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Impact round 1 - grants

GPAF Impact 1 – list of grant awards

organisation project
Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF) Improving sexual and reproductive health and reducing the number of children born with HIV by providing access to good quality family planning services for 270,000 HIV-infected women and men in Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference AIDS Office Early detection and improved care of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS through better access to screening and increased monitoring and support for 33,000 people in South Africa.
Children in Crisis (CIC) Improved access and completion of quality primary education with a specific focus on girls through increased teacher training, parental support and resources and a reduction in discrimination and abuse of girls for 15,000 children in Kambia, Sierra Leone.
Twin Increasing the household income and health of 157,218 people by empowering female smallholders to have greater participation in Association Boards which will support improved access and safer production of ground nuts for 34,178 farmers in Malawi.
Sense International Improved screening and support, education and vocational training, and participation in state level decision making process for 10,000 deafblind people in 8 western and southern states of India.
Mercy Corps Scotland Improving the health of 194,852 people by increasing safe access to water through improved infrastructure and awareness of water, sanitation and hygiene issues; and improving diets by introducing at least one staple food in Nana Mambéré, Central African Republic.
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA) Increasing access to and reducing the cost of maternal health care and malaria prevention and treatment for 100,000 women and members of their families in Orissa, India.
Traidcraft Exchange (TX) Increasing the income of farmers through improved production and market access and decreased vulnerability to shocks and stresses benefitting  30,000 people in Mymensingh and Sherpur districts, Bangladesh.
BRAC International Increasing the net enrolment, retention and performance of 6,000 children, especially girls, from rural ultra-poor families by expanding the provision of Early Childhood Education centres, improving teaching methods and standards and raising awareness of rights to education among 8,000 empowered mothers and family members in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
Camfed International Improving primary and junior high school enrolment, retention and learning outcomes of 151,600 girls and boys, targeting those who are excluded by poverty, gender and disability in northern Ghana.
Tearfund UK Improving household health and hygiene behaviour of 299,700 people by providing sustainable access to adequate and safe drinking water,, improved basic sanitation facilities and health services in Democratic Republic of Congo.
World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan Protecting the habitat and livelihoods of 5,000 people living in Chilghoza Forest, Pakistan through greater participation in the sustainable management of the forest and its ecosystem, alternative income generation such as animal husbandry and improved water access and quality.
BRAC International Improving the health and increasing the income generation of 36,675 poor rural landless women and their family members by increasing homestead production of nutritious food and poultry production in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus -Development And Social Services Commission (EECMY- DASSC) Improving the sexual and reproductive health status and rights of 49,250 pastoralists by reducing maternal mortality and HIV prevalence and increasing access to skilled birth attendants and HIV testing and counselling in Rayitu and Sawena districts, Ethiopia.
Mercy Corps Scotland Protecting and Mainstreaming Informal Sector Safety Nets (PROMISE): 50,000 members of informal Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) will have  greater access to better savings, loan and insurance products, increased incomes for informal sector workers and new employment opportunities in Nepal.
Aga Khan Foundation UK Reducing infant mortality rate and increasing infant nutritional status by improving the knowledge and practice of breastfeeding and weaning and working with the government to introduce four new infant and young child feeding policy improvements or programme changes for 300,000 women in India.
Mercy Corps Scotland Improving the health of 150,000 urban and peri-urban poor people by providing access to quality water and sanitation infrastructure and services in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Survivors Fund (SURF) Improving access to justice for 14,372 widowed genocide survivors and 56,394 of their dependants enabling them to claim land, property, training, loans, healthcare and education in Rwanda.
Canon Collins Trust Coordinated response to school drop out through youth clubs providing a basis of literacy, numeracy, health and life skills enabling them to re-join formal education and access HIV testing, counselling and treatment for 2,790 people in Neno and Mwanza districts, Malawi.
Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) Increasing income through improved sustainable agriculture practice such as better crop management for 9,000 farmers in Tamil Nadu, India.
Samaritan’s Purse UK Improving maternal and child health by providing access to better trained local health workers who deliver higher quality care and through a reduction of harmful cultural attitudes and practices benefitting 42,565 mothers and 39,975 children under five in Karamoja, Uganda
Methodist Relief & Development Fund (MRDF) Increased and improved access to clean drinking water and sanitation and hygiene facilities to help reduce the incidence of water borne diseases for 38,976 community members inside the target area in Uganda.
Opportunity International UK Increasing income generation, more productive livelihoods and greater livelihood security through greater availability of pro-poor financial services for 9,350 people in Zambezia province, Mozambique.
BRAC International Empowering and building capacity of marginal and small scale farmers to increase crop and livestock productivity, household income and food security, benefitting 74,465 people in Tanzania.
World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan Improving the health and sustainable management of the habitat by diversifying the livelihood options and increasing the skills of people in the fisher communities benefitting 16,600 people in the Central Indus Wetlands Complex, Pakistan.
Oxfam India Improving maternal health of 186,686 rural women through greater access to nutritional food, good quality obstetric care and more effective citizen monitoring of maternal health policy in India
Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) Improving the quality and cost of drinking water, sanitation facilities and hygiene practices for 33,719 people in low income peri-urban communities in Naivasha Municipality, Kenya
Relief International – UK Increasing enrolment and retention in primary school and improving the quality of education for 17,520 children in the Puntland area of Somalia.
Build Africa Building the capacity of 9,681 teachers, local authority, school management and parents to deliver improved quality of education and increased completion rates for 13,981 children in Uganda.
Heifer Project South Africa Improving food security and increasing income generation for 4,415 people by building the capacity of participants to increase crop and livestock productivity in South Africa.
Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Increasing the food security and income of 5,250 women farmers and their households by providing access to clean water to improve irrigation and reduce the incidence of water borne diseases in Chikwawa District, Malawi.
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Increasing income for 7,200 people in 1,500 landless casual labourer households through improving rural food processing, business and entrepreneurship skills in Myanmar.
Association for Reproductive & Family Health  (ARFH) Empowering 900,000 young men and women to demand better quality and access to sexual and reproductive health services from local government through strengthened clinics, community health workers, private chemists and schools in Nigeria.
Send A Cow Increasing food production, healthy eating, income generation and access to clean water through peer training on a range of issues including financial management, sustainable agriculture, animal management and gender equity for 9,600 people  in Ethiopia.
Karuna Trust Increasing access and completion rates at primary level by improving educational resources, child health and access to credit to start small business  to generate income for 19,337 people within the Dalit communities in rural Maharshtra, India
SOS Sahel International UK Increasing the livelihood opportunities for 696,040 people by rehabilitating 58,000 hectares of land through improved management of natural resources within 92 watersheds within the Lake Boyo area of Ethiopia.
Provisional grant awards
GOAL (UK) Improving dietary diversity and meal frequency of 19,444 people to reduce rates of chronic malnutrition and cure acute malnutrition specifically targeting children and pregnant women in Zimbabwe.
Pastoralist Concern (PC) Improving the health of 125,012 pastoralist mothers and children through increased uptake of better mother and child health services including skilled birth attendants, vaccinations, ante natal clinics and mobile outreach teams in Dollo Ado district, Ethiopia
Last updated: 22 Oct 2012

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