The Global Fund For Children

Funding to date: $8,000 in 2011 YGT bridges the gap between Tajikistan’s vulnerable youth and available social services and information, focusing particularly on informing youth about available youth-friendly health centers that provide medical services and information on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. Our grant supports YGT’s outreach program, through which [...]

Funding to date: $41,666 beginning in 2007 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. Our grant supports the Athletes Advantage program, which uses soccer to teach adolescent girls [...]

Funding to date: $105,000 beginning in 2005 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. Our grant supports Sunera Foundation’s innovative theater outreach program, which utilizes the performing arts as a connecting tool [...]

Funding to date: $17,000 beginning in 2010 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. Our grant supports school- and community-based HIV/AIDS clubs, which train peer [...]

Funding to date: $78,000 beginning in 2006 Synergie pour l’Enfance provides comprehensive prevention and treatment services to children who have been affected or infected by HIV/AIDS, with targeted services to children in rural regions as well as to street children. The organization offers medical, counseling, and nutritional services to these children and conducts awareness-raising and [...]

Funding to date: $92,000 beginning in 2005 The Jinpa Project works in the most remote areas of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to relieve the poverty of nomadic and semi nomadic communities by building physical infrastructure and increasing access to education and healthcare. The organization trains youth, who in turn train additional youth, to spread healthcare [...]

Funding to date: $31,500 beginning in 2009 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. Our grant supports case management, educational services, and medical and dental services for children and [...]

Funding to date: $6,000 between 2007 and 2008 VIDWA defends the rights of Haiti’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens, mainly women and children, through education, advocacy, and community development projects on health, education, and gender-based violence. Our grant supports a new project to engage disenfranchised young men from poor neighborhoods as protagonists in preventing HIV/AIDS [...]

Funding to date: $16,000 beginning in 2010 The first local NGO to focus on HIV/AIDS in northern Uganda, WASO works to promote peace and eliminate HIV/AIDS and poverty 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. Our grant supports [...]

Funding to date: $31,000 beginning in 2008 PROVIDA offers after-school programs in such areas as sports, arts, and culture to teach children and youth about health, with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention. Our grant supports PROVIDA’s education program, which provides educational opportunities and HIV/AIDS education to orphaned children. View Website