org The United Houma Nation operates youth programs, cultural classes, and community events, as well as employment training courses and heritage preservation programs. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Vikasini Girl Child Education Trust $8,000/318,400 Indian rupees Secunderabad, India Director: Indira Jena [email protected] www.vikasini.org Vikasini, through its multidimensional curriculum and extracurricular activities, promotes self-confidence among girls by providing them with the chance to become self-sustaining individuals and informed participants in changing their lives. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 Vikramshila Education Resource Society $15,000/597,000 Indian rupees Bigha, India Director: Shubhra Chatterji [email protected] www.vikramshila.org Vikramshila establishes model education programs and trains government-school teachers in its effort to make quality education accessible to marginalized sectors of Indian society, thereby lessening the disparity in educational standards between the wealthy and the poor. Previous funding: $89,643 since 2002 Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE) $17,000/542,300 Thai baht Chiang Mai, Thailand Director: Maria Urgel [email protected] www.weave-women.org WEAVE works to ensure that displaced Burmese women and children living in Thailand possess sufficient education for them to participate fully in community life and influence the future development of their communities. Previous funding: $22,000 since 2005 Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT) $10,000 Washington, DC, United States Director: David Snider [email protected] www.yptdc.org. YPT fosters literacy, facilitates dialogue on tolerance and respect, and teaches arts education and conflict resolution to youth in low-income schools. Previous funding: $15,000 since 2006 www.globalfundforchildren.org 97 Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW) $19,000/106,400 Egyptian pounds Cairo, Egypt Director: Iman Bibars [email protected] www.adew.org 2007–2008 Grants list Enterprise We believe that enterprise programs must meet working children where they are and acknowledge their need to earn an income, while promoting a more supportive work environment. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $466,500 to 40 grantee partners under this portfolio. Asociación de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base (CEB) (Association of Grassroots Christian Communities) $10,000/190,000 Nicaraguan córdobas Managua, Nicaragua Director: Jenny Mayorga [email protected] Ação Forte (Strong Action) $8,000/14,880 Brazilian reais Campinas, Brazil Director: Lia Ferreira [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] CEB helps working children in the shantytowns of Managua reach their full potential by providing scholarships, tutoring, vocational training, and workshops on leadership and community service. Previous funding: $23,167 since 2006 Ação Forte helps young people from low-income neighborhoods in Campinas to complete their formal education and to develop the skills necessary to transition successfully into the work world. Previous funding: $6,830 since 2006 Asociación de Defensa de la Vida (ADEVI) (Association for the Defense of Life) $18,000/55,980 Peruvian nuevos soles Huachipa, Peru Director: Ezequiel Hurtado [email protected] www.geocities.com/adeviperu Alliance for Children and Youth $9,000/12,600 Bulgarian leva Sofia, Bulgaria Director: Mariana Pisarska [email protected] www.acybg.org Recognized as one of the authorities in Bulgaria on vulnerable children’s issues, the Alliance for Children and Youth’s 16+ Center offers comprehensive services, including healthcare, counseling, and educational and vocational training, to vulnerable, marginalized, unemployed, and homeless youth, 95 percent of whom are of Roma descent. Previous funding: $9,000 since 2006 98 ADEW provides a safe haven for adolescent girls and young women in Cairo’s squatter communities to openly discuss women’s and children’s rights, marriage, reproductive health, and domestic violence, and ensures that program participants are able to attain the skills they need to become self-reliant. Previous funding: $36,000 since 2004 www.globalfundforchildren.org ADEVI works to eradicate child labor in the brickmaking kilns of Huachipa by providing child laborers with nonformal schooling, preventive health education, skills training, and microenterprise development and cultural awareness programs. Previous funding: $84,500 since 2002 Association of Community Movements for Social Action (ACMSA) $7,000/280,000 Indian rupees Chennai, India Director: John Manogaran [email protected] Centro Transitorio de Capacitación y Educación Recreativa El Caracol (El Caracol Transitional Center for Training and Recreational Education) $16,000/160,000 Mexican pesos Mexico City, Mexico Director: Juan Martín García [email protected]; [email protected] www.elcaracol.org El Caracol uses a combination of street outreach and education; life skills workshops; computer training; enterprise and vocational training; and graphic design, radio, and print media initiatives to help street children and youth acquire the skills, attitudes, and assets to enable them to leave the streets and transform their lives. Previous funding: $33,800 since 2005 Desarrollo Autogestionario (AUGE) (Self-Managed Development) $11,000/110,000 Mexican pesos San Cristóbal, Mexico Director: Gloria Agueda García García ACMSA builds the capacity of and provides vocational [email protected] www.auge.org.mx training for Dalit women and adolescent girls in rural Tamil Nadu, many of whom are unemployed, have dropped out of school, and live below the poverty line. AUGE promotes women’s economic empowerment and income generation through self-managed savings groups, technical training, and leadership workshops, Center for Women and Children Empowerment (CEWCE) and works with more than 500 working children to promote asset building, financial literacy, and life plan$6,000/750,000 Liberian dollars ning, while educating them on issues such as family Monrovia, Liberia relations, domestic violence, and drug addiction. Director: Patience Blay-Attoh Previous funding: $15,000 since 2006 [email protected] www.cwcevision.org CEWCE supports vulnerable children and women through skills training, leadership development activities, and education, including children’s resource centers and after-school activities. Centro de Apoyo al Niño de la Calle de Oaxaca (CANICA) (Center for the Support of Street Children of Oaxaca) $15,000/150,000 Mexican pesos Oaxaca, Mexico Director: María del Carmen Espinosa [email protected] canicadeoaxaca.org Dream A Dream $11,000/440,000 Indian rupees Bengaluru, India Director: Vishal Talreja [email protected] www.dreamadream.org Dream A Dream empowers vulnerable children and youth by teaching them the requisite skills to make their own decisions in life, while concurrently sensitizing the surrounding community through active volunteering. Previous funding: $8,970 since 2007 CANICA works with children living and working on the streets of Oaxaca, primarily from migrant indigenous families, to promote school enrollment, skills development, health and nutrition, and emotional well-being, and to ultimately transition these children off the streets. Previous funding: $32,500 since 2005 www.globalfundforchildren.org 99 Kalinga Mission for Indigenous Children and Youth Development (KAMICYDI) $8,000/336,000 Philippine pesos Gapan City, Philippines Director: Donato Bumacas [email protected] www.freewebs.com/kalingamission KAMICYDI promotes a cultural and ecologically sustainable future for indigenous Kalinga communities in the northern Philippines by using traditional techniques to address the impacts of poverty and environmental degradation and by empowering Kalinga youth with the skills they need to be productive and to lead their communities. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Frente de Salud Infantil y Reproductiva de Guatemala (FESIRGUA) (Guatemalan Foundation for Child and Reproductive Health) $11,000/83,600 Guatemalan quetzales Chimaltenango, Guatemala Director: Miguel Cap Patal [email protected]; [email protected] FESIRGUA works with poor indigenous communities in the rural highlands of Guatemala to improve health, education, and overall quality of life, with a particular focus on child and reproductive health. Previous funding: $15,000 since 2006 Fundatia Noi Orizonturi (New Horizons Foundation) $10,000/23,000 Romanian new lei Lupeni, Romania Director: Dana Bates [email protected] www.new-horizons.ro Noi Orizonturi provides youth with adventure education and service learning to address the lack of interpersonal trust and the deep culture of corruption in Romania. Previous funding: $15,000 since 2006 Going to School (GTS) $20,000/796,000 Indian rupees New Delhi, India Director: Lisa Heydlauff [email protected] www.goingtoschool.com GTS is a multimedia project for children that celebrates every child’s right to go to school and participate in an inspiring education that is relevant to the child’s life. Previous funding: $48,500 since 2004 100 www.globalfundforchildren.org Guaruma $11,000/209,000 Honduran lempiras Las Mangas, Honduras Director: Jimmy Andino [email protected]; [email protected] Guaruma uses photography, digital imaging, graphic design, website design, creative writing, and media technology to help children living in the endangered Rio Cangregal watershed develop marketable skills. Previous funding: $18,000 since 2006 Instituto Fazer Acontecer (IFA) (Make It Happen Institute) $13,000/22,100 Brazilian reais Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Director: Renato Paes de Andrade [email protected] www.fazeracontecer.org.br IFA offers a combination of sports and citizenship training to promote teamwork, discipline, and physical well-being among youth in some of the poorest areas of Salvador and works to increase their awareness of the rights and responsibilities of citizens as protagonists in their communities. Previous funding: $21,500 since 2006 Jeeva Jyothi (Everlasting Light) $18,000/720,000 Indian rupees Thiruvallar district, Chennai, India Director: Susai Raj [email protected] www.jeevajyothi.org Karm Marg (Progress through Work) $11,000/437,800 Indian rupees Faridabad, India Director: Veena Lal [email protected] www.karmmarg.org Karm Gaon, a home built by Karm Marg for former street children, is a model for child-friendly institutions and a place where children and youth learn to cook, work or study, receive vocational training, play, and take responsibility for their own lives. Previous funding: $15,500 since 2005 Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (KSWA) $7,000/278,600 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Kishore Kher [email protected] www.yuvaparivartan.org KSWA provides educational, health, and vocational training programs to underprivileged youth living in Mumbai and the surrounding suburbs. Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) $11,000/1,379,400 Nigerian nairas Lagos, Nigeria Director: Hafsat Abiola-Costello [email protected] www.kind.org KIND works to empower future generations of Nigerian women leaders through leadership development and advocacy programs for girls and young women. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 Love in Action Ethiopia (LIA) $9,000/81,000 Ethiopian birr Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Regional State, Ethiopia Director: Yohannes Amado [email protected] LIA works to bring about sustainable change in the Hadiya region of Ethiopia through a comprehensive community development model that focuses on educational opportunities, entrepreneurship training, and health education for children and youth. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 Magic Bus Connect $13,500/537,300 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Matthew Spacie [email protected] www.magicbusindia.org Magic Bus empowers young people growing up in the slums and streets of India to discover their innate potential through sports. Previous funding: $54,500 since 2002 Makkala Jagriti (Children’s Awareness) $6,000/238,800 Indian rupees Bengaluru, India Director: Joy Srinivasan [email protected] www.makkalajagriti.org Makkala Jagriti focuses on educational and developmental issues and seeks to build a holistic learning environment for emotionally and economically deprived children. Men on the Side of the Road (MSR) $20,000/160,000 South African rand Woodstock, South Africa Director: Peter Kratz [email protected] www.unemploymen.co.za MSR provides employment and educational services to adolescent boys and men who spend their days waiting for short-term employment opportunities along the shoulders of major roadways in the Western Cape region. Previous funding: $42,000 since 2005 Jeeva Jyothi treats both the consequences and the underlying causes of child labor in rice mills near Chennai through workplace-based nonformal education for children, adult literacy classes, and income generation training. Previous funding: $76,500 since 2002 www.globalfundforchildren.org 101 Mujejego-Loka (Dawn Light) Women Development Association $8,000/27,000 Ethiopian birr Beninshangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia Director: Negusu Yifrashewa [email protected] Mujejego-Loka works to end the marginalization of Gumuz women and children by providing nonformal education programs and training sessions on gender equality, HIV/AIDS prevention, and effective farming and marketing techniques for agricultural goods. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 Phulki (Spark) $17,000/1,173,000 Bangladeshi taka Dhaka, Bangladesh Director: Suraiya Haque [email protected] www.phulki.org Phulki’s child-to-child program trains child leaders to spread information to other children about sexual abuse and exploitation, trafficking, child labor, child rights, gender equality, health and hygiene, and social values, and provides computer training and other educational support to participants. Previous funding: $110,143 since 2002 Pravah (Flow) $9,000/358,200 Indian rupees New Delhi, India Director: Meenu Venkateswaran [email protected] www.younginfluencers.com Started by young professionals, Pravah encourages young people to become social entrepreneurs and agents of change and to facilitate positive change in society. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 Rural Family Support Organization (RuFamSO) $12,000/836,040 Jamaican dollars May Pen, Jamaica Director: Utealia Burrell [email protected] RuFamSO offers guidance, educational support, life skills training, vocational training, and workshops on nutrition and personal health to adolescents in Jamaica’s rural communities. Previous funding: $28,500 since 2004 102 www.globalfundforchildren.org Sam-Kam Institute (SKI) $18,000/52,830,000 Sierra Leonean leones Freetown, Sierra Leone Director: Peter Samura [email protected] SKI expands career opportunities for vulnerable children and youth through skills training courses and business development training. Previous funding: $46,000 since 2003 Sanghamitra Service Society $17,000/676,600 Indian rupees Vijayawada, India Director: Sivaji [email protected] www.interconnection.org/sss Sanghamitra works in more than 100 rural villages in Andhra Pradesh to help the most marginalized members of Indian society, generally members of the lowest caste, women, and children, improve their well-being through increased skills and greater social awareness. Previous funding: $112,500 since 2003 Shaishav (Childhood) Trust $11,000/440,000 Indian rupees Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India Director: Parul Sheth [email protected] www.shaishavchildrights.org Shaishav helps children understand and actively defend their basic rights through nonformal education programs, a mobile library, a children’s collective, and a financial education program. Previous funding: $8,000 since 2007 Society for Awareness, Harmony and Equal Rights (SAHER) $7,000/280,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Sheikh Akhtar [email protected] SAHER works with youth in the Mumbai suburb of Jogeshwari to help them accept human differences and to promote equal rights, justice, and social peace. Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj Trust (SGBS Trust) $6,000/238,800 Indian rupees Bengaluru, India Director: Ramesh Swamy [email protected] www.unnatiblr.org SGBS Trust delivers far-reaching benefits to economically underprivileged communities by providing primary education, vocational training for youth, and cultural enrichment. Supporting Orphans and Vulnerable for Better Health, Education, and Nutrition (SOVHEN) $7,000/8,176,000 Ugandan shillings Kampala, Uganda Director: Richard Bbaale [email protected]; [email protected] SOVHEN helps orphaned and vulnerable children attain a better quality of life and an increased life expectancy through programs in financial literacy, income generation, education, health, nutrition, and environmental preservation. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Synapse Network Center $19,000/7,885,000 CFA francs Dakar, Senegal Director: Ciré Kane [email protected] www.synapsecenter.org The Synapse Network Center unleashes the entrepreneurial leadership potential of youth by encouraging them to start and grow their own initiatives and to take greater responsibility in their communities. Previous funding: $68,500 since 2002 Women Development Association (WDA) $15,000/58,860,000 Cambodian riels Saang District, Cambodia Director: Soreach Sereithida [email protected] WDA addresses the development needs of impoverished women, youth, and children by working with communities to achieve long-term sustainable development through capacity building. Previous funding: $41,000 since 2004 Women in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE) $8,000/9,816,000 Tanzanian shillings Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Director: Astronaut Bagile [email protected] WISE inspires, empowers, and equips Tanzanian youth and women leaders through entrepreneurship and leadership training in the economic, governmental, and social sectors. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 YouthWorks $6,000/252,000 Philippine pesos Pasig City, Philippines Director: Audrey Codera [email protected] www.youthmicrofinance.com YouthWorks provides microfinance loans to underprivileged youth entrepreneurs and women in the Philippines in order to promote economic self-sufficiency. Warma Tarinakuy (Assembly of the Children) $8,000/24,880 Peruvian nuevos soles Lima, Peru Director: Ana Vivanco [email protected] Warma Tarinakuy, a self-empowerment initiative managed by 100 adolescent boys who work in the local wholesale produce market, focuses on achieving safe and fair working conditions, increasing access to education and educational support, improving health, and ensuring adequate nutrition. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 www.globalfundforchildren.org 103 Associação Beneficente da Criança e do Adolescente em Situação de Risco (Beneficent Association for At-Risk Children and Adolescents) $6,000/10,200 Brazilian reais Fortaleza, Brazil Director: Francisca Nobre [email protected] 2007–2008 Grants list Safety We believe that children’s futures can be secured only when children are protected from threats to their safety and insulated from exploitation, violence, abuse, and neglect. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $532,500 to 45 grantee partners under this portfolio. Aangan Trust $18,000/720,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Suparna Gupta [email protected] www.aanganindia.org Aangan Trust provides psychological rehabilitation to juvenile offenders and neglected children in juvenile detention centers, helping them to deal with past trauma, resolve their emotional and behavioral problems, and create sustainable change in their lives. Previous funding: $56,750 since 2004 Ankuram (Sprout) Woman and Child Development Society $8,000/318,400 Indian rupees Hyperabad, India Director: M. Sumitra [email protected] Using a rights-based approach, Ankuram creates a safe and empowering space for women and children to strengthen their skills and capacity through education, shelter, and livelihood opportunities. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 104 www.globalfundforchildren.org Pastoral do Menor (Pastoral Care of the Child), as this organization is locally known, offers teaching and counseling to street-dwelling children in Fortaleza, helping them decide for themselves to leave the streets and enter a safer environment. Asociatia pentru Libertatea si Egalitatea de Gen (ALEG) (Association for Liberty and Gender Equality) $9,000/21,600 Romanian new lei Sibiu, Romania Director: Camelia Blaga [email protected] www.aleg-romania.eu ALEG promotes gender equality and fights genderbased violence and discrimination in Romania through inclusive, empowering, and supportive programs for young people. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 Associação Barraca da Amizade (Shelter of Friendship Association) $11,000/18,700 Brazilian reais Fortaleza, Brazil Director: Brigitte Louchez [email protected] Barraca da Amizade offers transitional housing, psychosocial counseling, academic tutoring, and vocational training to boys who live on the streets and often engage in high-risk behaviors such as gang activity, substance abuse, and petty crime. Previous funding: $15,000 since 2006 Association d’Appui et d’Eveil Pugsada (ADEP) (Association of Support and Coming of Age) $16,000/6,640,000 CFA francs Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso Director: Marie Léa Gama Zongo [email protected] ADEP fights exploitation and violence against girls, educating them about AIDS and reproductive health and helping society better understand the effects on girls of early and forced marriages, the dangers of female circumcision, and the importance of girls’ education. Previous funding: $32,000 since 2005 Association des Jeunes pour le Développement Intégré–Kakundu (AJEDI–Ka) (Youth Association for Integrated Development–Kakundu) $13,000/7,280,000 Congolese francs Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo Director: Bukeni Tete Waruzi Beck [email protected]; [email protected] AJEDI–Ka works to protect children affected by conflict— including former child soldiers—through its demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration programs. Previous funding: $20,500 since 2005 Association du Foyer de l’Enfant Libanais (AFEL) (Lebanese Child Home Association) $14,000/21,182,000 Lebanese pounds Beirut, Lebanon Director: Simone Warde [email protected]; [email protected] www.afelonline.org AFEL serves orphans, at-risk children, and struggling families through literacy classes, youth clubs, summer camps, workshops, and a public-education program aimed at strengthening family ties. Previous funding: $27,500 since 2004 Association Jeunesse Actions Mali (AJA Mali) (Youth Action Association of Mali) $16,000/16,000 CFA francs Bamako, Mali Director: Souleymane Sarr [email protected] www.cyberbamako.org.ml/aja AJA Mali provides basic education and life skills training to out-of-school and working youth, including long-term apprenticeships in carpentry, masonry, plumbing, metalworking, and mechanics. Previous funding: $41,000 since 2003 Association La Lumière (The Light Association) $16,000/6,640,000 CFA francs Tambacounda, Senegal Director: Ibrahima Diallo [email protected] La Lumière promotes the well-being of street children, female domestic workers, migrant families, and other marginalized populations living in rural and underdeveloped areas. Previous funding: $33,000 since 2005 www.globalfundforchildren.org 105 Association of People for Practical Life Education (APPLE) $10,000/94,550,000 Ghanaian cedis Accra, Ghana Director: Jack Dawson [email protected] APPLE offers community outreach, health, and education programs designed to end child trafficking in fishing villages in Ghana’s Lake Volta region. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 Atina $6,000/358,200 Serbian dinars Belgrade, Serbia Director: Ksenija Burzan Mandic [email protected] www.atina.org.yu Atina provides long-term, direct assistance to women and children who are victims of trafficking and sexual or labor exploitation, helping them overcome their trauma and gain the confidence to successfully reenter community life. Avenir de l’Enfant (ADE) (Future of the Child) $13,000/5,395,000 CFA francs Rufisque, Senegal Director: Moussa Sow [email protected] ADE works in the city of Rufisque to safeguard children living on the streets and other at-risk youth from sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation. Previous funding: $18,000 since 2006 Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (CPCAN) $8,000/9,328,000 Mongolian tugriks Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Director: Baigalmaa Sunren [email protected] www.stopchildabuse.org.mn CPCAN provides legal, rehabilitative, and psychosocial support for children who have been victims of violence and abuse. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 CDR promotes local development, economic opportunity, and improved quality of life for vulnerable women and children in the mining region of Potosí and works to prevent child labor in the mines by providing viable economic and educational alternatives. Previous funding: $17,500 since 2006 ESC offers a range of integrated programs for vulnerable children and focuses on child safety, child education, and child rights and health training. Children on the Edge (COTE) $11,000/25,300 Romanian new lei Iasi, Romania Director: Iulian Mocanu [email protected] www.childrenontheedge.org CEADEL works to eliminate the use of child laborers and to improve conditions and educational opportunities for young people who work in Guatemala’s agribusiness industry. Previous funding: $67,500 since 2003 COTE offers social assistance, counseling, and support to children and teenagers who are in or who have recently left state-run orphanages in the impoverished region of Moldavia. Previous funding: $14,000 since 2006 Centro de Estudos e Ação em Atenção à Infância e as Drogas Excola (Excola Center for Research and Action on Childhood and Drug Use) $11,000/18,700 Brazilian reais Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Director: Elizabeth Oliveira [email protected]; [email protected] Children’s Legal Rights and Development Center (CLRD) $10,000/420,000 Philippine pesos Quezon City, Philippines Director: Rowena Legaspi [email protected] Centar za Integraciju Mladih (CIM) (Center for Youth Integration) $10,000/597,000 Serbian dinars Belgrade, Serbia Director: Milica Djordjevic [email protected] www.cim.org.yu Excola helps youth living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro—including teenage mothers—to change their lives through basic education, technical and vocational training, counseling, transitional housing, and a youthrun community radio program. Previous funding: $14,000 since 2006 CIM works to empower and fully integrate orphans and street children into their communities by offering outreach and intervention that provides access to shelter, healthcare, and social services; educates the children on their rights; and teaches them practical skills. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 Centro Interdisciplinario para el Desarrollo Social (CIDES) (Interdisciplinary Center for Social Development) $14,000/153,020 Mexican pesos Mexico City, Mexico Director: Carlos Romero [email protected] www.globalfundforchildren.org Equal Step Centre (ESC) $7,500/8,917,500 Mongolian tugriks Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Director: T. S. Battuya [email protected] www.equalstepcentre.blogspot.com Centro de Estudios y Apoyo para el Desarrollo Local (CEADEL) (Center for Study and Support for Local Development) $18,000/138,780 Guatemalan quetzales Chimaltenango, Guatemala Director: José Gabriel Zelada Ortiz [email protected] CIDES supports indigenous migrant children in Mexico City through programs in education, community mobilization, and social intervention. Previous funding: $21,000 since 2005 106 Centro para el Desarrollo Regional (CDR) (Center for Regional Development) $13,000/96,200 Bolivian bolivianos Potosí, Bolivia Director: Wilhelm Pierola Iturralde [email protected] CLRD provides legal assistance to juvenile offenders, documentation for advocacy purposes, rehabilitation and welfare support for released juvenile detainees, and training and education. Previous funding: $27,500 since 2004 Community Outreach Programme (CORP) $8,000/320,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Anna Fernandes [email protected] www.corpindia.org CORP assists children living in the slums of Mumbai and reaches out to girls living on the streets through rehabilitation and reintegration programs. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Gender Education, Research and Technologies Foundation (GERT) $14,000/16,800 Bulgarian leva Sofia, Bulgaria Director: Jivka Marinova [email protected] www.gert.ngo-bg.org GERT raises public awareness on issues linked to gender stereotypes, teaches young people about reproductive rights and HIV/AIDS, and improves gender relations among youth to reduce gender-based violence and sexual exploitation. Previous funding: $37,000 since 2004 Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) $17,000 New York, New York, United States Director: Rachel Lloyd [email protected] www.gems-girls.org GEMS provides educational, transitional, vocational, and counseling services to sexually exploited young women in order to empower them to exit unsafe or abusive situations. Previous funding: $66,500 since 2004 Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Mujer y la Infancia (IDEMI) (Institute for the Development of Women and Children) $8,000 Panama City, Panama Director: Bertha Vargas [email protected] IDEMI works with vulnerable children and youth to supplement their formal education and raise awareness about child labor, preventive healthcare, gender equity, and civic participation. Previous funding: $7,500 since 2006 www.globalfundforchildren.org 107 Jabala Action Research Organisation $13,000/517,400 Indian rupees Kolkata, India Director: Baitali Ganguly [email protected] www.jabala.org Laura Vicuña Foundation (LVF) $13,000/546,000 Philippine pesos Negros Occidental, Philippines Director: Maria Victoria Santa Ana [email protected] www.lauravicuna.com Through educational support, healthcare, and rights awareness programs, Jabala Action Research Organisation helps children in the red-light districts of Kolkata and surrounding areas to better integrate into mainstream society. Previous funding: $26,143 since 2005 LVF builds children’s capacities through educational and development programs, including drop-in centers, vocational and employment training, and a residential program for sexually abused and exploited girls. Previous funding: $29,000 since 2004 Kiev Children and Youth Support Center $8,000/40,000 Ukrainian hryvnia Kiev, Ukraine Director: Bogdan Bashtovy [email protected] The Support Center, founded by orphanage graduates and staff, serves young people who age out of Kiev’s orphanages and offers them legal, medical, psychological, and financial assistance. Previous funding: $5,000 since 2007 La Conscience (Conscience) $19,000/7,885,000 CFA francs Tsévié, Togo Director: Kodjo Djissenou [email protected] La Conscience works to prevent the trafficking and exploitation of Togo’s impoverished children, who are easily lured away by traffickers and put to work on agricultural plantations in neighboring countries. Previous funding: $60,000 since 2003 108 www.globalfundforchildren.org Ministerio Tiempo Decisivo (Decisive Time Ministry) $9,000/306,000 Dominican pesos Santiago, Dominican Republic Director: Pablo Ureña Rodriguez [email protected] Prisoners Assistance Program (PAP) $12,000/750,000 Liberian dollars Monrovia, Liberia Director: R. Jarwlee Geegbe [email protected] www.pap.kabissa.org Ministerio Tiempo Decisivo created the Children with a Hope program to provide academic support, life skills training, health education, and personal development opportunities to more than 200 kids who previously lived and worked in the Santiago garbage dump. Previous funding: $10,000 since 2007 PAP advocates against torture and for human rights and prison reform, while working to keep first-time offenders from entering prison and preparing incarcerated male juveniles for adult life outside of prison. Previous funding: $17,250 since 2005 Movimiento para el Auto-Desarrollo Internacional de la Solidaridad (MAIS) (Movement for International Self-Development and Solidarity) $14,000/476,000 Dominican pesos Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Director: Maria Josefina Paulino [email protected] MAIS keeps girls and young women in Puerto Plata out of the sex tourism industry by promoting school enrollment; offering academic support, vocational training, and psychosocial services; and strengthening family and community support structures. Previous funding: $49,700 since 2001 Luna Nueva (New Moon) $18,000/89,550,000 Paraguayan guaranies Asunción, Paraguay Director: Raquel Fernandez [email protected] www.grupolunanueva.com.py New Life Community Projects $8,000/64,000 South African rand Stellenbosch, South Africa Director: Gerrie Smit [email protected] www.sun.ac.za/newlife Luna Nueva works to eradicate violence against women and children through programs in education, healthcare, self-esteem, human rights awareness, and violence prevention. Previous funding: $84,000 since 2002 New Life assists children who live on the streets in Cape Town’s informal settlements through communitybased home schools, psychosocial support groups, and partnerships with the public school system. Previous funding: $5,000 since 2007 Media Concern Initiative $7,000/877,800 Nigerian nairas Lagos, Nigeria Director: Princess Olufemi-Kayode [email protected] www.mediaconcern.kabissa.org Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA Nepal) $6,000/385,800 Nepalese rupees Kathmandu, Nepal Director: Indira Ranamagar [email protected] www.panepal.org Media Concern Initiative works to prevent and respond to the sexual abuse of children and youth through education, direct services, and advocacy initiatives. By introducing the concept of community parenting and by working with prisoners and their children, PA Nepal implements reform, rehabilitation, and welfare programs in Nepal’s prisons. Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere (PEACE) $16,000/1,728,000 Sri Lankan rupees Colombo, Sri Lanka Director: Maureen Seneviratne [email protected] www.lanka.net.charity/peace PEACE works to prevent children from entering the commercial sex trade by offering nonformal-education and skills training programs and increases community awareness of child abuse and exploitation. Previous funding: $105,143 since 2000 Ser Paz (Being Peace) $8,000 Guayaquil, Ecuador Director: Nelsa Curbelo [email protected] www.serpaz.org Ser Paz works with boys and young men in Guayaquil’s gangs to promote a culture of peace and to provide constructive alternatives to gang violence and crime, through training in leadership, citizenship, conflict resolution, information technology, and microenterprise management. SIN-DO $16,000/6,640,000 CFA francs Cotonou, Benin Director: Flore-Emma Mongbo [email protected] SIN-DO promotes health and hygiene awareness; supports quality education; and provides training in civic participation, economic development, and HIV/AIDS prevention to women and children living in marginalized communities in and around Cotonou. Previous funding: $32,000 since 2005 www.globalfundforchildren.org 109 2007–2008 Grants list Sociedad Amigos de los Niños (SAN) (Friends of Children Society) $17,000/320,280 Honduran lempiras Tegucigalpa, Honduras Director: Nina Rodriguez [email protected] www.saninos.org Uasdruzenje Nova Generacija (New Generation Association) $6,000/7,200 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible marka Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Director: Bojan Arula [email protected] www.newgeneration.cfsites.org SAN protects the rights of young domestic workers in Honduras and provides these girls and young women with alternative skills and means of supporting themselves. Previous funding: $64,000 since 2003 Based in Bosnia’s Serb territories, Nova Generacija operates a mentoring program for vulnerable children and youth, many of whom are living with foster families, in orphanages, on the streets, in medical institutions, or in juvenile delinquent halls. Previous funding: $5,000 since 2007 Society Undertaking Poor People’s Onus for Rehabilitation (SUPPORT) $10,000/398,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Sujata Ganega [email protected] www.supportstreetchildren.org SUPPORT offers treatment and rehabilitation for street children who are drug users through residential programs that give boys and girls shelter, food, healthcare, vocational training, and education. Previous funding: $8,000 since 2006 Tasintha (Deeper Transformation) Programme $18,000/63,270,000 Zambian kwacha Lusaka, Zambia Director: Clotilda Phiri [email protected] Yanapanakusun (Let’s Help Each Other) $9,000/27,990 Peruvian nuevos soles Cusco, Peru Director: Ronald Herrera [email protected] Yanapanakusun helps girls working as domestic servants in Peru to reclaim their lives by providing temporary and longer-term shelter, formal education, healthcare, legal identification, and programs that reinforce their self-esteem, cultural identity, and understanding of their rights. Previous funding: $8,500 since 2006 We recognize that healthy minds and bodies are an important path to dignity and productivity. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $318,500 to 33 grantee partners under this portfolio. Action pour la Promotion des Droits de l’Enfant au Burkina Faso (APRODEB) (Action for the Promotion of the Rights of the Burkinabe Child) $16,000/7,520,000 CFA francs Gorgadji, Burkina Faso Director: Kabore Goamwaoga [email protected] APRODEB provides working children and their families with skills training, literacy programs, and healthcare initiatives and assists young people in developing their own strategies to promote and protect children’s rights. Previous funding: $33,000 since 2004 Amahoro Association $9,000/4,896,000 Rwandan francs Kigali, Rwanda Directors: Eric Rwabuhihi and Kayitare Wayitare Dembe [email protected] www.chabha.org Amahoro Association offers home-based care and support to orphaned and vulnerable children in Rwanda through education programs, post-trauma counseling, skills workshops, and microenterprise training. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2006 Ascensions Community Services $9,000 Washington, DC, United States Director: Satira Streeter [email protected] www.2ascend.org Ascensions provides disadvantaged and low-income children living east of the Anacostia River with individualized, culturally relevant assistance that helps them to improve their interpersonal relationships and make positive contributions to their communities. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Asociación Civil Hamiraya (Hamiraya Civil Association) $6,000/44,400 Bolivian bolivianos Cochabamba, Bolivia Director: Veronica Bustillos de Guerra [email protected]; [email protected] Asociación Civil Hamiraya’s community center offers art, music, sports, nutrition programs, and academic and psychosocial support to the most marginalized children in Cochabamba, many of whom are either abandoned or live in the nearby San Sebastian prison with an incarcerated parent. Tasintha prevents women and children from entering the sex trade by giving them alternative incomegeneration skills and by raising community awareness about sexual exploitation. Previous funding: $65,534 since 2003 110 www.globalfundforchildren.org www.globalfundforchildren.org 111 Associação de Apoio às Meninas e Meninos da Região Sé (AA Criança) (Association for Support of Girls and Boys of the Sé Region) $13,000/22,440 Brazilian reais São Paulo, Brazil Director: Everaldo Santos Oliveira [email protected] www.aacrianca.org.br AA Criança defends the rights of the poorest and most marginalized children and youth of central São Paulo by offering a comprehensive range of legal, educational, psychological, social, and health-related services. Previous funding: $26,000 since 2005 Association des Artistes et Artisans contre le VIH/SIDA et les Stupifiants (AARCOSIS) (Association of Artists and Artisans against HIV/AIDS and Drugs) $7,000/2,905,000 CFA francs Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Director: Pyanne Djire [email protected] AARCOSIS engages musicians, artists, and artisans in the battle against HIV/AIDS and drug abuse by helping them integrate anti-AIDS and anti-drug messages into their work. Previous funding: $8,500 since 2006 Ba Futuru (For the Future) $12,000 Dili, Timor-Leste Director: Sierra James [email protected] www.bafuturu.org Ba Futuru works to create a positive future for children in orphanages by using creative arts, including roleplaying, trust exercises, art, and drama, for the psychological and emotional rehabilitation of the children. Previous funding: $10,000 since 2006 Carolina for Kibera $16,000/992,000 Kenyan shillings Nairobi, Kenya Director: Salim Mohammed [email protected] http://cfk.unc.edu/binti-pamoja Carolina for Kibera promotes youth leadership and ethnic and gender cooperation through sports, young women’s empowerment, and community development in the densely populated and impoverished Kibera urban slum. Previous funding: $23,000 since 2006 112 www.globalfundforchildren.org Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CPCR) $19,000/606,100 Thai baht Bangkok, Thailand Director: Sanphasit Koompraphant [email protected] CPCR works to prevent and confront the physical abuse, sexual exploitation, and neglect of children throughout Southeast Asia and to reintegrate affected children into society. Previous funding: $42,000 since 2003 Centro de Documentação e Informação Coisa de Mulher (CEDOICOM) (Center for Documentation and Information on Women’s Issues) $12,000/22,320 Brazilian reais Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Director: Neusa das Dores Pereira [email protected] www.coisademulher.org.br CEDOICOM provides education on reproductive health, commercial sexual exploitation, child labor, and HIV/AIDS for women and girls who face discrimination due to gender, race, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. Previous funding: $25,000 since 2004 Club 21–Udruženja za Pozitivnu Komunikaciju (Association for Positive Communication) $5,000/298,500 Serbian dinars Subotica, Serbia Director: Dezso Kiss [email protected] www.mesecina.subotica.net Club 21 strengthens the communication skills of young people from diverse backgrounds, including out-of-school, impoverished, and minority children, and empowers them to express their thoughts, personalities, and creativity. Dreamcatchers Foundation $10,000/400,000 Indian rupees Mumbai, India Director: Sonali Ojha [email protected] Dreamcatchers uses a participatory, child-centered methodology that helps children coping with grief, destruction, and violence to see the possibilities in life and to find healing, strength, and confidence. Previous funding: $8,000 since 2007 Education as a Vaccine against AIDS (EVA) $18,000/2,106,000 Nigerian nairas Abuja, Nigeria Director: Fadekemi Akinfaderin [email protected] www.evanigeria.org Incest Trauma Center (ITC) $9,000/46,800 Serbian dinars Belgrade, Serbia Director: Dusica Popadic [email protected] www.incesttraumacentar.org.yu EVA works to empower Nigerian youth living with HIV/AIDS and to raise awareness and foster positive habits among those who are uninfected. Previous funding: $59,000 since 2003 Targeting the most vulnerable citizens—Roma, refugee, and orphaned children—ITC provides counseling for children and female victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and operates a 24-hour crisis hotline. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Fundación Chocó Joven (Young Chocó Foundation) $6,000/12,186,000 Colombian pesos Quibdó, Colombia Director: Jose Murillo [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected] Fundación Chocó Joven employs a combination of educational, vocational, cultural, health, and human rights programs in the slum communities around Quibdó to promote leadership and empowerment among local youth, most of whom were displaced by Colombia’s armed conflict. Fundación Simsa (Simsa Foundation) $7,000/14,217,000 Colombian pesos Bogotá, Colombia Director: Lida Alarcon [email protected] Through its flagship Boquitas Sanas (Healthy Little Mouths) program, Fundación Simsa operates one-day mobile dental clinics for children in poor neighborhoods throughout Bogotá. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 Grandmothers against Poverty and AIDS (GAPA) $6,000/48,000 South African rand Cape Town, South Africa Director: Kathleen Brodrick [email protected] www.gapa.org.za GAPA coordinates HIV/AIDS education, skills training, and community-based psychosocial support groups for grandmothers affected by the AIDS epidemic, many of whom are raising grandchildren orphaned by AIDS, and offers after-school tutoring, mentoring, and support to orphaned and vulnerable children. Integrated Community Health Services (INCHES) $10,000/620,000 Kenyan shillings Kisumu, Kenya Director: Kitche Magak [email protected] INCHES provides quality integrated healthcare services to vulnerable children and youth living on the shores and remote islands of Lake Victoria, trains teachers in basic counseling, and provides in-school counseling services for children. Previous funding: $14,000 since 2006 Jinpa Project $13,000/91,000 Chinese yuan Nangchen, China Director: Tashi Tsering [email protected] www.jinpa.org The Jinpa Project works in the most remote areas of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to relieve the poverty of nomadic and semi-nomadic communities by creating physical infrastructure, increasing access to education and healthcare, and providing health education to primary-school children. Previous funding: $27,000 since 2005 Kolkata Sanved (Kolkata Sensitivity) $9,000/360,000 Indian rupees Kolkata, India Director: Sohini Chakroborty [email protected] http://kolkatasanved.org Kolkata Sanved promotes dance movement as a therapeutic tool for the most vulnerable and underprivileged segments of society, including street children, victims of trafficking or violence, children of prostitutes, youth living in slum areas, and other at-risk children. Previous funding: $7,376 since 2007 www.globalfundforchildren.org 113 Reginald Orsmond Counselling Services (ROCS) $7,500/52,500 South African rand Johannesburg, South Africa Director: Johanna Kistner [email protected] ROCS offers community-based psychosocial support to vulnerable populations in Johannesburg, including children and families affected by HIV/AIDS, women who are victims of domestic violence, and displaced populations. Rozan $10,000/630,000 Pakistani rupees Islamabad, Pakistan Director: Zehra Kamal [email protected] www.rozan.org LovingSource Information Center (LSIC) $6,000/42,000 Chinese yuan Beijing, China Director: Xiang Yang Cheng [email protected] www.aids-care.org LSIC works to defend and enhance the human dignity of people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS in China by improving basic health conditions and psychosocial care and by addressing the psychosocial needs of HIV/ AIDS-affected children. Neng Guan Performing Arts Training Center $8,000/56,000 Chinese yuan Ruili, China Director: Ying Zhong Zhang [email protected] www.nengguan.com Neng Guan raises awareness of the dangers of drug use and reduces stigma against HIV/AIDS among rural and ethnic communities through public outreach performances carried out by underprivileged minority youth trained by Neng Guang in traditional arts such as singing and dancing. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2007 Nia Foundation $8,000/27,000 Ethiopian birr Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Director: Zemi Yenus [email protected] Nia Foundation supports vulnerable children through programs for girls involved in commercial sex work, comprehensive services for children with mental challenges, and a support group for parents. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 114 www.globalfundforchildren.org Pazapa (Step by Step) $9,000/342,000 Haitian gourdes Jacmel, Haiti Director: Marika MacRae [email protected] www.pazapa.org Pazapa serves children with physical and mental disabilities by providing formal schooling, physical therapy, psychosocial support, orthopedic surgery, nutritious meals, and family counseling and training. Previous funding: $7,000 since 2007 Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ) $6,000/702,000 Nigerian nairas Kontagora, Nigeria Director: Chukwumuanya Igboekwu [email protected] PSJ promotes community health by advancing human rights and social justice and works to provide rural communities in Niger State with essential health services through initiatives such as mobile health units that educate and serve children. Projecto de Vida para Crianças e Jovens (PROVIDA) (Life Project for Children and Youth) $6,000/122,500 Mozambican meticais Maputo, Mozambique Director: Cremildo Gonçalves [email protected]; [email protected] www.providamz.blogspot.com Rozan’s Youth Help Line program provides a safe avenue for young people to learn about emotional, sexual, and reproductive health issues, enabling them to make informed and healthy decisions in their lives. Previous funding: $32,000 since 2004 Ruili Women and Children Development Center (RWCDC) $14,000/150,000 Chinese yuan Ruili, China Director: Chen Guilan [email protected] RWCDC works to improve the overall well-being of neglected or sexually exploited women and children living in Ruili County, which borders Myanmar, with a particular focus on raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Previous funding: $24,000 since 2004 Synergie pour l’Enfance (Synergy for Childhood) $10,000/4,700,000 CFA francs Thiaroye, Senegal Director: Ngagne Mbaye [email protected] Synergie pour l’Enfance offers comprehensive prevention and treatment services to children affected or infected by HIV/AIDS, with targeted services to children in rural regions and to street children. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 Youth Activist Organization $8,000/28,120,000 Zambian kwacha Lusaka, Zambia Director: Matauka Muliokela [email protected] Youth Activist Organization organizes children’s and youth soccer teams that raise community awareness about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Previous funding: $5,000 since 2007 Yugoslav Association for Culture and Education of Roma ( JAK-ER) $6,000/312,000 Serbian dinars Leskovac, Serbia Director: Marjan Muratovic [email protected] www.jaker.org.yu Located in isolated and impoverished southern Serbia, JAK-ER was founded by a Roma doctor and works for the advancement of health education in the Roma population, providing healthcare to youth and health education to youth, pregnant women, new mothers, and those at increased risk of contracting HIV. Salus $8,000/16,248,000 Colombian pesos Urabá, Colombia Director: Loren Callejas [email protected] Salus provides psychosocial support to children and youth displaced by Colombia’s armed conflict, many of whom were either victims or witnesses of unspeakable violence and destruction. Previous funding: $6,000 since 2006 PROVIDA uses sports, arts, and culture to teach children and youth about health, with a focus on HIV/ AIDS prevention. www.globalfundforchildren.org 115 2007–2008 Grants list Creative Opportunities We believe in exploring innovative solutions to the varied problems that young people face and in using creative arts to raise public awareness of issues affecting children and youth. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $37,500 to 5 grantee partners under this portfolio. An additional $11,700 for 4 special grants was given under the Presidential Innovation Fund. Big Brother Mouse $6,000/52,416,000 Laotian kips Luang Prabang, Laos Director: Khamla Panyasouk [email protected] www.bigbrothermouse.com Big Brother Mouse offers opportunities for local talents to create and publish books in the Lao language and brings books to rural children, many of whom have not seen or owned a book that is not part of their school curriculum. Çocuklar Ayni Çati Altinda Dernegi (ÇAÇA) (Children Under the Same Roof Association) $8,000/9,600 Turkish new lira Diyarbakir, Turkey Director: Azize Leygara [email protected] ÇAÇA seeks to reduce the number of children working on the streets in conflict-torn areas of southeastern Turkey by operating a mentoring and creative-arts program that incorporates role-playing, dance, visual arts, and theater. 116 www.globalfundforchildren.org Rural Human Rights Activists Program (RHRAP) $6,000/375,000 Liberian dollars Monrovia, Liberia Director: Lorma Baysah [email protected] RHRAP works to promote ethnic tolerance, human rights, and democracy in Liberia through advocacy and peace education programs for children and adults. Sanggar Anak Akar (Workshop, Child, Root) $7,500/68,370,000 Indonesian rupiahs Jakarta, Indonesia Director: Ivone Terri [email protected] Sanggar Anak Akar teaches children to respect one another and strives to create a safe space to nurture the physical and emotional well-being of marginalized young people, specifically those living in slums, near garbage dumps, and on the streets. Words, Beats, Life $10,000 Washington, DC, United States Director: Mazi Mutafa [email protected] www.wblinc.org Presidential Innovation Fund Breakthrough DC $2,500 Washington, DC, United States Director: Jessica Heard [email protected] www.breakthroughcollaborative.org Breakthrough creates youth-led educational spaces to help underserved middle-school students build their academic skills and get on the path to college, while providing high-school and college students with the opportunity to explore the teaching profession. Global Goods Partners (GGP) $3,000 New York, NY, United States Directors: Joan Shifrin and Catherine Shimony [email protected] www.globalgoodspartners.org GGP’s Global Classroom initiative educates US students about the marginalized communities worldwide with which GGP works and about global issues such as fair trade, women’s and children’s rights, peace building, poverty, and ecology. Previous funding: $15,000 since 2006 GUA (Peace) Africa $5,000 Wiltshire, United Kingdom Director: Ruth Gumm [email protected] www.guaafricaonline.com GUA Africa was founded by former child soldier Emmanuel Jal to bring educational opportunities to children in Sudan and sub-Saharan Africa whose lives, families, and communities have been devastated by war and poverty. Washington Youth Choir (WYC) $1,200 Washington, DC, United States Director: Megan Cheek [email protected] www.washingtonyouthchoir.org WYC targets DC-area youth who have little or no access to in-school arts programs or after-school extracurricular activities and uses the rigorous study and performance of music to enhance students’ educational experience and facilitate their transition out of high school. Words, Beats, Life aims to transform communities through hip-hop culture and provides job training and enterprise support to prepare youth for employment. www.globalfundforchildren.org 117 Pakistan Earthquake 2007–2008 Grants list Responding to Crisis We believe that in times of crisis, community-based groups are in the best position to respond immediately since they know the people and the local areas affected. This fiscal year, we awarded grants valued at $317, 300 to 49 grantee partners under this portfolio. Recovery and Renewal grants This fiscal year, we awarded 19 grants valued at $256,000 to existing grantee partners or affiliates working in areas where a crisis has been declared over but where reconstruction is ongoing. Moore Community House (MCH) $10,000 Biloxi, Mississippi, United States Director: Carol Burnett [email protected] www.moorecommunityhouse.org A longstanding provider of early childhood education to low-income children in economically depressed Biloxi, MCH was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and is still rebuilding and renovating its buildings. Previous funding: $8,500 since 2007 Hurricane Katrina 118 Awesome Girls Mentoring Program $19,000 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Director: James Rogers [email protected] Vietnamese Initiative in Economic Training (VIET) $10,000 New Orleans East, Louisiana, United States Director: Cyndi Nguyen [email protected] www.vietno.org Awesome Girls provides a safe space in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans for African American girls to learn and practice leadership, conflict management, and decision-making skills that will help them become self-sufficient and self-confident adults. Previous funding: $19,000 since 2006 VIET, a community and youth development organization, serves the predominantly Vietnamese American community in New Orleans East through education and job-training programs and by providing disaster recovery assistance to neighborhood residents. Previous funding: $8,500 since 2006 KID smART $12,000 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Director: Echo Olander [email protected] Zion Travelers Cooperative Center (ZTCC) $14,500 Phoenix, Louisiana, United States Director: Tyronne Edwards [email protected] www.ziontcc.org Through artists in residence, after-school programs, and summer camps, KID smART offers students in New Orleans’s struggling public schools a robust arts program that includes visual arts, poetry, dance, circus arts, and acting components. Previous funding: $18,000 since 2006 Based in rural Louisiana, ZTCC works hand in hand with community members to help them obtain basic material goods and rebuild their lives. Previous funding: $19,000 since 2007 www.globalfundforchildren.org De Laas Gul (Hand-Embroidered Flower) Welfare Programme (DLG) $13,500/850,000 Pakistani rupees Peshawar, Pakistan Director: Meraj Khan [email protected] www.dlg.org.pk Founded in 1976 as a microenterprise organization for women, DLG has since developed into a leading voice against child labor and for women’s empowerment, and offers literacy and skills training programs for earthquake-affected youth in Mansehra. Previous funding: $57,143 since 2004 Doosti Pakistan $8,000/504,000 Pakistani rupees Peshawar, Pakistan Director: Mr. Tassawar [email protected] One of the few organizations in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan with staff trained in a variety of psychological methods and techniques, Doosti Pakistan has helped over 3,000 children, youth, and women move beyond the 2005 Pakistan earthquake disaster and rebuild their lives. Previous funding: $11,000 since 2007 Interfaith Dialogue and Research Center (IDRC) $8,000/504,000 Pakistani rupees Islamabad, Pakistan Director: Robin Daniel [email protected] IDRC advances the study of different faith traditions and initiates interfaith dialogue to promote peace, while cultivating positive opportunities for youth in the earthquake-affected areas of Balakot and Muzaffarabad. Previous funding: $10,500 since 2007 Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA) $18,500/1,165,500 Pakistani rupees Nara Mughlan, Pakistan Director: Sameena Nazir [email protected] PODA works to build the capacity of rural communities and provides skills training to youth in the earthquake-affected area of Muzaffarabad in an effort to restore livelihoods and preserve a local art form. Previous funding: $61,800 since 2004 Shangla Development Society (SDS) $8,000/504,000 Pakistani rupees Alpuri, Shangla District, Pakistan Director: Iftikhar Hussain [email protected] SDS works for the development and rehabilitation of the Shangla district and has played a crucial role in the aftermath of the earthquake, advocating for a greater budget allocation for education in the earthquakeaffected areas. Previous funding: $8,000 since 2007 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Fatayat Nahdlatul Ulama NAD $14,000/128,660,000 Indonesian rupiahs Aceh Province, Indonesia Director: Abriati Yusuf [email protected] Fatayat Nahdlatul Ulama NAD offered immediate relief following the tsunami by distributing supplies to children in orphanages and now provides educational support, including scholarships that enable separated and orphaned children to attend boarding schools. Previous funding: $27,000 since 2006 Himpunan Psikologi Indonesia (HIMPSI) (Indonesian Psychological Association) $14,000/128,660,000 Indonesian rupiahs Aceh Province, Indonesia Director: Retno Suhapti [email protected] www.himpsi.org HIMPSI, a professional association of psychologists, set up a “tsunami team” of member psychologists to offer ongoing psychosocial services to people in tsunami-affected areas. Previous funding: $33,000 since 2005 Kinniya Vision (KV) $19,000/2,158,210 Sri Lankan rupees Kinniya, Sri Lanka Director: A. R. Saifullah [email protected] www.kinniyavision.org KV runs educational and vocational training programs for children, promotes education, advocates for human rights, and works to reduce gender imbalances and conserve the environment in the Trincomalee district of northeastern Sri Lanka, an area heavily affected by both the country’s decades-long civil war and the December 2004 tsunami. Previous funding: $37,500 since 2005 www.globalfundforchildren.org 119 Life Home Project Foundation $10,000/316,000 Thai baht Phuket, Thailand Director: Rattakhet Pongpud [email protected] www.lifehomeproject.org Tsunami Volunteer Center $19,000/606,290 Thai baht Takua Pa district, Thailand Director: Sombat Boonngamanong [email protected] www.tsunamivolunteer.net Working in a tourist area especially hard hit by the 2004 tsunami, Life Home Project Foundation provides services and support to the high number of women and children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. Previous funding: $20,000 since 2006 The Mirror Foundation launched the Tsunami Volunteer Center to channel the volunteers and resources assembled after the tsunami toward helping affected communities rebuild their lives, and sponsors a special program to train and encourage youth volunteers. Previous funding: $34,000 since 2005 Muhammadiyah ’Aisyiyah $14,000/128,660,000 Indonesian rupiahs Aceh Province, Indonesia Director: Siti Chamamah Soeratno [email protected] www.aisyiyah_pusat.org Muhammadiyah ’Aisyiyah is continuing to implement relief and rehabilitation programs for children affected by the tsunami, offering nutritional supplements, clothes, health services, and counseling at its children’s centers. Previous funding: $30,500 since 2006 Sanghamitra Service Society $12,000/480,000 Indian rupees Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India Director: Sivaji Sivaji [email protected] Sanghamitra Service Society has been working with fishing communities for over a decade and developed the Tsunami Rehabilitation Program to rebuild livelihoods, initiate community savings plans, and assist children and families in communities devastated by the 2004 tsunami. Previous funding: $117,500 since 2003 Sunera Foundation $17,500/1,987,825 Sri Lankan rupees Matara district, Sri Lanka Director: Sunethra Bandaranaike [email protected] www.sunerafoundation.org Sunera Foundation trains marginalized children and young people in the performing arts, sponsoring a drama and performance-art therapy program to address post-tsunami trauma and emotional-health issues among children and youth living in relief camps. Previous funding: $32,500 since 2005 120 www.globalfundforchildren.org Women Lawyers’ Association of Thailand (WLAT) $15,000/478,650 Thai baht Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, and Krabi Provinces, Thailand Director: Suthinee Meteeprapa [email protected]; [email protected] www.wlat.org Founded by a group of women lawyers, WLAT is a legal aid organization that has expanded its work to protect the rights of tsunami victims, addressing legal issues related to adoption, property rights for orphans, and commercial sex trafficking. Previous funding: $31,000 since 2005 Rapid response grants This fiscal year, we awarded 30 emergency grants valued at $61,300 to existing grantee partners or affiliates dealing with crises brought about by severe weather, earthquakes, and political instability. THE Global Fund for children Financials 2007–2008 The Global Fund for Children achieved strong financial results in fiscal year 2007–2008. Net assets increased by 47 percent during the year, led by a $1.7 million increase in revenue over the previous fiscal year, to nearly $8.5 million. The majority of this growth in revenue came from income from foundations, which rose by 160 percent to $2.6 million, trailing only gifts from individual donors at $3.6 million. Our budget grew by 22 percent to $6.2 million. Nearly half of this increase came from new direct grants, along with the related cost of adding staff to facilitate our grantmaking growth. In addition, we incurred costs related to a metrics initiative we launched to better understand and measure the beneficial impact of our grants. Our budgetary ratio of funds directed to program services remained high, with 86 percent of expenditures directed to programs and 14 percent going to general, administrative, and fundraising costs. GFC was awarded a four-star rating by Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.com) for the fourth consecutive year, meaning that our performance “exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in [our] Cause.” This past fiscal year, The Global Fund for Children UK Trust, a registered charity (charitable number 1119544) in the United Kingdom, began operations. The Global Fund for Children and The Global Fund for Children UK Trust cooperate to raise funds in the United States and across Europe to further our joint mission of advancing the dignity of children and young people throughout the world through the provision of grants and other forms of assistance. In fiscal year 2008–2009, we envision continued growth in grants and in the necessary support expenses. We have recently more than doubled our office space, giving us the long-awaited opportunity to bolster staff resources to provide more value-added services to our grantee partners, increase fundraising activities, and continue to grow our books program. We start the year with a large cash balance and nearly $3 million in pledges to fund operations. All financial information in this annual report relates to The Global Fund for Children and does not include figures for The Global Fund for Children UK Trust, which is a separate legal entity. For consolidated financials, please visit our website. www.globalfundforchildren.org 121 Revenues 2007–2008 • Individual Donors • Foundations • Corporate • Interest and Others • Matching Gifts • Book Revenue Expenditures 2007–2008 • Total Program Expenses 86% • Fundraising 8% • Total Management and Administration 6% 42% 31% 23% 2% 1% 1% Statement of Financial Position June 30, 2008 and 2007 Assets Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents Certificates of Deposit Accounts Receivable: Promises to Give Other 2007 $4,040,427 - $1,886,768 200,000 1,801,149 18,436 2,301,663 4,993 Total Accounts Receivable Inventory Prepaid Expenses 1,819,585 12,855 32,461 2,306,656 Total Current Assets Promises to Give, Net of Current Portion Property and Equipment Office Equipment Leasehold Improvements Computer Software 5,905,328 4,422,439 1,125,480 612,381 127,428 376,030 77,161 89,806 39,593 13,750 Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization Total Property and Equipment Deposits 580,619 (101,532) 479,087 14,304 143,149 (64,132) 79,017 12,446 Total Assets Liabilities and Net Assets Current Liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Accrued Vacation and Bonuses Due to UK Trust 7,524,199 5,126,283 270,416 53,323 - 196,601 60,280 173,808 323,739 430,689 290,670 - 614,409 430,689 1,344,849 4,487,505 1,077,436 6,909,790 1,167,539 3,211,055 317,000 4,695,594 $7,524,199 $5,126,283 Total Current Liabilities Deferred Leasehold Allowance Total Liabilities Commitments and Contingencies Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets 122 2008 www.globalfundforchildren.org 29,015 Statement of Activities June 30, 2008 and 2007 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2008 Temporarily Permanently Total Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2007 Total Revenue Gifts and Grants $2,422,182 $5,092,953 $760,436 $8,275,571 $1,976,827 $4,303,089 $267,000 $6,546,916 Book Revenues and Royalties 53,037 - - 53,037 43,698 - - 43,698 Investment Income 129,861 - - 129,861 128,620 - - 128,620 Other 5,322 - - 5,332 12 - - 12 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 3,816,503 (3,816,503) - - 2,628,187 (2,628,187) - Total Revenue 6,426,905 Expenses Program Services: Global Media Ventures 586,131 Grantmaking 4,761,864 Total Program Services 5,347,995 Supporting Services: Management and General 379,614 Fundraising 521,987 Total Supporting Services 901,601 Total Expenses 6,249,596 Change in Net Assets 177,309 Net Assets Beginning of Year 1,167,539 Net Assets End of Year $1,344,848 1,276,450 760,436 8,463,791 4,777,344 1,674,902 267,000 6,719,246 - - - 586,131 659,144 - 4,761,864 3,807,589 - - - 659,144 - 3,807,589 - - 5,347,995 - - 4,466,733 - - - - 379,614 521,987 4,466,733 154,087 494,348 - - - - - - 648,435 - - 5,115,168 - - 901,601 648,435 - - 6,249,596 5,115,168 1,276,450 760,436 2,214,195 (337,824) 3,211,055 317,000 4,695,594 1,505,363 154,087 494,348 1,674,902 267,000 1,604,078 1,536,153 50,000 3,091,516 $4,487,505 $1,077,436 $ 6,909,789 $1,167,539 $3,211,055 $317,000 $4,695,594 www.globalfundforchildren.org 123 THE Global Fund for children Directors Statement of Cash Flows Board of Directors June 30, 2008 and 2007 Cash Flows from Operating Activities Change in Net Assets Adjustment to Reconcile Change in Net Assets to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities Depreciation and Amortization Permanently Restricted Contributions Changes in Assets and Liabilities Accounts Receivable/Promises to Give Prepaid Expenses Inventory Deposits Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Accrued Vacation and Bonuses Due to UK Trust Deferred Leasehold Allowance Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities Cash from Investing Activities Sales/Redemptions of Certificates of Deposit Purchases of Property and Equipment Net Cash Provided (Used) by Investing Activities Cash from Financing Activities Proceeds from Permanently Restricted Contributions Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Year Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Year 2008 2007 $2,214,196 $1,580,270 37,401 (760,436) 21,451 (267,000) (26,028) (3,446) (12,855) (1,858) 73,815 (6,957) (173,808) 290,670 (1,549,084) (5,678) 125,282 23,754 173,808 - 1,630,094 102,803 200,000 (437,471) 400,000 (25,999) (237,471) 374,001 760,436 267,000 760,436 267,000 2,153,659 743,804 1,886,768 1,142,964 $4,040,427 $1,886,768 Juliette Gimon, Chair Team Member, Google.org The Flora Family Foundation New York, NY Maya Ajmera Founder and President The Global Fund for Children Washington, DC Peter Briger Principal Fortress Investment Group LLC New York, NY Sanjiv Khattri New York, NY Mark McGoldrick Founder and Managing Partner Mount Kellett Capital Management LP United Kingdom Sarah Perot Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation Dallas, TX Sandra Pinnavaia Senior Vice President Business Talent Group New York, NY Patricia Rosenfield Chair, Carnegie Scholars Program Carnegie Corporation of New York New York, NY Roy Salamé Managing Director JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York, NY Robert Scully, Vice Chair Office of the Chairman Morgan Stanley New York, NY Raj Singh Co-founder and President Telcom Ventures LLC Miami, FL 124 www.globalfundforchildren.org Isabel Carter Stewart, Secretary Chicago, IL Robert Stillman, Treasurer President Millbridge Capital Management Chevy Chase, MD Directors Emeriti William Ascher Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics Claremont McKenna College Dena Blank Trustee, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Laura Bernstein Luger Vice President and General Counsel University of North Carolina Adele Richardson Ray Trustee, Smith Richardson Foundation UK Trust Board of Trustees Silicon Valley Leadership Council Susan Carter Harrington and Tom Harrington Harrington Family Foundation On-Site.com, CEO Wende and Tom Hutton Canaan Partners, Partner Thompson Hutton, LLC, Managing Partner Stacey Keare and John Hodge Keare/Hodge Family Foundation The Blackstone Group, Partner Teresa Luchsinger Unger Family Fund Joan Platt Joan and Lewis Platt Foundation Leigh Rawdon and David Rolf Tea Collection, CEO and Co-founder VantagePoint Venture Partners, Vice President Mark McGoldrick, Chair Founder and Managing Partner Mount Kellett Capital Management LP Michael Daffey Managing Director Goldman Sachs and Company Dina de Angelo Director Pictet John K. Hepburn Senior Advisor Morgan Stanley (Europe) Ltd. David Kowitz Founder and Managing Partner Indus Capital Partners, LLC Dirk Ormoneit Head, Modelling-Systematic Trading Bluecrest Capital Management James Sheridan James and Chantal Sheridan Foundation www.globalfundforchildren.org 125 The Global Fund for children Index Staff The Global Fund for Children Staff Maya Ajmera Founder and President Victoria Dunning Vice President, Programs Mitchell Fenster Vice President, Finance and Operations Jerry Irvine Vice President, Communications Andrew Barnes Grants Manager Michael Bush Controller Lynn Grone Human Resources (TPO, Inc.) Vineeta Gupta Program Officer, South Asia Sarah Ireland Associate Program Officer, Special Grants Parie Kadir Database Coordinator Solome Lemma Program Officer, Africa Katy Love Assistant Program Officer, Eastern Europe and the United States Meheret Mellese Director, Information Technology Cynthia Pon Director, Children’s Books Tamar Schiffman Investor Relations Officer Susanna Shapiro Program Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean Lu Shen Program Officer, East and Southeast Asia Anne Sorensen Foundation and Corporate Relations Officer Shana Weinberg Grant Writer Nardos Worku Administrative Assistant International Fellows Nicholas Kauffman 2007 International Fellow Chicago, IL Pamela Kola 2008 International Fellow Nairobi, Kenya William Ascher Summer Fellow Matt Levy George Washington University Interns Hayley Crown The Latin School of Chicago Molly Cunningham Stanford University Stephanie Davis University of Indiana Fnot Gebremicael Georgetown University Lisette Plankin School of Advanced International Studies The Johns Hopkins University Daniel Robles Georgetown University Annie Shafran The Taft School UK TRUST STAFF Heather Brandon Director Kate Collins Fundraising / Communications Officer Aangan Trust, 30, 104 Aarambh (To Start), 86 Ação Forte (Strong Action), 25, 98 accounting policies, 123–124 Achlal (Caring Kindness) Child Development Center, 86 Action pour la Promotion des Droits de l’Enfant au Burkina Faso (APRODEB) (Action for the Promotion of the Rights of the Burkinabe Child), 36, 111 Agastya International Foundation, 10, 86 Alliance for Children and Youth, 98 Amahoro Association, 58, 111 American Jewish World Service, 12, 56 Anandan (Happiness), 86 Ananya Trust, 86 Ankuram (Sprout) Woman and Child Development Society, 104 Ark Foundation of Africa (AFA), 47, 87 Asanble Vwazen Jakè (AVJ) ( Jakè Neighborhood Association), 87 Asanble Vwazen Solino (AVS) (Solino Neighborhood Association), 87 Ascensions Community Services, 37, 111 Asociación Civil Hamiraya (Hamiraya Civil Association), 111 Asociación Civil Pro Niño Íntimo (Pro-Child Civil Association), 47, 87 Asociación Civil Wará (Wará Civil Association), 87 Asociación de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base (CEB) (Association of Grassroots Christian Communities), 98 Asociación de Defensa de la Vida (ADEVI) (Association for the Defense of Life), 47, 98 Asociación de Promotores de Educación Inicial y Preprimaria Bilingüe Maya-Ixil (APEDIBIMI) (Maya-Ixil Association of Promoters of Bilingual Early Education), 87 Asociación Mujer y Comunidad (Women and Community Association), 58, 87 Asociación para los Derechos de la Niñez “Monseñor Oscar Romero” (Monsignor Oscar Romero Association for Children’s Rights), 87 Asociación Promoción y Desarrollo de la Mujer Nicaragüense Acahual (Acahual Association for the Promotion and Development of Nicaraguan Women), 88 Asociación Solas y Unidas (Alone and United Association), 6 Asociatia Ovidiu Rom (Ovidiu Rom Association), 48, 70, 88 Asociatia pentru Libertatea si Egalitatea de Gen (ALEG) (Association for Liberty and Gender Equality), 104 Associação Barraca da Amizade (Shelter of Friendship Association), 104 Associação Beneficente da Criança e do Adolescente em Situação de Risco (Beneficent Association for At-Risk Children and Adolescents), 105 Associação de Apoio às Meninas e Meninos da Região Sé (AA Criança) (Association for the Support of Boys and Girls of the Sé Region), 36, 112 Association d’Appui et d’Eveil Pugsada (ADEP) (Association of Support and Coming of Age), 30, 105 Association des Artistes et Artisans contre le VIH/ SIDA et les Stupifiants (AARCOSIS) (Association of Artists and Artisans against HIV/AIDS and Drugs), 74, 112 Association des Jeunes pour le Développement Intégré–Kakundu (AJEDI–Ka) (Youth Association for Integrated Development–Kakundu), 105 Association du Foyer de l’Enfant Libanais (AFEL) (Lebanese Child Home Association), 29, 105 Association for Community Development Services (ACDS), 88 Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW), 99 Association Jeunesse Actions Mali (AJA Mali) (Youth Action Association of Mali), 105 Association La Lumière (The Light Association), 105 Association of Community Movements for Social Action (ACMSA), 99 Association of People for Practical Life Education (APPLE), 31, 106 Atina, 106 Avenir de l’Enfant (ADE) (Future of the Child), 106 Awesome Girls Mentoring Program, 118 Ba Futuru (For the Future), 112 Backward Society Education (BASE), 88 Benishyaka Association, 88 Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas (Th’uruchapitas Library), 58, 69, 88 Big Brother Mouse, 58, 116 board of directors, 125 Books for Kids project, 69–70 Boquitas Sanas (Healthy Little Mouths) program, 35, 75 boys, vulnerabilities of, 62–65 Breakthrough DC, 117 126 www.globalfundforchildren.org Carolina for Kibera, 42, 112 Centar za Integraciju Mladih (CIM) (Center for Youth Integration), 29, 74, 106 Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (CPCAN), 106 Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CPCR), 112 Center for Women and Children Empowerment (CEWCE), 99 Centre for Research, Communication and Gender in Early Childhood Education, 13, 42 Centro Cultural Batahola Norte (CCBN) (Cultural Center of Batahola Norte), 88 Centro de Apoyo al Niño de la Calle de Oaxaca (CANICA) (Center for the Support of Street Children of Oaxaca), 99 Centro de Documentação e Informação Coisa de Mulher (CEDOICOM) (Center for Documentation and Information on Women’s Issues), 112 Centro de Estudios y Apoyo para el Desarrollo Local (CEADEL) (Center for Study and Support for Local Development), 48, 56, 106 Centro de Estudos e Ação em Atenção à Infância e as Drogas Excola (Excola Center for Research and Action on Childhood and Drug Use), 106 Centro Interdisciplinario para el Desarrollo Social (CIDES) (Interdisciplinary Center for Social Development), 106 Centro para el Desarrollo Regional (CDR) (Center for Regional Development), 107 Centro San Juan Bosco, 10 Centro Transitorio de Capacitación y Educación Recreativa El Caracol (El Caracol Transitional Center for Training and Recreational Education), 10, 99 Challenging Heights, 10, 74, 88 Charity Navigator rating, 121 Charlesbridge Publishing, 69 Children in the Wilderness (CITW), 89 Children of the U.S.A., 7, 68 Children on the Edge (COTE), 70, 107 children’s book program, 68–70 Children’s Legacy Fund, 81 Children’s Legal Rights and Development Center (CLRD), 107 Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, 17, 74, 89 Chiricli (Bird) International Roma Women’s Charitable Fund, 89 CIBC World Markets Miracle Day partnership, 75 Clinton Global Initiative, 60 Club 21–Udruženja za Pozitivnu Komunikaciju (Association for Positive Communication), 112 Çocuklar Ayni Çati Altinda Dernegi (ÇAÇA) (Children Under the Same Roof Association), 116 Community Outreach Programme (CORP), 107 Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO), 89 countries served, 11 growth in, 9 Creative Opportunities portfolio, 8 2007–2008 grants, 116–117 Dasra, 10 De Laas Gul (Hand-Embroidered Flower) Welfare Programme (DLG), 119 Desarrollo Autogestionario (AUGE) (Self-Managed Development), 23, 99 directors, 125 documentary photography, 70 donors, list of, 76–81 Door Step School, 54, 89 Doosti Pakistan, 119 Dream A Dream, 55, 99 Dreamcatchers Foundation, 112 Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), 89 Early Intervention Institute for Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities (EII), 60, 89 Education as a Vaccine against AIDS (EVA), 35, 113 eligibility criteria for grantee partners, 84–85 EMpower, 12, 56 Enterprise portfolio, 8, 22–25 2007–2008 grants, 98–103 Equal Step Centre (ESC), 107 Espacio Cultural Creativo (Cultural Creative Space), 89 Ethiopian Books for Children and Educational Foundation (EBCEF), 75, 90 Faith, 69 Fatayat Nahdlatul Ulama NAD, 119 fellowships, 13, 70 Fezehai, Malin, 74 films, 70–71 financials, 121–124 Fireflight Foundation, 56 Franklin–Grand Isle Bookmobile, 70 Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop, 90 Frente de Salud Infantil y Reproductiva de Guatemala (FESIRGUA) (Guatemalan Foundation for Child and Reproductive Health), 100 Friends for Street Children (FFSC), 90 Fund for Global Human Rights, 12 Fundación Alfonso Casas Morales para la Promoción Humana (Alfonso Casas Morales Foundation for Human Advancement), 90 Fundación Chocó Joven (Young Chocó Foundation), 113 Fundación Crecer (Growth Foundation), 90 Fundación Junto con los Niños ( JUCONI) (Together with Children Foundation), 91 Fundación Nuestros Sueños (Our Dreams Foundation), 91 Fundación Simsa (Simsa Foundation), 35, 75, 113 Fundatia Noi Orizonturi (New Horizons Foundation), 24, 100 gender and vulnerability, 62–65 Gender Education, Research and Technologies Foundation (GERT), 10, 107 Girl Child Concern (GCC), 91 girls, vulnerabilities of, 63 Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS), 48, 107 Global Babies, 7, 68 Global Fund for Children UK Trust, 7, 74, 121 directors, 125 Global Fund for Children Books, 68–70 Global Fund for Women, 12, 56 Global Goods Partners (GGP), 117 Global Media Ventures program, 7, 68–71 Going to School, 100 Goldman Sachs Foundation Initiative, 12, 13, 54 Grameen Bank, 6 Gramin Mahila Sikshan Sansthan (GMSS) (Sikar Girls Education Initiative), 54, 91 Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS (GAPA), 113 grantee partners, 6 eligibility and selection criteria, 84–85 growth in, 9 value-added services for, 10 grantmaking, 8–13 grants, 10 growth in, 9 model, 10 grants, 10 number of, 9 tracking, 13 Grassroots Girls Initiative (GGI), 56 GUA (Peace) Africa, 117 Guaruma, 100 Halley Movement, 91 Health and Well-Being grants, 8, 58 healthcare interventions, 58, 59 Healthy Minds and Bodies portfolio, 8, 34–37 2007–2008 grants, 111–115 Himpunan Psikologi Indonesia (HIMPSI) (Indonesian Psychological Association), 119 Hope for Children Organization (HFC), 91 Hurricane Katrina crisis grants, 118–119 Ikamva Labantu (The Future of Our Nation), 10, 48, 58, 91 Incest Trauma Center (ITC), 113 Indian Ocean tsunami crisis grants, 119–120 Institute of Leadership and Institutional Development (ILID), 54, 91 Instituto Fazer Acontecer (IFA) (Make It Happen Institute), 100 Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Mujer y la Infancia (IDEMI) (Institute for the Development of Women and Children), 107 Instituto para la Superación de la Miseria Urbana (ISMU) (Institute for Overcoming Urban Poverty), 92 Integrated Community Health Services (INCHES), 113 Interfaith Dialogue and Research Center (IDRC), 43, 119 International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 56 International Center of Photography, 6, 70 international fellows, 126 International Trust for the Education of Zambia Orphans (ITEZO), 58, 92 interns, 126 Jabala Action Research Organisation, 108 Jal, Emmanuel, 70 Jeeva Jyothi (Everlasting Light), 100 Jifunze (Learning) Project, 49 Jinpa Project, 58, 113 Johnson & Johnson Health and Well- Being supplemental grants, 8, 58 Journey of a Red Fridge, 7, 70–71 Kalinga Mission for Indigenous Children and Youth Development (KAMICYDI), 101 Kamitei Foundation, 92 Karm Marg (Progress through Work), 101 Kham Kampo Association (KKA), 18, 92 Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (KSWA), 58, 101 KID smART, 70, 118 Kiev Children and Youth Support Center, 108 www.globalfundforchildren.org 127 Kindle Orphan Outreach, 92 Kinniya Vision (KV), 120 KLARA (Knowledge, Learning, and Resource Access) Network, 12 Knowledge Exchange workshops, 12–13 knowledge initiatives, 12–13 Kolkata Sanved (Kolkata Sensitivity), 70, 113 Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), 56, 101 La Conscience (Conscience), 108 Lapeng (Home) Child and Family Resource Service, 60, 92 Laura Vicuña Foundation (LVF), 108 Learning portfolio, 8, 16–19 2007–2008 grants, 86–97 legal assistance, 12 leveraging, 10, 12 Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, 12 Life Home Project Foundation, 120 Light for All (LiFA), 92 Love in Action Ethiopia (LIA), 56, 101 LovingSource Information Center (LSIC), 114 Luna Nueva (New Moon), 49, 108 Lunam Productions, 71 MacArthur Foundation grant, 71 Magic Bus Connect, 13, 101 Mahita (Regeneration), 56, 92 Makkala Jagriti (Children’s Awareness), 101 Mama Cash, 56 Media Concern Initiative, 108 Men on the Side of the Road (MSR), 23, 101 metrics indicators, 7 Ministerio Tiempo Decisivo (Decisive Time Ministry), 109 Mirman School partnership, 75 mission, 4 Monduli Pastoralist Development Initiative (MPDI), 61, 93 Moore Community House (MCH), 118 Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA) (Movement of Dominican-Haitian Women), 93 Movimiento para el Auto-Desarrollo Internacional de la Solidaridad (MAIS) (Movement for International Self-Development and Solidarity), 74, 109 Muhammadiyah ’Aisyiyah, 120 Mujejego-Loka (Dawn Light) Women Development Association, 102 Muktangan (Open Courtyard), 93 Mumbai Mobile Crèches, 60, 93 Nehemiah AIDS Relief Project, 93 Neng Guan Performing Arts Training Center, 114 Network of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (NEED), 93 New Global Citizens, 74 New Horizon Ministries (NHM), 93 New Life Community Projects, 109 Nia Foundation, 114 Nike Foundation partnership, 56 Niños con una Esperanza (Children with a Hope), 42 Nyaka School, 93 On the Road blog, 71 opportunity grants, 8 Organizational Capacity Index, 12 organizational development awards, 8 support, 10 Oruj Learning Center, 94 outcomes, measuring, 12 Pakistan earthquake crisis grants, 119 Pazapa (Step by Step), 114 Phulki (Spark), 49, 60, 70, 102 Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ), 114 Poder Joven (Youth Power), 94 Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA), 119 Pravah (Flow), 102 Prei Effort for Those Who Are in Need (PEFAN), 12, 94 Prerana (Inspiration), 94 Presidential Innovation Fund, 8, 117 Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA Nepal), 109 Prisoners Assistance Program (PAP), 109 Projecto de Vida para Crianças e Jovens (PROVIDA) (Life Project for Children and Youth), 114 Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere (PEACE), 109 Puririsun (Let’s Journey Together), 94 Rapid Response grants, 40–42, 120 Raza Educational and Social Welfare Society (RESWS), 94 Recovery and Renewal grants, 40, 42, 118–120 Reginald Orsmond Counselling Services (ROCS), 115 Responding to Crisis portfolio, 8, 40–43 2007–2008 grants, 118–120 Rozan, 115 Ruchika Social Service Organization, 75 Ruili Women and Children Development Center (RWCDC), 115 Rural China Education Foundation (RCEF), 95 Rural Family Support Organization (RuFamSO), 58, 102 Rural Human Rights Activists Program (RHRAP), 116 Safety portfolio, 8, 28–31 2007–2008 grants, 104–110 Salesian Sisters, 95 Salus, 115 Sam-Kam Institute (SKI), 69, 102 Sanggar Anak Akar (Workshop, Child, Root), 116 Sanghamitra Service Society, 102, 120 selection criteria for grantee partners, 84–85 Ser Paz (Being Peace), 109 Shaishav (Childhood) Trust, 54, 102 Shangla Development Society (SDS), 119 Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (Village Self-Reliance), 49, 70, 95 Shilpa Children’s Trust (SCT), 95 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