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Grants Awarded | Regional program grants
Firelight Foundation
Santa Cruz, USA
http://www.firelightfoundation.org
Founded in 1999, Firelight Foundation supports and advocates for the needs and rights of children who are orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Firelight strives to increase the resources available to grassroots organizations that are strengthening the capacity of families and communities to care for children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Firelight awards one-year grants of $500 to $10,000 to community-based initiatives in 11 countries, with a particular focus on Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
| 2008 | $25,000 | 1 year |
| This grant continues to support Firelight’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Technical Assistance (META) program. Specifically, the grant funds META program staff costs; in- country META facilitators; and an internal assessment of META’s progress. |
| 2007 | $50,000 | 1 year |
| This grant enables Firelight to strengthen its Monitoring, Evaluation, and Technical Assistance (META) program. Specifically, the grant supports Firelight to provide in-country trainings for select grantee partners to utilize the META program, as well as staff costs to manage the META program. |
| 2005 | $130,000 | 2 years |
| This grant contributes to Firelight’s grant-making program in 2006 – 2007, to be awarded to community-based groups that work directly and effectively to support the fundamental needs and rights of children orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS. This grant is being allocated by Firelight to groups in Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| 2005 | $30,000 | 1 year |
| This grant supports three community groups in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has been devastated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic with one of the highest rates of infection in Sub-Saharan Africa. These three groups are responding to the needs of children by training community caregivers; providing educational, material and psychosocial support to children; and operating schools for vulnerable children. |
| 2004 | $60,000 | 1 year |
| This grant supports seven community groups in Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These groups are responding to the increasing number of children orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS in their communities by providing a range of services, including volunteer peer educator trainings, orphan care, counseling, and awareness raising on the rights and needs of orphans. |
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