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Welcome to the Press Room of The Global Fund for Children. Here you’ll find our press releases, features, newsletters, and other materials that you may find useful. If you are a journalist and you need additional help, please feel free to contact Jerry Irvine at (202) 222-0811.  Guatemala August 3, 2010
"GFC and GoodWeave Launch Partnership to Combat Child Labor in India"
July 1, 2010
"New Children’s Book Celebrates Babies in the US" June 29, 2010
"GFC Announces Impressive 2010 Spring Grants List " April 28, 2010
"Nasreen’s Secret School Receives Prestigious Jane Addams Children’s Book Award" March 9, 2010
"New Book Honors Grandparents Around the World" March 1, 2010
"GFC Announces 2010 Sustainability Awards" January 22, 2010
"The Global Fund for Children Welcomes Haida McGovern as New Vice President for Development"
January 20, 2010
"New Book Celebrates Education and Courageous Women and Girls in Afghanistan"
January 13, 2010
"The Global Fund for Children Responds to Haitian Earthquake"
January 7, 2010
"GFC Invests in the Documentary Film Easy Like Water" November 19, 2009
"The Global Fund for Children Announces New Grants" [pdf] November 5, 2009
"GFC Gets Highest Charity Navigator Award for Fifth Consecutive Year " [pdf] October 15, 2009
"GFC Responds to Natural Disasters in Southeast Asia" [pdf] June 18, 2009
"The Global Fund for Children Announces New Grants" [pdf]
April 8, 2009
"GFC Website Earns Gold for Excellence in Communications" [pdf] February 19, 2009
"Maya Ajmera Discusses Slumdog Millionaire with NPR" [pdf] February 18, 2009
"GFC Announces 2009 Sustainability Awards " [pdf]
February 2, 2009
"New Book Celebrates Faith and Religious Diversity Around the World " [pdf] November 27, 2008
"Statement on Mumbai Terror Attacks" [pdf] November 25, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Announces New Grants" [pdf]
September 5, 2008
"GFC Gets Highest Charity Navigator Award for the Fourth Year in a Row" [pdf]
August 14, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Opens Emergency Fund to Assist Georgians Affected by Ongoing Conflict" [pdf]
June 13, 2008
"Two of The Global Fund for Children's Film Investments to Screen at SILVERDOCS Film Festival" [pdf]
June 5, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children's Maya Ajmera Receives Women of Distinction Award" [pdf]
May 30, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Receives Over $500,000 in Funding from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation" [pdf]
May 30, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Announces Sarah Perot, of Dallas, Texas, to Join Board of Director" [pdf]
May 14, 2008
"Statement on the Myanmar and China Tragedies" [pdf]
April 15, 2008
"US Premiere of War Child at Tribeca Film Festival Produced in Association with The Global Fund for Children" [pdf]
April 7, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children's Maya Ajmera Joins Seventh Annual Global Philanthropy Forum
Human Rights is Focus of Gathering of Donors and Social Investors" [pdf]
April 3, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Selected for TONIC's 'Every T Counts' Project
Luella Bartley to Create Limited-Edition T-shirt Designs" [pdf]
March 3, 2008
"Exceptional Partners Receive Sustainability Awards" [pdf]
February 21, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Wins Inaugural MacArthur Competition for Digital Learning" [pdf]
January 18, 2008
"New Book Celebrates the Amazing Diversity of Children in America Today Children of the U.S.A., A Global Fund for Children Book, Debuts February 1, 2008 " [pdf] December 27, 2007
"Oprah's Grant Boosts Distribution of Children's Books " [pdf] November 26, 2007
"GFC Awards Emergency Grants to Partners in Bangladesh " [pdf] November 8, 2007
"GFC Awards Emergency Grants to Partners in Haiti and Dominican Republic " [pdf] October 31, 2007
"GFC Grants Over $1.6 Million to 113 Groups in Fall 2007 " [pdf] September 28, 2007
"GFC Launches U-8 Initiative for Early Childhood Development and Education" [pdf] August 28, 2007
"African Children to Benefit from ELMA Foundation Grant" [pdf] August 23, 2007
"GFC Awards Emergency Grants to Partners in Bangladesh and Nepal" [pdf] August 21, 2007
"Peru Partners Get Emergency Grants" [pdf] June 11, 2007
"GFC Grants More than $1.1 million to Groups in 47 Countries" [pdf] May 2, 2007
"Photography Exhibit Highlights Children in Peru and Washington, DC" [pdf] April 2, 2007
"GFC Wins Awards for Communications Excellence" [pdf] February 21, 2007
"Juliette Gimon Chairs GFC Board of Directors" [pdf] February 15, 2007
"Outstanding Groups Get Sustainability Awards" [pdf] January 23, 2007
"GFC Donates 1,115 Children's Books to the United Houma Nation" [pdf] November 16, 2006
"95 Grassroots Groups in 47 Countries Receive More Than $1.1 Million" [pdf] November 15, 2006
"Goldman Sachs Foundation Gives
The Global Fund for Children $1.2 Million for Projects in India" [pdf] November 13, 2006
"Three Business Leaders Join The Global Fund for Children's Board" [pdf] November 2, 2006
"GFC Defines New Portfolios" [pdf] August 17, 2006
"Two Groups Receive GFC Emergency Grants
for Youngest Victims of the Conflict in Lebanon" [pdf] July 11, 2006
"Charity Navigator Awards Highest Rating to GFC" [pdf] June 5, 2006
"Two Groups Receive Emergency GFC Grants to
Help Victims of Indonesian Earthquake" [pdf] May 25, 2006
"Children to Receive Books from Oprah's Angel Network" [pdf] May 7, 2006
“The Global Fund for Children Wins Award for Outstanding Communications” [pdf] [back to top] May 25, 2005
Children to Receive Books from Oprah’s Angel Network [back to top] Alliance Magazine
March 1, 2010
"Making Metrics Work for Small Grantmakers" Oprah's Angel Network
July 30, 2009
"Global Fund Generates Priceless Returns for Children" Echoing Green Spark Blog
March 11, 2009
"Maya Ajmera Discusses Slumdog Millionaire on NPR's Tell Me More"
By Echoing Green The Bi-College News
December 9, 2008
"Maya Ajmera '89 Talks Social Entrepreneurship"
By Sarah Westbrook Payvand News
November 22, 2008
"Iranian-American Debuts Feature Film Documentary 'War Child'"
By Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) The Daily Star's Forum
November, 2008
"Time to Get Streetwise"
GFC grantee partner in the news Bryn Mawr Now
October 20, 2008
"Maya Ajmera '89 to speak on her journey from Bryn Mawr to global social entrepreneurship" The Times-Picayune
October 14, 2008
"Awesome Girls Earn the Title" [pdf]
GFC grantee partner in the news
By Sheila Stroup Washington Post
October 6, 2008
"Leaders Who Push for Change And Reach Out Are Applauded"
GFC grantee partner in the news
By Philip Rucker Washington Post
October 2, 2008
"Urging Youths to Step Up to Life's Opportunities"
GFC grantee partner in the news
By Juana Summers Financial Times
September 23, 2008
"A multimedia route to funding children in need" [pdf]
By Lauren Foster School Library Journal
October 1, 2008
"Multimedia Review: Journey of a Red Fridge"
By Phyllis Levy Mandell Modern Ghana
September 2, 2008
"James Annan Receives Frederick Douglass Freedom Award"
GFC grantee partner in the news
By GNA Tanzania Standard Newspapers
September 1, 2008
"Initiative to Assist Pastoralists Children's Care"
GFC grantee partner in the news
By Deogratias Mushi Jamaica Gleaner
August 16, 2008
"Transforming Lives: Rural NGO Targets At-Risk Youth and Parents"
GFC grantee partner in the news
By Garfield L. Angus Financial Express
June 29, 2008
"Investing Your Time" [pdf]
By Sulekha Nair Fortune Magazine
February 15, 2008
"The Human Cost of Chocolate"
Photographs by GFC-ICP Fellow, Jessica Dimmock Book Links
January 2006
"Talking with Maya Ajmera" [pdf]
By Anne Davies
Permission to reprint "Talking with Maya Ajmera" by Anne Davies (vol. 15, no.3, January 2006) granted by Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms, published by the American Library Association. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
February 3, 2005
“Sending Aid Around the World: Long-Term Pledges to Rebuild Lives”
By Maya Ajmera and Kavita Nandini Ramdas Harvard International Review
“A Local Focus in Responding to the South Asia Tsunami”
by Maya Ajmera and Greg Fields [back to top] The Beauty of Dreams
2004 NCSSM Commencement Speech
by Maya Ajmera, President and Founder of the Global Fund for Children
Education, Health, and Human Development
Global Philanthropy Forum, Stanford University
June 5, 2003
by Maya Ajmera, President and Founder of the Global Fund for Children [back to top] Animal Friends
Back to School
Be My Neighbor
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe
Children of Native America Today
Come Out and Play
Extraordinary Girls
Going to School in India
A Kid’s Best Friend
Let the Games Begin
My Family
Nasreen's Secret School
Ser Niño
To Be a Kid
To Be an Artist [back to top] Advancing the Dignity of Children Worldwide:
Maya Ajmera's interview on NPR
Listen to the NPR interview Small Amounts Reap Big Rewards:
Maya Ajmera's interview on NPR
Listen to the NPR interview Sharing the Spotlight:
Actress Mira Sorvino's hero is Global Fund for Children founder Maya Ajmera
Watch the CNN video Maya Ajmera's interview on North Carolina NPR Affiliate (WUNC)
Listen to the interview on NPR's site National Public Radio (NPR) interview about Children from Australia to Zimbabwe
Listen to the NPR interview using the Windows Media Player
Reading by Dr. John Hope Franklin from Xanadu: The Imaginary Place
Listen to the Xanadu Reading using the Windows Media Player [back to top] Sign up for our newsletter [back to top] 2008-2009 Annual Report
2007-2008 Annual Report
2006-2007 Annual Report
2005-2006 Annual Report
2004-2005 Annual Report
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2002-2003 Annual Report
2001-2002 Annual Report [back to top]
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