Lifewater: $15,000 for a deep well project in the Lira District of Uganda. There is a demonstrated urgent need for more clean water sources and increased sanitation solutions in this region, with an estimated 69% of disease cases in the district being directly related to issues of sanitation and water. Read more
H20 for Life: $10,000 to support its service-learning program, in which U.S. schoolchildren received curriculum on the global water crisis, then conceived fund raising projects to employ water access sanitation and hygiene (WASH) education programs in African schools. Funding provided the programing for eight U.S. and eight African schools, impacting Read more
Blue Planet Network: $10,000 to design and strengthen its metrics and evaluation system. The project provided members with a working tool to systematically track baseline, output, and outcome measures; and to implement it throughout the organization’s network of more than 100 member programs in 27 countries.
BlueEnergy: $12,600 to pilot its Prepared Family Initiative in two coastal communities in Nicaragua. The project tested and refined methodologies in two villages over an eight month period as part of an intensive three-year program. Long-term, the study will assist a series of vulnerable communities in building holistic community development Read more
VisionSpring: $15,000 to update its social media marketing strategy. The organization piloted a new global advocacy campaign, “Eyelliance,” to build awareness around the connection between poverty and vision care. The three pillars of this advocacy campaign were: “See to Learn; See to Work; See for Safety.” In conjunction with this Read more
Smiles Forever: $10,000 for the salaries of a teaching dentist and teaching hygienist needed to train additional oral hygienists at the organization’s dental hygiene school in Cochabamba, Bolivia (the only school of its kind in Latin America). The training and addition of new hygienists have enabled the clinic attached to Read more