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Grants Awarded New Field Foundation has been supporting work in Africa since 2004. Initially, we carried out detailed research to increase our understanding of the reality of women and their families in sub-Saharan Africa, the leadership they are taking, and the resources reaching them. In 2005 and 2006, we established key relationships with organizations supporting community-driven initiatives for wider systemic change. From this emerged our focus on rural women and their families, particularly in West Africa, based on 'greatest need, least funding, and most potential'. Currently, grants are awarded in two program areas, Local and Regional, according to our 2007 priorities.Local Program Grants support rural women and their families in West Africa to take leadership and transform their lives, particularly in response to conflict and constraint. We believe it is important to be involved consistently over a number of years, and at this time are concentrating on the following areas:
Regional Program
Grants support regional initiatives in Africa that promote systemic changes in policies, laws, cultural norms and the distribution of resources for rural women and their families, with particular relevance to West Africa. |
