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Annual Report   First 4 Years: 2000–2003   Text-only Version

 
 

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GRANTS 2000 – 2003

Namibia

 
 
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

 

1.8 million
0.9
million
23%

12%
97,000
49%

$44,000
3
1
100%

 
  CATHOLIC AIDS ACTION (CAA), Windhoek  
  2003 – $20,000
Two-year grant
CAA uses a multi-pronged approach to confronting AIDS, providing HIV/AIDS prevention activities, home-based care and counseling for the ill, support of needy orphans, and the creation of livelihood opportunities for orphans and vulnerable children. With this two-year grant, 300 children are receiving school fees and uniforms. The funds are also covering the training and support of volunteers, as well as administrative costs.

 
  2003 – $4,000 Using this discretionary grant, CAA is distributing their book Building Resiliency Among Children Affected by HIV/AIDS to all Firelight grantee-partners and completing an evaluation of its efficacy.

 
  2001 – $20,000 Four hundred children are receiving school fees, uniforms, and operating expenses as a result of this grant. The grant also covers the training and support of volunteers and administrative costs.

 
 

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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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