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FIRELIGHT FOUNDATION
Annual Report First 4 Years:
2000–2003 Text-only Version
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GRANTS 2000 – 2003
Lesotho
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Population
Population under age 18
HIV adult seroprevalence
Orphans as percent of all children
Total number of orphans
Percent of orphans due to AIDS
Total Firelight funding
Number of grants given
Number of grantee-partners
Percent of grantees regranted
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2.1 million
940,000
31%
17%
137,000
54%
$28,000
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4
0%
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LESOTHO SAVE THE CHILDREN, Maseru |
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2003 – $10,000 |
Lesotho Save the Children, founded
in 1962, provides child protection services, hospice care, educational support,
and community-based HIV/AIDS support for abandoned infants and neglected
children. This grant helps support a new initiative to train community members
to create orphan care plans for vulnerable children within their home villages.
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LESOTHO YOUTH FOR CHRIST (YFC),
Khubetsoana/Maseru |
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2003 – $8,000 |
YFC’s mission is to address
challenges of urban youth such as unemployment, lack of educational opportunities,
and negative role models that can result in teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol
abuse, and HIV infection. This grant provides funding for YFC to build a
youth center in one of the poorest and most densely populated townships
near the capital city. The youth center will offer educational and recreational
activities, while promoting community involvement and service.
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TŠEPONG COUNSELLING CENTRE, Sebaboleng/Maseru |
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2003 – $7,000 |
Tšepong Counselling Centre
focuses on counseling and AIDS prevention work. They currently run four
village-level orphan support groups and regularly facilitate HIV/AIDS prevention
and counseling trainings nationwide. They are also supporting 15 orphans
with food, home visits, and counseling. This grant assists them with operational
expenses. It also funds life skills training for children, and training
for caregivers and village support groups in orphan issues, home-based care,
and counseling skills.
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TŠOSANE SUPPORT GROUP, Maseru |
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2003 – $3,000 |
This community group provides home-based
care, counseling services, and food parcels to 45 orphans in a township
outside Maseru with a population of about 20,000. Grant funding enables
the Tšosane Support Group to fund the educational expenses of 10 primary
school students and 2 secondary school students. It also supplies materials
for behavior change workshops.
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Please note that this Annual Report covers the period from December 1,
1999 through September 30, 2003.
If you are interested in receiving a copy of this report, please send
an email to Cheryl Talley-Moon at Cheryl@firelightfoundation.org.
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