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GCF Small Tech Grants Competition
Small Tech Grants Competition 2001
10 Countries
Funding amount: $50,000 total
Goals: Rapidly address the critical technology needs of small international NGOs, and to assist these organizations in gaining wider support.
In April, 2001, GCF sent a request for proposals to a number of US-based nonprofits. We asked them to find small-scale grassroots organizations outside the US that needed $5000 or less to apply ICTs to existing or proposed projects. In May we received 39 proposals from around the world. These grassroots organizations requested support for computer equipment, training courses, website development, and network enhancements; applications of this support included cultural programs, general education, administrative capacity, and even an online city council in Bulgaria. 10 finalists were chosen, and a select panel of judges chose 5 of these for our initial funding budget of $25,000. In the course of the evaluations, an additional $25,000 was secured for this Competition from an anonymous donor, enabling GCF to fund the next 5 finalists.
Here is a copy of the 2001 Request for Proposals.
2001 Selected Projects Summary:
Mirror Art Group - Chiang Rai province, Thailand: Equipment purchases in support of ‘Bannok TV’ (also known as 'Hilltribe TV'), a project for recording indigenous cultural identities by hilltribe youths.
See: www.mirrorartgroup.org/web/projects/proj-bannoktv.html
Tashkov Foundation Online City Council Forum - Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Internet access, website support, and equipment for online citizen discussion forums.
See: www.plov.info/pccc/index.htm
SVEST - Macedonia: An ICT training course for 16 elementary school teachers in and around Skopje, Macedonia.
See: www.svest.org.mk
Mtabila/Kasulu Internet Project - Tanzania: Website design and construction for Internet learning centers in and around Mtabila refugee camp.
See our webpage about this project here >>.
Kraslava Gymnasium - Latvia: An ICT training course for 40 teachers of English from rural districts.
See: www.ftpiicd.org/files/gtp/reports/story_ligija.doc
Global Education Partnership - Guatemala, Kenya, and Tanzania: Computer upgrades for the Entrepreneurship and Employment Training Program helping youths in three countries.
See: www.geponline.org/programs/eetp.shtml
GRAVIS - Rajasthan, India: Computer equipment and support for miners’ groups.
See: www.mineworker.org
Schools Online - Japan: Translation into Japanese of media literacy curriculum resources for website.
See: http://www.soj.jp/media-awareness/m-AwarenessTOP.html
Hayovel High School - Israel: Equipment for a study of water pollution and human ecology in Israel by Jewish and Arab high school students.
Global Fund for Women - Brazil: Website design and construction for philanthropy related to 13 women's groups from around the world.
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