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GCF Small Tech Grants Competition
Small Tech Grants Competition 2002
12 Countries
Funding amount: $56,000 total
In February 2002, the Global Catalyst Foundation distributed a Small Tech Grants Competition request for proposals for a second time. We asked a number of US NGOs to find small-scale grassroots organizations outside the US that needed $5000 or less to apply ICTs to existing or proposed projects. By May we received 61 proposals from groups in 33 countries. As in 2001, these grassroots organizations requested support for computer equipment, staff and community training, network enhancements, and connectivity charges. Applications for this support addressed special education needs, health information, jobs and skills training, gender issues, and community resource development.
The 12 finalists in 2002 were selected by judges using the criteria established in the request for proposals. Our partners in the selection process included the Global Philanthropy Forum, The Foundation Incubator, and Global Catalyst Partners.
Here is a copy of the 2002 Request for Proposals.
2002 Selected Projects Summary:
Omsk School for Hearing-Impaired Children #15 - Russia: This school hosts 215 students (children and adults) with various grades of hearing loss. Computer equipment has been purchased with Small Tech Grant funds to provide access to information technology.
Girl Child Network Trust - Zimbabwe: GCNT is purchasing equipment for locating and producing materials on educational advancement, HIV/AIDS, economic empowerment, and job opportunities. GCNT will use these materials to serve about 160 girls in sixteen girls’ clubs in Chitsotso Girls Safe Village in Rusape.
See: www.idex.org
Serbo Town Council - Ethiopia: Serbo Town Council is building a library and information center for all students. Funds awarded in the Small Tech Grants competition will purchase computers used for locating information on job opportunities, economic development materials, and community resources related to agriculture, microenterprise and health.
Sichuan Provincial Tibetan Institute - China: Funds will be used for an ICT work-study plan for Tibetan students that includes creating digital archives of lectures given by prominent Tibetan intellectuals and leaders, maintaining the school's webpage, and learning how to use Tibetan language software.
St. Augustine's College - Ghana: This project will use funds to purchase equipment that introduces local community members to educational campaigns and economic empowerment training. This includes training for income-generating skills and HIV/AIDS education.
See: www.augusco.org
Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development - Cambodia: CVCD will use their funds to purchase computers, internet access, and provide staff training for courses that offer computer and internet training to disadvantaged youth and land mine survivors in Phnom Penh.
See: www.cvcd.org
Afghan Institute of Learning - Afghanistan: The Afghan Institute of Learning will establish the Herat Training Centre to provide Afghan women and girls access to computers and training that lead to their long-term educational, economic, and socio-political empowerment.
Mangrove Action Project - Indonesia: A GIS database of mangrove forest coverage and prioritized rehabilitation sites in Indonesia will be made available to local fishing communities, the Jaring PELA, Indonesian governmental coastal resource management agencies, and international coastal conservation agencies.
See: www.earthisland.org/map/mngim_indonesia.htm
Jamaica Community Enrichment Program - Jamaica: Computer equipment and Internet access for a project in Jamaica that will assist children and families in a low-income community with hygiene and sanitation training, economic options for adults, and the creation of a center to provide after-school and summer activity options.
See: www.global-children.org/programs_jamaica.html
Foundation for Development of Needy Communities - Uganda: This community group in rural Mbale serves schools and unemployed youth. Computer and telecoms equipment will provide access to information, learning resources and communication technologies for community members.
See: www.fdncuganda.8m.net and www.wougnet.org/Profiles/fdncug.html
Organization of Women of Kriva Palanka - Macedonia: Funds will be used to acquire ICT equipment and materials for this women's organization to upgrade community members' skills and improve their chances for acquiring employment.
See: www.undp.org.mk/itc-kp/welcome.htm
Rescue Mission Zambia - Zambia: Addressing the Digital Divide for Zambian youth, this organization is active in initiatives that make youth leaders in ICTs for development more effective, and will use funds to expand these initiatives to more youths.
See: http://rmz.interconnection.org/index.htm
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