Lifewater International: $15,000 to advance WASH access and girl’s education in the Lira District of Uganda. Lifewater’s approach to transformational community development leverages hygiene education and infrastructure development to simultaneously decrease water borne disease and improve access to education for girls in the region. Monies granted will fund the construction Read more
Companion Community Development Alternatives: $15,000 for a Solar Power, Clean Water and Economic Empowerment Project designed to replicate its successful solar powered water system in three Salvadoran villages. The organization’s original solar water system in Zacamil Dos reduced community water costs by 50%, while providing piped water to all homes Read more
Village Enterprise: $15,000 to implement and test the pioneering data collection tool, TaroWorks. Developed in partnership with the Salesforce Foundation, TaroWorks complements the organization’s existing complement of research and evaluation instruments while increasing its efficiency. Further development and field testing of TaroWorks represents a strategic opportunity to streamline real-time data Read more
Upaya Social Ventures receives a one-time grant for $10,000 to continue its work in building its impact measurement and management program.
TechnoServe: $30,000 000 in renewed funding for its Economic Development Alliance for San Martin, Peru. This project partners with the Peruvian government to integrate former coca growers into the global cacao market. Smallholder farmers received agricultural and business training and individuals were mobilized into collective commercial blocks. These groups were Read more
Strategies for International Development: $15,000 for an expansion of programs to new communities in the Department of Alto Verapaz in Guatemala. The organization supports smallholder farmers in graduating from poverty by providing a variety of agricultural and business trainings to increase crop yields, profits, and democratic processes at the community Read more