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FIRELIGHT FOUNDATION Annual Report First 4 Years: 2000–2003 Text-only Version
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GRANTS 2000 – 2003 Tanzania
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		36.0 million 18.6 million 8% 12% 1.93 million 42% $86,300 14 11 27%
BUTOGWA WOMEN’S HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (BUWOHEDE), Sengerema/Mwanza
2003 – $4,000	BUWOHEDE was started by a group of village women who wanted equal rights for marginalized women and children living on 5 islands and 10 villages adjacent to Lake Victoria. In an effort to empower and educate women and children affected by HIV/AIDS, BUWOHEDE is using grant funds to train 25 caregivers in business management and marketing skills and provide small loans to 20 women to establish income-generating activities.
DIOCESE OF SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS ORPHAN SUPPORT PROGRAM (DSH), Mbeya
2003 – $4,500	Situated in southwest Tanzania, this Diocese of the Anglican Church works in the Mbeya region, which has a population of 2.1 million. They mobilize and educate clergy about youth development and HIV/AIDS as a means of preventing further infection. With this grant, DSH is identifying orphaned and vulnerable children around Mbeya, assessing their situation, and raising awareness within the community of their needs. DSH is working with a coalition of faith-based organizations to assist the children.
ELIMU, MICHEZO NA MAZOEZI (EMIMA), Dar Es Salaam
2003 – $7,500	EMIMA empowers children by providing information on reproductive health, life skills, HIV/AIDS prevention, and care of those living with AIDS through organized sports activities. With this funding, EMIMA is supporting its youth sports leaders (“peer coaches”) with 22 educational scholarships, 60 partial scholarships, and 45 vocational training opportunities. Additionally, they are reaching hundreds of children in the community through weekly sports gatherings and by distributing HIV/AIDS information via fliers, leaflets, workshops, and seminars.
LAKE NYANZA ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITATION ORGANIZATION (LANESO), Mwanza
2003 – $8,800	LANESO, an environmental conservation organization, works with the marginalized community of fisher boys living on Jumaa Island in Lake Victoria. Firelight funding enables LANESO to improve the livelihoods of 50 of these orphaned fishermen by teaching them appropriate fishing techniques, providing them with improved, environmentally-appropriate fishing nets, and advising them about the importance of financial savings. The youth are also being taught about HIV/AIDS prevention through behavior change.
MAKIUNGU COMMUNITY BASED HOME CARE (CBHC), Singida
2003 – $4,000	Makiungu Community Based Home Care (CBHC) is a program based on health services that initially were provided at Makiungu Hospital, in a rural town 335 kilometers from Arusha. The Makiungu CBHC program initially offered palliative care to the dying, but soon added material and psychosocial support to vulnerable children and their grandparent caregivers. Firelight funding supports weekly outreach to AIDS orphans and families. Makiungu CBHC is also holding 13 workshops around Singida to raise community awareness of the needs and rights of orphans and vulnerable children. This program has been recognized by the Tanzanian First Lady.
MARYKNOLL MISSION SISTERS, Musoma
2002 – $10,000	The Maryknoll Sisters work in three towns in Mwanza, carrying out programs that provide education and vocational training opportunities to marginalized children and support to their caregivers. Additionally, each Sister works with youth leaders in her community to coordinate “Youth Alive” groups focused on preventing HIV and promoting community service among youth. The Sisters also offer emergency support to families. This grant funds a community school that offers computer and English classes, counseling, meals, and recreational activities for 40 vulnerable children. It pays the educational expenses of 3 nursery, 295 primary, and 5 secondary school pupils. The grant is also supporting the Sisters’ home visits of sick children and their caregivers.
2001 – $8,000	Grant funds are supporting educational, counseling, and support services for more than 100 orphans and vulnerable children. It is also paying for 67 children to attend school and for peer education programs through the Youth Alive program.
MARYKNOLL MISSION SISTERS, Musoma and nearby areas
2002 – $10,500	Grant funds cover the salaries of one full-time and one part-time social worker to coordinate AIDS home care and outreach activities to vulnerable children. It is also paying for 600 children to attend 12 HIV prevention behavior change seminars led by their peers.
2001 – $8,500	The school fees and expenses of 35 primary and 5 secondary school students are being paid with this grant. Critical food assistance is being provided to needy families. This grant also supports 11 seminars for youth on behavior change.
MARYKNOLL MISSION SISTERS, Mwanza
2002 – $5,000	Eighty-five primary and eight secondary school students are being educated with grant funds. Funds are also being used to pay for 60 youth to attend Youth Alive behavior change seminars. They are conducting AIDS awareness events and recreational activities in their community to promote positive and fun activities.
2001 – $3,500	Sixty primary and five secondary school students in the Nyakato and Mwanza areas are being supported with this grant. Critical food assistance is being provided to 40 families. This grant also supports weekly meetings of Youth Alive behavior change groups and the costs of a World AIDS Day awareness-raising and outreach event.
ORPHANS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL (ODPI), Mwanza
2003 – $4,500	ODPI partners with grassroots self-help groups in six east African countries to help them strengthen their capacity to do their work. The Tumaini Women’s organization was started by a group of women living with HIV/AIDS who came together for mutual support and to start businesses. Firelight funding enables ODPI to help the Tumaini Women’s group initiate and administer a revolving loan fund for 20 widows who care for 48 children. This grant also provides educational, medical, and nutritional support to 60 widows and their children.
TUAMOYO FAMILY CHILDREN’S CENTRE / ST. ALBAN’S STREET CHILDREN SOCIETY (TFCC), Dar Es Salaam
2003 – $4,500	Founded in 1992 by members of St. Alban’s Church, the Tuamoyo Family Children’s Centre addresses the needs of street boys in the harbor area of Dar Es Salaam. Tuamoyo conducts outreach to children living on the street, provides transitional shelter, and works with the children, their relatives, and social service agencies to reunify families. Funding helps Tuamoyo identify 15 of the street children for reunification, provide them with temporary shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and education, and facilitate the family tracing and reunification process.
WAMATA SENGEREMA, Sengerema
2002 – $3,000	Walio Katika Mapambano Na Aids Tanzania (WAMATA), Swahili for “Those battling against AIDS in Tanzania,” is a national grassroots membership organization comprised of people from all walks of life. They provide HIV/AIDS prevention education, training on the care of people living with HIV/AIDS, and school materials for needy students. This grant to the Sengerema branch of WAMATA is covering the educational expenses of 103 primary school and 18 secondary school children and providing vocational training for 5 youth. Funding also enables WAMATA Sengerema to pay for emergency food and medicine for 63 families affected by AIDS.
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