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GCF Small Tech Grants Competition
Small Tech Grants Competition 2003
6 Countries
Funding amount: $24,000 total
In February 2003, the Global Catalyst Foundation distributed a Small Tech Grants Competition request for proposals for a third 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 38 proposals from groups in 23 countries. Requests were 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 4 finalists in 2003 were selected by judges using the criteria established in the request for proposals.
Co-funders for the 2003 competition include the Flora Family Foundation and the Arrillaga Foundation.
Here is a copy of the 2003 Request for Proposals.
2003 Selected Projects Summary:
The Women’s Commission of UCIZONI – Oaxaca, Mexico
US NGO: WITNESS
UCIZONI (Union of Indigenous Communities from the Northern Zone of the Isthmus) represents more than 8,000 men, women and children, and works with communities on issues relating to indigenous rights, poverty, and gender equality. The Women’s Commission of UCIZONI will use a new digital video camera and portable editing equipment to produce and create videos tied to their goals, and to those of the wider UCIZONI institution.
See: www.witness.org
Rural Connectivity Project – Wundanyi, Kenya
US NGO: Global Education Partnership
The Rural Connectivity Project will improve Internet access for a youth computer center by upgrading the current long-distance, dial-up connection to a 33.6Kbps leased line, with an 802.11b wireless link for the last twenty kilometers into the town of Wundanyi. The center’s computers will be networked together with a new Ethernet hub, and the overall objective of addressing local youth’s education and development will be met.
See: www.unites.org and www.geponline.org
EduSol, Off-grid ICT Activities for Rural Children – Haiti, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic
US NGO: Enersol
The EduSol program places solar-powered laptop computers in small rural schools in Haiti, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. Funds from the Competition will be used to address a number of urgent needs, including software purchases (in French for Haiti and Spanish for the Dominican Republic), computer equipment upgrades and repairs, connectivity fees, and teacher training.
See: www.enersol.org
MADAD Teachers Professional Development Program – Baku, Azerbaijan
US NGO: Relief International - Schools Online
Working together with the Azeri Ministry of Education, the local NGO 'MADAD' will put Schools Online’s Teacher Professional Development Program into local context and establish a team of 10 master trainers in Azerbaijan. At a newly established Teacher’s Training Center, these trainers will help teachers develop basic computer skills, Internet savvy, and new approaches to learning and teaching through the use of ICTs.
See: www.madad.net
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