Innovation round 2 - grants

GPAF Innovation 2 – list of grant awards

organisation project
Rojiroti UK Providing innovative microfinance for 137,295 very poor and marginalised women and their families in India, by setting up self-help groups with small savings and loans and providing training and monitoring through mobile phone technology.
African Initiatives Supporting 10 pastoralist communities (63,875 people) in Tanzania to secure land rights and access to natural resources for sustainable livelihood. 
Vision for a Nation Foundation Nationwide primary eye care training of Health Centre nurses in Rwanda to provide free vision assessments to an estimated 425,000 people and 30,000 eyeglasses to those in need
Provisional grant awards
Kiwanja UK Providing 128,000 poor rural people in Kenya with a mobile money transfer system allowing financial service providers to collect and disburse funds or schools to collect fees and communicate with families.
iPartner India Improving maternal and neonatal health care for 2000 poor women and infants in India through mobile phone enabled health care. 
Last updated: 22 Oct 2012