In honor of 25 years of FAWCO Friendship Quilts & the quilters who made it possible.
Recipient: Sports for Health Teaching Curriculum for Afghan Girls - Kabul, Afghanistan (Nominated by AWC Berlin)
Girls in Afghanistan lack ownership of their own bodies, and they suffer from high rates of depression and suicide. Physical fitness and sports improve well-being, but girls are largely excluded from these activities due to myths about female bodies. By addressing misconceptions about this and by teaching them via physical fitness training, we help girls grow into healthy women, creating a virtuous cycle, increasing benefits over time as more and more women are empowered to contribute to society on multiple levels. This project builds on the capabilities of our trainers and our new sports-for-health teaching curriculum—including classes and workshops on topics ranging from misconceptions about female health and bodies to well-being and self-care. The DG funds would help to expand our program and reach into the community by delivering a condensed curriculum in an illustrated booklet and poster in Dari that will offer health facts and demonstrate the benefits of athletic activity for girls.
Educating Women & Girls Worldwide$4,000
Sponsored in part by Renuka Matthews
For programs specifically aimed at women and/or girls.
Recipient:Education, Training & Rehabilitation for girls in Virar East, Maharashtra, India (Nominated by ACIW Mumbai)
This project expects to work with 50 children from the Virar area, providing basic literacy classes so they do not miss out future educational opportunities. Mumbai alone, has over 250,000 children living on the streets. Amongst the most vulnerable, they are susceptible to abuse, exploitation and drug addictions. They are trapped in a cycle of poverty. For these children, education is the farthest thing on their minds. Yet, education is their best hope of living with dignity and respect. VOICE believes that the potential of every child is limited only by the education, love, and opportunities we can give them. By acquiring education, their entry into the labor force will be delayed, and children are likely to become more productive, earn more, have more control of their lives, and have a better future. The DG funds would allow us to hire more teachers and purchase materials so we can outreach all those children.
Pam Dahlgren Educating Africa’s Children $4,000
For programs specifically in the geographical area of Africa and will be awarded to the Africa-focused nominated project which receives the most votes.
Recipient:Feeding Our School Children - Antsiranana/Diego Suares, Madagascar (Nominated by AILO Florence)
The Madagascar School in Antsiranana/Diego Suarez is located in a poverty stricken area. No child who wants to attend is turned away, but few are able to pay the school fees. Many children suffer from hunger and malnutrition, and come to school on an empty stomach. A breakfast club helps, giving them some sustenance preventing lethargy and poor attention to their lessons. The school needs help with the food supplies and to begin a program of providing these children with extra nourishing food, fruit and vegetables to take home. This ensures the children have something to eat before bedtime and gives their families some economic respite. Feeding the children gives freedom from hunger, helps them to become strong and healthy, allows them to benefit from their education and get out of poverty. The DG funds would be used to provide 150 healthy, nutritious food rations per day for under-nourished pupils for 106 days.
ENVIRONMENT
Nurturing Our Planet - $4000
Sponsored by Patti Meek of AWC Dublin, in memory of her parents, James and Ethel Meek.
Recipient Harvesting and Storing for a Better Living - Palghar District, Maharashtra, India (Nominated by AWC Hamburg)
The tribal families living in rural areas of Maharashtra, India, live in tiny one-room homes where they have limited space to store their harvested grains and seeds. Because of the lack of storage, these families are forced to sell their crops during the harvest season at a low price. The DG funds would finance a solidly constructed 40 m2 storage building that would allow 22 families (120 persons) to not only protect their harvest from bad weather and predators but also to obtain a minimum 20% increase in revenues by selling when demand is high. This increase in income will provide families with basic necessities and access to healthcare and education. A better living for the tribals will sustain the successful watershed program implemented by the Nandanvan Trust, which regreened and restored desertified land in the area, making possible the cultivation of grain crops as well as fruit and nut trees.
GLOBAL ISSUES
Close To Home$4,000
Recipient: Empowering Refugee Women in Hamburg - Hamburg, Germany (Nominated by AWC Hamburg)
Close to 60% of refugees entering Germany today are women. Many are fleeing sexual violence, forced marriage, and “honor” killings, not to mention war and terrorism. Their path to integration is especially difficult. Hanseatic Help has brought a sense of community to refugee women through shared meals and volunteer work alongside local residents. A learning and support center was launched that will further empower these women. Volunteers will assist professionals in teaching basic computer and communication skills and help with bureaucratic applications for childcare, vocational schools, and work—filling the gap where government-sponsored institutions fail. The DG funds would support this center by funding needed equipment, books, furniture, and supplies. Up to 40 women will benefit from the center in the first year, improving their prospects for entering the job market or pursuing a career, thus allowing them to live independently and giving them a sense of purpose, responsibility, and community.
HEALTH
Critical Health Concerns $4000
Recipient: Psychological Support Project for Children - Saida, Lebanon (Nominated by AWC Lebanon)
This project will offer 80 developmentally disabled children services to help them overcome social, psychological, physical, and mental challenges. A specialized team of certified special needs and psychological professionals will execute the project. Lebanon is on the verge of economic collapse while amid a pandemic. Due to mounting financial difficulties, Ahlouna has had to put the Psychological Support Project on hold, exacerbating already challenging circumstances for developmentally disabled children and their families. The DG funds would allow Ahlouna to resume psychological support to individuals and equip beneficiaries and families with resources to overcome their challenges. An indirect impact of the grant would mean Ahlouna will be able to continue food distribution and other social welfare programs with the funds that would otherwise have gone to the Psychological Support Project. The DG funds would be used to pay the salaries of psychological professionals: social worker, speech therapist, special educator, and psycho-motor therapist.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Breaking the Cycle Grant $4,000
Sponsored in part by AW Eastern Province The Foundation would like to recognize and thank AWEP for their longtime support of the Development Grants.
Recipient:A Helping Hand to Victims of Human Trafficking in Torino - Torino, Italy (Nominated by IWC Torino)
Nigerian women are trafficked to Italy and forced into prostitution. A growing number of these women are facing incredible hardship especially during recent lockdown periods. Some manage to escape their situation and are then faced with building a new life in a foreign country. To start building this new life trafficked women need safe shelter to enable them to start or continue an education which should provide them with the skills to become independent and integrate into their new surroundings. One place of safe shelter is provided by the Instituto Alfieri Carru in Torino. The DG funds would provide financial assistance for housing, allowing the women to focus on schooling and training in job-relevant skills as well as opportunities for cultural integration for two trafficked Nigeran women.
FAUSA Effecting Change for Women and Children at Risk Grant $4,000
Recipient: Potatoes and Guayule Cultivation: Re-knitting the Social Fiber in Rural South Africa: A Covid-19 women-inspired social reconstruction project - Bira, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Nominated by AW Aquitaine)
Bira is an impoverished village in the Eastern Cape, one of South Africa’s poorest provinces. Currently the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting black women and children disproportionately harder than any other population group in South Africa. Rural communities depend on money sent home from the cities, but the pandemic has resulted in a loss of jobs and money to feed families. Bira women have already been planting guayule and harvesting seeds, but food security is more urgent now. Potatoes are an easy crop to produce. The DG funds would permit the purchase of cultivars, fertilizer, pest management, small equipment, fencing for the fields, plus rental of land preparation equipment, work, food and training to local women. They will be trained to produce potatoes (as organically as possible) to feed their families. Any excess potatoes can be sold in local markets, providing cash to buy other food products. The project addresses at least five SDG’s (#1,#2,#5,#8,#10).
AWC Amsterdam Tulip Grant $4,000
Targeting human rights projects for women and children in Europe.This will be awarded to the human rights-focused nominated project which receives the most votes.
Recipient:Providing support for victims of prostitution and human trafficking for sexual exploitation - Hérault County, France (Nominated by AWG Languedoc-Roussillon)
The Hérault (France) chapter of the Mouvement du Nid Association works with victims of prostitution and human trafficking for sexual exploitation in order to help them rebuild their lives, exercise their legal rights, access healthcare and trauma recovery, gain autonomy, learn French, sustainably exit prostitution if and when they are ready, build new careers, improve their self-image and sense of self-worth. The project addresses the harsh and often disastrous realities that victims of prostitution face:multiple traumas, fear for physical safety, social isolation, nonexistent self-confidence, language barriers, and lack of access to basic rights —by working closely with victims. The DG funds would be used by Mouvement du Nid to assist the victims in legalizing their presence in France, by helping them obtain residency permits and passports, and improve their French language skills, both of which are prerequisites to gainful employment and integration into French society.
A very heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to all of our 2021 Development Grant recipients!
Is your Club considering nominating a project for a 2022 Development Grant? Consult the Timeline below for tips on efficient and timely completion of your Development Grant application.
2021 FAWCO Foundation Development Grant Nominations
The FAWCO Foundation is pleased to present the nominees for the 2021 Development Grants. Seventeen projects have been nominated in five categories with nine Development Grants. Please take the time to read the summaries before making your selections; as with every year, each nominee offers something special.
Be informed and let your club board know which nominations you feel strongly about. Clubs may use whatever method they wish to make their selections.
FAWCO Representatives or Club Presidents ONLY may submit the ballot in accordance with the policy set by their clubs.
EducationThere are three grants available.Your club should vote for ONLY THREE projects.
Project Name: Education, Training & Rehabilitation for girls
Location: Virar East, Maharashtra, India
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 5 years
Parent Organization: VOICE (Voluntary Organization in Community Enterprises)
This project expects to work with 50 children from the Virar area, providing basic literacy classes so they do not miss out future educational opportunities. Mumbai alone, has over 250,000 children living on the streets. Amongst the most vulnerable, they are susceptible to abuse, exploitation and drug addictions. They are trapped in a cycle of poverty. For these children, education is the farthest thing on their minds. Yet, education is their best hope of living with dignity and respect. VOICE believes that the potential of every child is limited only by the education, love, and opportunities we can give them. By acquiring education, their entry into the labor force will be delayed, and children are likely to become more productive, earn more, have more control of their lives, and have a better future. The DG funds would allow us to hire more teachers and purchase materials so we can outreach all those children.
Project Name: Feeding Our School Children
Location: Antsiranana/Diego Suares, Madagascar
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 10 years
Parent Organization: The Ursuline Sisters Teaching order based in Madagascar
Website: n/a
Project Funding Breakdown:
150 pupils x food to the value of $.25 cents x 106 days
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
The Madagascar School in Antsiranana/Diego Suarez is located in a poverty stricken area. No child who wants to attend is turned away, but few are able to pay the school fees. Many children suffer from hunger and malnutrition, and come to school on an empty stomach. A breakfast club helps, giving them some sustenance preventing lethargy and poor attention to their lessons. The school needs help with the food supplies and to begin a program of providing these children with extra nourishing food, fruit and vegetables to take home. This ensures the children have something to eat before bedtime and gives their families some economic respite. Feeding the children gives freedom from hunger, helps them to become strong and healthy, allows them to benefit from their education and get out of poverty. The DG funds would be used to provide 150 healthy, nutritious food rations per day for under-nourished pupils for 106 days.
Project Name: Feeding the Mind and Body at Rai Som School
Location: Fang District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 3 years
Parent Organization: The Mirror Foundation, Chiang Rai, Terre Des Hommes, Germany
The Cultivation Project will address the need to provide food for students at Rai Som School, a privately-run school in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, which offers an integrated approach to improving the quality of life of rural hill tribe people. The disadvantaged, vulnerable hill tribe population face issues regarding citizenship; lack of infrastructure; and limited access to education and welfare. The DG funds would be used to establish the foundation of an agricultural project, providing equipment, seeds and plants so that fruit and vegetables can be grown for school meals, with excess produce taken home. This initiative will be significant in improving children’s health, imparting life skills, alleviating poverty and improving food security. Teaching valuable practical agricultural skills will lead to a better future for these migrant marginalized children. In addition, home-grown produce will provide vital nutrition, and the project will give the students an understanding of agriculture, cultivation methods, sustainable development and most importantly nourish them to then learn better in school.
Project Name: Sports for Health Teaching Curriculum for Afghan Girls
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: Almost 2 years
Booklet preparation: research, writing, layout, etc.
$2500
Translations
$500
Booklet printing
$700
Instructor training
$40
Poster distribution (all of Kabul)
$60
Measuring impact
$100
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
Girls in Afghanistan lack ownership of their own bodies, and they suffer from high rates of depression and suicide. Physical fitness and sports improve well-being, but girls are largely excluded from these activities due to myths about female bodies. By addressing misconceptions about this and by teaching them via physical fitness training, we help girls grow into healthy women, creating a virtuous cycle, increasing benefits over time as more and more women are empowered to contribute to society on multiple levels. This project builds on the capabilities of our trainers and our new sports-for-health teaching curriculum—including classes and workshops on topics ranging from misconceptions about female health and bodies to well-being and self-care. The DG funds would help to expand our program and reach into the community by delivering a condensed curriculum in an illustrated booklet and poster in Dari that will offer health facts and demonstrate the benefits of athletic activity for girls.
Environment There is one grant available. Your club should vote for ONLY ONE project.
Project Name: Harvesting and Storing for a Better Living
Location: Palghar District, Maharashtra, India
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 11 years
Construction materials: stones, bricks, sand, cement,
Iron sheet for roof, doors, windows, paint, labor
$4750
Donation from nominating club
($750)
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
The tribal families living in rural areas of Maharashtra, India, live in tiny one-room homes where they have limited space to store their harvested grains and seeds. Because of the lack of storage, these families are forced to sell their crops during the harvest season at a low price. The DG funds would finance a solidly constructed 40 m2 storage building that would allow 22 families (120 persons) to not only protect their harvest from bad weather and predators but also to obtain a minimum 20% increase in revenues by selling when demand is high. This increase in income will provide families with basic necessities and access to healthcare and education. A better living for the tribals will sustain the successful watershed program implemented by the Nandanvan Trust, which regreened and restored desertified land in the area, making possible the cultivation of grain crops as well as fruit and nut trees.
Global IssuesThere is one grant available. Your club should vote for ONLY ONE project.
Computer resources equipment (printer, wifi, used computer)
$1300
Office supplies
$500
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
Close to 60% of refugees entering Germany today are women. Many are fleeing sexual violence, forced marriage, and “honor” killings, not to mention war and terrorism. Their path to integration is especially difficult. Hanseatic Help has brought a sense of community to refugee women through shared meals and volunteer work alongside local residents. A learning and support center was launched that will further empower these women. Volunteers will assist professionals in teaching basic computer and communication skills and help with bureaucratic applications for childcare, vocational schools, and work—filling the gap where government-sponsored institutions fail. The DG funds would support this center by funding needed equipment, books, furniture, and supplies. Up to 40 women will benefit from the center in the first year, improving their prospects for entering the job market or pursuing a career, thus allowing them to live independently and giving them a sense of purpose, responsibility, and community.
Project Name: Facility improvement at The Association of Assistance for Sexually Abused Women
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 21 years
AADAS is a not for profit organization whose mission is to assist women who have been sexually assaulted or violated. Many of these victims are referred to AADAS by local authorities, and because of this, and at no cost to a victim, AADAS provides support, information, psychological assistance and legal advice. Sometimes the victim is afraid to come forward, so ADDAS must be sure to provide them with a comfortable and safe environment, so that they feel protected and cared for. In these new premises, there is a need for an AC/heating system, because until now they have been using table fans to keep cool in the summer and blankets in colder months to keep warm. The DG funds would be used to purchase two AC/heating units and to pay for the installation of the units.
Project Name: Healing through Art
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 16 years
Following a very traumatic 2020, many of Ayadina’s young students (who come from poor families) exhibited symptoms of Post-traumatic stress. They survived the August 4th port blast, they’ve been locked up at home, and are experiencing their families struggling financially. The project is to incorporate art therapy methodologies in our visual arts classes (online or in person) to help the children heal through art. An art therapist will mentor two of our visual arts teachers who will share their knowledge with colleagues, ensuring project sustainability. The therapist will evaluate the students at the beginning of the project to identify core issues that need to be addressed. She will periodically assess the impact of the project on students throughout the year, with a final evaluation at the end. The DG funds would be used to pay the salaries of the art therapist and two visual art teachers, and to purchase art supplies.
40 gift bags (with toiletries, notebook, candle, diary, etc.)
€600
Total in euros
€3300
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
Cherut is an organization based in Antwerp, Belgium supporting girls and women in vulnerable situations associated with prostitution and human trafficking. “Cherut,” which means “freedom,” aims through “Online Outreach” to bring hope and choices for those wishing to leave prostitution. Four trained volunteers will meet on a regular basis to surf websites looking for signs of online trafficking. After identification, the team will connect with potential vulnerable girls and women through text message or WhatsApp, offering support and the assistance of Cherut’s “Route to Assistance,” a comprehensive method developed by the organization during years of working with individuals facing prostitution and/or trafficking. It includes a series of steps that guide women to recovery with the support of professionals and volunteers. The DG funds would allow Online Outreach to reach approximately 20 women per month (240 per year).
Project Name: Serve the City: Covid-19 Community Response
Transport/mileage fees for events sponsored by STC
$1000
Waste disposal charges for decluttering and garden maintenance projects
$1000
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
In 2020, Serve the City Dublin went beyond its previous activities of serving the practical needs of marginalized and vulnerable persons in the community. This population dramatically expanded with so many senior and handicapped individuals suddenly requiring assistance and STC provided services not anticipated by the government. The DG funds would allow continuation and expansion of these services to those in need, delivering hot meals, groceries, medication, pensions and food hampers to an increasing homeless population and distributing to families experiencing food poverty. Schools and individuals will be provided textbooks and other reading materials. Volunteers requiring mileage reimbursement can receive it as needed, PPE will be provided, social isolation will be reduced for those either medically at risk or in high risk living situations, such as Direct Provision centers. With STC’s expanding role in these extraordinary times, with the food bank’s recipients’ of 1114 families, this could grow to a level of several thousand individuals or families.
HealthThere is one grant available.Your club should vote for ONLY ONE project.
Project Name: Butterfly Breather
Location: Lothian, Scotland
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 1 year, 2 months
This unique project, used by two of our members, will enhance the experiences and improve the health outcomes for people living with chronic neurological and other ill-nesses and disabilities. The DG funds would support the innovative work of developing and producing custom-fitted masks especially designed for oxygen treatment. Masks are connected to tubes inside a pressurized chamber supplying oxygen, in which Individuals sit for up to two hours at a time. Masks therefore need to be both effective and comfortable. There are currently no specific masks for this vital treatment. The adapted industrial masks used are heavy, painful, and difficult to use. The Butterfly Breather mask will be made of a more flexible material and will improve both the overall experience and the health benefits of oxygen treatment. To achieve our goal, we need to purchase a 3D printer and production materials.
Project Name: Psychological Support Project for Children
Location: Saida, Lebanon
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 22 years
This project will offer 80 developmentally disabled children services to help them overcome social, psychological, physical, and mental challenges. A specialized team of certified special needs and psychological professionals will execute the project. Lebanon is on the verge of economic collapse while amid a pandemic. Due to mounting financial difficulties, Ahlouna has had to put the Psychological Support Project on hold, exacerbating already challenging circumstances for developmentally disabled children and their families. The DG funds would allow Ahlouna to resume psychological support to individuals and equip beneficiaries and families with resources to overcome their challenges. An indirect impact of the grant would mean Ahlouna will be able to continue food distribution and other social welfare programs with the funds that would otherwise have gone to the Psychological Support Project. The DG funds would be used to pay the salaries of psychological professionals: social worker, speech therapist, special educator, and psycho-motor therapist.
Project Name: Support Group for Anglophones Touched by Cancer
Cancer is a brutal and lonely disease. Even surrounded by family, friends and Cancer Counselors our clients often feel isolated. The one-on-one support provided by Cancer Support France is invaluable, talking with people in situations similar to theirs is helpful and can be healing. The intention of this project is to create a monthly support group for Anglophones who have been touched by cancer. There is nothing resembling this in the Paris region, and we receive queries for it regularly. We know that a sense of community can be healing and comforting. The DG funds would permit us to rent appropriate space for the group for one year, hire a facilitator and provide a nourishing and comfortable environment for our clients.
Human RightsThere are three grants available. Your club should vote for ONLY THREE projects.
Project Name: A Helping Hand to Victims of Human Trafficking in Torino
Location: Torino, Italy
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 3 1/2 years
Nigerian women are trafficked to Italy and forced into prostitution. A growing number of these women are facing incredible hardship especially during recent lockdown periods. Some manage to escape their situation and are then faced with building a new life in a foreign country. To start building this new life trafficked women need safe shelter to enable them to start or continue an education which should provide them with the skills to become independent and integrate into their new surroundings. One place of safe shelter is provided by the Instituto Alfieri Carru in Torino. The DG funds would provide financial assistance for housing, allowing the women to focus on schooling and training in job-relevant skills as well as opportunities for cultural integration for two trafficked Nigeran women.
Project Name: Potatoes and Guayule Cultivation: Re-knitting the Social Fiber in Rural South Africa: A Covid-19 women-inspired social reconstruction project
Location: Bira, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Application Club's Length of Affiliation: 3 years
Parent Organization: n/a
Website: n/a
Project Funding Breakdown:
Field site fencing
$500
Rental of land preparation equipment
$500
Purchase of small equipment and safety clothing
$400
Purchase of seeds/cultivars
$1000
Fertilizer and pest management
$600
Labor (wages for farm women, 4 months planting)
$1000
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
Bira is an impoverished village in the Eastern Cape, one of South Africa’s poorest provinces. Currently the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting black women and children disproportionately harder than any other population group in South Africa. Rural communities depend on money sent home from the cities, but the pandemic has resulted in a loss of jobs and money to feed families. Bira women have already been planting guayule and harvesting seeds, but food security is more urgent now. Potatoes are an easy crop to produce. The DG funds would permit the purchase of cultivars, fertilizer, pest management, small equipment, fencing for the fields, plus rental of land preparation equipment, work, food and training to local women. They will be trained to produce potatoes (as organically as possible) to feed their families. Any excess potatoes can be sold in local markets, providing cash to buy other food products. The project addresses at least five SDG’s (#1,#2,#5,#8,#10).
Project Name: Providing support for victims of prostitution and human trafficking for sexual exploitation
Intensive French as a foreign language course for 8 people
$1500
TOTAL:
$4000
Purpose of the Grant:
The Hérault (France) chapter of the Mouvement du Nid Association works with victims of prostitution and human trafficking for sexual exploitation in order to help them rebuild their lives, exercise their legal rights, access healthcare and trauma recovery, gain autonomy, learn French, sustainably exit prostitution if and when they are ready, build new careers, improve their self-image and sense of self-worth. The project addresses the harsh and often disastrous realities that victims of prostitution face:multiple traumas, fear for physical safety, social isolation, nonexistent self-confidence, language barriers, and lack of access to basic rights —by working closely with victims. The DG funds would be used by Mouvement du Nid to assist the victims in legalizing their presence in France, by helping them obtain residency permits and passports, and improve their French language skills, both of which are prerequisites to gainful employment and integration into French society.
The 2020 state of health emergency has engendered a socio-economic crisis that was harshly felt among the former prisoners who had benefited from the association's training and support programs. Opportunities for employment were lost as a result of the crisis, exposing them to the risks of recidivism bringing them back to prison. The DG funds would give 20 candidates the opportunity to relaunch individual projects within the framework of self-employment and entrepreneurship aimed at capitalizing on the efforts undertaken previously. The budget will be used to finance coaching workshops for the development of individual projects and support by an integration agent.
The temporary recruitment of a social worker and integration officer dedicated to this project will make it possible to better organize efforts aimed at fulfilling these commitments. The expertise of 15 years of working with the prison population has given Relais a good knowledge of the specific characteristics and needs in the prison and post-prison phases.
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So, you have made the decision to nominate a charity for a Development Grant. Fantastic - that was the hardest part! Although the nomination applications for the 2024 grants are not posted until the middle of October 2023, you can certainly begin gathering the necessary information now.
Here is an easy step by step tutorial on how to get your winning nomination application to the selection committee.
Now:
1. Read the general information about the Development Grants on the Foundation website www.fawcofoundation.org.
2. Download the 2023 Watermarked DG Application and begin gathering the necessary information.
2-3 months before the January deadline:
The 2024 Development Grants and nomination applications are now available on the Foundation website. Choose which grant best suits your programs and goals. Download the 2024 application.
Begin writing the purpose of the grant.
1 month before the January 2024 deadline:
Have someone read your grant drafts. They should help edit and proofread.
Finish gathering your information.
1 week before January 2024 deadline
Check that all required information is in your nomination application.
Put the application and all required supporting material (signatures, proof of payment, etc.) in a Word Document and submit to the DG Administrator, Nan de Laubadére, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
In the week after the January 2024 deadline:
If you have not received confirmation that your application has been received, contact Nan de Laubadére, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Development Grants have a far-reaching effect. From the smallest villages to the largest cities, your generous contributions touch the lives of women and children around the globe.
AFRICA and THE MIDDLE EAST
2024 - Kiwimbi Prep for Success - Busia, Kenya
Diabetes Medication 4 All - Lebanon
Empowering Abused Women and Their Children: All Inclusive Support - Lebanon
2023 - Safe Haven Educational Support Programme - Adana, Turkey
Sanitation for Rural Schools - Southern Morocco
Model for Teaching Nutrition to Petty Traders in Greater Accra, Ngleshie Amanfro, Ghana
A Beacon of Hope in Anivorano - Anivorano Est, Madagascar
2022 - MaaSAE Girls Secondary School - Tanzania
Each One, Teach One: Safe Spaces Library's Reading Clubs - Kenya
Healing Through Art for Vulnerable Children in Lebanon - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Feeding Our School Children - Madagascar
Pychological Support Project for Children - Lebanon Potatoes & Guyale Cultivation:Re-knitting the Social Fiber in Rural South Africa: A Covid-19 Women-Inspired Social Reconstruction Project - South Africa 2020 - Hope Schools Library - East London, South Africa Water and Sanitation for the New White House Academy Students - Voi, Kenya 1 Million in Mind - Kenya
2019 - Keeping Backpacks Full - Dakar, Senegal
Tools for Equal Opportunities - Niamey, Niger
Stepergy - Rural Morocco
Fistula Foundation Fistula Repair Surgery Program - various locations in Africa
2018 - Butiama Safe House Vocational Training Center - Serengeti, Tanzania
Kitchen for Rural Kenyan Catering Program - Chepkanga, Kenya
#Reboot Computer Literacy - A Safe Spaces Project - Nairobi, Kenya
The Pillow Project to Stop Child Trafficking - Murang'a County, Kenya
2017 - Kenyan Children Help - The New White House Academy - Voi, Kenya
2016 - Hope Alive Foundation - Malawi
Solar Powered Showers for Health and Academic Excellence - Ethiopia
Mothers Averting AIDS - South Africa
Growing Guayule to Fight AIDS and Provide Bio-Fuel - South Africa
2015 - Preventing A Lost Generation - Sending Refugee Children to School - Jordan
Project Mwangi - Kenya
Trees Grow in the Sahel - Senegal
2014 - Mama Norah Education Center - Wagwe, Kenya
The Kenya Project Clean Water Initiative - Wagwe, Kenya
Madagascar School, run by Ursulinnes Nuns - Madagascar
Amal Women's Training Center - Marrakech, Morocco
2013 - Amis des Ecoles, Tata Region - Morocco
Mama Anakuja - Malindi, Kenya
Fistula Foundation - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Women's Vocational College - Nairobi, Kenya
Mothers Averting AIDS, Khayelitsha - South Africa
2012 - Blindness Prevention Program - Ethiopia
Feeding Education - Kenya
Thanda Children's Library KwaZula-Natal - South Africa
Women For Girls - Senegal, West Africa
2011 - Little Wings Foundation - Middle East/North Africa
Hodi Peace Cents - Marsabit, Kenya
HIV/AIDS Awareness - Uganda
2010 - Oyani Village - Kenya
Fistula Foundation - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
School Aid, Johannesburg - South Africa
Teachers Without Borders - South Africa
Mothers Averting AIDS - Khayelitsha, South Africa
2009 - Kibarani Dump Site Children - Knebel, Kenya
Mama Anakuja - Home for Needy Children - Malindi, Kenya
The Mercy Children's Centre - Bumala, Western Kenya
Amani School Classroom and Fence - Kenya
2008 - Primary School Project - Assumer, Morocco
Angels of Hope Peaceful Home for Children - Nairobi, Kenya
Grandma-2-Grandma - Tanzania, East Africa
Women for Girls - The Mill Project - Mbousnakh, Senegal
2007 - Korogocho HIV/AIDS Home Care Center - Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya
The Lambs Project - Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
Women's Hope International - Chad and Ethiopia
Arche de Noe - Bujumbura, Burundi
Integrated Bio Framing Technologies for the Blind and Handicapped - Sebeta, Ethiopia
Batsiranai Craft Project - Zimbabwe
2006 - Hope's Promise Orphan Ministries - Namibia
Ol Malo Eye Project - Kenya
Commund de Lubumbashi Orphanage - Republic of Congo
2005 - Obstetric Fistula - Mali
Prevalence of Malnutrition - Tanzania
Support Children's Literacy - Madagascar
Kugeria Women Water Project - Kenya
2004 - Action for Children Soldiers - Democratic Republic of Congo
Malawi Orphan Support Project - Malawi
2003 - Hope House Babies Home - Kenya
Mkombozi Center for Street Children in Moshi - Tanzania
Cecily Eastwood Zambian Aids Orphan Appeal - Zambia
2002 - Girls of the Maqattam Garbage Settlement - Egypt
Kezakimana ("Children of Love") - Burundi
2001 - Chivuna Mission Rural Health Center - Zambia
Women's Center of Azzib - Morocco
2000 - Nyapea Hospital - Okoro County, Uganda
Horizons Ouverts (Village Schools) - Morocco
Monze Mission Hospital - Zambia
Tailor Training Project - Kenya
1999 - Bellhouse Academy - Kenya
Philani Nutrition Centres - South Africa
Women's Center - Democratic Republic of Congo
1998 - Association Managre Nooma Pour la Protections des Orphelins (AMPO) - Burkina Faso
1997 - Mfitumukiza Project (photo tracing of refugee children) - Tanzania
2024 - Stop the Shop: Help Teens Embrace Sustainable Fashion - Hamburg, Germany
Generation Z ~ Arrivals - Florence, Italy
Butterfly Breather - Scotland, UK
2023 - Cost Savings and Energy Efficiency: Lighting Renovation in Bern’s Ronald McDonald House - Bern, Switzerland
Speak Up (Trau Dich) - Vienna, Austria
Helping the Handicapped with Horticultural Training - Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, France
2022 - Re-edition & Distribution of the Game "Relations & Prevention" - France & Francophone Countries
Dignita "Train the Trainer" - The Netherlands
2021 - Empowering Refugee Women in Hamburg - Germany
A Helping Hand to Victims of Human Trafficking in Torino - Italy Providing Support for Victims of Prostitution and Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation - France 2020 - The Bridge2Hope Academy - Amsterdam, Netherlands 2019 - More Than Just a Cup of Coffee: Barista Skills Provide Dignified Work to Survivors of Human Trafficking - Amsterdam, Netherlands 2016 - Casa Ruth and the New Hope Cooperative Project - Italy Frauen Helfen Frauen - Germany
2015 - Prevention Center for Family and Marital Violence - Belgium
2014 - Jack & Jill Foundation - Johntown, Naas Co., Kildare, Ireland
Assertiveness/Self-Defense Training for Victims of Domestic Abuse - Munich, Germany
2013 - Irish Society for the Prevention & Protection of Children - Dublin, Ireland
2012 - Ruhama - Dublin, Ireland
Center for Abandoned & Disabled Children - Athens, Greece
2010 - Spread The Sunshine - Moscow, Russia
2009 - Pension Villa Mariain - Bern, Switzerland
Training for Work - Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, UK
Five Loaves - Wicklow, Ireland
2008 - Mayday! Mayday! - Carei, Romania
Food For Refugees - Athens, Greece
2006 - Radio Studio 88 - Mostar, Bosnia and Herzogovina
2004 - Children of a Lesser God Outreach - Moldova
Ojos Del Mundo (Eyes of the World) - Madrid, Spain
2003 - Ostrov Shelter, Social Patrol - Russia
2000 - Nuevo Amanecer - Madrid, Spain
1999 - Tsimbalina Children's Hospital - St. Petersburg, Russia
Operation Angel (humanitarian health center and pharmacy) - Albania
1998 - Kurdish Women's and Children's Refugee Center - Greece
Stiichting Charite (Children in Need) - Chernobyl, Ukraine
1997 - AMICA for refugee women and children - Tuzla, Bosnia
DESA for refugee women - Dubrovnik, Croatia
WORLDWIDE
2022 - Trash Hero World - 171 chapters in 20 countries
Recipient: Butiama Safe House Vocational Training Center - Serengeti, Tanzania
The Development Grant will help 22 girls who have fled Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) receive vocational and entrepreneurial training to empower them to their fullest economic potential. This safe house is commited to fighting FGM and other forms of gender-based violence and saving young girls from forced marriages. The girls gain business experience by selling products they have made with their newly acquired skills while receiving Human Rights training.
AWC The Hague Creating Better Futures
Recipient: Kitchen for Rural Kenyan Catering Program - Chepkanga, Kenya
The Development Grant will provide funding to Rafiki Ya Maisha, an NGO that raises money for two schools in Kenya. The funds will be used to construct a teaching kitchen at Sergoek Vocational Training Center in Chepkanga. A proper kitchen will help improve professionalism as well as the self-esteem of the students.
Pam Dahlgren Educating Africa's Children
Recipient: #Reboot Computer Literacy - A Safe Spaces Project - Nairobi, Kenya
#Reboot is an empowerment project for young women in Nairobi's Eastland Slums. Today, IT skills are a core competency necessary to succeed in most careers. In the Eastland Slums, girls have no access to computers at home. Project #Reboot will fill this gap by teaching girls computer skills and developing their critical thinking ability. The DG will empower girls by funding a project manager, computers, curriculum and students' transportation to #Reboot classes.
ENVIRONMENT
Nurturing Our Planet
Recipient: Hazarwadi Open Well - Maharashtra, India
The Indian Watershed Program has successfully used watershed development ("catching the rain") in desert areas of Maharashtra, India to restore the environment, replenish the groundwater that can feed open wells, and improve the lives of the tribal inhabitants, the poorest people in the lowest part of Indian society. The Development Grant will finance the construction of an open well in a rural hamlet of 14 tribal families who have insufficient access to water. Better health, better nutrition, a sustainable livelihood and access to eudcation will be the final rewards.
HEALTH
The Coughlan Family Foundation’s Support In Sickness and Health
Recipient: Project WIN - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Protein in the diet of Thai hill tribe people is minimal. The DG will help improve the quality of nutrition of the local marginalized population as well as finance their education in self-sufficient production and increasing dietary protein. This will be accomplished through hands-on training in four different iniatives: raising chickens, building a fish pond for sustainable fish-farming, growing mushrooms, and developing and growing chemical-free vegetable gardens.
Critical Health ConcernsSponsored in part by Renuka Mathews
Recipient: Ending TB in North Korea - Pyongsong Sanitorium, North Korea
TB is the #1 infectious killer in the world. Tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis are endemic to North Korea and ravage a vulnerable population already suffering from malnutrition. The Development Grant will pay for N-95 respirators, nutritional support and immunomodulation that will cut TB transmission, increase treatment success rates and reduce post-treatment relapse and reinfection rates. By cutting the relapse and reinfection rate, vulnerable caregivers in the home will also be protected.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Breaking the CycleSponsored in part by AILO Florence and AW Eastern Province
Recipient: Feed the Starving Rohingyas - Bangladesh
Since the Myanmar military started ethnic cleansing in 2017, approximately one million Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh, creasting a massive humanitarian disaster. New refugees, mostly women and children, arrive daily after walking for days through the jungle. Refugees desperately need food, water, clothing and medical care. The project will provide the newly arrived Rohingya with dry food packs, each containing a tin container of basic food staples. The Development Grant will directly benefit 400 families - 2800 refugees - providing food and water.
FAUSA Effecting Change For Women and Children at Risk
Recipient: The Pillow Project to Stop Child Trafficking - Murang'a County, Kenya
Most children living in orphanages in Kenya have family who cannot care for them because of poverty. Families are often tricked into giving up their children under the false promise of food and education. In reality, children are trafficked and exploited so that orphanage operators receive donations. The DG will allow The Pillow Project to Stop Child Trafficking to provide beds, sheets and pillows for 31 children who have been trafficked.
A very heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Development Grant recipients!
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