Grants 2000

Listed below are the grants we awarded in 2000:

Afghan Institute of Learning

$5,000/257,100 rupees
Peshwar, Pakistan
Executive director: Sakena Yacoobi
SakenaY@aol.com, www.creatinghope.org/ail.htm
In response to the prohibition against educating girls while the Taliban regime was in power in Afghanistan, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) created and operated secret home schools for girls who wanted to continue their education. AIL recruited and trained teachers and operated schools in three Afghan cities from its headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan. GFC's grant helped support 44 home schools serving more than 1,350 girls in grades one through six in Herat, Kabul, and Jalalabad, Afghanistan. 1999 grant: $5,000

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Association des Femmes Educatrices du Mali

$5,000/3.738 million CFA francs
Bamako, Mali
Executive director: Toure Djeneba Camara
www.spider.toolnet.org/afem
Founded in 1991, the Association des Femmes Educatrices du Mali (AFEM) provides basic education and skills training to over 3,000 girls in Mali. This grant was used to support a seven-month educational program for 300 female domestic laborers aged 12-24. The curriculum included classes in reading, writing, arithmetic, health awareness, and human rights education. Since many of the participants worked during the day, all classes were taught at night.

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Ayuda y Solidaridad con las Niñas de la Calle

$4,000/35,040 pesos
Mexico City, Mexico
Executive director: Ana Teresa Anton de Williamson
ayuda@ayuda.org.mx
Ayuda supports three centers in Mexico City that provide safe and nurturing environments for girls aged 8–18 who are victims of violence, drug addiction, and prostitution. Through its projects, Ayuda provides occupational and job skills training, including computer literacy classes, to prepare the girls for work in areas other than the manual labor typically assigned to young women. GFC’s grant to Ayuda funded a computer literacy class that provided technical training to over 75 girls.

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Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development

$7,000/26.3 million riel
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Executive director: Sothea Arun
cvcd@forum.org.kh
Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development (CVCD) is dedicated to improving the lives of Cambodia's poor children, especially urban youth, prostitutes, street children, and amputees. The organization provides educational and social programs, including English- language classes, computer skills training, tree planting, and neighborhood cleanups. CVCD also encourages volunteerism in exchange for educational opportunities and health care. GFC’s grant provided general support to CVCD. 1999 Grant: $3,000

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Campaign for Female Education

$5,000/27.426 million cedi
Savelugu Nanton District, Ghana
Executive director: Ann Cotton
info@camfed.org, www.camfed.org
Campaign for Female Education (CamFed) works with rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa to improve educational opportunities for girls disadvantaged by poverty. In Ghana, as in many countries throughout the world, families must pay a fee for their children to attend school. These school fees cause financial stress to poor families, forcing many children, especially girls, to drop out of school. GFC's grant to CamFed enabled 60 girls to complete their primary education at the Almarkazi and Nuriya primary schools in Savelugu Nanton. 1998 Grant: $2,885

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Casa Daya

$4,000/35,040 pesos
Mexico City, Mexico
Executive director: Victoria Benito de Diaz Bolio
casadaya@hotmail.com
Casa Daya provides care and education for runaway mothers aged 13–21 and their babies. To help these mothers become healthy, independent members of society, this program provides a structured and nurturing environment in which the girls receive psychotherapy and vocational training and can participate in workshops on self-esteem and health education. GFC's grant to Casa Daya supported a vocational training program for street mothers where they learned to design and make batik products and received training in business and marketing skills.

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Children's Town

$10,000/34.2 million kwacha
Malambanyama Village, Zambia
Executive director: Moses Zulu
childaid@zamnet.zm
Children's Town is a school, a skills-training center, and home to over 200 former Zambian street children and AIDS orphans (aged 9–12). All the children participate in running Children's Town through a rigorous program in which they learn to produce food, raise farm animals, maintain the buildings and surroundings, and run a general store. GFC's 2000 grant funded the purchase of additional building materials and educational tools and supported the maintenance of Children's Town's structures and grounds. 1999 grant: $3,250

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Friends for Street Children

$3,000/44.43 million dong
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Executive director: Thomas Tran Van Soi
tohemi@cinet.vnnews.com
Friends for Street Children (FFSC) is one of the few nongovernmental organizations working with children in Vietnam. FFCS's Le Minh Xuan Development Center provides services to children who have dropped out of school to help support their families and offers basic education, counseling services, and family programs. Students receive psychotherapy and take classes on personal hygiene, finances, and job readiness, as well as mathematics, Vietnamese, and the natural sciences. GFC's grant to FFSC provided general support to the Le Minh Xuan Development Center.

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Global Education Partnership

$2,500/16.3 million rupiah
Patuk District of Gunung Kidul, Indonesia
$2,500/1.98 million shillings
Tanga Region, Tanzania
Executive director: Ed Marcum
emarcum@geponline.org, www.geponline.org
Working in partnership with communities in the developing world, the Global Education Partnership (GEP) seeks to create sustainable development by providing young people with access to educational resources. GFC's grants helped fund the purchase of desks for over 3,050 students at five community schools in Tanzania, and the purchase of desks and culturally relevant textbooks for over 2,380 students at five community schools in Indonesia. Each grant was matched dollar for dollar by members of the community.

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Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc.

$5,000
Washington, D.C.
Executive director: Larry Quick
larrybquick@prodigy.net, www.lifepieces.com
Life Pieces to Masterpieces is an arts education program for African-American boys living in public and low-income housing in northwest Washington, D.C. Through mentoring relationships with local artists, the boys strengthen their academic skills and self-esteem and produce stunning artwork, which is sold to corporations, individuals, and foundations. A portion of the revenue from the sale of the artwork is deposited into an educational bank account for the young artists. GFC’s grant provided general support to the organization.

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Nishtha

$2,400/96,696 rupees
Baruipur, West Bengal, India
Executive director: Mina Das
minadas@caltiger.com
Located in rural West Bengal, Nishtha helps women and their daughters to become self-sufficient by giving them the skills, confidence, and knowledge necessary to take control of their lives and be leaders in their villages. Although focused on neglected and unschooled girl laborers aged 6–16, Nishtha involves the entire community in its effort to eliminate child labor and illiteracy and inspires social activism among its young participants. GFC's grant to Nishtha supported the Balika Bahini and Kishori Bahini leadership programs for girls and young women, respectively. 1999 grant: $2,400

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Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere

$5,000/398,100 rupees
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Executive director: Maureen Seneviratne
peace@diamond.lanka.net, www.lanka.net/charity/peace
Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere (PEACE) works for the elimination of child pornography, commercial sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and trafficking of children in Sri Lanka. Targeting children who have dropped out of school to serve the growing tourist industry through various types of work, including prostitution, PEACE offers nonformal education and vocational training to give young people the skills they need to secure legitimate employment. In addition to providing general program support, GFC’s grant provided general support for PEACE's seven nonformal education facilities, which each served 30 children aged 11–14.

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Ruchika Social Service Wing: The Train Platform Schools

$12,200/491,538 rupees
Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Executive director: Inderjit Khurana
rssobbs@hotmail.com, www.orissaindia.com/ruchikasocial
The Train Platform Schools provide nonformal education classes to thousands of child laborers who live on or around train platforms in railroad stations. Teachers set up informal classrooms on the railway platforms and give children access to books, arts and crafts, and music. GFC's grant, made possible by Mirman School families in Los Angeles, California, helped to build sustainability for the Train Platform Schools program. 1998 and 1999 grants: $4,875 total

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Sisterhood Agenda, Inc.

$5,000
Durham, North Carolina
Executive director: Angela Coleman Dixon
acdixon@sisterhoodagenda.com, www.sisterhoodagenda.com
Sisterhood Agenda is a nonformal education model that targets at-risk African-American girls aged 12–17. The program is designed to help the girls make positive choices, take pride in their culture and heritage, and develop a sense of self-worth. GFC's grant to Sisterhood Agenda supported program replication and an evaluation of "Journey Towards Womanhood" that was shared with other social-service providers.

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Grants by Year

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2007 Fall
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2006–2007
2005–2006
2004–2005
2003–2004
2002–2003
2001–2002
2000
1999