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Maia Bobo, 67Make a Difference (MAD), 100, 108Makkala Jagriti (Children’s Awareness), 102Mamele pentru Viata (Mothers for Life), 87Manav Aashrita Sansthan (MAS) (Human Literacy Institute), 105Mary M. Momolu Development Foundation, 67Masoom (Innocent), 100Mavi Kalem Social Assistance and Charity Association, 84Mbambu and the Mountains of the Moon (film), 47Media Concern Initiative (MCI), 70Ministerio Tiempo Decisivo (Decisive Time Ministry), 95Monduli Pastoralist Development Initiative (MPDI), 67Mouvman Peyizan Lomon (MPL) (Lhomond Peasant

Movement), 23, 91Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA)

(Movement of Dominican-Haitian Women), 91Muhammadiyah ’Aisyiyah, 76, 78Muktangan (Open Courtyard), 100

Nap Klub Foundation, 84Nehemiah AIDS Relief Project, 67Never Again Rwanda (NAR), 69New Global Citizens, 59New Life Community Projects, 71New Women Arrivals League (NWAL), 78Nia Foundation, 72Nike Foundation 46, 50Nucleo Socio-Cultural “Caixa de Surpresas”

(Box of Surprises Sociocultural Center), 97Nur (Illumination) Center, 84Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, 67

Ograda Noastra (Our Courtyard), 84Organisation Haitienne pour le Développement Durable

(OHDD) (Haitian Organization for Sustainable Development), 23, 91

Organización Guaruma, 94Organizational Development Awards, 15, 17, 64, 82, 88, 98, 106Orphelinat Foyer Divin (Divine Home Orphanage), 25, 95Oruj Learning Center, 100Our Grandparents (book), 46

Partners in Hope, 82, 85Pax Christi Haiti, 24, 91Pazapa (Step by Step), 23, 97People Improvement Organization (PIO), 78Phonsinuane Volunteer Group (PVG), 78Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ), 72

Poder Joven (Youth Power), 40, 91Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA), 102Pravah (Flow), 40, 102Pravo Vibora (Right of Choice), 84Prayasam (Endeavor), 33, 47, 100Prei Effort for Those Who Are in Need (PEFAN), 67Presidential Innovation Fund, 106, 108Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA Nepal), 28, 104Projecto de Vida para Crianças e Jovens (PROVIDA)

(Life Project for Children and Youth), 72Puririsun (Let’s Journey Together), 92PUSAKA Mindanao, Inc., 78

Raza Educational and Social Welfare Society (RESWS), 100Redeem the Generation—Ethiopia, 72Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL), 71Revolutionary Optimists, The, (film), 47, 108Rewrite, 82, 87Ruili Women and Children Development Center

(RWCDC), 41, 81Rural China Education Foundation (RCEF), 78Rural Family Support Organization (RuFamSO), 41, 94Rural Human Rights Activists Program (RHRAP), 73

Safety portfolio 2010–2011 grants, 69–71, 79–80, 86, 94–95, 103–104, 107Salesian Sisters, 68Ser Paz (Being Peace), 95Shaishav (Childhood) Trust, 98, 102SIN-DO, 71Sithuthukile (We Have Developed) Trust, 68Skolta’el Yu’un Jlumaltic (SYJAC) (Service to Our People), 92Smile Group—Friends of Thay Hung, 76, 81Snowland Service Group (SSG), 76, 78, 79Sociedad Dominico-Haitiana de Apoyo Integral para el

Desarrollo y la Salud (SODHAIDESA) (Dominican-Haitian Society of Comprehensive Support for Health and Development), 92

Society for Awareness, Harmony, and Equal Rights (SAHER), 102

Society for the Protection of Paralyzed Citizens of Aktobe (SPPCA), 84

Society Undertaking Poor People’s Onus for Rehabilitation (SUPPORT), 104

Sophiatown Community Psychological Services (SCPS), 72Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj Trust (SGBS Trust), 103Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust (SA), 31, 105Step Up, 82, 84

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StreetWise Education Foundation, 104Studio Xang, 81Sujaya Foundation, 101Sunera Foundation, 105Sunshine Charity, 101Super Buddies Club, 64, 72Supporting Orphans and Vulnerable for Better Health,

Education, and Nutrition (SOVHEN), 69Sustainability Awards, 15, 17, 35–41, 76, 88 Sustainable Development Society (SDS), 104Synergie pour l’Enfance (Synergy for Childhood), 72

Tahaddi, 74Talented Young People Everywhere (TYPE), 68Tanadgoma (Assistance) Library and Cultural Center for People

with Disabilities, 41, 84Tea Collection, 50Teboho Trust, 68Tiny Toones, 80tracking grants, 37Tudor Foundation, 85

Ubumi Children’s Project, 68 Ulybka (Smile) Public Foundation, 86Umut Isigi—Kadin, Çevre, Kültür, ve Isletme Kooperatifi

(Light of Hope—Women, Environment, Culture, and Enterprise Cooperative), 82, 85

Usdruzenje Nova Generacija (New Generation Association), 86

Videoactive Girls project, 46Video Volunteers, 46Vikasini Girl Child Education Trust, 101

Waloko Kwo Support Organization (WASO), 73Washington Youth Choir, 107Women in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE), 69Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment

(WEAVE), 79Women’s Network for Unity (WNU), 79Words Beats & Life (WBL), 41, 107

Yanapanakusun (Let’s Help Each Other), 95Yayasan Anak Akar (Child Root Foundation), 81Youth Activists Organization (YAO), 73YP Foundation, The, (TYPF), 101Yunnan Institute of Development (YID), 79

Zanzibar Female Lawyers Association (ZAFELA), 71


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VISIONAt The Global Fund for Children, we envision a world where all children grow up to be productive, caring citizens of a global society.


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MISSIONWe work to advance the dignity of children worldwide. We pursue this mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with many of the world’s most vulnerable children, and by harnessing the power of children’s books, films, and documentary photography to promote global understanding.


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08 Letter from the board chair 09 Letter from the founder 10 Letter from the ceo12 GrantmakinG18 our impact around the worLd

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childRen who have RightsSeeinG the worLd’S inviSibLe chiLdren

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60 SeLectinG our Grantee partnerS62 2010–2011 GrantS • Sub-Saharan Africa • Middle East and North Africa • East and Southeast Asia • Europe and Eurasia • Latin America and Caribbean • South Asia • United States • Presidential Innovation Fund110 financiaLS114 LeaderShip116 index and creditS


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Letter from the board chair

Lasting ConneCtions

When I first met Maya Ajmera in 2001, I had no idea I was about to make a lasting connection. I knew that she had a bold vision and that we cared about the same issues. We shared the belief that small grants, given directly to community groups or social entrepreneurs, are one of the most effective and direct ways to improve the lives of vulnerable children around the world. Having served for ten years on the board, the last five years as chair, I am truly gratified to have made this meaningful connection, and to have played a role in helping The Global Fund for Children to grow into its current state. Starting with a small staff and a seed grant, GFC has grown exponentially over the last 16 years, having awarded more than 3,500 grants valued at over $21 million to almost 500 partners in 78 countries. I am extremely proud of GFC’s accomplishments over the years, and I have great respect for the thoughtful way Maya grew the operational aspects of the orga-nization. She attracted dedicated board members and hired a hardworking, motivated, and talented team. Maya’s entrepreneurial spirit is inspiring, and it has been a delight to work closely with her. Recently, Maya decided to step down as president of GFC, a decision that took great courage. The board worked diligently to find the right person to fill this vital leadership role, and in February 2011, Kristin Lindsey joined the organization as CEO. She immediately embarked on an intensive internal and external listening tour in order to assess the state of the organization, and to begin to build a strategic plan for the future. I am pleased to report that GFC didn’t skip a beat in its operations during this transition, awarding 616 grants valued at $3.8 million to 324 organizations in 72 countries this fiscal year. GFC is lucky to have Kristin, and her leadership will push GFC to new heights.

By the time you read this, I will have fulfilled my last year serving on GFC’s board. I will miss my fellow board members. I have learned a lot from them, and I know that I leave the organization in solid hands. I am thrilled that Mark McGoldrick will serve as the new chair. He brings an immense amount of vision and insight to the position. I want to thank Patricia Rosenfield for her service on the board. She is rotating off the board after many years, and her wisdom and knowledge played a key role in shaping GFC’s grantmaking strategy. I am pleased to welcome Arnie Ghatak, Tamara Fox, and Rick Burdick to the board. GFC will greatly benefit from their knowledge and expertise.

Over the years, I have had the pleasure of working closely with a number of GFC’s staff members. I want to extend my personal gratitude for all of their help and support. They are an inspiring group of people, and I know they will continue to enhance the lives of vulnerable children across the globe. Finally, I want to thank all of you who have supported GFC with your donations and goodwill. Without you, GFC would never have achieved this level of positive impact, changing children’s lives around the world.

It has been an incredible honor to serve GFC over the years. I treasure this experience, and I am excited to see what the future holds for this amazing organization. All my best,

Juliette GimonChair, Board of Directors


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a viSion realized

Sixteen years ago, when i founded The Global Fund for Children, i could never have imagined where it would be today. When i began with $25,000 in seed capital, my dream was to support the most innovative grassroots organizations serving vulnerable children, and to give children the opportunity to learn about the culture, history, and beauty of young people globally. That dream became a reality.

today, GFC is a thriving organization that has touched the lives of over 1 million children worldwide. We have invested over $21 million in nearly 500 entrepreneurial grassroots organizations in 78 countries and have published 30 award-winning children’s books, with over 2 million readers around the world.

This year has been one of huge success: we distributed 616 grants, worth more than $3.8 million, to 324 organizations in 72 countries. With the release of two new children’s books, investments in three films, and the launch of the Adobe youth voices digital media project, we continued to amplify the voices and stories of young people from around the world. And we set a fundraising record of nearly $10 million from our growing community of supporters, including the newly formed hong kong Leadership Council.

As president, i have had the privilege to observe a global community of innovation. i have met courageous leaders like the late inderjit khurana, who founded the train platform schools in india; Sakena yacoobi, who as president of the Afghan institute of Learning has risked her life to bring education and healthcare to the children of Afghanistan; and James kofi Annan, whose organi-zation Challenging heights has rescued hundreds of children from slavery-like conditions in Ghana. We’ve supported organizations that pioneered innovative methods of bringing much-needed services to children, like Asociación Solas y unidas’s first home in peru for mothers and children with hiv. i have seen at-risk youth in Washington, dC, transformed by the power of art, and waste-picking children in Cambodia given the sanctuary of education. What our grantee partners have shown me is nothing short of extraordinary.

First, i want to thank Juliette Gimon for her important leadership as chair over the past five years. i am grateful to all board members past and present, here and over-seas, who embraced The Global Fund for Children’s vision and mission and helped to build the organiza-tion. i am also delighted that mark mcGoldrick, a great mentor to GFC, has become the new chair.

Second, thank you to the GFC team. They make the dream a reality day after day for hundreds of thousands of children. i have been privileged to work closely with a great senior management team. most importantly, i have had the wonderful opportunity to mentor many members of the GFC team on achieving their aspira-tions at GFC and beyond.

Finally, i want to thank our supporters throughout the world. For 16 years, you have backed this organization with a commitment and passion for ensuring that vulnerable children have a chance to grow up into productive, caring citizens of the world. you have been faithful consumers of our children’s books. you have provided great wisdom, friendship, and support.

A year ago, i decided it was time for me to transition from the daily work of the organization. i have taken a sabbatical to reflect, think, and write about my tenure at GFC as a visiting scholar at the paul h. nitze School of Advanced international Studies at Johns hopkins university for the 2011–2012 academic year.

i carry many wonderful and poignant memories with me as i hand the reigns over to the talented kristin Lindsey, GFC’s new chief executive officer. i leave my position as president knowing that GFC stands on solid financial ground and is prepared to embrace transformation, growth, and new ideas.

it has been a pleasure and an honor to serve.

my best to you always,

maya AjmeraFounder

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partners, we are the first US-based funder. The organi-zations we fund are often filling in where governmental programs have failed, pioneering methods for reaching the most underserved children in their communities. Looking forward, we are committed to sharing their work more broadly. You’ll notice more videos and photographs from our travels. You’ll see the expansion of our networks in Europe and Hong Kong, connecting a global community with global solutions and innovators.

I’m grateful to have a great team to help along the way. Our staff, driven by knowledge and humility, is dedicated to finding the most promising organiza-tions. Our devoted volunteers, partners, and board members extend our office far beyond its walls. This year, we say good-bye to three board members—Juliette Gimon, Bob Scully, and Pat Rosenfield—who have given a combined 25 years of devoted service, and we welcome Tamara Fox, Rick Burdick, and Arnie Ghatak, who join their legacy of global leadership. Of course, I also extend my appreciation to Maya Ajmera, whose moment of obligation and 16 years of leadership have led us this far, and inspired us to go even farther.

I would also like to thank all of you, our community of support. I assure you, every bit of your assistance has demonstrable impact, and every dollar brings transformative change in the lives of children.

I cannot wait to show you what I have seen, and what we continue to see on a daily basis. I see power and courage in our grantee partners, and resilience, hope, and potential in the children they serve. I see great opportunities that will emerge from sharing their stories. We’re so glad you are along for the journey. And don’t forget to tell us what you think.

Warm regards,

Kristin LindseyCEO

Letter from the ceo

Let Us show YoU what we see

Since joining The Global Fund for Children as CEO in February 2011, I have had the privilege of a first-hand introduction to our work. My orientation has taken me from Guatemala City to Johannesburg to Phnom Penh. I’ve met grantee partners from Pakistan, Haiti, Ghana, and India.

It’s only the beginning, but what a journey I’ve had.What I find most striking is the innovation, courage, and insight that our grassroots partners bring to their work. Grassroots means that their work happens where children need it. Around the world, vulnerable children’s lives unfold in difficult and unthinkable places: in tent camps, in slums the size of Central Park; in neighborhoods shaped by violence or plagued by HIV; in remote villages that have traditions—and conflicts—centuries old. In the end, our partners fundamentally impact children’s lives—bringing education to their doorsteps, healthcare to their villages, and sanctuary to chaos.

My visits to our partners drove home the power of our model. Grassroots organizations are uniquely suited to reach the world’s most vulnerable children and provide them with opportunities to grow and thrive. To ensure that we’re making good investments, we put our boots on the ground, scout and support homegrown organizations, and help them to grow their networks and increase their capacity. Because of our commitment to due diligence, we estimate that 92 percent of the groups we have funded are continuing their important work today.

It is my privilege to join an organization that has honed its model for 16 years. Since 1997, we have awarded 3,539 grants, totaling over $21 million, to 496 organizations in 78 countries. This year, we gave more grants than ever before, and our goal for next year is an increase of 31 percent.

Now we must ask, where do we go from here? The reality is that the world has unending demand for the kind of work we support. We have an obligation to impact the lives of more children in need.

This means showing our global community what we have the privilege to see. For 45 percent of our grantee


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At The Global Fund for Children, we give small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with the world’s most vulnerable children and youth. We also help our grassroots partners improve their sustainability, develop their networks, increase their visibility, and grow and deepen their capacity to positively affect children’s lives.

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We believe the best way to reach vulnerable children is through grassroots organiza-tions. embedded in their communities, these organizations are well placed to reach children where they live, play, and work—on the streets, in markets, in remote areas—and to create opportunities for them to learn, grow, and thrive. our grassroots partners frequently provide comprehensive care to meet children’s needs, use local resources and networks, and pioneer innovative solutions to old problems.

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Throughout the year, our program officers put their feet on the ground, seeking out nascent organizations serving some of the most marginalized, hard-to-reach children in the world. We prioritize organizations that exhibit local leadership, community and youth involvement, creativity, and sustainability.

Seventy-eight percent of the grassroots organizations we partner with have budgets of under $100,000 at the time of our initial grant. For 45 percent of our partners, we are the first US-based institutional funder. By bringing to light these grassroots organizations and the issues they address, we serve as a pipeline for innovative ideas to reach the broader philanthropic community.

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By helping our partners increase their capacity and grow their support networks, we contribute to their long-term sustainability while ensuring an excellent return on our financial investment.

Our Organizational Development Awards provide development and management support via regional consultants who tailor their services to meet the needs of the individual organization. Through these awards, our partners create strategic plans, improve information management systems, and develop human resources.

We also advocate for our grantee partners in the broader philanthropic world, leveraging new, additional, and direct funding for them and helping to grow support networks and promote long-term viability. Since 1997, we have leveraged more than $5.7 million in additional funding for our grantee partners.

Community-based organizations also benefit from connecting with one another to share experiences and resources, discuss challenges and methodologies, and forge strong networks. Our regional Knowledge Exchange workshops provide a forum for these vital interactions, bringing together community leaders for engaging and collaborative activities. Many participants have never before had the opportunity to attend a conference.

As our grantee partners exit our funding relationship, they have the opportunity to apply for a Sustainability Award. This capstone award of $25,000, given to our most exceptional grantee partners, offers a special infusion of funds at a critical stage in the organization’s develop-ment and contributes to its long-term sustainability.

Our investments are small, strategic, and powerful. We provide direct capital to nascent organizations, many of which operate below the radar of larger funders and fill the gaps left by governments. Our grants increase in size and scope as the grantee organization grows and strengthens over the course of our funding relationship, which typically lasts three to six years.

Through the work of grassroots organizations, we support programs and services that provide the basis for children’s development and positive engagement with the world. Whether creating informal educational opportunities, facilitating access to health services or psychosocial support, or ensuring that children are not subjected to violence or exploited, our grantees work in ways that are holistic and in tune with their communities’ needs.

Many of our grantee partners work in unstable, disaster-prone regions of the world. When they experience a serious crisis, we provide emergency grants to help meet the basic needs of disaster-affected children and their families, and to prevent disruption of our grantee partners’ vital services.

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grantMaKingat a glance 2010 – 2011

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616 grantS*VaLUed at

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leveraged More than $723,000 in additional fundS fOR OUR GRantee PaRtneRs

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Knowledge eXchange worKShopS in bRaZiL, sOUth afRica, and RUssia

bringing together 68 organizationS fROm 25 cOUntRies

* Total grants include affinity grants, emergency grants, film grants, health and well-being grants, opportunity grants, Organizational Development Awards, Presidential Innovation Fund grants, primary grants, Sustainability Awards, technology grants, and tracking grants.

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$500,000 in SuStainability awardS tO 20 ORGaniZatiOns

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$2.7 Million to Support prograMS fOR VULneRabLe chiLdRen

and $40,550 in reSponSe to eMergencieS that affected them

we sUPPORted OUR PaRtneRs with

organizational developMent awardS worth$137,900

tO stRenGthen theiR caPacitY in accOUntinG, PLanninG, GOVeRnance, and fUndRaisinG

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Middle east & North africa

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ArgentinA 2BoliviA 4BrAzil 7ColomBiA 6DominiCAn repuBliC 3eCuADor 2guAtemAlA 9HAiti 11HonDurAs 1JAmAiCA 2mexiCo 6niCArAguA 4pAnAmA 2peru 3total 62

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east &southeast asia

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europe & eurasia

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BulgAriA 2georgiA 1HungAry 2kAzAkHstAn 4kyrgyzstAn 2molDovA 3romAniA 2russiA 2serBiA 4tAJikistAn 2turkey 5ukrAine 4uniteD kingDom 2total 36

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* An active grantee partner is any partner that has received either a primary grant or a sustainability Award in the given fiscal year.

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RecOVeRY and RenewaL in haiti

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nearly two years after a major earthquake left much of haiti in ruins, recovery can seem an insurmountable challenge. The repercussions of the disaster continue to ripple throughout the country, which even prior to the earthquake was politically unstable and lacking in physical infrastructure. today, thousands of people still live in tent cities, and haitians around the country continue to struggle to gain access to essential services.

despite debilitating circumstances, grassroots orga-nizations in haiti—those that existed before the earthquake and those that have since emerged to meet increased needs—are working tirelessly to help support and rebuild their communities. They are mobilizing community members, building makeshift schools, and filling the gaps to make sure even the most vulnerable children are cared for.

This year, The Global Fund for Children’s presence in haiti grew from three to 11 grantee partners as

RecOVeRY and RenewaL in

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part of a multiyear strategy for the country’s recovery and renewal. We provided $79,000 in program grants and disbursed $6,500 in emergency relief following a cholera outbreak and a hurricane. in the coming years, we will invest in strengthening our grassroots partners, helping them to increase capacity and deepen their impact on children’s lives.

in the following pages, we can give you only a glimpse of what our grantee partners do for children and youth in haiti. in addition to their innovative programs, these grassroots groups are serving up nutritious meals, providing clean drinking water and basic medical care, and networking with other organizations to meet the needs of their communities.

Through the vital work of our grassroots partners, we see a path to renewal and rejuvenation in haiti. Their commitment to haitian children and youth reflects an inspirational determination and an enduring spirit.

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we seeschools of every kindThe earthquake shattered what was already a fragile education system in Haiti, damaging or destroying an estimated 90 percent of schools in the Port-au-Prince area and 40 percent in other stricken regions. Our grantee partners are ensuring that even the most vulnerable children—including children with disabilities, displaced children, and children in rural areas—have a place to learn.

Although our grantee partners Pazapa and Centre d’Education Speciale are located in different cities, both orga-nizations lost buildings in the earth-quake and have been operating out of

temporary structures, providing holistic care to children with disabilities. Their programs integrate stimulation, therapy, and basic education for young children who would otherwise have no opportu-nity for schooling.

In the small southern community of Lhomond, Mouvman Peyizan Lomon (MPL) is grappling with increased demand for its primary school as residents of Port-au-Prince migrate to the area. Originally opened because the nearest school was a three-hour walk away, MPL’s primary school now offers day and night classes to accommodate 250 students.

The community of 2e Plaine, part of Petit Goâve, also experienced an influx of migrants, and school-age children account for 60 percent of the popula-tion. Through a hands-on learning program, Organisation Haitienne pour le Developpement Durable promotes sustainable development by preparing the poorest children of 2e Plaine to participate in the future development of Haiti. Children receive scholarships to attend local schools, along with training in the arts, conflict resolution, civics, and agriculture.


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we seecoMMunitieS Mobilizing for changeour grantee partners work in some of haiti’s most dangerous and underserved neighborhoods—areas known for violence, high rates of unemployment, and extreme poverty. even before the earthquake, some neighborhoods had no running water or sewage systems, let alone access to education and healthcare. but within these communi-ties, young haitian leaders are deter-mined to create a better future for their neighbors.

Since 2006, Asanblé vwazen Jakè (AvJ) has worked to reclaim the troubled Jakè neighborhood as a safe and positive space for young people. AvJ’s activities and programs include a free alternative primary school, after-school activities, art and music workshops, a microen-

terprise program, and sports tourna-ments. Asanblé vwazen Solino (AvS) uses a similar approach in the Solino neighborhood, operating a free primary school and encouraging parental and community involvement. both AvJ and AvS emphasize the principle of giving back to haiti. At AvS, the teachers serve as an example of this tenet: all are young residents of the Solino neighbor-hood who teach on a volunteer basis, receiving only a small stipend.

pax Christi haiti works in Cité Soleil, a neighborhood that from 2005 to 2007 was controlled by gangs. After the earthquake, many of the 3,000 violent criminals who escaped from the central prison in port-au-prince returned to Cité Soleil, further deteriorating security

in the community. Through scholarships, tutoring, and workshops in mediation and conflict resolution, pax Christi creates a hopeful and educational alternative to the violence that children witness in their neighborhood.

Gang activity also plagues the streets of Fontamara on the outskirts of port-au-prince, but Cercle haitien pour l’Épanouissement et le développement educatif (Chedeve) encourages young people to change the future of their community. boys participating in Chedeve’s innovative Soccer and Leadership program get together to play soccer, share ideas, and learn about community leadership.

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we seeplaceS of Safety and refugemany haitian children affected by the earthquake were already vulner-able, and the disaster only made it more difficult to provide them with safe, caring environments. Grassroots organizations are frequently the best positioned to reach children in need, providing them with a safety net in an otherwise unstable situation.

orphelinat Foyer divin has been work-ing with orphans and unaccompanied minors on the outskirts of port-au-prince since 2004. Although some of its buildings were destroyed in the earthquake, the organization has continued to provide a safe, family-like environment for children and youth. offering medical care, daily meals,

basic education, and much-needed psychosocial support, Foyer divin is providing comprehensive care for some of haiti’s most vulnerable children.

With thousands of people living in deplorable conditions in tent camps, organizations like komisyon Fanm viktim pou viktim (koFAviv) are reporting an increase in the rape of children and women. Founded in 2004 and staffed by former child slaves and rape survivors, koFAviv provides support to victims of violence through advocacy, medical care, education, psychosocial support, and economic reintegration services. in response to the earthquake, koFAviv has focused on providing support—including

much-needed shelter—for girls who are orphaned or homeless and especially at risk of exploitation and abuse.

our partner Li! Li! Li! emerged after the earthquake with a simple mission: to read storybooks out loud in haitian Creole to children living in transitional settings. Full-time readers, all of whom are earthquake survivors, lead story-book sessions in the camps every week; this year, 57,600 children attended the readings. Through its deceptively basic model, Li! Li! Li! promotes literacy, creates jobs, and provides an oasis of stability and playfulness in the chaotic tent cities.

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Let us take you to nepal, to the kathmandu valley, to the capital city with its 1 million inhabitants, to the city’s central prison for women. The women have been convicted of various crimes—prostitution, drug peddling, abortion. As we walk through the prison, where the women are settling down for the night, you won’t believe your eyes—with them in their cells, getting ready to sleep, are children.

in nepal, the government has no legal obligation to care for the children of inmates. young children often end up in jail with their mothers, living in overcrowded, unsanitary cells. They share their mothers’ limited food supply and have no access to education. Children who remain outside while their parents are in prison often receive no care, are unlikely to attend school, and are in serious danger of becoming victims of trafficking and abuse.

They are unprotected and unseen, and to many of us, their existence is unimaginable. The children in nepal’s prisons are, in a sense, invisible.

Around the world, millions of children are virtually invisible to society, absent from national statistics, policies, and programs. These children not only live in poverty but are also vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, discrimination, and violence. Like the children in nepal’s prisons, they lack societal recognition and protection and may be physically removed from public view.

And although these children are in crisis and in dire need of support, the circumstances of their vulnerability make them difficult to find, identify, and serve.

but grassroots organizations like prisoners Assistance nepal (pA nepal), a Global Fund for Children grantee partner, are working to give invisible children a chance to grow, learn, and thrive.

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pA nepal rescues older children from prison, provides them with a safe and secure home, helps them transition into formal schooling, and makes sure they maintain strong connections to their imprisoned parents. The organization also runs a daycare center for young children living with their incarcerated mothers. during the day, these children are taken to a safe, clean environment where they eat nutritious meals, play, and learn, before returning to their mothers at night.

And pA nepal’s work does not end there—the orga-nization applies a holistic approach, working not only with children and their families but also with prison management, police officers, community leaders, and government agencies to advocate for children’s rights.

At The Global Fund for Children, we seek out organizations like pA nepal that are reaching some of the hardest-to-find, most excluded children in the world. We believe grassroots organizations are best positioned to reach invisible children where they live, play, and work —on the streets, in trash dumps, behind closed doors—and create opportunities for them. These organizations use local knowledge to reach children with critical services, and to strategically engage the surrounding community to facilitate change.

Through the work of our grantee partners, we have identified several populations of children that are critically at risk and in need of recognition and protection. Although they are scattered around the globe, they are bound by their virtual invisibility and extreme vulnerability. our grantee partners are bring-ing these invisible children to light, revealing injustices that many of us had not previously imagined. Looking forward, we will continue to seek out invisible children and the courageous community organizations that serve them.

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AFFECTED BY CONFLICT as child soldiers, displaced children, and unaccompanied minors

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in many parts of the world, children with disabilities are kept behind doors, separated from their communities. parents, unable or unwilling to care for their children, sometimes abandon them to government institutions, leaving them effectively orphaned. too often, institutions are unequipped to provide a safe environment with appropriate education and psychosocial services.

As a result, children with disabilities are left without adequate care or oppor-tunities to become productive members of society, and some are victims of extreme neglect and abuse. eighteen of our grassroots partners provide critical services for children and youth

with disabilities while drawing attention to their needs, which are routinely ignored by national policies and programs.

in kazakhstan, social services are scarce for all children and virtually nonexistent for children with disabilities. eldany Charitable Foundation provides reha-bilitative, psychological, and material support for young people with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and motor disabilities. Founder Alma bekpan, whose son has epilepsy, created eldany to change how these children and youth view themselves, and to change society’s perceptions about what they are capable of. As part of its tremendously successful youth employ-ment program, which we support,

eldany provides 25 children with the space and training to create income-generating handicrafts.

india’s government does little to provide for children with disabilities, even though sources estimate that one in every ten children in india is disabled. Sri Aruno-dayam Charitable trust (SA) provides protection, care, and therapy to children with developmental delays and disabili-ties, including those abandoned by their families. This year, our grant supported 60 children in SA’s early intervention program, which engages children aged 1 to 6 in tailored activities that cover everything from motor and cognitive skills to hygiene, reading, and writing.

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we seepeace and protectionchiLdRen affected bY cOnfLict

Some of the world’s most vulnerable children are those associated with or affected by conflict and war. Children and youth in conflict zones may be recruited or conscripted into fighting forces as combatants, cooks, porters, or for sexual purposes. Without a secure environment, children displaced by conflict are frequently separated from their families and are at a significant risk of violence, abuse, and sexual exploitation.

Aside from these extreme hardships, children in areas of conflict are also prevented from accessing essential services such as education and health-care, and they lack adult supervision and guidance. our grantee partners, integrated into their communities,

have the ability to locate and serve these children, even though many of them are transient, marginalized, and difficult to reach.

in eastern Congo, armed conflict has led to the use of 30,000 children as soldiers, porters, and sex slaves. When these children are released and return to their villages, they have great difficulty reintegrating into society. bureau pour le volontariat au Service de l’enfance et de la Santé (bveS) runs a reintegration program that provides exploited and displaced children, including child soldiers, with shelter, medical and psychosocial care, basic education, vocational train-ing, and family reunification. in 2010, our grant enabled bveS to provide support to 587 children and youth.

Armed conflict in Colombia has inter-nally displaced an estimated 3 million people, many of whom now live in shantytowns on the outskirts of bogotá. These impoverished communities have high rates of domestic violence, child abandonment, prostitution, and crime. Fundación Alfonso Casas morales para la promoción humana provides the opportunity for children from perma-nently displaced families to succeed in school, reclaim their dignity and identity, and understand their rights and responsibilities as full citizens. This year, our grant supported promoción humana’s accelerated learning and after-school tutoring programs for 113 students.

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All forms of abuse and neglect can arise when children are involved in hazardous labor. Labor can expose children to physical, psychological, or sexual abuse. Children may be forced to work in confined spaces, with dangerous machin-ery or tools, or to transport heavy loads. They may work in unhealthy environments that expose them to hazardous substances or temperatures. And finally, young people involved in labor often miss out on an education, which would provide the foundation for future employment in less dangerous occupations.

We support 16 grassroots groups working to alleviate the abuse and exploitation of children involved in hazardous labor. many of these children live in hidden pockets of society—in trash dumps, red-light districts, and rural areas. in Cambodia, our partner Aziza’s place works with rural migrants who sort through garbage on city streets and in dumpsites to make a living. With our

support in 2010, Aziza’s place provided 25 children from these communities with a safe residential living environ-ment and access to public schools and supplemental education. The organiza-tion also offers life skills training, which includes lessons in health, hygiene, and cooking, as well as job placement, internships, and career counseling for older teen residents.

While the brick kilns on the outskirts of kolkata, india, are known for their notorious human rights violations, child labor, and hazardous working conditions, they are often the only place where there is work available for migrant families. prayasam operates nonformal education centers for children working in the brick kilns, utilizing creative curricula specifically designed for their unique needs and challenges. our support in 2010 helped prayasam to reach 3,000 children.

we seea better futurechiLdRen inVOLVed in haZaRdOUs LabOR

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At The Global Fund for Children, some of our most rewarding moments are when we recognize a grantee partner’s staying power. Firmly rooted in their communities, our most successful grantee partners grow and mature into robust organizations with solid management, diversified funding sources, and influential public profiles.

in 2004, we established the Sustainability Award to reward these exceptional grassroots groups. This $25,000 award, our highest level of funding, serves as our investment in the organization’s long-term stability. The award recognizes grantee partners that are especially effective in their efforts to improve the lives of vulnerable children and that are at a stage of development where higher levels of financial and program growth can be sustained.

over the course of their relationship with us, recipients have expanded their budgets and programs, broadened their funding sources, and increased their ability to leverage additional funds. in addition to proving their management capacity to administer larger grants, these organizations have enhanced their public

profiles and affected broader issues relating to children through advocacy, training, or replication of program models. no longer nascent organizations, Sustain-ability Award winners are often pioneering innovative work with measurable impacts on the children in their communities.

While a Sustainability Award signals the end of our funding, it is not the end of our relationship with the grantee partner. Awardees remain active in our network, participating in knowledge-sharing initia-tives 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 year, we awarded a total of $500,000 in Sustain-ability Awards to 20 of our most successful grantee partners, bringing the total number of awardees to 94 since we established the award seven years ago.

beginning next year, this award will be named the maya Ajmera Sustainability Award in honor of our founder.

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asOciación PROmOción Y desaRROLLO de La mUjeR nicaRaGüense acahUaL (acahUaL assOciatiOn fOR the PROmOtiOn and deVeLOPment Of nicaRaGUan wOmen)managua, nicaraguatotal support from gFC: $128,800 since 2004

Located in a community adjacent to managua’s largest dump, Acahual focuses on combating violence and discrimination against women and girls through education, integrated health services, and the strength-ening of community structures. programming includes a preschool; a community library that is used by more than 10,000 children and adults annually; and a health clinic that offers gynecological exams, dental services, family planning, primary healthcare, and a reduced-cost pharmacy. Acahual will use this award to purchase an ultrasound machine that will generate income for the organization and will be available to area families.

assOciatiOn d’aPPUi et d’eVeiL PUGsada (assOciatiOn fOR sUPPORtinG and awakeninG YOUnG GiRLs)ouagadougou, Burkina Fasototal support from gFC: $127,000 since 2005

Adep is one of burkina Faso’s leading champions of women’s rights, often addressing taboo topics such as sexual health, sexual abuse, and harmful traditional practices. Through programs like breaking the Silence on Sexual harassment in Schools, which we supported, Adep cultivates an open and honest dialogue among students, teachers, school administrators, and parents regarding sexual harassment and possible solutions. to strengthen monitoring capacity, Adep will use the award to create the organization’s first database. The award will also go toward purchasing a vehicle to reach and monitor existing projects and conduct outreach to new, more remote communities.

benishYaka assOciatiOn kigali, rwandatotal support from gFC: $130,000 since 2005

Founded to support widows and children following rwanda’s 1994 genocide, benishyaka runs economic

empowerment programs for widows, a community health center, and a scholarship program for orphaned and vulnerable children. Since becoming our grantee partner, benishyaka has continuously expanded its scope and reach, increasing the total number of children directly served from 189 in 2005 to 1,350 in 2010. benishyaka will use this award for the con-struction of a permanent office, which will initially house staff and will subsequently be expanded to include a training center.

caROLina fOR kibeRanairobi, kenyatotal support from gFC: $119,000 since 2006

CFk was established in 2001 to promote youth leadership and ethnic and gender cooperation through sports, young women’s empowerment, and community development. Through the binti pamoja Center, a reproductive-health and women’s rights program, adolescent girls use creative media to explore the issues facing them and the other young women in kibera, the largest slum in east Africa. The center, which we supported, is considered a model program for adolescent girls, and the program’s approaches and practices have been replicated by other organizations throughout Africa. CFk will use this award toward salary support for a partnership and sustainability manager.

centaR Za inteGRacijU mLadih (centeR fOR YOUth inteGRatiOn)Belgrade, serbiatotal support from gFC: $78,743 since 2006

Cim’s invisible Child program educates street chil-dren on their rights and their responsibilities to soci-ety, helps them obtain legal documentation, informs them about social and medical services, and teaches them practical skills. over the course of our funding relationship, which began in 2006, Cim has grown its budget from $20,000 to nearly $150,000 and has established new drop-in centers in the cities of novi Sad and nis. This award will be used to coordinate and implement an advocacy strategy, a monitoring and evaluation plan, and staff trainings.

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centRO cULtURaL batahOLa nORte (batahOLa nORte cULtURaL centeR)managua, nicaraguatotal support from gFC: $102,000 since 2005

CCbn offers education, vocational courses, and cultural workshops in dance, music, painting, and theater to women and children living in batahola norte, one of the poorest neighborhoods in managua. in addition to its course offerings, CCbn operates a school scholarship program and runs a commu-nity library, which has become a source of pride for the community and last year received 2,500 unique visitors, primarily children and youth. CCbn will use this award to renovate and expand its existing program facilities and to create strategic fundraising and communications plans.

centRO de aPOYO aL niñO de La caLLe de Oaxaca

(centeR fOR the sUPPORt Of the stReet chiLd in Oaxaca)oaxaca, mexicototal support from gFC: $119,000 since 2005

CAniCA provides support to children who live or work on the streets, focusing on their cognitive and emotional development, health and nutrition, and socialization. CAniCA is a leader in mexico in work-ing with street populations, targeting working chil-dren and child victims of domestic violence. in part-nership with some of our other grantee partners, the organization helped develop a curriculum specifically designed for street children that has been adopted by organizations throughout Latin America. CAniCA will use this award to expand its community center, which currently provides nutritious weekday meals to 80 market-working children.

centRO inteRdisciPLinaRiO PaRa eL desaR-ROLLO sOciaL (inteRdisciPLinaRY centeR fOR sOciaL deVeLOPment)mexico City, mexicototal support from gFC: $108,200 since 2005

CideS empowers indigenous children and families in mexico City through community mobilization and social intervention projects. Since 2005, we have supported CideS’s hummingbird Center, which runs child and youth discussion groups to talk about

children’s rights and domestic violence, trains adoles-cents to become community educators on children’s rights, and involves parents in anti-violence campaigns. CideS has continually expanded its programs and today serves 232 children, nearly twice the number of children it served at the start of our funding. This award will be used to strengthen CideS’s organizational development, fundraising, and communications.

centRO tRansitORiO de caPacitación Y edUcación RecReatiVa eL caRacOL (eL caRacOL tRansitiOnaL centeR fOR tRaininG and RecReatiOnaL edUcatiOn) mexico City, mexicototal support from gFC: $126,800 since 2005

el Caracol helps children who are living or working on the streets to acquire skills, attitudes, and assets that will enable them to leave the streets and trans-form their lives. The organization’s multidimensional approach includes street outreach and education, transitional housing, life skills workshops, enterprise and vocational training, and hiv/AidS prevention. A regional leader in its field, el Caracol has also invested time and effort in developing expertise in organizational development consulting. This award will be used to develop a fundraising and communica-tions strategy and a reserve fund.

fUndatia nOi ORiZOntURi (new hORiZOns fOUndatiOn)lupeni, romaniatotal support from gFC: $81,000 since 2006

Working in a coal-mining region of romania that suffers from high unemployment and corruption, noi orizonturi utilizes a unique program of adventure education and service learning to empower youth and encourage them to become agents of social change. Through the impACt clubs, which we supported, youth implement community service projects, develop local government partnerships, and lead team-building activities and conflict resolution trainings. These clubs have been replicated in moldova, honduras, and the united States. noi orizonturi will use this award to create a reserve fund and to bolster communications and fundraising activities.

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hOPe fOR chiLdRen ORGaniZatiOn Addis Ababa, ethiopiatotal support from gFC: $105,000 since 2005

hFC offers education, nutritional and medical services, shelter, and psychosocial support to children and youth orphaned by AidS. Since 2005, we have supported hFC’s Global hope Academy, an innovative kindergarten that emphasizes creative play, imagination, and nurturing teacher-child relationships, while moving the children toward school readiness. during the course of our funding relationship, hFC expanded its academy to include first- and second-grade classes and added multiple new programs. This award will be used to conduct a strategic review and develop a strategic plan.

jabaLa actiOn ReseaRch ORGanisatiOn kolkata, indiatotal support from gFC: $109,643 since 2005

Jabala supports children living in and around the red-light districts of kolkata through educational support, healthcare, and rights awareness programs. Working in 12 red-light and slum areas, Jabala’s child resource teams facilitate after-school tutoring, family case management, behavioral therapy, and child-led awareness projects. Jabala also provides temporary shelter for child victims of trafficking and violence. recognized as a leader in its field, Jabala has more than doubled its budget since 2005. This award will be used to support the construction of a center that will host the organization’s training programs.

kinniYa VisiOn kinniya, sri lankatotal support from gFC: $143,500 since 2005

kv promotes sustainable human development in the trincomalee district, an area severely affected by the 2004 tsunami. kv runs educational support and skills training programs for vulnerable children and youth, offering basic education to those who have never attended school and providing remedial support to those in school who need additional assistance and tutoring. Since our first grant to kv in 2005, the organization has increased the number of children directly served from 1,500 to more than 19,000. kv will use this award to invest in resource mobilization and to complete its training center.

LaURa VicUña fOUndatiOnvictorias, negros occidental, philippines total support from gFC: $110,500 since 2005

Serving over 1,500 children each year, LvF’s initiatives include outreach activities and a drop-in center for street children in manila; vocational and educational training and scholarship support for children and youth; and a residential program for sexually abused and exploited girls. Since our first grant to LvF in 2005, the organization has become a pioneer in combining programs for children with parental engagement, offering increasingly popular seminars on parental effectiveness and on developing community-based networks to discourage and report child abuse. LvF will use this award to develop a fundraising strategy and start a reserve fund.

POdeR jOVen (YOUth POweR) medellín, Colombiatotal support from gFC: $123,500 since 2004

poder Joven provides constructive alternatives to the dangers of the streets through two education centers that promote basic education as well as life skills, health, nutrition, emotional well-being, and positive values. The organization’s highly participatory methodology encourages children to reflect on their circumstances and assume responsibility for their future. in the past seven years, poder Joven has grown from one education center to two and has developed a training center where youth are trained to refurbish and repair motorcycles. This award will go toward purchasing and remodeling a building to house one of the education centers.

PRaVah (fLOw)new Delhi, indiatotal support from gFC: $73,000 since 2006

pravah promotes youth volunteerism, inspires active citizenship, and supports young social entrepreneurs’ endeavors toward social change. With our support, pravah has strengthened its Change Looms Fellow-ship program, which helps young social entrepreneurs gather the insights, opportunities, and skills they need to pursue their aspirations. pravah has continuously evolved in organizational capacity and programmatic depth, and in the past five years increased its annual budget from $280,620 to nearly $500,000. This award will be used to build a reserve fund.

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RUiLi wOmen and chiLdRen deVeLOPment centeR ruili, yunnan province, Chinatotal support from gFC: $115,500 since 2004

rWCdC works to create a healthy living environment for neglected, trafficked, and sexually exploited women and disadvantaged children and youth, with a focus on raising awareness about hiv/AidS and other sexually transmitted diseases. rWCdC’s youth intervention program uses education and community participation to promote leadership and positive behavior among out-of-school youth and those at risk for drug abuse. With our support, rWCdC has experienced significant programmatic and organiza-tional growth, increasing its budget from $30,000 in 2004 to nearly $150,000 in 2010. This award will be used to establish an emergency fund and to carry out evaluation and capacity-building activities.

RURaL famiLY sUPPORt ORGaniZatiOn may pen, Jamaicatotal support from gFC: $111,500 since 2004

ruFamSo provides healthcare, individual counseling, education, and training to children, adolescents, and teen parents living in rural communities east of kingston. Through the roving Caregivers program and teen vocational training program, ruFamSo provides parenting guidance, basic education, and vocational skills training to teen parents, helping to prepare them for the transition from school to work. to greatly expand opportunities for participants in its training programs, ruFamSo will use this award to construct an additional classroom that will house a training program offering nationally accredited university-level courses in partnership with the kingston-based university of technology.

tanadGOma (assistance) LibRaRY and cULtUR-aL centeR fOR PeOPLe with disabiLities tbilisi, georgiatotal support from gFC: $119,900 since 2004

tanadgoma promotes the psychosocial rehabilitation of people with disabilities and facilitates their integration into the community through formal and vocational education, extracurricular programs, and income-generating opportunities. Since our first grant in 2004, tanadgoma has increased its capacity and visibility as an nGo leader in Georgia, and the organization continues to revise its model to incorporate new ideas. most recently, tanadgoma implemented income-generating vocational activities, including a printing workshop and a craft workshop, to provide employment opportunities and sustainability for the organization and its graduates. This award will be used to acquire permanent office space.

wORds beats & Lifewashington, DC, united statestotal support from gFC: $73,695 since 2007

WbL aims to transform communities through hip-hop culture and provides job training and enterprise support to prepare youth for employment. its dC urban Arts Academy, which we supported, offers comprehensive arts-based educational activities—including dJing, break dancing, and graffiti arts—for at-risk children and youth living in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Since the beginning of our funding in 2007, WbL has experienced a tremendous 400 percent expansion in its budget and has strengthened and deepened its organizational capacity and impact. WbL will use this award to create a reserve fund.

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global Media ventureS

Through the power of books, digital media, documentary photography, and films, the Global media ventures program shares the stories, faces, and voices of young people around the world, promoting their dignity and advancing global citizenship. When given the opportunity, children can show all of us a new way of seeing the world.

global fund for children booKSThe Global Fund for Children began with an innova-tive idea: to publish multicultural children’s books and distribute the proceeds, along with other donations, to grassroots organizations serving vulnerable children and youth.

This idea has grown into an impressive, award-winning collection of 30 titles, each designed to teach children to value cultural diversity and to grow into caring, productive citizens of the world. A portion of the royalties from each book supports our grantmaking work with community-based organizations worldwide.

what’s new

This year was rich with new, exciting publications and multiple awards. We followed up the very popular Global Babies with American Babies, a board book that celebrates the joy, curiosity, and hope of babies in the united States. We believe this book embodies the country’s diversity, and Booklist agrees, writing in a starred review, “[The babies’] expressive faces and emotions are as varied as their family backgrounds, surroundings, and activities.”

Also this year, we published our first flip-me-over book, Kindergarten Day USA and China. young readers spend a day with a kindergarten class in new york State, then flip the book over and enter a kindergarten classroom in beijing as a new school day begins!

in spring 2011, we launched our first online resource guide, Kids Becoming Global Citizens: Resources for Parents and Educators, available through our website. This free guide, designed to help parents and educators teach children about diversity and global citizenship,

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is now listed as a useful resource by the exploring Childhood Studies email list and such groups as The montessori Foundation and the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association).

our books continue to garner awards that testify to their quality and rich cultural perspectives. Our Grandparents was named a notable Social Studies trade book for young people, and Faith won the 2011 rodda book Award. Given by the Church and Synagogue Library Association, the rodda award recognizes a book that “exhibits excellence in writing and has contributed significantly to congregational libraries through promotion of spiritual growth.”

This year, we were excited to partner with the nonprofit organization First book, which purchased 15,000 of our books for its online store, First book marketplace. First book offers our books at deeply discounted prices to community programs and schools serving low-income children.

booKS for KidS project Since 1996, we have donated more than 90,000 Global Fund for Children books and resource guides, with a retail value of more than $1 million, to community-based literacy programs and organizations with a pressing need for educational materials. our books for kids project aims to reach children who may not otherwise have access to new, high-quality books.

This year, we donated 5,686 books to groups serving low-income families and their children. Through generous support from The howard G. buffett Foun-dation, we donated 2,510 books to baby tALk, an organization that collaborates with schools, libraries, hospitals, and health clinics to positively impact early child development and nurture healthy parent-child relationships.

We were also thrilled to share one of our newest releases, Kindergarten Day USA and China, with north east medical Services, a community health clinic in San Francisco that primarily serves low-income Asian families. our donation of 1,000 books supports the clinic’s reach out and read program, which aims to provide 3,200 very young patients with one-on-one literacy counseling.

digital Media newSour growing digital media program is busier than ever, with multiple projects designed to capture the voices of children around the world.

VideOactiVe GiRLswww.projectinggirlpower.org

in 2010, we completed our videoactive Girls project with support from the nike Foundation. Four of our grantee partners serving adolescent girls—kudirat initiative for democracy and Girl Child Concerns in nigeria, and mahita and kolkata Sanved in india—participated in the project, along with two regional technical partners, Communicating for Change (nigeria) and video volunteers (india). in addition to training participating girls in video production and digital storytelling, this project resulted in two online toolkits designed to help other organizations develop similar video programs.

Since completing this project in August 2010, the participating grantee partners have leveraged the videos they produced as awareness-raising and advocacy tools, screening them for community members, government officials, and representatives of the local media. Girls involved in the project have reported expanded livelihood opportunities and increased self-confidence as a result of their newly acquired skills and experiences in what is traditionally a male-dominated field.

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adObe YOUth VOiceshttp://voices.globalfundforchildren.org

This year, we were also excited to work with the Adobe Foundation as a network partner of the Adobe youth voices program, which encourages youth to share their world perspectives through digital art, video, and animation. Fifteen of our grantee partners participated this year, learning to use new technol-ogy to create digital art and stories. visit our project website to see photographs, illustrations, and videos created by youth participants. participants’ work is also being exhibited in their local communities.

global fund for children filMS We invest in films that bring the stories of vulnerable children and youth to wider audiences, focusing on the triumphs and vitality of young people and raising awareness of the issues confronting them. This year, we invested in three films, two of which feature children served by our grantee partners.

The Revolutionary Optimists profiles the daredevils, a group of youth in one of the most notorious squatter colonies in kolkata, india, who have made a dramatic improvement in the health of their community. The

film follows the youth, who are supported by our grantee partner prayasam, as they create their own map of the community and painstakingly track and collect data around health issues that impact them—water, sanitation, and infectious diseases.

The Magic Bus focuses on a soccer team composed solely of adolescent girls between the ages of 12 and 16 who live in one of the poorest slums of mumbai, india. in the film, our grantee partner magic bus sponsors this team and enters them into a season-long soccer tournament. The film develops themes of empowerment, personal growth, and the positive impact girls have on their communities.

Mbambu and the Mountains of the Moon is about a 16-year-old ugandan girl from the village of kilembe. her goal in life is to become the first in her family to complete secondary school, but she also aspires to attend a university and receive a degree. She earns money to attend school by serving as a guide to trekkers, a role usually reserved for men. The film is in postpro-duction, with an anticipated release date at the end of 2011, but a short version of the film is already garnering praise and attention.

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no matter what method our supporters use to give to The Global Fund for Children, their generosity fuels everything we do. it funds program officers as they scout new grassroots partners, gets clean water to earthquake victims in haiti, and provides school supplies for disabled children in kazakhstan. every dollar we receive contributes to improving the lives of vulnerable children and youth worldwide.

buSineSS philanthropy Since 1997, Charlesbridge Publishing has worked with us to develop and publish many of our books under the Global Fund for Children books imprint. A portion of the proceeds from this unique social enterprise goes to our grantee partners. Charlesbridge also offers deeply discounted rates and free shipping for our books for kids project, which donates books to literacy organiza-tions in need of quality children’s books.

We are pleased to partner with Tea Collection, which creates beautiful, high-quality children’s clothing. in a special collection of clothing benefiting our work, t-shirts and bodysuits are imprinted with the phrase “for little citizens of the world.” Since our partnership began in 2006, tea has raised over $182,000 to support our mission.

corporate and foundation SupportWe are proud to partner with a variety of corporations and foundations that devote time, expertise, and financial support to help us deepen our impact and expand our reach.

We have partnered with the Nike Foundation since 2006 as one of six organizations that form the founda-tion’s Grassroots Girls initiative. our current grant from the nike Foundation enables us to support approximately 20 grassroots partners that are working to equip adolescent girls with the resources, tools, and options they need to create better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities.

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Since 2008, the Credit Suisse EMEA Foundation has contributed to our work in the often underserved and underfunded regions of eastern europe, eurasia, and the middle east. its support funds grassroots groups that provide educational opportunities and vocational training to children and youth in hungary, russia, kazakhstan, turkey, egypt, and Lebanon.

our partnership with Johnson & Johnson benefits two especially vulnerable populations of children: those who have been infected with or orphaned by hiv/AidS, and those who are in danger of exploita-tion or abuse due to social and economic factors. For eight years, our partnership has funded a wide range of services to these children, including educational opportunities, psychological and psychosocial support, hiv prevention, and life skills training.

Some of our partnerships specifically support grassroots organizations that are grappling with the effects of natural disasters. Since the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010, the ELMA Relief Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation have provided multiyear grants to expand our presence in the country from three grantee partners to 11. Their support helps our grantee partners reach children made even more vulnerable by the earthquake, including orphans, sexual abuse victims, and those living in tent camps.

in response to flooding in pakistan in summer 2010, we began a partnership this year with the CLSA Chairman’s Trust to address children’s immediate needs in flood-affected areas and to invest in the rebuilding of their communities. With the help of CLSA’s investment, our grassroots partners in pakistan are providing children and youth with schooling, healthcare, and livelihood opportunities.

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individual giving: live liKe lemany of our donors make contributions in creative ways. They give gifts of stock, purchase our books, and volunteer their time. high-school students organize philanthropy campaigns, third-graders hold read-a-thons, and guests donate to us in honor of marriages and anniversaries. Contributions like these help maximize impact: in addition to giving a financial gift, our donors spread the word about our inspirational grassroots partners.

This year, vicky dang contacted us to inquire about making a contribu-tion in honor of her brother, Le dinh hoang, who tragically passed away at the age of 39. remembered as a giver, Le had a profound sense of duty toward his family and was especially attentive to the needs of those who were younger. When friends and relatives offered financial assistance for Le’s funeral arrangements, his family instead donated the money to The Global Fund for Children.

Le’s mother, Lan hoang truong, wanted Le to be remembered for his selflessness and deliberate and caring nature; she wanted to inspire others to “live like Le.” We are honored to have been chosen by Le’s family to carry on his memory, and we hope that through our work we can encourage others to live as he did.

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2010–2011

OUR DONORs

Hedy and Mark BlindermanAntigone and Stefan BollingerK. BowersAnne L. BrennanDevon and Peter BrigerR. A. BrinsterJames BristowTeddie and Tony BrownSusan Brune and Carl Lowenson Jr.Ana BudinEllen Bartczak BuffingtonSharon and Rick BurdickCourtney and Nicholas BurginRachel Burnett and Evan McDonnellMaura and Michael BurnsCarolyn BurrIndia and Michael Bush

Marcia and Edilberto CamachoWendy CamachoAmy and Charles CarterMichael ChanKatherine A. Chang and Thomas EinsteinYuchiao ChangJudith ChasinFrank ChauSandra ChouchaniAnnette Clear and Michael BegertKristina King CohenShantha CondamoorSerena Simmons ConnellyArthur Cooper Sr.Katie CooperDale CopeAlicia Coppola and Anthony Michael JonesJulia Candace CorlissSaundra and Don CornwellDavid CosperNicholas CottsRoberta and Phil Cronin

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Christina AdachiJohn AdairIrma and Karim AdibpourAudry Ai and Thomas MorrowMaya Ajmera and David Hollander Jr. Richa and Ravi AjmeraRoopa and Ramesh AjmeraMerry AlexanderMohammad M. AlfalahKay and Darcy AndersonJuliette and Quentin AndreTzo Tze Ang and Eashwar KrishnanAntonella Antonini and Alan SteinFarah AnwarAna Maria ArgudoBarbara and William AscherMelissa AshabrannerKirsten AslingSandra and Shane AtherholtRamsey Avery and Scott Ault

Tim Baber Denise BaldwinMarion BallardCharles BankDorothy and Andrew BarnesThomas BarryJaynee and Eric BeckmanDeborah Beckmann-Kotzubei and Jacob KotzubeiJoseph BednarekDelores BelhumeurMarianne BentleyMarjorie and Charles BentonJuliet BernsteinLiz BeshelMalavika and Siddharth BhattacharjiDevin BillingsleyLucy Billingsley

Wendy CrossKathy and Harlan CrowBeatriz and Paul Cunningham

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Alex ElliottJodi and Michael EricksonSean EricksonJennifer and James EspositoMichael EspositoOmar P. Evans

William FarisBrent FarmerBahar Faturechi and Ramin Davidoff Kathleen and Henry FaulknerSimon FennellKristen and Mitchell FensterDumith FernandoMichael Ferrucci

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Kathryn GaleSarah and Michael GaleJuan GallegoSuzanne Garen-FazioMeg GarlinghouseKelly and Louis-Vincent GaveTeri GeskeJuliette GimonJustin GmelichMary and Charles GofenDanny GonzalezChristine Goodwin Kathleen and William GourliePaul W. GravesCatherine GreenSusan Green and David ThompsonMindy GreenspanConnie Allen Greig and Douglas GreigLatasha, Nevin, and Elle GrinnellMonica GroverJayme GualtierAnu Gupta and Arnab GhatakVenu Gupta and Sendhil RevuluriVineeta Gupta and John GraybillSusan GutchessFrank Guziewicz

Josette HaddadNancy and Jeremy HalbreichJonathan Hall

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Farieda and Behram IraniMarisa and Jerry IrvineMaxine Isaacs and James JohnsonYvette IsaacsonShellan and Robert IsacksonTareq Islam

Akinchan JainAnurag and Gunjan JainGay and Peter JegersMeredith and Benjamin JenkinsBoris Jordan

Guy C. KaldisSamantha and Sheldon KasowitzAnjali Kataria and Vinay BhargavaDimitrios KavvathasStacey Keare and John HodgeLauren KellerJames KellyM. KengatharanWarren L. KesslerRahul KhannaSanjiv KhattriLaurel KingJohn Kit Sr. Tyhoa Kobler and Zaheer SitabkhanBarbara Kohnen and Jim AdrianceMary and Nic KorteSarah and David Kowitz Judy KramerLisa and Peter Kraus

Brian LamDeanna Landivar-Ruiz, Carlos Ruiz, and Isabel and Felipe RuizTamar and Jonathan LechterChristophe LeeErica Lehman-Aaron and Ian AaronJennifer and Stephen LehnerSolome LemmaBenjamin LermanSusan and Chris LeupoldBrian LevineLinda and Martin LevineBarbara LewyLinda Lian, Marvin Bergsneider, and Bianca BergsneiderKristin and Handy LindseyChandler LindsleyLinda Linham and Ed NicolettiSeung Mi Lle and Joo Seo KimJoan Lombardi and Neville BeharieChinmay LonkarJennifer and Robert Lopata

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Frank Lopez-BalboaSusan and Norman LouieMarcena W. Love and Norris LoveGenevieve LowTeresa LuchsingerSandra and George LueggeLaura B. LugerHari S. LunayachAnne Kew Lupardi and Vincent LupardiJohn Lynam

Mahesh MahajanRobert MarkwickLeslie Carroll Marley and Brett MarleyIan MarshJimena Martinez and Michael HirschhomEva and George McConnellSuzanne and Patrick McGeeDebbie and Mark McGoldrickHaida and Frank McGovernMary Patterson McPhersonShweta Siraj Mehta and Amish MehtaCamilla Meyer and Evan and Sophia WinklerRachel Miller and Alan EpsteinLisa and Milton MillmanSarah and Robb ModicaBabak MolaviNorma MontanezElsa and Eliseo MontenegroEdie and Walt MossbergNancy Perot Mulford Donald P. MullenFlorabel and Umesh MullickSusan MurdockBrad Murphy

Paula and Sam NamerJosephine NdaoChiang Ling Ng

Amanda OaksonAllyn ObyrneJennifer and Jonathan OppenheimerCornelia and Dirk OrmoneitNigel O’Sullivan

Patricia PattersonAline PereiraNancy Peretsman and Robert ScullyMargot and Ross PerotSarah and Ross Perot Jr. Gregg Peterman

Carol Phethean and Peter YawitzJean PhinneyJohn PinkelMarilyn and Thomas PinnavaiaSong PiyakaJoan R. PlattDarcy and Jeffrey PollackCynthia PonShawn PotterBrad PrendergastPeggy and Jonathan ProppCaren Prothro

Carolyn and Karl RathjenLeigh Rawdon and David RolfAdele Richardson RayClaire Reade and Earl SteinbergKatherine Perot Reeves and Eric ReevesRichard RevellNataalia ReyToni ReyCarol Sue RichardsonLyra and Paul RiderAlan RodanScott A. RomanoffRichard RomeLisa RosePatricia RosenfieldNadine and Edward RosenthalSushma and Indrajit RoyDavid M. Ryan

Guy SaidenbergMelissa and Roy SalaméBellarus and Julian SalisburyAndy SalkJesse and Keith SanfordAllison and John SavianoLisa ScanlonNitsa and Irv SchiffmanMary and Donald SchlichtmannHarvey SchwartzHendel and Eric SchwartzJolie and Gabriel SchwartzNancy and Ralph SegallJoel ShapiroSusanna ShapiroS. K., M. D., and Madison ShelbyChantal and James Sheridan Sudhir ShettyAnant ShivrajTiffany Shrier, Scott Howard, and Ethan HowardNicole Letawsky ShultzHeather and Adam Silver

Janata SimsNazila and Mehran SinaMona and Ravi SinhaDavid SmithCarol C. SnyderBhavna and Sangam SoganiWendy SolisMary and David SolomonJudith SolskenJonathan SorrellAnne SparJeffrey S. StaleyMatthew StantonDavid B. StewartIsabel Carter Stewart and Donald StewartMargaret and Robert StillmanPatrick StreetPeter StrugatzSarah Strunk and Kent LewisAnnie Suh and Paul ChungDana Sullivan and Kevin BirdRam K. SundaramMorgan SzeCecelia and Joseph Szurszewski

Nina and Yaniv TepperHenry ThierryChristopher ThomeRosalind ThompsonNike Zachmanoglou Tirman and John TirmanCybele TomlinsonBrigitta B. TroyMichael A. TroyKelly and Mark TurnerRichard Turnill

Damien VanderwiltAnnette and Jack VaughnMarina Vaysburd and Henry Yampolsky Sid VelakacharlaSudha and Koththavasal VenkatachariRobin A. VinceChristine and Roland Von Metzsch

Carolyn WangScobie D. WardMichael WarrenFrank E. WeeksSasha and Howard WeinsteinMartin WernerLisa and Lance WestBarbara WestbrookAlison Whalen and Steven Marenberg

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Se Kheng YeoDonna Yip and David Torrible

Charlotte Zanders and Alan WaxmanJiaqing Zhao

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Maya Ajmera from Serena ConnellyArmen and Jasmine from BrooklynNathalie Benchetrit from Aldo RossiDavid Bradshaw from Aldo RossiPete Briger from Robert Z. BlissCortney, Mike, Joey, Jake, and Madison from Robert HaileCourtney Calero from AnonymousMaithreya Chandrashekar from Kalpana Gowda and Lingaiah ChandrashekarJames, Paula, and Haley Crown from Audrey and Jeffrey Spiegel Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni from Gretchen RobertsonThe people of Egypt from Amanda OaksonTamara Fox from Howard RubensteinTamara Fox and Bill Wood from Susanna Laaksonen-Craig Karen and Jeff Marks Shweta Siraj Mehta and Amish MehtaOur friends and family from the Poitinger/Barron FamilySerge Girardi and Daniel Jasiak from Aldo RossiBernard Guillon from Aldo RossiKia Chia Ha and Tran Duong from Hoa Duong PiyakaKathrine Hargis from Susan BreyerMayssa Harrati from Anonymous

Bray Horbinski from Mary SiutaRachel Hutton from Vijay Masharani Linda, Michael, and Mindy McTeigue Colin Smith Joule VoelzFrancoise Jacquet from Aldo RossiHayden Kelley from Ananda KelleyRuben Kostucki from AnonymousChance Peets Leviatin from Roz and Victor LeviatinCole Peets Leviatin from Roz and Victor LeviatinNeve Peets Leviatin from Roz and Victor LeviatinSamuel Joshua Leviatin from Roz and Victor LeviatinAgathe Lys from Aldo RossiBrigitte Merval from Aldo RossiPolly Morton from Aldo RossiPaolo and Silvia Moruzzi from Mica and Rob Jones Grace Mtunguja from Suzanne and Carl CrossJackie Panuska from James QuickVenturino Passarelli from Wendy SolisSarah and Ross Perot Jr. from Mrs. Peggy Riggs and Dr. Leonard Riggs Jr. Sarah F. Perot from Anonymous Cathy O. SmithBaxter Ness Rafferty from Sarah and Mike NoonanNikhil Rajagopalan from Sangita VadaliaDaisy Richmond from Kathleen and Kevin Dillion Stacia and Leonard Goodman Carrie and Allen Hoffman Maureen and Lance Maly Laura and Theodore Merriam Dorothy and Martin Richmond Joanne StrakoschDorothy Robb from Margaret Blake

Soone Roboud from Aldo RossiAlexandre Roche from Aldo RossiJosefina Romero from AnonymousMr. and Mrs. Robert Ronald from Bev and Steve SwartzDiana Sawhill from Suzanna DavisMr. and Mrs. Richard Schaefer from Bev and Steve SwartzThe wedding of Tamar Schiffman and Jonathan Lechter from Anonymous Bradley D. HellerAngela Schmatloch from AnonymousAndy Seay from Dorothy ChrobackJacob and Zev Seiden from Mary Davidson and Matthew Seiden Lillian and Harold Hoffman Mary PriceSusanna Shapiro, Gabe Seiden, and Jacob and Zev Seiden from Nancy and Ira ShapiroSimmi and Nikhil’s birthday from AnonymousMr. and Mrs. Garry Singer from Bev and Steve SwartzDavid Singer-Vine from Jeremy Singer-VineJanet Sorensen from Anne SorensenFrancois Spielmann from Aldo RossiNancy Stevens from Heidi Bichler Harris and Landon HarrisJessica Vavrus from Joseph VavrusMahiya Vira from the Danbusky Family Nancy Meyer and Richie LindblomMahiya and Aaryan Vira from Sara Jones Benita Maller Tina and Barry SilvermanHoward Weathington from Teresa A. WeathingtonMarilyn and Frank Woidat from Elizabeth Station and Christopher WelnaEriene Youssef and Mark Wasef from The Park Savoy

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Emma Deuser from Nicole PatelAnnie M. Fitzgerald from Monica GroverRobie and A. W. Gregg from Kathryn KinsalaLe “Hy” Dinh Hoang from Karen Almquist Chuck Amorisino John Boyce William Burns the Cavanagh/Nasser Family Lori, Don, Eric, and Jeremy Frumkin John Gilligan Jeffrey Grotte John J. Hoover Sally Kent Peter Martz Janet and Frans Nauta Thomas Paivanas Alison Richman Marie and John Torre Trevigan, Inc. Victor Utgoff Nathan Wall Pamela and Walter WelhamHelen Huffman from Ann ModicaKasech from Jayme GualtierDr. Paul Korshin from Joan Pataky-KosoveEthlyn Amanda Pennant from Merlene NembhardRichard P. Saunders from Paul SaundersDasiya Singh from Keith Singh GIft funds and trusts

Anonymous donor of the Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMaya Ajmera and David H. Hollander Jr. Fund of the Schwab Charitable FundBillingsley Fund of the Dallas Women’s FoundationElizabeth and Alex Boyle Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater MemphisScott and Patrice Brickman Family FoundationBrimstone FundCheryl and James Dodwell Fund of the Schwab Charitable FundSarah G. Epstein Revocable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Field Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFortress Charity FundFram Trust UTAPaul Fulton Non-Endowment Advised Fund of the Winston-Salem FoundationMartha Gaudet Charitable Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift FundGray Family Fund of the Chicago Community FoundationHodgson Fund of the New York Community TrustRazavi and Angelina A. Huang Revocable TrustHurlbut-Johnson Fund of the Silicon Valley Community FoundationG. Thompson and Wende Hutton Fund of the Silicon Valley Community FoundationJain Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift FundLaura and Gary Lauder Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment FundLevine Family TrustTeresa Luchsinger Giving Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift FundMayfield Fund Foundation of the Silicon Valley Community FoundationMcRae Living TrustMinella Family Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift FundMoro Family Philanthropy Fund of the Calvert FoundationGib and Susan Myers Donor Advised Fund of the Schwab Charitable FundAmanda Oakson Fund of the Schwab Charitable FundRocco Family TrustCatherine and Robert Sheridan Fund of the Schwab Charitable FundAlice S. Smith 1996 TrustStevenson Family’s Charitable TrustMartha S. Stewart Charitable Lead TrustSullivan Family Fund of the Silicon Valley Community FoundationWilliam D. Unger Giving Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift FundWorld Service Meditation Group Fund for Humanity of the Fidelity Charitable Gift FundS. Zimmerman Charitable Trust

Gifts to the Maya ajMera sustainability award fund

5 51 5 FoundationBrent FarmerJeanne Donovan FisherRony and Catherine Shimony Philanthropic FundSmith Richardson Foundation

Corporate GivinG

Accenture – EMIT 2.0Association for Supervision and Curriculum DevelopmentBanca Civica GroupBIZKIDZ.COMCharlesbridge PublishingCLSA Chairman’s TrustCredit Suisse EMEA FoundationDanya InternationalGeneral Atlantic PartnersGoldman SachsGoldman Sachs GivesIndus Charitable FoundationJohnson & Johnson Family of CompaniesJPILegg Mason Investment Counsel, LLCLone Pine Capital, LLCLone Pine FoundationMediaMindMedipod LLCMorgan Creek FoundationNewman’s Own FoundationNike FoundationOn-Site.comR & M Enterprises, Inc.Rothschild North AmericaSun / California Natural ProductsTea CollectionTemenos

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AES CorporationAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP America’s CharitiesAT&T United Way Employee Giving CampaignBaker Hill CA Technologies Matching Gift ProgramFlora Family FoundationGoldman Sachs and Company Matching Gift ProgramWilliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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IBM Employee Services CenterMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramMSCI, Inc.Morgan StanleyStarbucks FoundationVerizon FoundationWorld Bank Community Connections Fund

Foundations

Anonymous (3) 5 51 5 Foundation Adobe FoundationAlwaleed Bin Talal FoundationArthur M. Blank Family FoundationBridgemill FoundationHoward G. Buffett FoundationThe Chapin FoundationJames M. Collins FoundationCrown Family PhilanthropiesThe Elizabeth FoundationELMA FoundationELMA Relief FoundationFlora Family FoundationFoundation Beyond BeliefThe Glickenhaus FoundationMarc Haas FoundationHarrington Family FoundationConrad N. Hilton FoundationDavid and Anita Keller FoundationKPW Family FoundationThe Libra FoundationLinehan Family FoundationOak FoundationOberoi Family FoundationOverbrook FoundationPerot FoundationThe Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. FoundationThe Joan and Lewis Platt FoundationRanda FoundationThe Grace Jones Richardson TrustRalph and Kim Rosenberg Family FoundationThe Sage FoundationShafran Family FoundationStanley S. Shuman Family FoundationHarold Simmons FoundationSmith Richardson Foundation Robert K. Steel Family Foundation Roger and Susan Stone Family FoundationThree Little Pigs FoundationTides Foundation

Online GivinG

Cards for CausesChanging the PresentCharity Gift CertificatesFacebook CausesFirst GivingGood Search I Do FoundationJust GiveNetwork for Good One CauseUniversal GivingYouth Give

new GlObal Citizens

Bronx High School of Science, New York, NYDesert Mountain High School, Scottsdale, AZIrvington High School, Fremont, CASedona Charter School, Sedona, AZ

Other

Girl Scout Troop #3203, Dallas, TXKiwanis Club of Palo Alto Charitable Foundation, Palo Alto, CAThe Mirman School, Los Angeles, CAThe Queen’s College, Oxford, England

Gifts in Kind

Google CheckoutGoogle Grants

PrO bOnO leGal COunsel

Baker & McKenzie, LLPSutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP

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Peter Briger Dina de AngeloFlora Family FoundationJuliette GimonGoldman Sachs Stacey Keare and John HodgeTyhoa Kobler and Zaheer SitabkhanTeresa LuchsingerMark McGoldrick Monticello AssociatesMargot Perot Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Joan PlattKelly Swanson TurnerDamien Vanderwilt

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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 CritEriaProspective grantee partners must meet the following eligibility criteria in order to be considered for our 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 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 organiza-tions 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 regis-tration unfeasible, the organization must demonstrate nonprofit equivalency. We do not provide start-up funding for the creation of new organizations.

Selection GuidelineSBeyond these basic eligibility criteria, we use the following selection guidelines in identifying organizations that are truly exceptional.

A focus on the most vulnerAble

Our grantee partners reach the chil-dren 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.

community involvement

We prioritize organizations that are rooted in their communities and operate with community input, involvement, and investment, embracing the commu-nity as an integral part of their success.

effectiveness

We prioritize organizations that can demonstrate sustained, meaningful improvement in the lives of the children and youth they serve.

Eligibility CritEria and SElECtion guidElinES

SELECTING OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS

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EmpowErmEnt

We prioritize 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 prioritize organizations that tackle old problems in new ways, demonstrat-ing innovation and creativity in their program strategies and approaches.

Strong lEadErShIp

We prioritize organizations that have committed, respected, and dynamic leadership with a vision for change.

adaptabIlIty

We prioritize organizations that generate models, methodologies, and practices that can be adapted and applied to similar issues and challenges in other communities.

potEntIal for SuStaInabIlIty

We prioritize organizations that have a strategy for ensuring the long-term sustainability of their programs, through donor diversification, mobilization of government funding, community invest-ment, income-generating activities, and other creative measures.

Reputation

We prioritize 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.

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2010–2011 Grants List

At The Global Fund for Children, when we seek out community-level organiza-tions to fund, we call it scouting. Our program officers use their eyes, their ears, their heart, and their gut, as well as sound judgment and fine-tuned assessment skills, to identify promising organizations that are serving the most vulnerable chil-dren in their communities. We look for organizations that are under the radar but that have the potential to become models for others. Seeing this potential—where others may see an insignificant organiza-tion with unsophisticated or unorthodox methodology—takes a special skill.

And just like a diamond in the rough, with our support and partnership, these grantee partners grow and shine. Our GrantsPlus model is not limited to providing funding; it includes value-added services to facilitate the strengthening of organizations’ systems—creating strategic plans, developing human resources, launching fundraising and advocacy strategies—so they can do more of their good work, even better. With our assistance, our grantees learn to maximize their staying power and impact.

vice president for programs

Victoria Dunning

Education

MPH, Columbia UniversityBA, Mount Holyoke College

LanguagEs

French, Spanish, Swahili, Wolof

The lens we hold for our grantees— to identify their promise and foster their greatness—is often similar to that which our grantee partners use in serving the community’s most vulnerable children. When others have given up hope for a child who is homeless or disabled, or who has dropped out of school or joined a gang, our partners see the unlimited potential that all children can reach when given a chance. They provide the programs and services to reclaim the potential that others have declared lost.

As we widen our lens to look across individual community-based organiza-tions, across countries, and around the globe, we begin to see unifying themes, common problems, and most impor-tantly, practical solutions. Children whose plights were once diluted in a vast pool of poverty, and challenges that were once too broad and complex to tackle, begin to take form, be defined, and become visible.

This year, we put particular focus on elucidating the issue of invisible children. Children who live in prisons or behind closed doors in domestic servitude, chil-

dren who are hidden from view because of disability, children who are taken from their communities and exploited during times of conflict—these situations are more common than one might at first imagine, and the children involved share distinct challenges and needs. In our work, we have found it is not just one grassroots organization that seeks out a hidden pocket of society where children are especially at risk, but ten or 12 orga-nizations with common challenges and methodologies. Whether working side by side or on different continents, these organizations together form a critical mass for learning about and addressing some of the world’s toughest problems.

And as we see these children more clearly, we take even more seriously our role to shine light and make them visible, and to work hard at reaching them with the critical support they need. We illuminate these areas with direct services to improve children’s lives, but also to make known their resilience and promise so that others may learn, engage, and make change.

Do you see what I see?

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This year marked a significant shift in the political climate across Africa, with uprisings, protests, and calls for change. Most of these movements were led by young people who are frustrated by limited access to education and employ-ment opportunities, issues that many of our grantee partners tackle. As always, despite the turbulence, our partners proved resilient, resourceful, and respon-sive in supporting children and youth.

With 72 grantee partners spanning 22 countries, our presence in Africa and the Middle East represents our largest regional portfolio. In East and Southern Africa, our grantee partners address a broad range of issues associated with HIV/AIDS, forced displacement, gender-based violence and gender disparities, and access to and provision of education. Our partner Educate! works to empower and educate a new generation of socially responsible leaders in Uganda by offering training and mentoring to students in secondary school. This year, the Ugandan Ministry of Education agreed to pilot Educate!’s curriculum in 100 schools, paving the way for greater mainstreaming of entrepreneurship education. In Swaziland, as young people took to the streets to demand change in one of Africa’s few

remaining monarchies, Super Buddies Club continued to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by reaching children and youth through creative outlets, including a radio program and a quarterly magazine.

In March, we organized a Knowledge Exchange workshop in South Africa for 24 grantee partners in East and Southern Africa that work on education issues. This year, we were also pleased to launch an organizational development process in East Africa, with five organizations receiving OD support for one year. In West Africa, most of our grantee partners address issues of trafficking, child labor, and gender-based violence. In Senegal, despite frequent power and water outages, Avenir de l’Enfant continued to safeguard street children and other at-risk children from sexual abuse and exploitation by providing them with quality shelter and support and by facilitat-ing family reunification. In Burkina Faso, protests against the high cost of living and the lack of economic opportunities for youth reinforced the importance and relevance of our grantee partners’ work. Association d’Appui et d’Eveil Pugsada supported out-of-school girls in start-ing their own economic cooperatives

and continued to provide platforms for adolescent girls to break the silence that surrounds sexual harassment in schools.

In the Middle East and North Africa, our grantee partners work on access to education and services for under-served children. In January, as the world watched Egyptians come together to overthrow long-standing dictator Hosni Mubarak, our partners in the country remained constant resources to the children and youth they serve, reinforc-ing the power of community during this time of social flux. Our partner Future Lights for Development Organiza-tion kept its doors open and continued to offer stability and support, giving children creative and educational outlets to process and express the changes that engulfed their lives.

As we look to the coming year, our grantee partners in East Africa are affected by a severe food crisis. Never has the work of our grantees been more relevant. If the determination and resil-ience they demonstrated this year is any indication, our grantees will overcome this difficult time and continue responding effectively to the needs of the most vulnerable children in their communities.

Region

Sub-Saharan africa, Middle eaSt and north africa

Senior Program officer

Solome Lemma

Education

MPP, Harvard Kennedy School

BA, Stanford University

LanguagEs

Amharic, French

Program officer for West africa

Josephine Ndao

Education

MA, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

BSocSc, University of Ottawa

LanguagEs

French, Wolof, Spanish

Program associate

Stephanie de Wolfe

Education

BA, University of Virginia

LanguagEs

French

Countries in region

Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

number of grantee partners

72

2010–2011 grants

147 grants valued at $993,640

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AssociAtion EnfAnt chEz-soi (childrEn At homE AssociAtion)$10,000/6,016,000 Rwandan francsKigali, RwandaDirector: Gloriose [email protected]

ECS provides education, nutrition, and medical support to children under the age of 5 who live with their mothers in prison; identifies foster families for the children; and trains prison officials on prisoners’ and children’s rights. Funding to date: $25,000 since 2008

AssociAtion pour lA promotion dE lA fillE BurundAisE (AssociAtion for thE promotion of thE BurundiAn Girl)$6,000/7,500,600 Burundian francsBujumbura, BurundiDirector: Liliane [email protected]

APFB works to awaken the sociopolitical and economic consciousness of young girls in Burundi through academic support, vocational training programs, and awareness- raising initiatives.Funding to date: $19,000 since 2008

BEnishyAkA AssociAtion$21,000/12,832,932 Rwandan francsKigali, RwandaDirector: Betty [email protected]

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. Its educational sponsorship program helps secondary-school students continue their education by providing financial assistance and skills training.Funding to date: $130,000 since 2005

chAllEnGinG hEiGhts$17,000/24,750 Ghanaian new cedisAccra, GhanaDirector: James Kofi [email protected]

Challenging Heights works to ensure that children and youth in Sankor are protected from child trafficking through awareness-raising activities on child labor and trafficking,

policy advocacy, and educational support, including school sponsorships, after-school programs, and mentoring for children in primary and secondary school.Funding to date: $56,760 since 2007

Children in the Wilderness$20,000/3,080,200 Malawian kwachasLilongwe, MalawiDirector: Symon [email protected]

Through a unique partnership with a private safari company, CITW offers basic education, life skills training, and voca-tional training to orphaned and vulnerable children through experiential learning camps held at safari sites during the commercial off-season.Funding to date: $89,000 since 2006

ConCerned Children and Youth assoCiation$10,000/24,434,200 Ugandan shillingsLira, UgandaDirector: Can Caxson Rayconcernedchildren_youth@yahoo.co.ukwww.ccyauganda.blogspot.com

A youth-led organization, CCYA contributes to the rebuilding of war-torn northern Uganda through educational, environmental, and health programs for children and youth orphaned or made vulnerable by the country’s civil war. CCYA provides academic support to children living with disabilities and advocates for inclusive education through community mobilization activities.Funding to date: $30,000 since 2010

eduCation Model organization$6,000/9,162,060 Tanzanian shillingsKisongo Village, TanzaniaDirector: Didas [email protected]

EMORG challenges traditional rote educational methodolo-gies and aims to improve the quality of education in Kisongo Village by providing model schools, teacher training, and supplemental educational resources to teachers and students.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

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Fregenet Kidan Lehitsanat (Fregenet schooL)$6,000/83,316 Ethiopian birrAddis Ababa, EthiopiaDirector: Selam [email protected]

FKL promotes the education of young children from impover-ished communities through a school for children aged 4 to 13 and a comprehensive early childhood education program that incorporates education, nutrition, and health services.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

Friends oF the disabLed$9,000/1,379,790 Nigerian nairasLagos, NigeriaDirector: Aku Christy [email protected]

FOTD provides learning opportunities for children with disabilities and works to eliminate societal biases and prejudices against people with disabilities. The group provides vocational training for youth with disabilities, advocates for employment of disabled youth with local businesses, and teaches sign language to primary-school children.Funding to date: $23,000 since 2008

girL chiLd concerns$10,000/1,574,970 Nigerian nairasKaduna, NigeriaDirector: Mairo [email protected]

GCC works to ensure that Muslim adolescent girls in northern Nigeria complete their secondary schooling through scholar-ships, mentorships, and leadership development programs, and also organizes an annual leadership development workshop for the girls that addresses such issues as sexual and reproductive health, financial responsibility, and social responsibility.Funding to date: $31,993 since 2008

hope For chiLdren organization$18,000/306,536 Ethiopian birrAddis Ababa, EthiopiaDirector: Yewoinshet [email protected]

HFC works to protect and empower children and families made vulnerable by the HIV/AIDS epidemic through liveli-hood, counseling, educational, health, and life skills programs, including a kindergarten that provides orphaned and vulner-able children under the age of 7 with innovative, quality early childhood education.Funding to date: $105,000 since 2005

InternatIonal trust for the educatIon of ZambIan orphans$10,000/50,561,000 Zambian kwachaLusaka, ZambiaDirector: Mary C. [email protected]

ITEZO empowers orphaned and vulnerable children and youth in urban shantytowns through vocational skills training programs and an education program that covers the cost of school fees and educational materials for children who would otherwise be unable to afford to attend school.Funding to date: $39,667 since 2007

KaKenya center for excellence$6,000/509,549 Kenyan shillingsEnoosaen, KenyaDirector: Kakenya [email protected]

Kakenya Center for Excellence is the first organization in this predominantly Maasai region to offer quality primary educa-tion for adolescent girls that incorporates female empowerment, leadership skills, health education, and community development.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

Kawangware VIsIon centre$6,000/509,549 Kenyan shillingsNairobi, KenyaDirector: Agasto [email protected]

KVC works to ensure that orphaned and vulnerable children in the Kawangware slum are protected from the streets and have access to educational and livelihood opportunities. KVC provides scholarships to enable children to attend school and offers meals, tutoring, and recreational activities for children at its center.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

KIndle orphan outreach$12,000/1,848,120 Malawian kwachasSalima District, MalawiDirector: Marilyn [email protected]

Kindle offers comprehensive educational, counseling, healthcare, and spiritual support services to orphaned and vulnerable children in the Salima district. Kindle’s education program covers school fees and educational materials for secondary-school students who would otherwise be unable to attend school.Funding to date: $49,000 since 2006

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Kliptown Youth program$11,000/75,683 South African randSoweto, South AfricaDirector: Thulani [email protected]

KYP aims to eradicate poverty of the mind, body, and soul for orphaned and vulnerable children from Kliptown, a township in Soweto, through mentoring and educational support, including after-school tutoring, recreational activities, and payment of school fees and materials. Funding to date: $19,000 since 2010

little rocK ecD centre$6,000/509,549 Kenyan shillingsNairobi, KenyaDirector: Lilly [email protected]

The first inclusive early childhood education center in the Kibera slum, Little Rock ECD Centre provides a nurturing environment for vulnerable children, including those with disabilities and those affected by HIV, through after-school programs, early childhood education, and a daycare for children under the age of 3.Funding to date: $14,000 since 2010

maia BoBo$9,000/4,763,160 CFA francsBobo Dioulasso, Burkina FasoDirector: Aminata [email protected]

Maia Bobo works to ensure that adolescent girls stay in school through sexual and reproductive health education, provision of academic and social support to pregnant teens, and the creation of safe spaces where girls can discuss issues related to sexual and reproductive health.Funding to date: $21,000 since 2009

marY m. momolu Development FounDation$8,000/578,000 Liberian dollarsMonrovia, LiberiaDirector: Olivia [email protected]

The Mary M. Momolu Development Foundation’s preschool provides quality early childhood education for children under the age of 9, using the national curriculum as a guide.Funding to date: $21,000 since 2009

Monduli Pastoralist develoPMent initiative$15,000/23,098,500 Tanzanian shillingsMonduli, TanzaniaDirector: Erasto Ole [email protected]

MPDI helps Maasai pastoralist communities maintain their traditional beliefs and systems while ensuring that their children receive a modern education through community-based early childhood development centers.Funding to date: $55,000 since 2007

neheMiah aids relief Project$17,000/6,397,100 Zimbabwean dollarsBulawayo, ZimbabweDirector: Daisy [email protected]

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 children in Bulawayo.Funding to date: $84,534 since 2005

nyaka aids orPhans Project$18,000/41,320,800 Ugandan shillingsNyakagyezi, UgandaDirector: Twesigye Jackson [email protected]

Nyaka provides AIDS orphans with free, high-quality primary education and offers extracurricular activities, a community gardens program, and access to social services and health resources.Funding to date: $91,000 since 2005

Prei effort for those Who are in need$12,000/166,632 Ethiopian birrAddis Ababa, EthiopiaDirector: Fisehatsion [email protected]

PEFAN works to keep vulnerable children, including those in the preprimary-school and early-primary-school age groups, off the streets through holistic services that include educational support, access to healthcare, counseling, mentoring, and training in the performing arts.Funding to date: $47,500 since 2006

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SaleSian SiSterS$10,000/48,298,700 Zambian kwachaLusaka, ZambiaDirector: Sr. Ryszarda [email protected]

The City of Hope program, run by the Salesian Sisters, provides holistic support to adolescent girls who are survivors of neglect and sexual abuse and includes a transitional shelter, a successful community school, and a vocational skills training program.Funding to date: $38,000 since 2007

Sithuthukile (We have DevelopeD) truSt$12,000/82,564 South African randMiddelburg, South AfricaDirector: Fanezile Sophie [email protected]

Sithuthukile Trust works to ensure that children in Mpumalanga Province have access to quality early childhood education by supporting 60 community early childhood education and home-based centers, as well as parents and local early childhood development practitioners.Funding to date: $29,000 since 2009

talenteD Young people everYWhere$8,000/31,720,000 Sierra Leonean leonesPort Loko, Sierra LeoneDirector: Ibrahim H. K. [email protected]

Working in the rural Port Loko community, where after- school studying is difficult, TYPE promotes education and academic excellence among children and youth through mentoring, tutoring, material support, and recreational activities. Funding to date: $27,000 since 2007

teboho truSt$13,000/89,444 South African randJohannesburg, South AfricaDirector: Jose [email protected]

Teboho Trust ensures that orphaned and vulnerable children stay in school by paying for their school fees, educational mate-rials, uniforms, and transportation expenses, and offers them supplemental courses in literature, science, English, French, and math through its Saturday School program.Funding to date: $60,667 since 2007

UbUmi Children’s ProjeCt$11,000/55,617,100 Zambian kwachaKitwe, ZambiaDirector: Eddy [email protected]

Ubumi Children’s Project works with orphaned and vulnerable children in impoverished shantytowns, operates a transitional shelter for street children, and runs a community school that provides primary education and nutritional, health, and counseling support. Funding to date: $49,000 since 2007

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Center for Women and Children emPoWerment$8,000/584,000 Liberian dollarsMonrovia, LiberiaDirector: Patience [email protected]

CEWCE provides vulnerable children and women with literacy and numeracy courses, leadership training, vocational training in areas such as welding and carpentry, and child resource centers that promote healthy living.Funding to date: $29,000 since 2007

edUCate!$14,000/32,138,400 Ugandan shillingsKampala, UgandaDirector: Eric [email protected]

Educate! works to empower and educate a new generation of socially responsible leaders in Uganda by offering training and mentorship opportunities to children in secondary school.Funding to date: $27,000 since 2009

Ghana Women’s VoiCes foUndation$6,000/9,318 Ghanaian new cedisAccra, GhanaDirector: Nana Yaa [email protected]

GWV works to empower marginalized and vulnerable women and girls by providing women-centered solutions in health and education, including a mentorship program that provides nonformal educational support and guidance to adolescent girls in the Osu Girls Correctional Facility.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

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Kudirat initiative for democracy$17,000/2,606,270 Nigerian nairasLagos, NigeriaDirector: Amy [email protected]

KIND works to empower future generations of Nigerian women leaders through leadership development and advocacy programs for adolescent girls and young women. Funding to date: $106,140 since 2006

Love in action ethiopia$12,000/166,632 Ethiopian birrHadiya, EthiopiaDirector: Aklilu [email protected]

To foster sustainable change in the Hadiya region through the empowerment of children, youth, and women, LIA provides reproductive health training, alternative basic education, and entrepreneurship programs that include microenterprise and skills training in culturally relevant arts like ceramics and embroidery.Funding to date: $48,000 since 2006

never again rwanda$8,000/4,812,800 Rwandan francsKigali, RwandaDirector: Anne [email protected]

NAR is committed to creating a peaceful and thriving country by equipping young people with skills in conflict management and resolution, entrepreneurship, and leadership, and by provid-ing training and capacity-building support to empower youth to implement their own community development projects.Funding to date: $21,000 since 2008

Supporting orphanS and vuLnerabLe for better heaLth, education, and nutrition$12,000/27,547,200 Ugandan shillingsKampala, UgandaDirector: Richard [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.Funding to date: $42,500 since 2007

Women in Social entrepreneurShip$11,000/16,797,110 Tanzanian shillingsDar es Salaam, TanzaniaDirector: Astronaut [email protected]

WISE inspires, empowers, and equips Tanzanian youth and women leaders through entrepreneurship training and leader-ship training in the economic, governmental, and social sectors. Funding to date: $39,000 since 2007

Safety

aSSociation d’appui et d’eveil pugSada (aSSociation for Supporting and aWakening Young girlS)$20,000/10,584,800 CFA francsOuagadougou, Burkina FasoDirector: Maimouna [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 marriage, the dangers of female circumcision, and the importance of girls’ education.Funding to date: $127,000 since 2005

avenir de l’enfant (future of the child)$18,000/8,559,936 CFA francsRufisque, SenegalDirector: Moussa [email protected]

ADE works in the secondary city of Rufisque to safeguard street children and other at-risk children from sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation by leading education campaigns, providing children with shelter and support, and facilitating family reintegration.Funding to date: $81,000 since 2006

Bureau pour le volontariat au Service de l’enfance et de la Santé (office of volunteeriSm for childhood and health)$8,000/7,348,912 Congolese francsBukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoDirector: Safi [email protected]

BVES works to promote the rights of marginalized children, particularly displaced children and former child soldiers, and provides them with medical and psychosocial care, basic educa-tion, and vocational training.Funding to date: $14,000 since 2010

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Centre for DomestiC training anD Development$10,000/849,249 Kenyan shillingsNairobi, KenyaDirector: Edith [email protected]://cdtd.org

CDTD assists women and children working as domestic laborers by helping them negotiate fair labor conditions, teaching them how to better protect themselves from abuse and illness, and encouraging them to consider formal-career alternatives. Funding to date: $32,500 since 2008

Centre marembo (gateway Center) $6,000/3,609,600 Rwandan francsKigali, RwandaDirector: Nicolette [email protected]

Centre Marembo works to reintegrate marginalized young people into society by providing safe spaces, including a transitional home for boys who lived on the streets; by offering vocational skills training and academic, health, and counseling support; and by empowering youth to make decisions about their future. Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

empire Des enfants (ChilDren’s empire)$7,000/3,328,864 CFA francsDakar, SenegalDirector: Anta [email protected]

Empire des Enfants protects and promotes the well-being of children living on the streets of Dakar by providing shelter and family reunification services; giving the children the opportunity to participate in arts, cultural activities, and sports; and providing basic education and vocational training.Funding to date: $7,000 since 2011

giriyuja (sanCtuary)$7,000/8,750,700 Burundian francsBujumbura, BurundiDirector: Aimable [email protected]

Giriyuja works to protect children who live or work on the streets by providing life skills training, educational support, and vocational training opportunities, and by guiding them through the process of family tracing and reunification.Funding to date: $22,000 since 2008

HesHima Kenya (Dignity Kenya)$9,000/764,324 Kenyan shillingsNairobi, KenyaDirector: Talyn [email protected]

Heshima Kenya identifies and protects unaccompanied refugee minors, particularly girls, and empowers them to lead healthy and self-sufficient lives through basic education and life skills, a safe house, and foster care placement.Funding to date: $34,000 since 2008

Home of Hope$6,000/44,222 South African randJohannesburg, South AfricaDirector: Khanyisile Maria [email protected]

Home of Hope gives sexually exploited girls the tools to earn a living outside of the sex trade through a comprehensive inter-vention approach that includes a transitional center; education and skills training support; and community awareness-raising activities addressing child exploitation, the dangers of HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and prostitution.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

La maison De La gare (raiLway House)$8,000/3,804,416 CFA francsSaint-Louis, SenegalDirector: Issa Kouyaté[email protected]

MDG promotes the social, educational, and economic integra-tion of talibés, young boys who are sent by their families to urban areas to study the Qu’ran and instead end up enduring extreme forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and provides these boys with free meals and free literacy and math classes.Funding to date: $8,000 since 2011

meDia ConCern initiative$12,000/1,839,720 Nigerian nairasLagos, NigeriaDirector: Princess [email protected]

To prevent and respond to the sexual abuse of children and youth, MCI provides free legal support and counseling, partners with health professionals and police, and raises public awareness about abuse through media-based advocacy in Lagos.Funding to date: $47,500 since 2007

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New Life CommuNity ProjeCts$14,000/96,324 South African randStellenbosch, South AfricaDirector: Gerrie [email protected]

New Life helps children who live on the streets in Cape Town’s informal settlements by offering them educational and psychosocial support through community-based home schools, psychosocial support groups, and partnerships with the public school system.Funding to date: $49,000 since 2007

resCue ALterNAtives LiberiA$15,000/1,095,000 Liberian dollarsMonrovia, LiberiaDirector: R. Jarwlee Tweh [email protected]

RAL advocates against torture and for human rights and prison reform by monitoring and reporting violations of prisoners’ rights. Its Youth Diversion Program diverts first-time juvenile offenders from entering prison and provides counseling and vocational training to incarcerated youth.Funding to date: $71,250 since 2005

siN-Do$21,000/9,986,592 CFA francsCotonou, BeninDirector: Ouidego Thérè[email protected]

SIN-DO promotes health and hygiene awareness; supports quality education; works to prevent and address sexual abuse; and provides training in civic participation, economic develop-ment, and HIV/AIDS prevention to women and children living in marginalized communities in and around Cotonou.Funding to date: $106,500 since 2005

ZANZibAr femALe LAwyers AssoCiAtioN$7,000/10,689,070 Tanzanian shillingsUngunja and Pemba Islands, TanzaniaDirector: Fatma Iddi [email protected]

ZAFELA is a legal-aid organization that aims to empower women and children through comprehensive legal services, policy advocacy, and awareness-raising activities, including training peer educators from school-based clubs on topics such as healthy relationships, substance abuse, and child rights. Funding to date: $7,000 since 2011

HealtHy Minds and Bodies

AmAhoro (PeAce) AssociAtion$11,000/6,617,600 Rwandan francsKigali, RwandaDirector: Emile [email protected]

Started and led by young people who have been orphaned, Amahoro Association provides education, nutrition, and counseling to orphaned and vulnerable children and their families, focusing on children in primary school.Funding to date: $48,500 since 2006

AssociAtion des Artistes et ArtisAns contre le Vih/sidA et les stuPéfiAnts (AssociAtion of Artists And ArtisAns AgAinst hiV/Aids And drugs)$7,000/3,328,864 CFA francsOuagadougou, Burkina FasoDirector: Pyanne [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. Concerts organized by AARCOSIS include HIV-related education and activities to prevent mother-to-child transmis-sion of the virus, and AARCOSIS provides direct support to infants and children with HIV-positive parents.Funding to date: $38,500 since 2006

cArolinA for KiberA$20,000/1,698,498 Kenyan shillingsNairobi, KenyaDirector: George [email protected]

CFK promotes youth leadership and ethnic and gender cooperation through sports, young women’s empowerment, and community development in the densely populated Kibera urban slum. The Binti Pamoja center provides a place for adolescent girls to learn about reproductive health, financial literacy, and personal development.Funding to date: $119,000 since 2006

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Grandmothers aGainst Poverty and aids$13,000/89,444 South African randCape Town, South AfricaDirector: Vivienne Yoliswa [email protected]

As part of its support to grandmothers caring for their orphaned grandchildren, GAPA runs an early childhood center for young children and an after-school program for children in primary school to keep them in a safe and supportive environment.Funding to date: $39,500 since 2008

nia Foundation$13,000/180,518 Ethiopian birrAddis Ababa, EthiopiaDirector: Zemi [email protected] www.ethioautism.org

Nia Foundation provides support to vulnerable children, offering programs for girls involved in commercial sex work, programs for children with autism and related disorders, and a support group for parents.Funding to date: $48,000 since 2006

Physicians For social Justice$13,000/2,047,461 Nigerian nairasKontagora, NigeriaDirector: Chukwumuanya [email protected]

PSJ provides rural communities in Niger State with essential health services through mobile clinics and promotes community health by applying human rights and social justice principles.Funding to date: $34,000 since 2008

ProJecto de vida Para crianças e Jovens (liFe ProJect For children and youth)$10,000/313,000,000 Mozambican meticaisMaputo, MozambiqueDirector: Cremildo Gonç[email protected]

PROVIDA offers after-school programs that incorporate sports, arts, and culture to teach children and youth about health, with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention.Funding to date: $31,000 since 2008

Redeem the GeneRation—ethiopia$8,000/111,088 Ethiopian birrAddis Ababa, EthiopiaDirector: Melaku Sebhat [email protected]

Redeem the Generation mobilizes children and youth to play an active role in addressing Ethiopia’s development challenges. Programs include a play therapy center, psychosocial support through home visits by youth volunteers, training for HIV/AIDS peer educators, and reproductive and sexual health education. Funding to date: $18,000 since 2009

Sophiatown Community pSyCholoGiCal SeRviCeS$14,500/106,869 South African randJohannesburg, South AfricaDirector: Johanna Kistnerjohanna@sophiatowncounselling.co.zawww.sophiatowncounselling.co.za

SCPS works in the Sophiatown area of Johannesburg to provide community-based psychosocial support to vulnerable populations, including children and families affected by HIV/AIDS, women who are victims of domestic violence, and displaced populations.Funding to date: $46,000 since 2007

SupeR BuddieS CluB$9,000/63,133 Swaziland lilangeniMbabane, SwazilandDirector: Siphiwe [email protected]

Super Buddies Club promotes the participation of children and youth in the fight against the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Swaziland through its community outreach and education activities, which include school-based clubs, radio programs, and a quarterly magazine.Funding to date: $17,000 since 2010

SyneRGie pouR l’enfanCe (SyneRGy foR Childhood)$16,000/8,467,840 CFA francsDakar, SenegalDirector: Ngagne [email protected]

Synergie pour l’Enfance provides comprehensive prevention and treatment services to children affected or infected by HIV/AIDS, with targeted services to children in rural regions as well as to street children, and conducts awareness-raising and advocacy initiatives to eliminate the stigma against HIV-positive children.Funding to date: $60,000 since 2006

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Waloko kWo Support organization$9,000/21,990,780 Ugandan shillingsGulu, UgandaDirector: Florence [email protected]

WASO works to promote peace and eliminate HIV/AIDS and poverty in northern Uganda through HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities, livelihood and psychosocial support, and technical assistance to local government offices on responding to HIV/AIDS in their districts.Funding to date: $16,000 since 2010

Youth activiStS organization$8,000/38,638,960 Zambian kwachaLusaka, ZambiaDirector: Paul Luanga [email protected]

In an effort to address the growing prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Zambia’s youth, YAO runs a series of soccer camps through which youth educate their peers, the spectators, and their communities about AIDS prevention.Funding to date: $41,667 since 2007

Creative OppOrtunities

Future StarS academY$6,000/9,162,060 Tanzanian shillingsArusha, TanzaniaDirector: Alfred [email protected]

Future Stars Academy uses soccer as a tool to inspire and motivate children from resource-poor households to overcome poverty and become model citizens. The soccer program combines professional-level soccer training with a concentration on teamwork, social skills, and sportsmanship and an integrated life skills curriculum.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

golden BaoBaB Foundation For education$7,500/10,919 Ghanaian new cedisAccra, GhanaDirector: Deborah [email protected]

GBFE encourages the writing of African literature for children by writers in Africa by promoting African literature for African consumption and providing a platform for African writers to gain exposure.Funding to date: $8,500 since 2010

RuRal Human RigHts activists PRogRam$8,000/584,000 Liberian dollarsMonrovia, LiberiaDirector: Lorma [email protected]

RHRAP promotes ethnic tolerance, human rights, and democ-racy in Liberia through advocacy and through peace education programs that teach primary-school children the values of tolerance, respect, and diversity and expose them to fundamen-tal human rights principles as a way to address lingering ethnic and religious divisions.Funding to date: $29,000 since 2007

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association foR tHe develoPment of Palestinian camPs$13,000/20,016,100 Lebanese poundsBeirut, LebanonDirector: Jacqueline [email protected]

Association for the Development of Palestinian Camps works to raise the cultural, educational, and economic standing of Pales- tinian women and children living in refugee camps in Lebanon. The organization offers livelihood programs for women and runs three secular kindergartens in three different camps.Funding to date: $23,000 since 2010

futuRe ligHts foR develoPment oRganization$9,500/54,557 Egyptian poundsCairo, EgyptDirector: Sameh [email protected]

FLDO works to eradicate poverty in Cairo’s poorest neigh-borhoods through education and economic empowerment programs, including a model daycare center that offers quality early childhood education based on the Montessori method and a program that provides technical and capacity-building support to community early childhood education centers.Funding to date: $16,500 since 2009

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Tahaddi$10,000/15,397,000 Lebanese poundsBeirut, LebanonDirector: Catherine [email protected]

Tahaddi works to provide children and women in Hay al-Gharbeh, a shantytown in Beirut, with access to quality education and health services and runs an informal education program for out-of-school children aged 8 to 14 who are older than the official age of entry for formal school.Funding to date: $16,000 since 2009

EntErprisE alashanek ya Balady (My CounTry) assoCiaTion for susTainaBle developMenT$10,000/57,428 Egyptian poundsCairo, EgyptDirector: Raghda El [email protected]

AYB SD was formed by Egyptian youth to promote the devel-opment of poor communities in Cairo through social, cultural, and economic empowerment activities, including a livelihoods program that trains youth in marketable skill sets to prepare them for gainful employment opportunities.Funding to date: $16,000 since 2009

Creative OppOrtunities AlwAn wA AwtAr$10,000/57,428 Egyptian poundsCairo, EgyptDirector: Azza [email protected]

Working in the El Hadaba El Wosta slum community in Cairo, A&A uses art as a means of social empowerment for children and youth, offering multimedia arts classes, computer training, language classes, research and science projects, and other activities to build participants’ critical-thinking, creative, and leadership capacity. Funding to date: $10,000 since 2010

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Our East and Southeast Asia portfolio continued to grow this year with the addition of seven new grantee partners, including one for the first time in Hong Kong. Our presence in the region stretches across nine countries, thousands of miles, and a wide range of grassroots partners working with a variety of popu-lations of vulnerable children.

The children our grantee partners serve are especially vulnerable in times of natural disasters. In October 2010, Mount Merapi spewed white ash for days over Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Grantee partner Muhammadiyah ’Aisyiyah established a public kitchen for people who had been displaced, and provided them with emergency food, cooking supplies, fuel, blankets, and first aid, as well as health screening and counseling. Himpunan Psikologi Indonesia gathered a group of volunteers to counsel trauma-affected and displaced families. Because they are integrated into their communities, our partners were able to quickly provide these critical services while continuing to offer educa-tional programs to children and youth.

Fourteen months after the earthquake in Yushu, our partners in the western provinces of China continue to rebuild their lives and communities. Snowland Service Group played a lead role in

the relief efforts and has been formally recognized by the provincial government for its work, enabling it to expand its reach to all of Qinghai Province. Despite the challenges faced by Butter Lamp Compassion Group, which continues to operate out of temporary tents to provide education to preschoolers and kindergartners, the organization has increased its student enrollment more than sevenfold. The Jinpa Project, a Sustainability Award winner, contin-ues to reach displaced individuals with important health and hygiene trainings and education. For the first time, in June 2011, we held a one-and-a-half-day gathering for our China grantee partners. At this convening, these three partners had a chance to share some of their common experiences, while some of our other partners discussed the challenges of working with hard-to-reach populations.

Many children and youth in East and Southeast Asia are “invisible,” includ-ing migrant and street-based children; trafficked children and youth; children and youth living with HIV/AIDS; indig-enous, tribal, rural, and ethnic minority populations in remote areas; and children in conflict zones.

In conflict-affected Timor-Leste, grantee partner Ba Futuru engages children and youth in playful and artistic conflict

resolution activities. In the five years of our support, Ba Futuru has demonstrated impressive growth, increasing its budget from $18,625 to $542,867. With strong leverage from us, Ba Futuru won the 2011 Rising Star STARS Impact Award, which comes with a $25,000 prize.

This year, I visited The Smile Group in Vietnam and was impressed that despite rapid growth, the organization remains able to provide a family-like atmosphere while offering support, life skills devel-opment, and recreational activities to children affected by HIV/AIDS. Smile benefits from our partnership with the Adobe Foundation, through which it is learning to empower HIV-positive children to tell their stories using digital media. The organization landed on the front page of a national Vietnamese newspaper for this work, and we used our leverage power to assist Smile in securing an information technology grant from Intel, Vietnam.

Our East and Southeast Asia grantee partners exhibited incredible resilience this year, responding rapidly in times of crisis and continuing to seek out and serve the most vulnerable children in their communities. As always, we are looking forward to the coming year with hope and confidence in their work.

Program officer

Hoa Duong Piyaka

Education

MPP, Harvard Kennedy SchoolBA, University of Pennsylvania

LanguagEs

Chinese, Thai

Countries in region

Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam


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Butter Lamp Compassion Group$6,500/44,262 Chinese yuanYushu, Qinghai Province, ChinaDirector: Qiu [email protected]

BLCG provides educational programs and supplies to some of Yushu Prefecture’s poorest children, including orphaned, disabled, and nomadic children, with the long-term goal of creating equal educational opportunity for all children.Funding to date: $12,500 since 2009

CartwheeL Foundation$9,000/391,085 Philippine pesosMandaluyong City, Mindanao, PhilippinesDirector: Coleen [email protected]

Through preschools in indigenous communities, an alterna-tive learning program for adults, and college scholarship programs, Cartwheel works to increase access to education and to strengthen the skills necessary for active community leadership and involvement in indigenous communities in the southern Philippines.Funding to date: $15,000 since 2010

Community sanitation and reCyCLinG orGanization$13,000/53,350,180 Cambodian rielsPhnom Penh, CambodiaDirector: Heng Yon [email protected]

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 that enhances the livelihoods, safety, and education of poor children throughout the city.Funding to date: $41,350 since 2008

Development organisation of rural sichuan$7,000/47,667 Chinese yuanHanyuan County, Sichuan Province, ChinaDirector: Guo [email protected]

In an effort to alleviate poverty in rural China, DORS implements small-scale, village-based projects, including microcredit for women, educational support for children and youth, and renewable-energy, forestry, infrastructure, and income generation projects.Funding to date: $17,000 since 2008

fatayat nahDlatul ulama naD$16,000/141,467,680 Indonesian rupiahsAceh Province, IndonesiaDirector: Abriati [email protected]

Fatayat Nahdlatul Ulama NAD works throughout Indonesia in the areas of reproductive health, child protection, trafficking prevention, education, and gender-based violence prevention. Its education programs include teacher training and seven kindergartens that serve young children.Funding to date: $84,500 since 2006

founDation for empowerment of rural women$6,000/7,800,000 Mongolian tugriksUlaanbaatar, MongoliaDirector: Enkhtaivan [email protected]

FERW provides livelihood development, literacy, health, and violence prevention programs for nomadic women and their families in remote areas of western Mongolia. FERW’s mobile preschool and kindergarten provides children with basic numeracy, literacy, life skills, and music classes during the summer to ensure a smooth transition to primary school.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

himpunan psikologi inDonesia (inDonesian psychological association)$15,000/132,625,950 Indonesian rupiahsAceh Province, IndonesiaDirector: Retno [email protected]

HIMPSI, a professional association of psychologists, addresses the psychosocial, health, environmental education, and early education needs of children, primarily through counseling and education programs in disaster- affected areas throughout Indonesia.Funding to date: $92,000 since 2006

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Karenni Further StudieS Program$7,000/57,569,610 Laotian kipsMae Hong Son, ThailandDirector: Mahn [email protected]

KnFSP works with community-based organizations in Karenni refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border to implement its core programming, an alternative, two-year, post-tenth-grade curriculum for refugee youth that offers skills training and academic courses.Funding to date: $13,000 since 2010

muhammadiyah ’aiSyiyah$16,000/141,467,680 Indonesian rupiahsAceh, IndonesiaDirector: Noordjannah [email protected]

Muhammadiyah ’Aisyiyah offers leadership development, education, healthcare, and social welfare programs for women and children, including children’s programs and teacher training in disaster-affected areas throughout Indonesia.Funding to date: $93,500 since 2006

new women arrivalS league$3,500/27,295 Hong Kong dollarsHong Kong SAR, ChinaDirector: Mei [email protected]

NWAL helps migrant women and children who are new to Hong Kong adjust to life in the city through monthly support groups, training programs, a telephone hotline for counseling and services, and an after-school tutoring program and other educational services for children.Funding to date: $3,500 since 2011

PeoPle imProvement organization$6,000/25,855,200 Cambodian rielsPhnom Penh, CambodiaDirector: Phymean [email protected]

PIO delivers nonformal education, livelihood training, and support to girls, orphans, and street-based children in Phnom Penh’s poorest districts and runs three outreach schools that offer children aged 5 to 15 a free education that parallels the national curriculum.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

Phonsinuane Volunteer GrouP$6,000/49,345,380 Laotian kipsVientiane, LaosDirector: Phoutthasinh [email protected]

PVG offers youth leadership trainings, manages a library to provide resource materials and instill in youth an appre-ciation for reading, and provides after-school activities for children aged 4 to 10.Funding to date: $12,000 since 2010

PusaKa Mindanao, inc.$6,000/273,212 Philippine pesosCotabato City, Mindanao, PhilippinesDirector: Sahid [email protected]

PUSAKA works with children and youth in the southern Philippines, running two primary schools that teach the national curriculum, with options to study Arabic and English, and conducting trainings for youth on human rights, environmental care and protection, peace building, voter education, and child advocacy.Funding to date: $9,000 since 2010

rural china education Foundation$10,000/65,725 Chinese yuanBeijing, ChinaDirectors: Diane Geng and Sara [email protected]

RCEF places teaching assistants and coaches in a rural school to partner with local teachers and to experiment with and document effective curricula and teaching approaches for the rural context, with the aim of promoting learner-centered education that is relevant to children’s life needs and prepares students for active roles in improving their communities.Funding to date: $28,500 since 2008

snowland serVice GrouP$19,000/124,878 Chinese yuanYushu County, Qinghai Province, ChinaDirector: Rinchen [email protected]

SSG empowers Tibetan communities in Yushu Prefecture through sustainable community development projects in education, renewable energy, and basic infrastructure and provides scholarships to enable students to complete their high-school education.Funding to date: $68,000 since 2006

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Women’s education for advancement and empoWerment$21,000/664,390 Thai bahtChiang Mai, ThailandDirector: Maria Mitos [email protected]

WEAVE trains community preschool teachers, offers curricu-lum development assistance, and operates early childhood development centers serving displaced Burmese children in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border, in addition to providing child development trainings for parents.Funding to date: $103,900 since 2005

Women’s netWork for unity$6,000/25,855,200 Cambodian rielsPhnom Penh, CambodiaDirector: Keo [email protected]

WNU is a network of Phnom Penh–based sex workers that provides direct assistance, legal referrals, workshops on women’s health and community organizing, human rights trainings, and educational opportunities for children, including a nonformal school for children of sex workers that provides basic education as well as dance and art classes.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

yunnan institute of development$8,000/54,476 Chinese yuanYuxi, Yunnan Province, ChinaDirector: Xing [email protected]

YID focuses on health and education in rural communities through HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programs, health and hygiene education, children’s clubs, primary-school and middle-school support, curriculum development, teacher training, and early childhood development.Funding to date: $21,000 since 2008

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AzizA’s PlAce$6,000/24,623,160 Cambodian rielsPhnom Penh, CambodiaDirector: Soy [email protected]

Aziza’s Place works with children from the Stung Meanchey dumpsite and city slums around Phnom Penh, providing a safe residential living environment; access to sports, mainstream schooling, and supplemental educational activities; programs on healthy lifestyles, community involvement, and visual arts; and career counseling and internship and job placement for teens.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

KAlingA Mission for indigenous children And Youth develoPMent$9,000/391,085 Philippine pesosGapan City, PhilippinesDirector: Donato Bayubay [email protected]/kalingamission

KAMICYDI trains local indigenous communities in traditional agricultural food production methods and provides nonformal education for the children and youth of the Kalinga tribe, as well as skills training, microenterprise loans, and vocational opportunities for Kalinga youth.Funding to date: $42,300 since 2007

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BAoji XinXing (new stAr) Aid for street Kids$8,500/57,881 Chinese yuanBaoji, Shaanxi Province, ChinaDirector: Du [email protected]

Xinxing provides rehabilitation, health education, recreational activities, nonformal basic education, support to attend formal school, and vocational skills training for poor urban children, many of whom are migrants from rural areas.Funding to date: $19,500 since 2008

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Center for Prevention of Child Abuse And negleCt$11,000/13,233,000 Mongolian tugriksUlaanbaatar, MongoliaDirector: Baigalmaa [email protected]

CPCAN provides legal, rehabilitative, and psychosocial support for children who have been victims of violence and abuse in Mongolia. Its three-tiered approach includes peer education training for children, telephone hotlines, and awareness work-shops for parents.Funding to date: $46,000 since 2007

Children And Young PeoPle’s ProteCtion And develoPment ngo$12,000/15,600,000 Mongolian tugriksUlaanbaatar, MongoliaDirector: T. S. [email protected]

CYPPD offers a range of integrated programs for vulnerable children and focuses on safety, education, child rights, and health training. One program targets girls who are working in the marketplace, where the risk of prostitution is high, and helps them to return to school or find safe and productive employment.Funding to date: $43,500 since 2007

Children’s legAl rights And develoPment Center$12,000/521,447 Philippine pesosQuezon City, Metro Manila, PhilippinesDirector: Rowena [email protected]

CLRD provides legal assistance to juvenile offenders, documentation for advocacy purposes, rehabilitation and general welfare support for released juvenile detainees, and training and education.Funding to date: $72,000 since 2004

KnK networK CAmbodiA$8,000/34,473,600 Cambodian rielsBattambang, CambodiaDirector: Sophea [email protected]

KnK provides shelter, mental health services, basic education, family tracing, community reintegration, and vocational and life skills training for underprivileged youth, and specifically targets trafficked teenagers and youth in conflict with the law, both in and out of prison, to help them reintegrate into their communities.Funding to date: $14,000 since 2009

Laura Vicuña Foundation$17,000/738,716 Philippine pesosVictorias, Negros Occidental, PhilippinesDirector: Sr. Maria Victoria P. Santa [email protected]

In addition to running a program for sexually abused and exploited girls, LVF builds young children’s capacities through educational and development programs, provides nutritional supplements and food for preschool-age children, and advocates for the rights of abused and trafficked children in the Philippines.Funding to date: $110,500 since 2005

tiny toones$12,000/49,246,320 Cambodian rielsPhnom Penh, CambodiaDirector: Tuy [email protected]

Focusing on vulnerable boys, Tiny Toones uses break danc-ing, hip-hop music, and contemporary arts as creative tools to empower street youth in Cambodia to live healthier lives free of HIV and drugs and to gain access to education.Funding to date: $32,700 since 2009


Ba Futuru (For the Future)$18,000Dili, Timor-LesteDirector: Joana dos Santos [email protected]

Ba Futuru works to create a positive future for children in orphanages through creative arts, using role-playing, trust exercises, art, and drama to aid in the psychological and emotional rehabilitation of the children, and seeks to break the cycle of violence that has affected Timor-Leste over the past two decades.Funding to date: $77,500 since 2006

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Baoji QingQingCao (growing growing grass) rehaBilitation and eduCation Center for handiCapped Children$6,500/44,262 Chinese yuanBaoji, Shaanxi Province, ChinaDirector: Fan [email protected]

QQC is the only organization in Shaanxi Province working to improve the lives of intellectually and physically disabled children by providing basic and special education, physical therapy, psychosocial interventions for parents, community-level advocacy, and outreach programs that train village doctors in identifying and referring cases.Funding to date: $12,500 since 2009

life home projeCt foundation$17,000/516,113 Thai bahtPhuket, ThailandDirector: Somboon [email protected]

LHP provides health services, shelter, and support to women and children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS; gives scholar-ships to children and youth; offers vocational skills training for HIV-positive women; and runs school programs that raise awareness about stigma and discrimination.Funding to date: $74,000 since 2006

ruili women and Children development Center$18,500/125,976 Chinese yuanRuili, Yunnan Province, ChinaDirector: Chen [email protected]

RWCDC works to improve the overall well-being of neglected or sexually exploited women and children living in Ruili County, bordering Burma, with a particular focus on raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.Funding to date: $115,500 since 2004

smile group—friends of thay hung$10,000/212,001,000 Vietnamese dongHo Chi Minh City, VietnamDirectors: Leslie Weiner and Minh [email protected]

The Smile Group helps HIV/AIDS-affected children and youth obtain access to educational, financial, psychological, and health resources and services and works to reduce the stigma attached to the disease and promote healthy lifestyles.Funding to date: $31,500 since 2009


Big Brother Mouse$9,000/74,018,070 Laotian kipsLuang Prabang, LaosDirector: Khamla [email protected]

Big Brother Mouse trains local youth to illustrate and publish books in the Lao language, distributes books to rural children who have little access to books outside of the school curriculum, and trains junior librarians to manage starter libraries in rural villages.Funding to date: $26,000 since 2008

studio Xang$6,000/182,158 Thai bahtChiang Mai, ThailandDirector: Padunsak [email protected]

Studio Xang offers weekly art classes, provides unstructured playtime in mobile playrooms, runs art and entrepreneur-ship summer camps, and holds art exhibitions that display the artwork of migrant Burmese children and youth now living in northern Thailand.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

YaYasan anak akar (Child root Foundation)$6,500/58,370,000 Indonesian rupiahsJakarta, IndonesiaDirector: Susilo [email protected]

Yayasan Anak Akar teaches children to respect one another and strives to create a safe space to ensure the physical and emotional well-being of marginalized children, specifically those living in slums, near garbage dumps, and on the streets.Funding to date: $25,000 since 2007

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The Global Fund for Children’s involve-ment in Europe and Eurasia has steadily grown over the past five years, increas-ing from 11 active grantee partners in 2006 to 36 active grantee partners in spring 2011. This year, with the addition of two grantee partners in the United Kingdom, this vast region now stretches from London in the west to the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan in the east.

Our UK grantee partners, Rewrite and Partners in Hope, work with some of the most vulnerable youth populations in London: asylum seekers and youth who have exited the foster-care system. Rewrite empowers youth to tackle sensitive social issues through playwrit-ing, poetry, and theatrical performances, while Partners in Hope pairs youth with mentors and internships at top London employers. Recent events in the UK have highlighted widespread disillusionment and frustration among the country’s youth and have underlined the need to support community-based organizations that directly engage and assist vulnerable youth.

The first ever Knowledge Exchange in the Europe and Eurasia region also took place this year. The Russian capital of

Moscow served as the host city, where 19 grantee partners from eight countries gathered for a three-day workshop that focused on building networks across the region and sharing recommendations for fundraising and program implemen-tation. Nine languages were in use during the event, but participants overcame this challenge to discover key insights from each organization.

The Knowledge Exchange also served as an informal opening ceremony for our Organizational Development Awards, which were given to three partners in Europe and Eurasia. This is the first time such awards have been implemented in the region. Our two regional OD consultants, who hail from Ukraine and Turkey, were in attendance and got to meet their grantee partner clients for the first time. Our consultant from Ukraine conducted her first site visit to Step Up, a grantee partner in Moscow that will focus on improving personnel manage-ment and maximizing and mobilizing resources. Our Turkish consultant had the opportunity to meet with OD Award recipients Umut Işiği and Ilk Adim, learn more about our model, and serve as the translator for all the Turkish groups. Umut Işiği and Ilk Adim are

both women’s collectives that work with mothers and their children, and both groups plan to use the OD Award to focus on fundraising, particularly build-ing donor databases.

In addition to a trip to London, I conducted winter trips to Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova, and despite cold and snowy conditions, the trips yielded three new partners from Moldova and Ukraine. I was also able to visit our grantee partner Early Intervention Institute (EII) in Kharkiv, Ukraine. EII has been an outstanding partner for many years, and director Anna Kukuruza explained that this year the organiza-tion was able to convince the city’s authorities to open a new, state-funded early intervention institute, based on the EII model, to provide professional rehabilitative services to young children with disabilities in the city. My visit to a longtime partner such as EII reminded me that dedicated community-based organizations operating in difficult conditions can succeed and thrive, and that our support of many organizations in the region is still at an early stage, with exciting possibilities for the future.


Program officer

Joseph Bednarek

Education

MA, Harvard UniversityBS, Georgetown University

LanguagEs

Russian, Ukrainian

Countries in region

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom


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AssociAtion of children And Youth with disAbilities VitA$7,000/85,206 Moldovan leiChisinau, MoldovaDirector: Valentina [email protected]

VITA works to enhance the educational opportunities of children with multiple disabilities and to support their integration into mainstream society by offering training for teachers on how to work with children with multiple disabilities, seminars on equality, and summer camps for the children and their families.Funding to date: $13,000 since 2010

center of support for rurAl enterprise And economY$6,000/897,960 Kazakhstani tengeZhetasai, KazakhstanDirector: Abdunazar [email protected]

The Center of Support for Rural Enterprise and Economy works to educate farmers in the efficient use of water and land resources and to combat the use of child labor in rural agri-culture and enterprise. The center holds trainings for children, parents, and farmers about child labor and runs a specialized education program for child laborers.Funding to date: $21,019 since 2009

dushAnbe Youth house$8,000/35,057 Tajik somoniDushanbe, TajikistanDirector: Matluba [email protected]

DYH provides educational and vocational courses for vulner-able children, including street children, working children, and children from poor families, as well as psychological support to the children and their families.Funding to date: $25,875 since 2008

Early IntErvEntIon InstItutE$14,000/112,070 Ukrainian hryvniaKharkiv, UkraineDirector: Anna [email protected]

EII’s work focuses on preventing the institutionalization of infants and young children who have developmental delays and disabilities and on integrating them into families, schools, and communities through therapeutic and educational services.Funding to date: $50,814 since 2007

FoundatIon For MultI-EthnIc coopEratIon, naprEdak$7,000/10,821 Bulgarian levaPazardjik, BulgariaDirector: Plamen [email protected]

Napredak provides Roma youth in Pazardjik with education, job training, health programs, social services, and creative activi-ties. Its school integration program transports economically vulnerable Roma children to desegregated schools, and places a Roma mentor in the classroom.Funding to date: $13,000 since 2009

FoundatIon on EducatIon dEvElopMEnt$6,500/972,790 Kazakhstani tengeEsik, KazakhstanDirector: Kairgali [email protected]

The Foundation on Education Development offers supplementary education programs, including national test preparation, special education, and civic education, for children from poor families that have migrated back to Kazakhstan from other countries.Funding to date: $12,780 since 2009

Ilk adIM WoMEn EnvIronMEnt culturE and EntErprIsE coopEratIvE$6,000/9,178 Turkish new liraIstanbul, TurkeyDirector: Gultan [email protected]

The Ilk Adim women’s cooperative supports low-income women and children through early childhood education services, leadership support for women, capacity-building programs focusing on peer learning and communication, and income-generating activities.Funding to date: $11,000 since 2010

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Mavi KaleM Social aSSiStance and charity aSSociation$7,000/10,708 Turkish new liraIstanbul, TurkeyDirector: Emine Filiz [email protected]

Mavi Kalem provides trainings about volunteerism for low-income children and women; assists the volunteers with forming their own projects; and runs an education program, a summer art club, movie nights, and a story- reading club for children.Funding to date: $7,000 since 2010

nap Klub Foundation$10,000/2,245,100 Hungarian forintBudapest, HungaryDirector: Judit [email protected]

Nap Klub focuses on urban community development through crime prevention, support groups, environmental protection activities, and education, including creative workshops for children and youth and a specialized education program for high-performing marginalized children.Funding to date: $17,000 since 2009

nur (illuMination) center$8,000/35,695 Tajik somoniKhorog, TajikistanDirector: Kamoliddin [email protected]

Nur Center offers customized basic education and professional development training for mentally and physically disabled minority children in the mountainous Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, a remote region of Tajikistan.Funding to date: $18,710 since 2008

ograda noaStra (our courtyard)$9,000/109,551 Moldovan leiCahul, MoldovaDirector: Ruslan [email protected]

Ograda Noastra works to ensure the equitable inclusion of marginalized communities in society through democracy clubs and other after-school activities for Roma children and by undertaking public awareness campaigns.Funding to date: $15,000 since 2010

Pravo vibora (right of ChoiCe)$7,000/56,690 Ukrainian hryvniaKharkiv, UkraineDirector: Valentina [email protected]

Pravo Vibora provides physical rehabilitation and psychosocial support for children with disabilities, offers educational and employment support for youth, and conducts outreach to over-come negative stereotypes about people with disabilities.Funding to date: $7,000 since 2011

SoCiety for the ProteCtion of Paralyzed CitizenS of aktobe$8,000/1,197,280 Kazakhstani tengeAktobe, KazakhstanDirector: Kuralai [email protected]

SPPCA provides disabled citizens with the foundation, inspiration, and resources for full participation in social, political, sporting, and cultural life through educational services for children with disabilities and a variety of activities for both children and adults.Funding to date: $22,918 since 2009

SteP UP$13,000/369,638 Russian rublesMoscow, RussiaDirector: Olga [email protected]

Step Up provides high-quality educational opportunities to children and adults from Russian orphanages, who are system-atically denied these opportunities. Its pre-university prepara-tory program mentors and tutors orphanage youth, leading to a high rate of acceptance at higher-education institutions.Funding to date: $37,000 since 2009

tanadgoma (aSSiStanCe) library and CUltUral Center for PeoPle with diSabilitieS$16,000/29,253 Georgian lariTbilisi, GeorgiaDirector: Nana [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 training teachers, parents, and government officials on disability-related issues.Funding to date: $119,900 since 2004

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Tudor FoundaTion$8,000/1,796,080 Hungarian forintBudapest, HungaryDirector: Anna [email protected]

Tudor Foundation assists talented underprivileged primary-school children in three communities across Hungary by facilitating their chances for further education and helping them to achieve their full educational potential through supplemental classes, after-school programs, and summer camps.Funding to date: $21,000 since 2009

umuT iSiGi—Kadin, Çevre, KülTür, ve iSleTme KooperaTiFi (liGhT oF hope—Women, environmenT, CulTure, and enTerpriSe CooperaTive)$11,500/17,592 Turkish new liraDiyarbakir, TurkeyDirector: Naside [email protected]

Umut Işiği’s women’s cooperative provides early childhood education for children from birth to age 6, as well as outreach to mothers to teach them how to care for their children and how to become community leaders and advocates for themselves and their families.Funding to date: $43,500 since 2007

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allianCe For Children and YouTh$12,000/18,551 Bulgarian levaSofia, BulgariaDirector: Mariana [email protected]

The Alliance for Children and Youth 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.Funding to date: $53,000 since 2006

Eldany CharitablE Foundation$13,000/1,945,580 Kazakhstani tengeAlmaty, KazakhstanDirector: Alma [email protected]

Eldany focuses on rehabilitative, psychological, adaptational, and material support for children and youth with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and motor disabilities through programs that include a creative art studio, a theatrical studio, and a vocal studio.Funding to date: $34,418 since 2009

Fundatia noi orizonturi (nEw horizons Foundation)$12,000/40,324 Romanian new leiLupeni, RomaniaDirector: Dana [email protected]

Noi Orizonturi provides youth with adventure education and service learning to address the lack of interpersonal trust and the high level of corruption in Romania. Youth in the program implement community service projects, develop partnerships with local government and businesses, and participate in team-building activities, debates, and conflict resolution trainings.Funding to date: $81,000 since 2006

KitEzh ChildrEn’s Community$13,000/402,120 Russian rublesKaluga region, RussiaDirector: Alexander [email protected]

Kitezh Children’s Community offers a sustainable alternative to the state orphanage system in Russia by providing permanent foster care for orphaned children in a therapeutic community in the Kaluga region. The community’s vocational farming program teaches the children agricultural and horticul-tural skills that enable them to become self-supporting adults.Funding to date: $30,000 since 2009

PartnErs in hoPE$14,000/8,750 British poundsLondon, United KingdomDirector: Martha [email protected]

Partners in Hope works with youth leaving the foster-care system and helps them to enter and remain in university, acquire training, and find sustainable employment.Funding to date: $14,000 since 2011

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AsociAtiA pentru LibertAteA si egALitAteA de gen (AssociAtion for Liberty And gender equALity)$11,000/36,963 Romanian new leiSibiu, RomaniaDirector: Camelia [email protected]

ALEG promotes gender equality and fights gender-based violence and discrimination through programs that include support for victims of gender-based violence, an annual gender equality festival, a youth awareness campaign, and a school education and outreach program that focuses on the prevention of child sexual assault.Funding to date: $48,000 since 2006

AssociAtion for soLidArity with the freedom-deprived JuveniLe, Özgeder$10,000/15,297 Turkish new liraAnkara, TurkeyDirector: Berin Alaca Ç[email protected]

Özgeder is the only organization in Turkey that works with at-risk children and children in conflict with the law on a large scale, offering them counseling, tutoring, and extracurricular activities. Funding to date: $17,000 since 2010

AtinA$8,000/668,611 Serbian dinarsBelgrade, SerbiaDirector: Marijana [email protected]

Atina provides long-term direct assistance to women and children who are victims of trafficking and sexual or labor exploitation, with the aim of helping them overcome their trauma and gain the confidence to successfully reenter community life.Funding to date: $29,000 since 2007

centAr zA integrAciJu mLAdih (center for youth integrAtion)$11,000/919,340 Serbian dinarsBelgrade, SerbiaDirector: Milica [email protected]

CIM runs a day shelter for street children and works to empower and fully integrate street children into the community by providing rehabilitative services, peer support, income-generating activities, and assistance with legal and employment documents.Funding to date: $78,743 since 2006

Children of Tien-Shan$9,000/419,490 Kyrgyz somBalykchy, KyrgyzstanDirector: Dmitry [email protected]

Children of Tien-Shan runs an emergency shelter for vulnerable children and provides them with art therapy, HIV/AIDS education, and other services, with the eventual aim of returning them to their biological families or placing them with safe foster families.Funding to date: $29,418 since 2008

Kiev Children and YouTh SupporT CenTer$14,000/112,070 Ukrainian hryvniaKyiv, UkraineDirector: Bogdan [email protected]

The Support Center, founded by orphanage graduates and staff, offers legal, medical, psychological, and financial assistance to young people who have aged out of Kyiv’s orphanages.Funding to date: $48,000 since 2007

ulYbKa (Smile) publiC foundaTion$9,000/419,490 Kyrgyz somOsh, KyrgyzstanDirector: Elmira [email protected]

Ulybka Public Foundation runs an emergency shelter for children in southern Kyrgyzstan and focuses on outreach and healthcare for street children, working children, victims of trafficking or violence, orphans, physically disabled children, and at-risk women.Funding to date: $26,870 since 2008

uSdruzenje nova GeneraCija (new GeneraTion aSSoCiaTion)$8,000/11,126 Bosnia and Herzegovina markaBanja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaDirector: Bojan [email protected]

Nova Generacija operates a mentoring program in Bosnia’s Serb territories 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.Funding to date: $29,000 since 2007

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AssociAtion of DisAbleD Young PeoPle of the eAstern DonbAss$6,000/48,592 Ukrainian hryvniaLuhansk, UkraineDirector: Tatiana [email protected]

AMI-East provides medical and social rehabilitation services and educational programs for children and youth with disabili-ties, including master classes in wheelchair dancing and creative arts, and engages in public outreach and training. Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

club 21 uDruenjA zA Pozitivnu KomuniKAciju (AssociAtion for Positive communicAtion)$7,000/585,035 Serbian dinarsSubotica, SerbiaDirector: Deze [email protected]

Club 21 runs indoor sports clubs that operate in the afternoon and evening and strengthen the communication skills of young people from diverse backgrounds, including out-of-school children and children with different degrees of ability.Funding to date: $25,000 since 2007

incest trAumA center$12,000/1,002,917 Serbian dinarsBelgrade, SerbiaDirector: Dusica [email protected]

Targeting the most vulnerable citizens—Roma, refugee, and orphaned children—ITC operates a 24-hour crisis hotline, runs a sexual abuse prevention program, and conducts outreach and public service announcements throughout the country.Funding to date: $45,000 since 2007

mAmele Pentru viAtA (mothers for life)$5,000/60,862 Moldovan leiChisinau, MoldovaDirector: Irina [email protected]

Mamele pentru Viata provides psychosocial and material support to women living with HIV, to children living with or affected by HIV, and to their families, and holds classes that develop the children’s creative skills and academic abilities.Funding to date: $5,000 since 2011


Çocuklar ayni Çatinin altinda dernegi (children under one roof)$13,500/20,651 Turkish new liraDiyarbakir, TurkeyDirector: Azize [email protected]

ÇAÇA seeks to reduce the number of children working on the streets in conflict-torn Kurdish areas of Turkey by operating a mentoring and creative arts program that incorporates role-playing, dance, visual arts, and theater for children aged 4 to 15.Funding to date: $41,500 since 2007

rewrite$11,000/6,875 British poundsLondon, United KingdomDirector: Eleanor [email protected]

Rewrite provides a platform for young people of different cultural and social backgrounds to express their ideas and opinions creatively, breaks down barriers of prejudice and racism through drama and creative writing, and raises public awareness about issues surrounding refugees and asylum seekers.Funding to date: $11,000 since 2011

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Our work in Latin America and the Caribbean continued to expand this year as we added 15 new grantee partners in the region, with a particular focus on Haiti and Guatemala.

With support from our donors, we increased our presence in Haiti from three to 11 active grantee partners. We are committed to supporting long-term, sustainable recovery and renewal in Haiti as the country continues to heal after the January 2010 earthquake. This year brought new challenges, including a chol-era outbreak. In response, several of our partners distributed cholera awareness materials, helping to prevent the spread of the disease and connect children and their families to safe water sources.

We also brought on four new partners in Guatemala to participate in our year-old initiative with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND). Together with KIND, we are working to support unaccompanied minors who have been deported from the US to Guatemala—a population of children whose reintegration needs regarding schools, their families, and Guatemalan culture are not addressed through government services.

One of our Guatemala grantee partners received significant recognition this year

for its work with adolescent victims of trafficking, physical abuse, and sexual exploitation. Leonel Dubón, founder and executive director of Asociación El Refugio de la Niñez in Guatemala City, was named a Trafficking in Persons Hero by the US State Department. He received his award from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington in June 2011. In 2010, we funded Refu-gio’s temporary shelter and protection program, which provided 74 teenagers and three infant children—all victims of abuse—with holistic care.

In November 2010, in São Paulo, Brazil, we held our second South America Knowledge Exchange workshop, bringing together 33 leaders from 25 grassroots organizations, representing eight coun-tries. The agenda focused on nonformal education methodologies, capacity build-ing in organizational development, and network building. It was our first bilin-gual (Portuguese and Spanish) Knowl-edge Exchange in the region, which allowed for a wonderfully rich dialogue and extensive knowledge sharing.

This year, we made our first investments in grassroots organizations in Argentina. Income inequality in Latin America is the highest of any region in the world, and Argentina ranks third, behind only

Brazil and Mexico, with 41 percent of income going to the richest 10 percent of Argentines. Asociación para la Responsibilidad Social Amartya and Fundación Ph15 para las Artes are inno-vative, emerging, and creative organiza-tions working with children and youth in Buenos Aires, where an estimated 4 million people are living in poverty.

In addition to supporting grassroots groups through program grants, we also awarded grants aimed at strengthening our partners’ organizational capacity and long-term stability. Centro para el Desa-rollo Regional in Potosí, Bolivia, received an Organizational Development Award that will enable the organization to work with a consultant throughout the year to update its strategic plan and create an internal operations manual. This year, we provided $29,000 in emergency and opportunity funding to our partners—flexible grants that allow partners to respond to crises or unexpected events or that help them take advantage of a conference, training, or travel opportu-nity. And finally, seven of our partners in Latin America and the Caribbean were awarded a $25,000 Sustainability Award. As we look ahead, we are excited to see our investments in our partners take root and grow over the coming years.

Program officer

Michael Gale

Education

MA, The University of Texas at Austin

BA, American University

LanguagEs

Spanish

Countries in region

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru


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Region

Latin america and the caribbean

AssociAte ProgrAm officer for BrAzil And the cAriBBeAn

Sandra Macías del Villar

Education

MPA, University of OregonBS, Oregon State University

LanguagEs

Spanish, French, Portuguese, Haitian Creole

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AsAnblé VwAzen JAkè (JAkè neighborhood AssociAtion)$10,000/405,590 Haitian gourdesPort-au-Prince, HaitiDirectors: Antoine Gregory and Jean Louis [email protected]

AVJ is a grassroots community association that provides formal education and promotes civic participation among children aged 5 and older in the very poor Jakè neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.Funding to date: $47,750 since 2006

AsAnblé VwAzen solino (solino neighborhood AssociAtion)$5,000/202,795 Haitian gourdesPort-au-Prince, HaitiDirector: Lesly [email protected]

AVS is a community association formed by residents of Solino, a poor neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, in response to the lack of access to schooling for neighborhood children. AVS’s primary school employs neighborhood residents, many of them students themselves, to teach classes on a volunteer basis.Funding to date: $9,500 since 2008

AsociAción ciVil wArá (wArá ciVil AssociAtion)$6,000/17,074 Peruvian nuevos solesHuayllarcocha, PeruDirector: Wilbert Cárdenas [email protected]

Asociación Civil Wará works in a rural indigenous community outside Cusco to provide sports and educational activities in the areas of health, literacy, and the environment for children who frequently work long, hard days in the fields.Funding to date: $18,500 since 2008

AsociAción educAtiVA MAyA AJ syA’ (MAyA AJ syA’ educAtionAl AssociAtion)$8,000/65,547 Guatemalan quetzalsPatzicía, GuatemalaDirector: Victoria Esquit [email protected]

Aj Sya’ promotes educational, cultural, spiritual, and economic development in Patzicía by providing bilingual early-childhood and primary-school education to children

who would otherwise have little access to education and social development opportunities.Funding to date: $19,000 since 2008

AsociAción HucHuy yAcHAq (LittLe Wise Men AssociAtion)$10,000/28,456 Peruvian nuevos solesCusco, PeruDirector: Marlene Quispe [email protected]

Huchuy Yachaq offers academic tutoring, a community preschool, recreational and cultural activities, and life skills workshops to children and youth in Cusco’s disadvantaged Hermanos Ayar neighborhood.Funding to date: $17,000 since 2010

AsociAción ProMoción y DesArroLLo De LA Mujer nicArAgüense AcAHuAL (AcAHuAL AssociAtion for tHe ProMotion AnD DeveLoPMent of nicArAguAn WoMen)$17,000/383,748 Nicaraguan córdobasManagua, NicaraguaDirector: Norma [email protected]

Acahual uses education and community capacity building to keep impoverished children who live in the neighborhood of Acahualinca from having to scavenge in the nearby dump for items to sell or eat. Acahual’s community preschool provides an educational foundation for these children and enhances their prospects for primary-school enrollment and academic success. Funding to date: $128,800 since 2004

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(tH’urucHAPitAs LiBrAry)$6,000/43,064 Bolivian bolivianosCochabamba, BoliviaDirector: Gaby [email protected]

Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas provides a safe, supportive, educa-tional space for the most disadvantaged children in Bolivian society, namely street children, child laborers, and children living in prison with their incarcerated parents.Funding to date: $32,000 since 2007

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Centre d’eduCation SpeCiale (Center for SpeCial eduCation)$6,000/247,342 Haitian gourdesPort-au-Prince, HaitiDirector: Maryse [email protected]

CES helps mentally and physically handicapped Haitian children and youth to become successful and productive citizens in their communities by providing educational, health, developmental, and rehabilitation services, as well as vocational and professional training.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

Centro Cultural Batahola norte (Batahola norte Cultural Center)$16,000/350,608 Nicaraguan córdobasManagua, NicaraguaDirector: Jennifer [email protected]

CCBN promotes opportunities for vulnerable women and children through basic education and courses in domestic and technical skills and through scholarships for students in primary school, secondary school, and university.Funding to date: $102,000 since 2005

Centro para la autonomía y deSarrollo de loS pueBloS indígenaS (Center for indigenouS peopleS’ autonomy and development)$11,000/248,307 Nicaraguan córdobasPuerto Cabezas, NicaraguaDirector: Myrna [email protected]

CADPI, a research and education center for indigenous and Afro-descendant communities living on the North Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, provides innovative programming focused on indigenous people’s rights and autonomy, indigenous women’s rights, cultural revitalization, cross-cultural communi-cation, and intercultural early childhood education.Funding to date: $26,500 since 2009

Colegio miguel angel aSturiaS (miguel angel aSturiaS aCademy)$9,000/73,741 Guatemalan quetzalsQuetzaltenango, GuatemalaDirector: Jorge Chojolá[email protected]

Colegio Miguel Angel Asturias provides accessible, quality primary education to low-income children in Quetzaltenango in an effort to break the cycles of ethnic discrimination, sexism, poverty, and violence in Guatemala. The school’s

empowerment-based curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, reflection, and dialogue over the rote memorization common at most Guatemalan schools.Funding to date: $28,330 since 2008

Escola EstrEla do Mar (starfish school)$7,000/12,411 Brazilian reaisMaceio, Alagoas, BrazilDirector: Claudia [email protected]

Escola Estrela do Mar employs a comprehensive whole-child approach to education for children beginning at age 3, provid-ing English lessons, computer training, and environmental and cultural awareness classes. Funding to date: $20,000 since 2008

fundación alfonso casas MoralEs para la proMoción huMana (alfonso casas MoralEs foundation for huMan advancEMEnt)$11,000/20,458,900 Colombian pesosBogotá, ColombiaDirector: Pablo Henao Mejíadireccion@fundacionpromocionhumana.orgwww.fundacionpromocionhumana.org

Promoción Humana helps children on the northern outskirts of Bogotá to succeed in primary school through scholastic reinforcement programs, a free cafeteria, a computer center, and a community library.Funding to date: $47,000 since 2006

fundación crEcEr (Growth foundation)$8,000Guayaquil, EcuadorDirector: Pastora [email protected]

Crecer supports children who work on the streets, helping to reintegrate them 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.Funding to date: $42,000 since 2007

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Fundación Yirtrak (Yirtrak Foundation)$6,000/77,971 Mexican pesosSan Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, MexicoDirector: Francisco Eduardo Bermúdez Herná[email protected]

Fundación Yirtrak’s primary school, known as Los Pingüinos, provides quality education to both low-income families and middle-class Chiapas residents who want their children to be exposed to a wide variety of people and experiences.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

komisYon Fanm Viktim pou Viktim (commission oF Women Victim to Victim)$12,000/486,708 Haitian gourdesPort-au-Prince, HaitiDirector: Malya [email protected]

KOFAVIV works to address the psychological and direct medical needs of former child slaves and rape victims in Haiti and runs a school in the Martissant community of Port-au-Prince for disadvantaged children and victims of violence.Funding to date: $12,000 since 2010

mouVman peYizan Lomon (Lhomond peasant moVement)$6,000/247,342 Haitian gourdesLhomond, HaitiDirector: Fritzner [email protected]

MPL works to address the educational, medical, and agri-cultural needs of the community of Lhomond, in southern Haiti, through the creation and operation of a medical clinic, a potable-water initiative, and a school that offers day and evening classes to students aged 3 to 16.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

moVimiento de mujeres dominico-haitianas (moVement oF dominican-haitian Women)$12,000/459,802 Dominican pesosSanto Domingo, Dominican RepublicDirector: Sonia [email protected]

MUDHA promotes the advancement of Dominicans of Haitian descent through general education and programs on health, human rights, gender, domestic violence, and identity, and helps to create and support independent community schools for children of Haitian descent who would otherwise have no access to education.Funding to date: $47,000 since 2007

OrganisatiOn Haitienne pOur le DévelOppement Durable (Haitian OrganizatiOn fOr sustainable DevelOpment)$6,000/243,354 Haitian gourdesPetit Goâve, HaitiDirector: Jean-Eddy [email protected]

OHDD is a grassroots organization in the community of Delattre that promotes education in sustainable development. OHDD’s scholarship program for children in primary and secondary school pays for their school fees and supplies and provides them with complementary, hands-on classes in the arts, conflict resolution, civics, and agricultural techniques.Funding to date: $6,500 since 2010

pax CHristi Haiti$5,000/202,795 Haitian gourdesCroix-des-Bouquets, HaitiDirector: Wilda [email protected]

Pax Christi Haiti is the Port-au-Prince chapter of the Pax Christi Movement and serves the youth and community of Cité Soleil through scholarships, after-school tutoring, and other after-school and weekend programs, including arts and sports; recreational, educational, and cultural activities; peace education programming; and meals.Funding to date: $5,500 since 2010

pODer JOven (YOutH pOwer)$16,000/29,758,400 Colombian pesosMedellín, ColombiaDirector: Clared Jaramillo [email protected]

Poder Joven offers programs that promote literacy, life skills, critical thinking, and personal responsibility, with the aim of preventing children in the violent and impoverished neighbor-hoods of downtown Medellín from abandoning their homes for the streets. The Casa Karah program, which serves school-going children aged 4 to 14, focuses on traditional academic subjects as well as social issues.Funding to date: $123,500 since 2004

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Puririsun (Let’s Journey together)$8,000/57,446 Bolivian bolivianosLa Paz, BoliviaDirector: Juan José [email protected]

Puririsun provides educational support, enterprise training, health education, nutrition, and life skills workshops to disadvantaged children and youth living in La Paz. Its early childhood development program for infants and toddlers focuses on stimulating their physical, intellectual, and emotional development.Funding to date: $42,800 since 2006

skoLta’eL yu’un JLumaLtic (service to our PeoPLe)$16,000/191,738 Mexican pesosSan Cristóbal, Chiapas, MexicoDirector: Sábas Cruz [email protected]

SYJAC works to improve living conditions and opportuni-ties in the indigenous slums around San Cristóbal through programs in early childhood development, basic education, health, nutrition, housing, sanitation, and vocational training. Its education center focuses on early childhood development for children from birth to age 6 and requires mothers to attend parenting and life skills workshops and to volunteer at the center.Funding to date: $61,000 since 2007

sociedad dominico-haitiana de aPoyo integraL Para eL desarroLLo y La saLud (dominican-haitian society of comPrehensive suPPort for heaLth and deveLoPment)$13,000/488,995 Dominican pesosSanto Domingo, Dominican RepublicDirector: Frantz [email protected]

SODHAIDESA works to improve the 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, and presses for the legal recognition of these children to give them access to government programs such as school.Funding to date: $83,435 since 2005

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Ação Forte (Strong Action)$11,000/19,503 Brazilian reaisCampinas, BrazilDirector: Matusalém Pereira dos [email protected]

Ação Forte helps young people from low-income neighbor-hoods in Campinas to complete their formal education and to transition successfully into the work world. Its Young Entrepreneurs Program teaches skills that have concrete value in the labor market, including business management, entrepreneurship, information technology, and English.Funding to date: $56,830 since 2006

ASociAción civil por lA reSponSibilidAd SociAl AmArtyA (AmArtyA ASSociAtion For SociAl reSponSibility)$6,000/24,478 Argentine pesosBuenos Aires, ArgentinaDirector: Christian Tiscornia [email protected]

Amartya promotes social responsibility and sustainable devel-opment in Buenos Aires through student advocacy campaigns, educational exchanges, and job placement programs. Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

ASociAción de comunidAdeS ecleSiAleS de bASe (ASSociAtion oF grASSrootS chriStiAn communitieS)$16,000/361,174 Nicaraguan córdobasManagua, NicaraguaDirector: Jenny [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.Funding to date: $72,167 since 2006

ASociAción grupo ceibA (ceibA group ASSociAtion)$15,000/122,901 Guatemalan quetzalsGuatemala City, GuatemalaDirector: Marco Antonio Castillo [email protected]

Asociación Grupo Ceiba reaches at-risk, marginalized youth in Guatemala City with quality primary education and a voca-tional education program that includes training in basic office software, graphic and web design, tech support, robotics, and technical English.Funding to date: $15,000 since 2010

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AsociAción integrAl de lA Juventud Q’Anil (comprehensive AssociAtion of Q’Anil Youth)$8,000/65,547 Guatemalan quetzalsNebaj, Quiche, GuatemalaDirector: Modesto Guzmán [email protected]

Asociación Integral de la Juventud Q’anil offers a range of programs to youth in the Ixil region, including a bilingual primary school, literacy courses, academic scholarships, workshops on traditional cultural identity, education and training in violence prevention, and courses in carpentry, shoe repair, and baking.Funding to date: $21,000 since 2008

AsociAción pop no’J (WeAving Wisdom AssociAtion)$8,000/65,547 Guatemalan quetzalsGuatemala City, GuatemalaDirector: Juan José [email protected]

Pop No’j works with indigenous Mayan youth to train them as leaders and forge national networks for indigenous advancement.Funding to date: $8,000 since 2010

centro trAnsitorio de cApAcitAción Y educAción recreAtivA el cArAcol (el cArAcol trAnsitionAl center for trAining And recreAtionAl educAtion)$19,000/227,688 Mexican pesosMexico City, MexicoDirector: Luis Enrique Hernández [email protected]

El Caracol uses a combination of street outreach and education, transitional housing, life skills workshops, computer training, enterprise and vocational training, and graphic design 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.Funding to date: $126,800 since 2005

desArrollo AutogestionArio AsociAción civil (self-mAnAged development civil AssociAtion)$15,000/179,754 Mexican pesosTeocelo, Veracruz, MexicoDirector: Norma Alcántara [email protected]

AUGE promotes economic empowerment and income genera-tion in rural Veracruz through self-managed savings groups, technical training and leadership workshops, community gardens, and a community radio program. AUGE’s children’s

savings program promotes asset building and financial literacy and provides education on social issues, financial-management concepts, and interpersonal skills.Funding to date: $62,500 since 2006

Frente de Salud InFantIl y reproductIva de Guatemala (Guatemalan Front For chIld and reproductIve health)$12,000/94,250 Guatemalan quetzalsChimaltenango, GuatemalaDirector: Marta Alicia García [email protected]

FESIRGUA works with poor indigenous communities in the rural highlands of Guatemala to improve health, education, and overall quality of life. The Opening Opportunities program helps indigenous girls transition into adulthood through training, mentoring, and internships in life skills.Funding to date: $71,000 since 2006

healthy oneS lIFeStyle youth network$8,000/693,128 Jamaican dollarsKingston, JamaicaDirector: James [email protected]://vpajamaica.com

The HOLY Network provides computer literacy classes, life skills education, and vocational training to at-risk youth in downtown Kingston.Funding to date: $19,000 since 2009

InStItuto Fazer acontecer (make It happen InStItute)$14,000/23,269 Brazilian reaisSalvador da Bahia, BrazilDirector: Renato Paes de [email protected]

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.Funding to date: $73,500 since 2006

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Organización guaruma$12,000/231,808 Honduran lempirasLas Mangas, HondurasDirector: Ulises Ernesto [email protected]

Guaruma uses photography, digital imaging, graphic design, website design, creative writing, and media technology to help children develop marketable skills and to provide them with a medium for self-expression, creativity, critical thinking, leader-ship, and reflection on their lives.Funding to date: $61,750 since 2006

rural Family SuppOrt OrganizatiOn$16,000/1,386,256 Jamaican dollarsMay Pen, JamaicaDirector: Utealia [email protected]

RuFamSO offers guidance, educational support, life skills training, and workshops on nutrition and personal health to adolescents in Jamaica’s rural communities. Its vocational train-ing program prepares young parents to successfully transition from school to work.Funding to date: $111,500 since 2004

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aSOciación civil Hamiraya (Hamiraya civil aSSOciatiOn)$12,000/86,128 Bolivian bolivianosCochabamba, BoliviaDirector: Veronica Bustillos de [email protected]

Asociación Civil Hamiraya’s Comprehensive Support Center for the Prison and Community serves marginalized children, most of whom live in prison with an incarcerated parent, through tutoring, arts, music, sports, nutrition, and other programs.Funding to date: $34,300 since 2008

aSOciación El rEFugiO dE la niñEz (cHildrEn’S rEFugE aSSOciatiOn)$15,000/117,813 Guatemalan quetzalsGuatemala City, GuatemalaDirector: Leonel Asdrubal Dubón Bendfeldtldubon@refugiodelaninez.org.gtwww.refugiodelaninez.org.gt

Asociación El Refugio de la Niñez provides comprehensive services to adolescents escaping sexual abuse, human traffick-ing, or other forms of displacement and aims to help them reintegrate into their families, continue their education, and prepare themselves for a happy and productive future.Funding to date: $30,500 since 2010

AssociAção BArrAcA dA AmizAde (shelter of friendship AssociAtion)$15,000/24,931 Brazilian reaisFortaleza, BrazilDirector: Evaldo de Sousa Ferreira [email protected]

Barraca da Amizade provides transitional housing, psychosocial counseling, academic tutoring, and vocational training to boys and girls who are living on the streets and are often engaged in high-risk behaviors such as gang activity, substance abuse, and petty crime.Funding to date: $61,500 since 2006

AssociAção excolA (ex–Glue sniffers AssociAtion)$16,000/26,594 Brazilian reaisRio de Janeiro, BrazilDirector: Elizabeth Serra [email protected]

Excola helps children living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro to change their course in life through basic education, technical and vocational training, counseling, transitional housing, and a youth-run community radio program that airs educational children’s programming and programs about women’s health, racism, and the daily lives of children living or working on the streets.Funding to date: $68,000 since 2006

centro de Apoyo Al niño de lA cAlle de oAxAcA (center for the support of the street child in oAxAcA)$18,500/221,697 Mexican pesosOaxaca, MexicoDirector: María del Carmen [email protected]

CANICA works with children living and working on the streets of Oaxaca to promote school enrollment, skills develop-ment, health and nutrition, and emotional well-being and to ultimately transition these children off the streets.Funding to date: $119,000 since 2005

centro interdisciplinArio pArA el desArrollo sociAl (interdisciplinAry center for sociAl development)$16,000/207,923 Mexican pesosMexico City, MexicoDirector: Alicia Vargas [email protected]

CIDES supports indigenous migrant children in Mexico City through programs in education, community mobilization, and social intervention, including discussion groups on children’s

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rights and domestic violence and training for adolescents to become community educators.Funding to date: $108,200 since 2005

Centro para el Desarrollo regional (Center for regional Development)$17,000/122,014 Bolivian bolivianosPotosí, BoliviaDirector: Wilhelm Piérola [email protected]

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 and reduce child labor in the mines through school scholarships, individual educational support, and vocational training.Funding to date: $91,500 since 2006

Desarrollo sostenible para guatemala (sustainable Development for guatemala)$6,000/49,160 Guatemalan quetzalsQuetzaltenango, GuatemalaDirector: Willy [email protected]

DESGUA promotes local economic development in Guatemala and concentrates on reintegrating returned migrants through a support system that offers employment, education, and alternatives to repeat migration.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

funDaCión Castillo De amor para la niñez (Castle of love for ChilDren founDation)$15,000/122,901 Guatemalan quetzalsGuatemala City, GuatemalaDirector: Manuel Alfredo Salazar Echeverrí[email protected]

El Castillo works primarily with adolescents living on the streets, offering them basic services and counseling through its street teams and running a transitional program that includes shelter, healthcare, education, and family reunification services.Funding to date: $16,000 since 2010

instituto para el Desarrollo De la mujer y la infanCia (institute for the Development of Women anD ChilDren)$12,000Panama City, PanamaDirector: Bertha [email protected]

IDEMI works with vulnerable children and youth in Panama, supplementing their formal education and raising awareness

on child labor, preventive healthcare, gender equality, and civic participation. IDEMI’s child labor program targets girls work-ing as domestic servants, who are often exploited and abused.Funding to date: $48,500 since 2006

Ministerio tieMpo Decisivo (Decisive tiMe Ministry)$12,000/459,802 Dominican pesosSantiago, Dominican RepublicDirector: Pablo Ureña [email protected]

Ministerio Tiempo Decisivo’s Children with a Hope program provides academic support, life skills training, health education, and personal development opportunities to children who previ-ously lived and worked in the Santiago dump.Funding to date: $50,755 since 2007

orphelinat Foyer Divin (Divine hoMe orphanage)$6,000/243,354 Haitian gourdesPlaine du Cul de Sac, HaitiDirector: Judith [email protected]

Foyer Divin provides shelter, psychosocial support, education, and nutrition for children living on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince and serves both orphanage and area children at its primary school.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

ser paz (Being peace)$9,000Guayaquil, EcuadorDirector: Nelsa Curbelo [email protected]

Ser Paz works with boys and young men from Guayaquil’s 14 major gangs to promote peace and provide constructive alternatives to gang violence and crime through training in leadership, citizenship, conflict resolution, mediation, information technology, and microenterprise management.Funding to date: $27,000 since 2007

yanapanakusun (let’s help each other)$12,000/34,356 Peruvian nuevos solesCusco, PeruDirector: Vittoria [email protected]

Yanapanakusun helps girls working as domestic servants in Peru to access education, reconnect with their families and communities of origin, and build their self-esteem in order to reclaim their lives.Funding to date: $64,500 since 2006

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AssociAção de Apoio às MeninAs e Meninos dA Região sé (AssociAtion foR suppoRt of giRls And Boys of the sé Region)$19,000/31,580 Brazilian reaisSão Paulo, BrazilDirector: Everaldo Santos [email protected]

AA Criança defends the rights of the poorest and most marginalized children and youth of central São Paulo by providing a comprehensive range of legal, educational, psychological, social, and health-related services.Funding to date: $100,700 since 2005

ceRcle hAitien pouR l’épAnouisseMent et le développeMent educAtif (hAitiAn ciRcle foR educAtionAl fulfillMent And developMent)$6,000/243,354 Haitian gourdesPort-au-Prince, HaitiDirector: Hyppolite [email protected]

CHEDEVE, a community organization in the Fontamara neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, is devoted to giving children a safe environment in which to play soccer and promote team-building and peace. Programs include a coached soccer team, an after-school program, a folk dance program for girls, and psychosocial support for youth and families recovering from the January 2010 earthquake.Funding to date: $7,500 since 2010

coRpoRAción sAlus (sAlus coRpoRAtion)$10,000/18,599,000 Colombian pesosUrabá, ColombiaDirector: Loren [email protected]

Salus provides psychosocial support, educational opportuni-ties, and nutritious meals to children and youth displaced by Colombia’s armed conflict, many of whom were either victims or witnesses of unspeakable violence and destruction.Funding to date: $44,500 since 2006

Fundación casa Hogar nuestro sueño (our dream Home Foundation)$10,000/18,599,000 Colombian pesosQuibdó, ColombiaDirector: Milis Vicenta Moya [email protected]

Nuestro Sueño provides early childhood development opportunities for children in a slum community on the outskirts of Quibdó, utilizing a curriculum that promotes health, nutrition, cognitive and motor skills development, psychosocial well-being, positive values, cultural identity, and environmental awareness.Funding to date: $34,100 since 2007

Fundación cHocó Joven (Young cHocó Foundation)$10,000/18,599,000 Colombian pesosQuibdó, ColombiaDirector: José Delfino [email protected]

Chocó Joven employs a combination of educational, vocational, cultural, health, and human rights programs to promote leader-ship and empowerment among displaced youth in the slum communities around Quibdó.Funding to date: $33,000 since 2007

Fundación pro Bienestar Y dignidad de las personas aFectadas por el viH/sida (Foundation For tHe Well-Being and dignitY oF people aFFected BY Hiv/aids)$7,000Panama City, PanamaDirector: Orlando [email protected]

PROBIDSIDA offers comprehensive services to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Panama, training high-school students around the country to become AIDS educators in their schools and providing HIV tests to expectant mothers to dramatically reduce the chance of mother-to-child transmission of the virus.Funding to date: $13,000 since 2009

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Fundación SimSa (SimSa Foundation)$10,000/18,599,000 Colombian pesosBogotá, ColombiaDirector: Lida Alarcó[email protected]

Fundación Simsa provides free dental care to some of the poorest segments of Colombian society through mobile dental clinics and promotes good dental hygiene for children in poor neighborhoods throughout Bogotá.Funding to date: $53,000 since 2006

PazaPa (SteP by SteP)$12,000/494,683 Haitian gourdesJacmel, HaitiDirector: Marika [email protected]

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.Funding to date: $48,500 since 2007


Fundación Ph15 Para laS arteS (Ph15 Foundation For the artS)$6,000/24,478 Argentine pesosBuenos Aires, ArgentinaDirector: Moira [email protected]

Ph15 uses visual arts to promote education and social inclu-sion in the disadvantaged neighborhood of Ciudad Oculta, holding weekly photography workshops for children and youth that enhance their creativity and their emotional and social development.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

Li, Li, Li! (Read, Read, Read!)$5,000/202,795 Haitian gourdesPacot, HaitiDirector: Michelle [email protected]

Li, Li, Li! is a community-based program in Haiti that trains readers to read storybooks out loud in Creole to children who were displaced by the January 2010 earthquake and are now living in transitional settings.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

NucLeo Socio-cuLtuRaL “caixa de SuRpReSaS” (Box of SuRpRiSeS SociocuLtuRaL ceNteR)$8,000/14,184 Brazilian reaisBangú, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDirector: Waldemir dos Santos Corrê[email protected]

Caixa de Surpresas works to reduce the vulnerability of children and youth living in the Bangú section of Rio de Janerio by engaging them in the arts, particularly the performing arts and Afro Brazilian musical productions.Funding to date: $27,500 since 2008

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Our grantee partners in South Asia, from Afghanistan to Bangladesh, seek out and support some of the world’s poorest, most underprivileged, and most marginalized children and youth. This year, our partners continued to address a wide range of issues, includ-ing the specific needs of street children, child laborers, children living in slums, child waste-pickers, and children and youth belonging to marginalized groups and tribal populations. Over the past year, the South Asia portfolio has expanded to include new grantee partners in Bangladesh, Nepal, Paki-stan, and Sri Lanka.

One of these new partners is JAAGO Foundation, a grassroots group dedicated to leveling the playing field for children living in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, so they can be prepared to participate in global society. Using a holistic approach, JAAGO addresses illiteracy and malnutrition in the community through six programs: free quality education, health awareness education, nutritious meals, regular medical assistance, a life skills program to empower children and youth, and a community program focused on providing children with a clean and safe environment.

This year, we also brought on Acid Survivors Foundation, Pakistan (ASF),

one of the very few organizations addressing the important yet neglected issue of acid attacks in Pakistan. Acid attacks generally stem from refusals of sexual advances or marriage proposals, religious fanaticism, family revenge, or land disputes, and they usually target women and girls. Survivors of acid attacks face severe stigmatization, and sociocultural barriers often keep them from accessing proper care and reha-bilitation. ASF provides comprehensive rehabilitation and care to victims of acid attacks and also works to prevent attacks from occurring.

At The Global Fund for Children, our support is not limited to funding innovative programs. We also invest in strengthening our grassroots partners so that, over time, they can increase and deepen their impact on children’s lives. Our Organizational Develop-ment Awards allow grantee partners to work with a regional consultant to assess the grantee’s organizational needs and create a realistic work plan for the year. Over the last four years, 18 South Asia grantee partners have received OD Awards totaling $110,926. This year, a total of $40,000 was awarded to five grantee partners for organizational development in the areas of strategic planning, fundraising, and communica-tions and external relations.

We also strive to leverage financial and nonfinancial resources, including public recognition, for our current and former grantee partners. Recent achievements in this area included a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship for Parul Sheth, director of Shaishav Trust, and a Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y for Kolkata Sanved founder Sohini Chakraborty, who is also a recipient of the 2011 Diane von Furstenberg Award. In addition, with our assistance, three grantee partners—Aware Girls, Chanan Development Association, and Loden Foundation—received Cordes Fellowships to attend the 2011 Opportunity Collaboration in Ixtapa, Mexico. And finally, the adolescent girls who participated in our digital storytelling training with grantee partner Mahita submitted nine of their films to UNICEF’s children’s film festival in Hyderabad, India—and their film “Our Rights” won the award for best film in the discrimination category.

As we look back on the year, we are so proud of these grassroots groups and all of our partners for their vital work with the vulnerable children and youth of South Asia.

Program officer

Vineeta Gupta

Education

MD, Government Medical College, Patiala

JD, Nehru Memorial Law College, Ajmer University

LLM, University of Notre Dame

LanguagEs

Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu

program associate

Farah Anwar

Education

BA, Mount Holyoke College

LanguagEs

Bengali

Region

south asia

Countries in region

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka


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Learning

AikyA (Unity)$8,000/375,194 Indian rupeesBengaluru, IndiaDirector: Philomena [email protected]://aikyasangama.org

Aikya strengthens the entrepreneurial and leadership potential of the poor, ethnic minorities, women, and children by developing their skills and linking them to external resources. Its Mobius program offers experiential learning opportunities, after-school academic help, sports, and other activities for marginalized youth.Funding to date: $25,000 since 2008

AnAndAn (HAppiness)$9,000/409,938 Indian rupeesKolkata, IndiaDirector: Shimanti [email protected]

Anandan provides functional, remedial, and holistic education to slum-dwelling children and encourages them to develop their talents toward suitable earning and livelihood opportunities.Funding to date: $48,000 since 2007

AnAnyA trUst$10,000/455,487 Indian rupeesBengaluru, IndiaDirector: Shashi [email protected]

Ananya Trust fulfills the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs of migrant children through its school, Ananya Shikshana Kendra, and runs a musical and theater group for youth that functions as an interactive learning tool, combining learning with dance, music, and travel.Funding to date: $36,000 since 2008

CHintAn environmentAl reseArCH And ACtion GroUp$17,000/774,328 Indian rupeesDelhi, IndiaDirector: Bharati [email protected]

Chintan promotes social and environmental justice for waste-picking communities, particularly children and women. Its education programs for waste-picking children employ a flexible teaching schedule and provide the children with the necessary assets and opportunities to exit this hazardous sector.Funding to date: $70,500 since 2006

Human Welfare association$10,000/455,487 Indian rupeesVaranasi, IndiaDirector: Rajani [email protected]

HWA empowers the Dalit community, specifically children and women, through sustainable development projects, nonformal education programs, vocational training, advocacy campaigns, and self-help groups. Funding to date: $19,000 since 2010

institute of leadersHip and institutional development$13,000/592,133 Indian rupeesBengaluru, IndiaDirector: G. K. [email protected]

ILID serves the poorest sector of society in Karnataka, providing education programs for primary-school students and livelihood generation programs for unemployed youth. ILID’s Project Pygmalion teaches English and computer technology to children and youth as a means of increasing their readiness for the global economy.Funding to date: $57,300 since 2007

JaaGo (Wake up) foundation$8,000/593,177 Bangladeshi takaDhaka, BangladeshDirector: Korvi [email protected]

JAAGO addresses illiteracy and malnutrition in children living in the slums of Dhaka through educational, health and hygiene, women’s empowerment, and environmental programs and activities. Its Free Schooling program provides children with free, high-quality education and recreational activities.Funding to date: $8,000 since 2011

kinniya vision$21,000/2,367,939 Sri Lankan rupeesKinniya, Sri LankaDirector: A. R. M. [email protected]

KV promotes education, advocates for human rights, and works to reduce gender imbalances and conserve the environ-ment in the Trincomalee district of northeastern Sri Lanka. KV offers basic education classes to children who have never attended school, remedial support to school-going children, and computer skills training and language classes.Funding to date: $143,500 since 2005

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Loden Foundation$8,000/375,194 Bhutan ngultrumThimphu, BhutanDirector: Karma [email protected]

Loden aims to help Bhutanese youth access quality education and to improve Bhutanese society as a whole through early learning centers, a microloan program for enterprise develop-ment, a child sponsorship program, and the Loden Knowledge Base for organizational learning.Funding to date: $14,000 since 2009

Mahita (RegeneRation)$11,500/539,341 Indian rupeesHyderabad, IndiaDirector: Ramesh Sekhar [email protected]

Focusing on vulnerable and marginalized children in the slums, and working in particular with girls and Muslim communi-ties, Mahita creates opportunities for adolescent girls through education, income generation programs, and vocational and life skills training.Funding to date: $59,500 since 2006

Make a diFFeRence$6,000/273,292 Indian rupeesCochin, IndiaDirector: Jithin Chacko [email protected]

MAD, with volunteers in 11 districts across India, strives to improve the quality of education, to increase school reten-tion rates, and to provide creative learning opportunities for children living in street shelters, orphanages, and govern-ment-run institutional homes.Funding to date: $8,500 since 2011

MasooM (innocent)$9,000/422,093 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Nikita [email protected]

Masoom focuses on ensuring quality education for underprivileged students in night schools by strengthening the night schools’ methodologies and curriculum and by tailoring the schools’ operation to the needs of the students.Funding to date: $28,000 since 2008

Muktangan (Open COurtyard)$9,000/422,093 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Elizabeth [email protected]

Muktangan addresses the learning needs of underprivileged children by providing a holistic learning environment for the children’s physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional develop-ment and by involving multiple stakeholders, including parents, community members, and government.Funding to date: $33,500 since 2007

Oruj Learning Center$9,000/412,290 Afghan afghanisKabul, AfghanistanDirector: Sadiqa [email protected]

Oruj Learning Center works collaboratively to run six girls’ schools in rural Wardak and Nangarhar provinces; advocates for the expansion of primary education in villages; lobbies for the elimination of gender-based violence; offers rights aware-ness workshops and English and computer lessons to young women and girls; and recently created the nation’s first female community college.Funding to date: $35,900 since 2007

prayasaM (endeavOr)$8,000/364,390 Indian rupeesKolkata, IndiaDirector: Amlan Kusum [email protected]

Prayasam provides preventive health education, mentoring, nutritional supplements, media training, and creative and artistic activities to children working in the brick kilns of Kolkata, with the goal of enabling them to break away from the oppressive cycle of poverty and become change agents in their community.Funding to date: $19,500 since 2010

raza eduCatiOnaL and sOCiaL WeLfare sOCiety$11,000/501,036 Indian rupeesBengaluru, IndiaDirector: Benazeer [email protected]

RESWS seeks to eradicate child labor by bringing children from economically deprived localities to RESWS’s formal school, which serves students from the lower primary level to the high-school level.Funding to date: $41,313 since 2008

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Sujaya Foundation$7,000/328,294 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Neelambari [email protected]

Sujaya Foundation strives to bridge the digital and linguis-tic divide for underprivileged children and youth through multiple interventions in education and employment, including educational coaching, scholarships, and English language and computer training programs.Funding to date: $19,000 since 2007

SunShine Charity$9,000/994,752 Sri Lankan rupeesTrincomalee, Sri LankaDirector: Sharadha de [email protected]

The Sunshine Charity assists struggling families affected by the December 2004 tsunami and the ongoing ethnic conflict and extreme political instability in the Trincomalee district. Its holistic childcare center provides education, nutritious meals, and creative and interactive workshops for vulnerable children aged 2 to 8.Funding to date: $24,000 since 2009

VikaSini Girl Child eduCation truSt$11,000/515,891 Indian rupeesSecunderabad, IndiaDirector: Indira [email protected]

Vikasini promotes self-confidence among girls by giving them the chance to become self-sustaining individuals and informed participants in change. The Vikasini Girls School provides government-accredited classes, a library, computer courses, sports, and art and music classes.Funding to date: $44,000 since 2006

the yP Foundation$6,000/281,395 Indian rupeesDelhi, IndiaDirector: Ishita Chaudhryblendingspectrum@theypfoundation.orgwww.theypfoundation.org

TYPF is a youth-led organization that works to instill a sense of commitment, responsibility, and connection between young people, their environment, and society. The Blending Spectrum program draws on TYPF’s volunteer team of young people to implement a nonformal education program and other activities for children in underprivileged communities.Funding to date: $25,300 since 2008

EntErprisE

AssociAtion of community movements for sociAl Action$9,000/409,938 Indian rupeesChennai, IndiaDirector: Y. John [email protected]

ACMSA provides training for and builds the capacity of Dalit women and adolescents in rural Tamil Nadu. Its economic empowerment program for Dalit girls and young women offers income generation education and training in sewing, tailoring, market strategy, basic business skills, and information technology.Funding to date: $33,000 since 2008

De lAAs Gul WelfAre ProGrAmme$17,000/1,468,419 Pakistani rupeesPeshawar, PakistanDirector: Meraj Humayun [email protected]

DLG was founded as a microenterprise organization for women and has since developed into one of the leading organizations working against child labor and for women’s empowerment. Its nonformal education program for girls offers livelihood skills training, teaches marketing techniques and basic accounting, and assists in linking participants to microfinance institutions.Funding to date: $117,143 since 2004

Dhriiti (courAGe)$9,500/432,713 Indian rupeesNew Delhi, IndiaDirector: Anirban [email protected]

Dhriiti, an initiative by youth for youth, utilizes a dual approach to developing entrepreneurship, focusing on young individuals through entrepreneurship training and skill development and also creating support mechanisms to build a bridge between education and enterprise and to foster economic independence. Funding to date: $36,813 since 2006

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Dream a Dream$15,000/683,231 Indian rupeesBengaluru, IndiaDirector: Vishal [email protected]

Dream a Dream empowers children from vulnerable back-grounds to become productive members of society by facilitating their transition and integration into society and providing them with the necessary skills to make life decisions.Funding to date: $52,970 since 2007

Karm marg (Progress through WorK)$15,500/726,938 Indian rupeesFaridabad, IndiaDirector: Veena [email protected]

Karm Marg’s home, located outside New Delhi, shelters and is run by former street children, and residents are encouraged to work, study, and play, and to learn a trade or specific skill in order to become productive members of society.Funding to date: $75,163 since 2005

KherWaDi social Welfare association$8,500/398,643 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Kishor [email protected]

KSWA runs educational, health, recreational, and vocational training programs for underprivileged youth in Mumbai and surrounding suburbs. The vocational training program includes training and job placement counseling in a variety of careers to pique participants’ interest in finding suitable employment.Funding to date: $31,500 since 2007

maKKala Jagriti (chilDren’s aWareness)$8,000/364,390 Indian rupeesBengaluru, IndiaDirector: Joy [email protected]

Makkala Jagriti focuses on educational and developmental issues and seeks to build a holistic learning environment for emotionally and economically deprived children. Its youth leadership training program teaches youth to develop posi-tive attitudes and enhances their self-confidence, motivation, communication, and leadership qualities.Funding to date: $24,000 since 2007

Potohar organization for DeveloPment aDvocacy$21,000/1,813,930 Pakistani rupeesNara Mughlan, PakistanDirector: Sameena [email protected]

PODA builds the capacity of rural communities to promote economic, social, cultural, and political rights in order to strengthen support for gender equity, diversity, and democracy. PODA’s educational and capacity-building program provides vocational training to youth to increase their earning potential.Funding to date: $139,400 since 2004

Pravah (flow)$11,000/515,891 Indian rupeesNew Delhi, IndiaDirector: Meenu [email protected]

Pravah encourages young people to become social entrepre-neurs and agents of change and to facilitate positive change in society. Its fellowship program provides funding and capacity-building training to young social entrepreneurs who are addressing critical social needs for the most marginalized sectors of the population.Funding to date: $73,000 since 2006

ShaiShav (chilDhooD) truSt$19,000/865,425 Indian rupeesBhavnagar, IndiaDirector: Parul [email protected]

Shaishav assists children in understanding their basic rights and plays an active role in defending them through its nonformal education programs, mobile library, and leadership and entre-preneurship program.Funding to date: $71,000 since 2007

Society for awareneSS, harmony anD equal rightS$6,000/273,292 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Sheikh Masood [email protected]

SAHER works with youth in the Mumbai suburb of Jogesh-wari, encouraging them to accept differences and promoting equal rights, justice, and social peace. The Neenv program offers skills training and vocational courses in computers, English, and fabric painting to increase participants’ employability.Funding to date: $27,000 since 2008

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Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj TruST$6,500/304,845 Indian rupeesBengaluru, IndiaDirector: Ramesh Swamyunnatiblr.eth.netwww.unnatiblr.org

SGBS Trust delivers far-reaching benefits to economically underprivileged youth by providing education, employment, cultural enhancement, and vocational skills training, including an intensive three-month-long training in English, computers, and financial management to enable the youth to learn the necessary skills to gain employment.Funding to date: $36,813 since 2007

Safety

acid SurvivorS FoundaTion, pakiSTan$8,000/691,021 Pakistani rupeesIslamabad, PakistanDirector: Faqir Mohammad [email protected]

ASF aims to prevent acid violence and provides care and reha-bilitation to acid-attack victims, mostly young girls, through its nursing care and rehabilitation unit, child protection program, public awareness campaign, and capacity-building program.Funding to date: $8,000 since 2011

ankuram Woman and child developmenT SocieTy$14,000/656,589 Indian rupeesHyderabad, IndiaDirector: M. [email protected]

Using a rights-based approach, Ankuram creates a safe space for women and children to strengthen their knowledge base, skills, and capacity through education and livelihood opportuni-ties. Its residential shelter serves girls who have been victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation, child marriage, gender-based violence, or neglect and provides them with counseling, health-care, education, and vocational training.Funding to date: $55,169 since 2006

aWare GirlS$10,000/863,776 Pakistani rupeesPeshawar, PakistanDirector: Gulalai [email protected]

Aware Girls promotes equal rights for girls and empowers girls and young women with the skills to make their own decisions by providing access to education, health resources, employment opportunities, and social services.Funding to date: $22,000 since 2010

Centre for Child and Women development$11,000/515,891 Indian rupeesBhubaneswar, IndiaDirector: Mahendra [email protected]

CCWD works with poor and marginalized children from slums and Dalit communities to empower them through social mobilization, child labor rescue and intervention operations, and education and skills training.Funding to date: $34,169 since 2008

Citizens initiative trust fund$6,000/663,168 Sri Lankan rupeesColombo, Sri LankaDirector: Sunela [email protected]

Founded by a group of citizens from different ethnicities, regions, and professions, CI works with the local community, civil administration, and the army to build and manage basic healthcare centers, youth centers, and preschools in needy areas of Sri Lanka, which is emerging from three decades of ethnic conflict and civil war.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2011

Community outreaCh programme$15,000/683,231 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Nirmal [email protected]

CORP provides support to children, especially girls, living in the slums of Mumbai through educational, health, and community development programs that help participants become confident and enthusiastic individuals. Funding to date: $54,700 since 2007

Jabala aCtion researCh organisation$15,500/726,938 Indian rupeesKolkata, IndiaDirector: Baitali [email protected]

Jabala Action Research Organisation helps children in the red-light districts of Kolkata and surrounding areas better integrate into mainstream society by providing preschool care, educational support, healthcare, and rights awareness programs.Funding to date: $109,643 since 2005

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Jan Mitra nyas$6,000/281,395 Indian rupeesVaranasi, IndiaDirector: Lenin [email protected]

JMN utilizes a basic human rights framework to eliminate exploitative situations for vulnerable and marginalized children; promotes education, especially for girls; and engages communi-ties through its education, livelihood, psychosocial support, and testimonial programs.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

Janpath (people’s Way)$13,000/592,133 Indian rupeesAhmedabad, IndiaDirector: Harinesh [email protected]

Janpath brings together community, media, and tribal leaders on issues of social justice in the tribal areas of Ahmedabad and focuses on improving the lives of nomadic and denotifed tribal members, who are predominantly Muslim. Its tribal forum addresses the needs of tribal children and youth through activ-ity centers, educational assistance, workshops for youth, and community involvement initiatives.Funding to date: $34,669 since 2009

prisoners assistance nepal$12,000/918,216 Nepali rupeesKathmandu, NepalDirector: Indira [email protected]

By introducing the concept of community parenting and by working with prisoners and their children, PA Nepal imple-ments reform, rehabilitation, and welfare programs in Nepal’s prisons and runs a daycare center for children aged 1 to 6 who live with their incarcerated mothers.Funding to date: $38,200 since 2007

society Undertaking poor people’s onUs for rehabilitation$15,500/726,938 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Sujata Ganegasupport@supportstreetchildren.orgwww.supportstreetchildren.org

SUPPORT provides treatment and rehabilitation for child drug users through residential shelters that give boys and girls shelter, food, healthcare, vocational training, and education as part of their rehabilitation.Funding to date: $59,100 since 2006

StreetWiSe education Foundation$8,500/603,747 Bangladeshi takaDhaka, BangladeshDirector: Anita Aparna [email protected]

StreetWise runs a small alternative school that empowers children living on the streets through education, knowledge, and other tools, and operates a 24-hour shelter to provide temporary boarding facilities for the children.Funding to date: $24,000 since 2008

SuStainable development Society$12,000/1,036,531 Pakistani rupeesShangla, PakistanDirector: Iftikhar [email protected]

SDS empowers community members to improve the social and economic situation in conflict-ridden areas of the Shangla district and in areas affected by the October 2005 earthquake. SDS’s peace promotion activities provide traumatized children in conflict zones with educational and recreational program-ming, promote peaceful communities, and work to offset the negative influences of militant forces in the region. Funding to date: $44,500 since 2007


chanan development aSSociation$7,000/608,272 Pakistani rupeesLahore, PakistanDirector: Muhammad [email protected]

CDA strives to improve the status of youth, especially girls, by promoting equal and active participation in decision making, policy making, planning, and management. Its participatory program for adolescent girls provides a platform for them to discuss issues such as HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and sexual abuse and to initiate their own advocacy and media projects.Funding to date: $11,500 since 2010

cricket aSSociation oF the blind$5,000/365,620 Nepali rupeesKathmandu, NepalDirector: Pawan [email protected]

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leadership skills, and undertakes advocacy efforts to raise awareness of the challenges faced by visually impaired children and youth in Nepal.Funding to date: $5,000 since 2011

Developing inDigenous ResouRces$6,000/281,395 Indian rupeesChandigarh, IndiaDirector: Frederick [email protected]

DIR uses an empowerment approach and behavior modification model for its education, gender, and health interventions in slums near Chandigarh and Punjab. DIR’s health promoters, who are youth recruited from the slum communities, work in collaboration with trained physicians and nutritionists to provide access to healthcare and education.Funding to date: $17,000 since 2008

DReamcatcheRs FounDation$9,000/422,093 Indian rupeesMumbai, IndiaDirector: Sonali [email protected]://dreamcatchersfoundation.org

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.Funding to date: $37,700 since 2007

gRam BhaRati samiti (inDian village association)$9,000/422,093 Indian rupeesJaipur, IndiaDirector: Bhawani Shanker [email protected]

GBS works with rural, tribal, and minority communities in an effort to raise the communities’ economic self-reliance, especially for girls and women, and incorporates HIV prevention and environmental protection programs.Funding to date: $17,000 since 2010

KolKata sanveD (KolKata sensitivity)$17,500/797,102 Indian rupeesKolkata, IndiaDirector: Sohini [email protected]

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.Funding to date: $74,976 since 2007

Manav aashrita sansthan (huMan Literacy society)$12,000/546,584 Indian rupeesRajasthan, IndiaDirector: Ajmal Singh [email protected]

MAS focuses on education, health, women’s empowerment, and participatory governance and works with the most vulnerable and marginalized tribal populations, which are predominantly Muslim, in southern Rajasthan. Its Young Girls Collective empowers tribal girls and adolescents and engages the commu-nity to address issues such as early marriage and teen pregnancy.Funding to date: $35,669 since 2009

sri arunodayaM charitabLe trust$6,000/281,395 Indian rupeesChennai, IndiaDirector: Iyyappan [email protected]

Sri Arunodayam provides protection, care, and therapy to mentally challenged and disabled children, including those abandoned by their families, in Tamil Nadu, where government resources for these children are extremely limited.Funding to date: $6,000 since 2010

sunera Foundation$18,500/2,086,042 Sri Lankan rupeesColombo, Sri LankaDirector: Chandrika [email protected]

Sunera Foundation works to facilitate the development of the performing arts among the disabled population in Sri Lanka through weekly workshops, training of trainers, public education, and public theater productions.Funding to date: $86,000 since 2005

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With our office located in the nation’s capital, we feel an obligation and commitment to strategically support vulnerable children in the United States, particularly in the Washington, DC, area. This year, we have seen a surge in organizations that are working with incarcerated youth or with children and youth who have an incarcerated parent, with three of our seven US grantee partners working in and around the prison system.

This prison focus speaks to the critical role the nonprofit sector plays in the US to fill gaps in service and advocate for reform of the juvenile justice system. In Washington, DC, Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop introduces young male inmates at the DC Jail to the transformative power of books and creative writing, and Hope House strengthens families with incarcerated fathers by implementing programs to improve the father-to-child bond.

Joining us as a new partner this year was La Plazita Institute, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. La Plazita, too, works in part with youth who have been incarcerated, and this grassroots group also meets our commitment to support organizations serving Native

youth (a commitment we have main-tained since the publication of Children of Native America Today in 2003). Targeting Albuquerque’s most at-risk youth, La Plazita works with youth who are gang involved, have been previously incarcer-ated, are on parole or probation, and/or struggle with substance addiction. La Plazita focuses on reconnecting these youth to their roots, offering weekly talk-ing circles, monthly sweat purification ceremonies, vision quests, and rites-of-passage activities, as well as leadership development and work opportunities.

This year, for the first time, Orga-nizational Development Awards were available for partners in the US. Through a competitive application process, two partners were selected to receive OD support—Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop and Hope House. They will be working with a nonprofit OD specialist who has more than ten years of experience in fundraising and development, program evaluation, and supporting grantmak-ing initiatives. Free Minds will work on building capacity in the areas of plan-ning, fundraising, and monitoring and evaluation. Hope House will focus on board development, including develop-ment of a recruitment and retention

plan, a prospect list, and a pitch for prospective board members. We are excited to see how this value-added service, an important part of our grant-making model, helps these organizations strengthen their programs and impacts.

We continued to offer Presidential Innovation Fund grants this year, guided by our founder, Maya Ajmera. We were proud to support Gua Africa, a grassroots group led by former child soldier and now world-famous musi-cian Emmanuel Jal. For two years, until he raised the total amount to improve and extend primary-school facilities in a town in southern Sudan, Jal ate only one meal per day in solidarity with the children in Sudan’s refugee camps. We awarded Jal the final $4,000 needed to meet his fundraising goal of $220,000.

Program officer

Sarah Modica

Education

EdM, Harvard University BS, University of Portland

Number of graNtee partNers

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2010–2011 graNts


Region

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speCial program

Presidential Innovation Fund

Number of allied grass-roots orgaNizatioNs

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Learning

Free Minds Book CluB and Writing Workshop$17,000Washington, DC, United StatesDirector: Tara [email protected]

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.Funding to date: $77,000 since 2006

hope house$12,000Washington, DC, United StatesDirector: Carol [email protected]

Hope House strengthens families with incarcerated fathers by implementing programs to improve the father-to-child bond, holding summer camps for children in their fathers’ prisons, and facilitating peer support groups for mothers and children.Funding to date: $33,000 since 2009

interstages, inC.$9,000Washington, DC, United StatesDirector: Herb [email protected]

Interstages provides opportunities for early-adolescent girls in low-income neighborhoods in Southeast DC to discover their talents, strengthen and develop their skills, and heighten their self-awareness, setting the stage for a successful transition into young adulthood.Funding to date: $16,000 since 2010

Safety

la plazita institute$10,000Albuquerque, NM, United StatesDirector: Albino [email protected]

La Plazita Institute reconnects at-risk youth and their families to their traditional or indigenous roots and helps mend the scars

caused by broken homes and difficult childhoods by providing a sense of belonging and familia through cultural ceremonies, art, dance, rap, and agriculture.Funding to date: $10,000 since 2011


Ascensions community services$16,000Washington, DC, United StatesDirector: Satira [email protected]

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 contribu-tions to their communities.Funding to date: $51,000 since 2007

Creative opportunities

WAshington youth choir$7,000Washington, DC, United StatesDirector: Courtney Baker-Oliveradmin@washingtonyouthchoir.orgwww.washingtonyouthchoir.org

Through the rigorous study and performance of choral music, Washington Youth Choir enhances the educational experience of at-risk DC youth.Funding to date: $14,700 since 2008

Words BeAts & Life$14,000Washington, DC, United StatesDirector: Mazi [email protected]

WBL aims to transform communities through hip-hop culture and provides job training and enterprise support to prepare youth for employment. Its DC Urban Arts Academy offers comprehensive arts-based educational activities for at-risk children and youth living in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.Funding to date: $73,695 since 2007

united states

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dasra$15,000Mumbai, IndiaDirector: Deval [email protected]

To help nonprofit organizations in India scale up their work, Dasra provides growth capital and management expertise. Many of Dasra’s clients serve at-risk and marginalized youth, including abandoned children, children of commercial sex workers, and children in government-run institutions.

Gua aFrica$4,000Leer, West Upper Nile, SudanDirector: Ruth [email protected]

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.

Kudirat initiative For democracy$15,000Lagos, NigeriaDirector: Amy [email protected]

KIND works to empower future generations of Nigerian women leaders through leadership development and advocacy programs. Focusing on adolescent girls, KIND’s Junior Kudra Program addresses issues such as sexual harassment, sexual and reproductive rights, public service, and education, and aims to instill values and skills that will help the girls reach their poten-tial as future leaders of Nigeria.

maKe a diFFerence$2,500Cochin, IndiaDirector: Jithin Cacko [email protected]

MAD strives to improve the quality of education, increase school retention rates, and provide creative learning oppor-tunities for children living in street shelters, orphanages, and government-run institutional homes through its volunteers in 11 districts across India.

Film Grants

Lunam Docs$10,[email protected]

Addressing issues of child labor and poverty, Big Sister Punam combines the previously produced film Punam (2005) with footage from four years later, capturing the life of a young Nepalese girl who cares for her siblings and her home while her father works.

magic Bus movie, LLc$12,[email protected]

The Magic Bus focuses on a soccer team composed of adoles-cent girls between the ages of 12 and 16 who live in one of the poorest slums of Mumbai, India. The film develops themes of empowerment, personal growth, and the positive impact girls have on their communities.

RevoLutionaRy optimists pRoDuctions

$20,[email protected]://revolutionaryoptimists.org

The Revolutionary Optimists profiles the Daredevils, a group of youth in one of the most notorious squatter colonies in Kolkata, India, who have made a dramatic improvement in the health of their community. The film follows the youth as they create their own map of the community and painstakingly track and collect data around health issues that impact them.

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2010–2011

financials

The global economic recession continued to challenge many charitable organiza-tions this year, including The Global Fund for Children. We started the year with a conservative financial plan and considerable optimism, ultimately ending the year having accomplished much more than we thought possible.

Our fundraising reached $9.7 million this fiscal year ( July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011), a 55 percent increase over the prior year. We continue to seek out and encourage multiyear pledges and gifts to reduce volatility and uncertainty in our revenue, cash flow, and assets and to significantly improve the reliability of our forecasting, planning, and budget-ing. We are expanding our efforts to diversify and broaden our contributor base and improve the level of donor retention and committed renewed giving through an active stewardship program. The ongoing challenge for our development team is to build a depend-able revenue base to provide funds for our core mission of enhanced grantmaking and to finance internal operations needed to support that mission.

This year, our total assets increased by 27 percent to $9.3 million, driven in large part by a successful fourth quarter in fundraising. Our success in attracting funds to the organization at year’s end provides us with valuable resources for

our fall grantmaking efforts and enables continued, reliable commitment to our grantee partners. Despite the considerable fluctuations in the stock and bond markets this year, we showed a modest year-over-year increase in our permanent endowment. Our investment manager, Monticello Associ-ates, has invested our endowment in a range of equity and debt mutual funds intended to provide strong long-term returns. We are committed to growing our endowment in concert with our goals of providing funds for grantmaking and ongoing operations.

We distributed nearly $3.9 million in direct grants to our grantee partners and spent an additional $2.8 million to advance our GrantsPlus model and support other program activities, with increases of 13 percent and 10 percent, respectively, year-over-year. Our total expenses increased by 14 percent in 2010–2011 as we added staff and capac-ity to the organization.

The ratio of funds spent on programmatic activities remained relatively constant, with 81 percent of spending directed to grantmaking and other program services. Direct grantmaking represented 47 percent of our total expenditures. We experienced an increase in general, administrative, and fundraising costs due

to the transition in our leadership roles. Transition costs and related overhead are reflected in the balance of our functional expenses. Our budget for the upcoming year reflects a return to our traditional level of 15 percent or lower in this area.

In the upcoming fiscal year, we intend to expand our GrantsPlus model nearly 31 percent by increasing the amount and number of our grants, broadening our geographic reach, and achieving critical sustainability in targeted regions. Focusing our efforts to achieve efficient clustering of grantee partners; bringing our informative Knowledge Exchanges to more diverse locations; and providing more organizational and developmental opportunities to our grantee partners represent the steps planned to enhance our unique model worldwide. By leverag-ing the networks of our donors and other strategic partners, we expect to grow our overall program activities and our capac-ity to do more grantmaking, improving the lives of even more children.

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 the full audited financial statements, please visit our website at www.globalfundforchildren.org.

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2011 2010

AssetsCurrent Assets

Cash and Cash EquivalentsUnrestricted $709,333 $450,521Restricted 1,160,773 4,078,000 Total Cash and Cash Equivalents 1,870,106 4,528,521

Accounts ReceivablePromises to Give 4,788,040 627,124 Other 29,188 37,037 Total Accounts Receivable 4,817,228 664,161

Inventory 18,455 18,455 Prepaid Expenses 66,987 68,917 Total Current Assets 6,772,776 5,280,054

Promises to Give, net of Current Portion 1,056,988 731,307

investments 1,159,251 939,895

ProPerty And equiPment

Office Equipment 190,267 180,428 Leasehold Improvements 376,030 376,030 Computer Software 77,161 77,161 Total Property and Equipment 643,458 633,619 Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization (332,464) (256,392)Net Property and Equipment 310,994 377,227

dePosits 17,590 13,716 Total Assets $9,317,599 $7,342,199

Liabilities and Net AssetsCurrent LiAbiLities

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $320,240 $147,489 Accrued Vacation and Payroll 85,311 73,561 Deferred Revenue - Rent 3,470 1,435 Capital Lease Obligation 3,120 3,120 Total Current Liabilities 412,141 225,605

Deferred Leasehold Allowance 279,812 300,256 Capital Lease Obligation 2,850 5,151 Total Noncurrent Liabilities 282,662 305,407 Total Liabilities 694,803 531,012

Commitments And ContinGenCies

net Assets

Unrestricted 1,148,302 1,480,145 Temporarily Restricted 6,390,789 4,247,337 Permanently Restricted (Endowment) 1,083,705 1,083,705 Total Net Assets 8,622,796 6,811,187

totAL LiAbiLities And net Assets $9,317,599 $7,342,199

StatementS of financial PoSitionJune 30, 2011 and 2010

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Statement of activitieSJune 30, 2011 and 2010

UnrestrictedTemporarily

RestrictedPermanently

Restricted2011

ToTal UnrestrictedTemporarily

RestrictedPermanently

Restricted2010

ToTal

Revenue

Gifts and Grants $2,667,609 $6,886,061 $ - $9,553,670 $3,018,214 $3,247,854 $2,723 $6,268,791 Book Revenues and Royalties 48,911 48,911 48,873 48,873 Investment Income 202,521 202,521 (55,853) (55,853)Other 23,898 23,898 19,085 19,085 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 4,742,609 (4,742,609) - 4,370,038 (4,370,038) - Total Revenue 7,685,548 2,143,452 - 9,829,000 7,400,357 (1,122,184) 2,723 6,280,896

expenses

Program ServicesCommunications 313,099 313,099 353,649 353,649 Grantmaking 6,282,427 6,282,427 5,640,754 5,640,754 Total Program Services 6,595,526 - - 6,595,526 5,994,403 - - 5,994,403

Supporting ServicesManagement and General 595,431 595,431 436,275 436,275 Fundraising 826,434 826,434 616,663 616,663 Total Supporting Services 1,421,865 - - 1,421,865 1,052,938 - - 1,052,938

ToTal expenses 8,017,391 - - 8,017,391 7,047,341 - - 7,047,341

Change in neT asseTs (331,843) 2,143,452 - 1,811,609 353,016 (1,122,184) 2,723 (766,445)

neT asseTs Beginning of YeaR 1,480,145 4,247,337 1,083,705 6,811,187 1,127,129 5,369,521 1,080,982 7,577,632

neT asseTs end of YeaR $1,148,302 $6,390,789 $1,083,705 $8,622,796 $1,480,145 $4,247,337 $1,083,705 $6,811,187

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Statement of CaSh flowSJune 30, 2011 and 2010

2011 2010

Cash Flows From operating aCtivities

Change in Net Assets $1,811,609 $(766,445)Adjustment to Reconcile Change in Net Assets

to Net Cash Provided by Operating ActivitiesDepreciation and Amortization 76,074 79,298 Unrealized Loss on Investments (180,253) 62,468 Permanently Restricted Contributions - (2,723)Changes in Assets and Liabilities

Accounts Receivable/Promises to Give (4,478,748) 1,087,235 Prepaid Expenses 1,930 (1,759)Inventory - (5,600)Deposits (3,874) (520)Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 172,751 18,438 Accrued Vacation and Payroll 11,750 9,802 Deferred Revenue 2,035 35 Deferred Leasehold Allowance (20,444) (7,846)Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities (2,607,170) 472,383

Cash From investing aCtivities

Purchases of Certificates of Deposit - 250,000 Purchases of Investments (39,107) (1,002,363)Purchases of Property and Equipment (9,837) (16,918)Net Cash Provided (Used) by Investing Activities (48,944) (769,281)

Cash From FinanCing aCtivities

Proceeds from Permanently Restricted Contributions - 2,723 Principal Payments on Capital Leases (2,301) (2,056)Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities (2,301) 667

net inCrease in Cash and Cash equivalents (2,658,415) (296,231)

Cash and Cash equivalents - Beginning oF Year 4,528,521 4,824,752

Cash and Cash equivalents - end oF Year $1,870,106 $4,528,521

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2010–2011

leadership

Robert Scully, Vice Chair* Bank of America New York, NY

James SheridanLondon, United Kingdom

UK TrUsT Board of TrUsTees

James Sheridan, ChairMichael DaffeyGoldman Sachs & Co.

Dina de AngeloPictet

John K. HepburnMorgan Stanley (Europe) Ltd.

David KowitzIndus Capital Partners, LLC

Toby Mansel-PleydellCredit Suisse Securities Europe

Ian Marsh*Credit Suisse Securities Europe

Dirk Ormoneit, Treasurer

* Term ended May 2011

silicon Valley leadership coUncil

Susan Carter Harrington and Tom HarringtonWende and Tom HuttonStacey Keare and John HodgeTeresa LuchsingerShweta Siraj Mehta and Amish MehtaJoan PlattLeigh Rawdon and David RolfCharlotte and Alan Waxman

NatioNal Board of directors

Juliette Gimon, ChairFlora Family FoundationNew York, NY, and California

Maya AjmeraThe Global Fund for ChildrenWashington, DC

Peter BrigerFortress Investment Group LLCNew York, NY

Rick BurdickAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPWashington, DC

James EspositoGoldman Sachs & Co.New York, NY

Arnab GhatakMcKinsey & Co.Florham Park, NJ

Sanjiv Khattri, TreasurerCovanta EnergyNew York, NY

Kristin LindseyThe Global Fund for ChildrenWashington, DC

Mark McGoldrick, Vice ChairMount Kellett Capital Management LLPNew York, NY

Sarah Perot, SecretarySarah and Ross Perot Jr. FoundationDallas, TX

Joan PlattThe Joan and Lewis Platt FoundationPortola Valley, CA

Patricia RosenfieldCarnegie Corporation of New YorkNew York, NY

Dallas leaDership CounCil

Margot Perot, Chair Lucy BillingsleySerena Simmons ConnellyKathy CrowNancy HalbreichStephanie HuntGunjan JainSuzanne Perot McGeeNancy Perot MulfordPatricia PattersonSarah PerotCarolyn Perot RathjenKatherine Perot Reeves

hong Kong leaDership CounCil

Tyhoa Kobler and Zaheer Sitabkhan, Co-ChairsAudry Ai and Thomas MorrowTzo Tze Ang and Eashwar Krishnan Dumith FernandoMeredith and Benjamin JenkinsChristophe Lee John PinkelMorgan SzeDonna Yip and David Torrible

DireCtors emeriti

William AscherLaura LugerAdele Richardson Ray

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The Global Fund For Children Team

Maya AjmeraFounder and President

Kristin Lindsey*Chief Executive Officer

Belinda ForrestExecutive Assistant

ProGrams

Victoria DunningVice President, Programs

Farah AnwarProgram Associate, South Asia

Joseph BednarekProgram Officer, Europe and Eurasia

Stephanie de WolfeProgram Associate, Africa

Michael GaleProgram Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean

Vineeta GuptaProgram Officer, South Asia

Solome LemmaSenior Program Officer, Africa

Sandra Macías del VillarAssociate Program Officer, Brazil and the Caribbean

Sarah ModicaKnowledge Management and Grantmaking Operations Officer

Josephine NdaoProgram Officer, West Africa

Hoa Duong PiyakaProgram Officer, East and Southeast Asia

Cynthia PonDirector, Global Fund for Children Books

CommuniCations

Jerry IrvineVice President, Communications

Laurel FiorelliAssistant Editor

Monica GroverManager, Digital Media Projects

Development

Anne SorensenDirector, Development

Ana Maria ArgudoIndividual Giving Officer

Heidi Bichler HarrisDatabase and Research Manager

Lauren KellerDevelopment Associate

Teresa WeathingtonSenior Grant Writer

FinanCe anD operations

Brian LamChief Operating Officer

Jim KleinDirector, Finance

Andrew BarnesSenior Grants Manager

Michael BushController

Nardos WorkuAdministrative Assistant

uK trust

Debra BurkeHead of Business Development, Europe

Fellows

Eric MillerWilliam Ascher Summer FellowRobert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland

Tanvi Girotra2011 International FellowUniversity of Delhi

Interns

Stephanie BrowningUniversity of Georgia

Karin Chrisville American University

Kimberly Davis The George Washington University

Xia Deng American University

Erin DeRoyThe George Washington University

Alice FischerBryn Mawr College

Katherine HayesAmerican University

Philipe MonfistonThe George Washington University

Neha RavalAmerican University

Amy SeagoThe George Washington University

Tania SmithAmerican University

Bonnie StinsonSmith College

Elena WaidmannBethesda-Chevy Chase High School

* Kristin Lindsey joined GFC in February 2011

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Centre Marembo (Gateway Center), 70Centro Cultural Batahola Norte (CCBN) (Batahola Norte

Cultural Center), 39, 90Centro de Apoyo al Niño de la Calle de Oaxaca

(CANICA) (Center for the Support of the Street Child in Oaxaca), 39, 94–95

Centro Interdisciplinario para el Desarrollo Social (CIDES) (Interdisciplinary Center for Social Development), 39, 94

Centro para el Desarrollo Regional (CDR) (Center for Regional Development), 88, 95

Centro para la Autonomía y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CADPI) (Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Autonomy and Development), 90

Centro Transitorio de Capacitación y Educación Recreativa El Caracol (El Caracol Transitional Center for Training and Recreational Education), 39, 93

Cercle Haitien pour l’Épanouissement et le Développement Educatif (CHEDEVE) (Haitian Circle for Educational Fulfillment and Development), 24, 96

Challenging Heights, 9, 65Chanan Development Association (CDA), 98, 104Charlesbridge Publishing, 50Children and Young People’s Protection and Development

NGO (CYPPD), 80Children in the Wilderness (CITW), 65Children of Native America Today (book), 106Children of Tien-Shan, 86Children’s Legal Rights and Development Center (CLRD), 80Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, 99Citizens Initiative Trust Fund (CI), 103CLSA Chairman’s Trust, 50Club 21 Udruenja za Pozitivnu Komunikaciju (Association

for Positive Communication), 87Çocuklar Ayni Çatinin Altinda Dernegi (ÇAÇA) (Children

Under One Roof), 87Colegio Miguel Angel Asturias (Miguel Angel Asturias

Academy), 90Communicating for Change, 46Community Outreach Programme (CORP), 103Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO), 77Concerned Children and Youth Association (CCYA), 65Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, 50Corporación Salus (Salus Corporation), 96Creative Opportunities portfolio 2010–2011 grants, 73, 74, 81, 87, 97, 107Credit Suisse EMEA Foundation, 50Cricket Association of the Blind (CAB), 104–105

Dasra, 108De Laas Gul Welfare Programme (DLG), 101Desarrollo Autogestionario Asociación Civil (AUGE)

(Self-Managed Development Civil Association), 93Desarrollo Sostenible para Guatemala (DESGUA)

(Sustainable Development for Guatemala), 95Developing Indigenous Resources (DIR), 105Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan (DORS), 77Dhriiti (Courage), 101Dream a Dream, 102Dreamcatchers Foundation, 105Dushanbe Youth House (DYH), 83

Early Intervention Institute (EII), 82, 83Educate!, 64, 68Education Model Organization (EMORG), 65Eldany Charitable Foundation, 31, 85ELMA Relief Foundation, 50emergency grants, 15 Empire des Enfants (Children’s Empire), 70Enterprise portfolio 2010–2011 grants, 68–69, 74, 79, 85, 92–94, 101–103Escola Estrela do Mar (Starfish School), 90

Faith (book), 46Fatayat Nahdlatul Ulama NAD, 77film grants, 47, 108financials, 110–113Foundation for Empowerment of Rural Women (FERW), 77Foundation for Multi-ethnic Cooperation, Napredak, 83Foundation on Education Development, 83Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop, 106, 107Fregenet Kidan Lehitsanat (FKL) (Fregenet School), 66Frente de Salud Infantil y Reproductiva de Guatemala

(FESIRGUA) (Guatemalan Front for Child and Reproductive Health), 93

Fundación Alfonso Casas Morales para la Promoción Humana (Alfonso Casas Morales Foundation for Human Advancement), 32, 90

Fundación Casa Hogar Nuestro Sueño (Our Dream Home Foundation), 96

Fundación Castillo de Amor para la Niñez (Castle of Love for Children Foundation), 95

Fundación Chocó Joven (Young Chocó Foundation), 96Fundación Crecer (Growth Foundation), 90Fundación Ph15 para las Artes (Ph15 Foundation

for the Arts), 88, 97

Ação Forte (Strong Action), 92Acid Survivors Foundation, Pakistan (ASF), 98, 103Adobe Foundation, 76Adobe Youth Voices, 9, 47Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), 9Aikya (Unity), 99Alashanek ya Balady (My Country) Association for Sustainable

Development (AYB SD), 74Alliance for Children and Youth, 85Alwan wa Awtar (A&A), 74Amahoro (Peace) Association, 71American Babies (book), 45Anandan (Happiness), 99Ananya Trust, 99Ankuram Woman and Child Development Society, 103Asanblé Vwazen Jakè (AVJ) (Jakè Neighborhood

Association), 24, 89Asanblé Vwazen Solino (AVS) (Solino Neighborhood

Association), 24, 89Ascensions Community Services, 107Asociación Civil Hamiraya (Hamiraya Civil Association), 94Asociación Civil para la Responsibilidad Social Amartya

(Amartya Association for Social Responsibility), 88, 92Asociación Civil Wará (Wará Civil Association), 89Asociación de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base (CEB)

(Association of Grassroots Christian Communities), 92Asociación Educativa Maya Aj Sya’ (Maya Aj Sya’ Educational

Association), 89Asociación El Refugio de la Niñez (Children’s Refuge

Association), 88, 94Asociación Grupo Ceiba (Ceiba Group Association), 92Asociación Huchuy Yachaq (Little Wise Men Association), 89Asociación Integral de la Juventud Q’anil (Comprehensive

Association of Q’anil Youth), 93Asociación Pop No’j (Weaving Wisdom Association), 93Asociación Promoción y Desarrollo de la Mujer Nicaragüense

Acahual (Acahual Association for the Promotion and Development of Nicaraguan Women), 38, 89

Asociación Solas y Unidas (Alone and United Association), 9Asociatia pentru Libertatea si Egalitatea de Gen (ALEG)

(Association for Liberty and Gender Equality), 86Associação Barraca da Amizade (Shelter of Friendship

Association), 94Associação de Apoio às Meninas e Meninos da Região Sé

(AA Criança) (Association for Support of Girls and Boys of the Sé Region), 96

Associação Excola (Ex–Glue Sniffers Association), 94Association d’Appui et d’Eveil Pugsada (ADEP) (Association

for Supporting and Awakening Young Girls), 38, 64, 69Association des Artistes et Artisans contre le VIH/SIDA

et les Stupéfiants (AARCOSIS) (Association of Artists and Artisans against HIV/AIDS and Drugs), 71

Association Enfant Chez-Soi (ECS) (Children at Home Association), 65

Association for Community Movements for Social Action (ACMSA), 101

Association for Solidarity with the Freedom-Deprived Juvenile, Özgeder, 86

Association for the Development of Palestinian Camps, 73Association of Children and Youth with Disabilities VITA, 83Association of Disabled Young People of the Eastern Donbass

(AMI-East), 87Association pour la Promotion de la Fille Burundaise (APFB)

(Association for the Promotion of the Burundian Girl), 65Atina, 86Avenir de l’Enfant (ADE) (Future of the Child), 64, 69Aware Girls, 98, 103Aziza’s Place, 33, 79

Ba Futuru (For the Future), 76, 80Baoji QingQingCao (Growing Growing Grass) Rehabilitation

and Education Center for Handicapped Children (QQC), 81Baoji Xinxing (New Star) Aid for Street Kids, 79Benishyaka Association, 38, 65Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas (Th’uruchapitas Library), 89Big Brother Mouse, 81Big Sister Punam (film), 108Binti Pamoja Center, 38, 71Books for Kids project, 46, 50Bureau pour le Volontariat au Service de l’Enfance et

de la Santé (BVES) (Office of Volunteerism for Childhood and Health), 32, 69

Butter Lamp Compassion Group (BLCG), 76, 77

Carolina for Kibera (CFK), 38, 71Cartwheel Foundation, 77Centar za Integraciju Mladih (CIM) (Center for Youth

Integration), 38, 86Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (CPCAN), 80Center for Women and Children Empowerment (CEWCE), 68Center of Support for Rural Enterprise and Economy, 83Centre d’Education Speciale (CES) (Center for Special

Education), 23, 90Centre for Child and Women Development (CCWD), 103Centre for Domestic Training and Development (CDTD), 70

Fundación pro Bienestar y Dignidad de las Personas Afectadas por el VIH/SIDA (PROBIDSIDA) (Foundation for the Well-being and Dignity of People Affected by HIV/AIDS), 96

Fundación Simsa (Simsa Foundation), 97Fundación Yirtrak (Yirtrak Foundation), 91Fundatia Noi Orizonturi (New Horizons Foundation), 39, 85Future Lights for Development Organization (FLDO), 64, 73Future Stars Academy, 73

Ghana Women’s Voices Foundation (GWV), 68Giriyuja (Sanctuary), 70Girl Child Concerns (GCC), 46, 66Global Babies (book), 45Global Fund for Children Books, 45–46, 50Global Fund for Children UK Trust, The, 110Global Hope Academy, 40Global Media Ventures program, 42Golden Baobab Foundation for Education (GBFE), 73Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS) (Indian Village Association), 105Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS (GAPA), 72grantee partners, selection of, 60–61grantmaking, 12–17Grassroots Girls Initiative, 50Gua Africa, 106, 108

Healthy Minds and Bodies portfolio 2010–2011 grants, 71–73, 80–81, 87, 96–97, 104–105, 107Healthy Ones Lifestyle Youth (HOLY) Network, 93Heshima Kenya (Dignity Kenya), 70Himpunan Psikologi Indonesia (HIMPSI)

(Indonesian Psychological Association), 76, 77Home of Hope, 70Hope for Children Organization (HFC), 40, 66Hope House, 106, 107Howard G. Buffet Foundation, 46Human Welfare Association (HWA), 99

Ilk Adim Women Environment Culture and Enterprise Cooperative, 82, 83

Incest Trauma Center (ITC), 87Institute of Leadership and Institutional Development (ILID), 99Instituto Fazer Acontecer (IFA) (Make It Happen Institute), 93Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Mujer y la Infancia (IDEMI)

(Institute for the Development of Women and Children), 95International Trust for the Education of Zambian Orphans

(ITEZO), 66Interstages, Inc., 107

JAAGO (Wake Up) Foundation, 98, 99Jabala Action Research Organisation, 40, 103Jan Mitra Nyas (JMN), 104Janpath (People’s Way), 104Jinpa Project, 76Johnson & Johnson, 50

Kakenya Center for Excellence, 66Kalinga Mission for Indigenous Children and Youth

Development (KAMICYDI), 79Karenni Further Studies Program (KnFSP), 78Karm Marg (Progress through Work), 102Kawangware Vision Centre (KVC), 66Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (KSWA), 102 Kids Becoming Global Citizens: Resources for Parents

and Educators (online resource guide), 45–46Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), 88Kiev Children and Youth Support Center, 86Kindergarten Day USA and China (book), 45, 46Kindle Orphan Outreach, 66Kinniya Vision (KV), 40, 99Kitezh Children’s Community, 85 Kliptown Youth Program (KYP), 67KnK Network Cambodia, 80Knowledge Exchange workshops, 15, 17, 64, 82, 88, 110Kolkata Sanved (Kolkata Sensitivity), 46, 98, 105Komisyon Fanm Viktim pou Viktim (KOFAVIV)

(Commission of Women Victim to Victim), 25, 91Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), 46, 69, 108

La Maison de la Gare (MDG) (Railway House), 70La Plazita Institute, 106, 107Laura Vicuña Foundation (LVF), 40, 80Learning portfolio 2010–2011 grants, 65–68, 73–74, 77–79, 83–85,

89–92, 99–101, 107Li! Li! Li! (Read! Read! Read!), 25, 97Life Home Project Foundation (LHP), 81Little Rock ECD Centre, 67Loden Foundation, 98, 100Love in Action Ethiopia (LIA), 69Lunam Docs, 108

Magic Bus Connect, 47Magic Bus, The, (film), 47, 108Mahita (Regeneration), 46, 98, 102

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Maia Bobo, 67Make a Difference (MAD), 100, 108Makkala Jagriti (Children’s Awareness), 102Mamele pentru Viata (Mothers for Life), 87Manav Aashrita Sansthan (MAS) (Human Literacy Institute), 105Mary M. Momolu Development Foundation, 67Masoom (Innocent), 100Mavi Kalem Social Assistance and Charity Association, 84Mbambu and the Mountains of the Moon (film), 47Media Concern Initiative (MCI), 70Ministerio Tiempo Decisivo (Decisive Time Ministry), 95Monduli Pastoralist Development Initiative (MPDI), 67Mouvman Peyizan Lomon (MPL) (Lhomond Peasant

Movement), 23, 91Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA)

(Movement of Dominican-Haitian Women), 91Muhammadiyah ’Aisyiyah, 76, 78Muktangan (Open Courtyard), 100

Nap Klub Foundation, 84Nehemiah AIDS Relief Project, 67Never Again Rwanda (NAR), 69New Global Citizens, 59New Life Community Projects, 71New Women Arrivals League (NWAL), 78Nia Foundation, 72Nike Foundation 46, 50Nucleo Socio-Cultural “Caixa de Surpresas”

(Box of Surprises Sociocultural Center), 97Nur (Illumination) Center, 84Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, 67

Ograda Noastra (Our Courtyard), 84Organisation Haitienne pour le Développement Durable

(OHDD) (Haitian Organization for Sustainable Development), 23, 91

Organización Guaruma, 94Organizational Development Awards, 15, 17, 64, 82, 88, 98, 106Orphelinat Foyer Divin (Divine Home Orphanage), 25, 95Oruj Learning Center, 100Our Grandparents (book), 46

Partners in Hope, 82, 85Pax Christi Haiti, 24, 91Pazapa (Step by Step), 23, 97People Improvement Organization (PIO), 78Phonsinuane Volunteer Group (PVG), 78Physicians for Social Justice (PSJ), 72

Poder Joven (Youth Power), 40, 91Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA), 102Pravah (Flow), 40, 102Pravo Vibora (Right of Choice), 84Prayasam (Endeavor), 33, 47, 100Prei Effort for Those Who Are in Need (PEFAN), 67Presidential Innovation Fund, 106, 108Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA Nepal), 28, 104Projecto de Vida para Crianças e Jovens (PROVIDA)

(Life Project for Children and Youth), 72Puririsun (Let’s Journey Together), 92PUSAKA Mindanao, Inc., 78

Raza Educational and Social Welfare Society (RESWS), 100Redeem the Generation—Ethiopia, 72Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL), 71Revolutionary Optimists, The, (film), 47, 108Rewrite, 82, 87Ruili Women and Children Development Center

(RWCDC), 41, 81Rural China Education Foundation (RCEF), 78Rural Family Support Organization (RuFamSO), 41, 94Rural Human Rights Activists Program (RHRAP), 73

Safety portfolio 2010–2011 grants, 69–71, 79–80, 86, 94–95, 103–104, 107Salesian Sisters, 68Ser Paz (Being Peace), 95Shaishav (Childhood) Trust, 98, 102SIN-DO, 71Sithuthukile (We Have Developed) Trust, 68Skolta’el Yu’un Jlumaltic (SYJAC) (Service to Our People), 92Smile Group—Friends of Thay Hung, 76, 81Snowland Service Group (SSG), 76, 78, 79Sociedad Dominico-Haitiana de Apoyo Integral para el

Desarrollo y la Salud (SODHAIDESA) (Dominican-Haitian Society of Comprehensive Support for Health and Development), 92

Society for Awareness, Harmony, and Equal Rights (SAHER), 102

Society for the Protection of Paralyzed Citizens of Aktobe (SPPCA), 84

Society Undertaking Poor People’s Onus for Rehabilitation (SUPPORT), 104

Sophiatown Community Psychological Services (SCPS), 72Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj Trust (SGBS Trust), 103Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust (SA), 31, 105Step Up, 82, 84

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StreetWise Education Foundation, 104Studio Xang, 81Sujaya Foundation, 101Sunera Foundation, 105Sunshine Charity, 101Super Buddies Club, 64, 72Supporting Orphans and Vulnerable for Better Health,

Education, and Nutrition (SOVHEN), 69Sustainability Awards, 15, 17, 35–41, 76, 88 Sustainable Development Society (SDS), 104Synergie pour l’Enfance (Synergy for Childhood), 72

Tahaddi, 74Talented Young People Everywhere (TYPE), 68Tanadgoma (Assistance) Library and Cultural Center for People

with Disabilities, 41, 84Tea Collection, 50Teboho Trust, 68Tiny Toones, 80tracking grants, 37Tudor Foundation, 85

Ubumi Children’s Project, 68 Ulybka (Smile) Public Foundation, 86Umut Isigi—Kadin, Çevre, Kültür, ve Isletme Kooperatifi

(Light of Hope—Women, Environment, Culture, and Enterprise Cooperative), 82, 85

Usdruzenje Nova Generacija (New Generation Association), 86

Videoactive Girls project, 46Video Volunteers, 46Vikasini Girl Child Education Trust, 101

Waloko Kwo Support Organization (WASO), 73Washington Youth Choir, 107Women in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE), 69Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment

(WEAVE), 79Women’s Network for Unity (WNU), 79Words Beats & Life (WBL), 41, 107

Yanapanakusun (Let’s Help Each Other), 95Yayasan Anak Akar (Child Root Foundation), 81Youth Activists Organization (YAO), 73YP Foundation, The, (TYPF), 101Yunnan Institute of Development (YID), 79

Zanzibar Female Lawyers Association (ZAFELA), 71


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