The 2009 Innovative and Humanitarian Small Grants have been awarded for the
health and well being of children to organizations in the United States, India, Uganda, Kenya, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Nicaragua,
Dominican Republic, South Africa, and Pakistan.
These twelve were selected from about a hundred proposals submitted and reviewed by our grant
committee of health experts. The reviewers look for projects which employ innovative methods to improve and save children's lives, and then award
them up to $5,000 which, especially in developing countries, is a small fortune. The Humanitarian Grants are $3,000 and buy food, clothes, and
provide for other needs of the children.
Keep in touch, for you will be reading the reports of these projects in future newsletters.
We Need Sponsors for 8 More Projects We are actively seeking sponsors for
eight other projects that were reviewed and selected but are presently without funding. If you are interested
in sponsoring a project, please
Paribartan, Orissa, India Providing training on the use of zinc therapy to reduce the severity of diarrhea
Blue Veins, Pakistan Reducing child mortality rates by debunking breastfeeding myths
Institute of Water and Sanitation Development, Zimbabwe Improving access to safe water by implementing bio-sand filter system
Ethiopian Orphan Health Foundation, Ethiopia Training health workers to provide improvements in children’s health and nutrition
Research Center Food and Development, Mexico A study to determine the prevalence of zinc and iron deficiencies in adolescent girls
Research Center Food and Development, Mexico A study to reduce the prevalence of gastrointestinal infections associated with parasites
University of Ibadan, Dept. of Nutrition, Nigeria Educating pregnant mothers on exclusive breastfeeding, immunizations, and micronutrients
Tasca, N.C. (in Nicaragua) Detecting faecal contamination in rural water supplies
2009 Humanitarian Small Grants Awards
Beginning in 2006, we decided to grant some funds for purely humanitarian purposes, that is, not innovative, but meeting the needs of hunger, illiteracy, and disease, especially in the time of natural disasters.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J., New Jersey (in Dominican Republic) Providing bathrooms for Haitian orphans
Kared-Fod Women’s Group, Kenya Providing compassionate care and social support for poor children
Friends Orphanage School, Uganda Providing health education to prevent childhood diseases, HIV/AIDS and others
Didi Preschool and Creche, South Africa Providing balanced feeding and proper care for poor children
2009 Emergency Grant
Child Health Foundation also gave an emergency grant of $1,000 to Seed Welfare Society in India in response to severe
flooding caused by a cyclone. The funds helped provide a supply of medicine for the doctor to render medical help to the children in the orphanage and
also to the villagers who took refuge in the orphanage. They could do all this because the Foundation had provided a clinic in 2006 with a Small Grant.
