Innovation round 2 - provisional grants

GPAF Innovation 2 – list of provisional 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.
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.
Friends of the Treatment Action Campaign (FoTAC)		Increasing the use of anti-retroviral therapy for HIV, and TB treatment for 69,000 people in South Africa by establishing home-based counselling and testing.
International Network of Street Papers (INSP)		Creating employment and support to 600 slum dwellers/homeless people in Nigeria and South Africa, through selling/distributing street papers.
Mandimba Alliances in Mozambique (MaMA)		Providing home-based literacy and life training skills to 18,000 poor rural adults and youth in Mozambique.
iPartner India		Improving maternal and neonatal health care for 2000 poor women and infants in India through mobile phone enabled health care.
Vision for a Nation Foundation		Expanding provision of free eye tests to 425,000 poor people in Rwanda, and distributing 30,000 low cost, adjustable eyeglasses across 417 Rwandan health centres.

Last updated: 17 Feb 2012

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