|
GCF Grants to NGOs Working in Africa
Peace Child International
Democratic Republic of Congo
Funding amount: $8,130
Goals: Repair and revive a computer center for youth in Bukavu, Congo.
By connecting 5 computers to the Internet, this grant will provide information technology training classes and create employment opportunities for approximately 50 youth. The center will also be open to the local community in the evenings to provide access and generate additional income.
www.peacechild.org
Project Concern 
Zambia
Funding amount: $48,000
Goals: Link NGO service providers in Zambia through a management information system.
This system is providing the information needed to plan programs and to provide appropriate care for children living on the streets of Lusaka. GCF funds are establishing and maintaining a central database and an NGO workstation at Project Concern's central office. Staff from 8 NGOs in the Lusaka area, as well as the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, are training to use the database.
www.projectconcern.org
WorldTeach, Inc.
Namibia
Funding Amount: $16,000
Goals: Provide targeted Namibian secondary schools with basic Internet literacy, build the capacity of Namibian teachers to integrate ICT into classroom strategies, distribute information and resource materials relevant to school networking, and develop and facilitate effective channels for communication & information sharing among participating schools.
School Net Namibia is providing more than 300 schools with access to the Internet over the next 4 years, including 75 schools in 2001. School Net has already equipped 93 educational institutions with Internet access, and some 300 learners and educators have received training at 33 training centers. A GCF grant to WorldTeach will help provide this training.
School Net Namibia: www.schoolnet.na
WorldTeach: www.worldteach.org
Relief International
Darfur
GCF seed funded and played a major role in the support of RI, to train local Community Health Workers to instruct beneficiaries on how to use food rations so that they met the needs of themselves and their families, and how to properly use products, such as mosquito netting for infants, to ensure that they save lives. RI operates 2 primary care clinics, supports 8 health posts, and 2 mobile clinics in North Darfur, reaching 112,000 beneficiaries. Facilities are located in village and rural communities, to ensure that even remote and mobile populations have access to services.
www.ri.org
|
