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FIRELIGHT FOUNDATION Annual Report 2005 Text-only Version
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Grant Awards by Year Firelight awarded 23 multi-year grants in 2005, which disbursed funds over two or three years. Multi-year grants offer successful organizations the stability necessary to build their organization and expand their services. For example, Lesotho Save the Children was awarded a total of $30,000 in 2005, $15,000 to be paid in 2005 and $15,000 in 2006. All grants awarded during 2005 are listed below. Some grantees were awarded more than one grant during 2005 and are therefore listed more than once. Canada Ethiopia Kenya Lesotho Malawi Rwanda South Africa Tanzania Uganda United Kingdom United States Zambia Zimbabwe Grants that were partially or fully funded by the Firelight’s Donor Advised Fund at the Tides Foundation are marked with an asterisk (*).
Grant Awards	2005	2006	2007
Canada
The Teresa Group	$10,000	$10,000

Ethiopia
Jerusalem Children and Community Development Organization	$25,000	$25,000	$25,000

Kenya
Education, Self-Sustainability, and Improvement of Economy Development Group	$8,000
Grassroots Alliance for Community Education	$13,800
Mama Darlene Children’s Centre and Community Development Projects	$10,000
Rural Education and Economic Enhancement Programme	$15,000

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	2005	2006	2007
Lesotho
Community Development and Peace Promotion Movement	$5,000
Ha Mantilatilane Child Rescue Centre	$7,500
Hlalefang Makaota - Tebang	$5,600
Lesotho Child Counselling Unit	$15,000
Lesotho Durham Link Coalition	$8,000
Lesotho Save the Children	$15,000
Lesotho Society of Mentally Handicapped Persons	$10,000
Nazareth Support Group	$3,000
Phopholetsa HIV/AIDS Support Group	$11,400

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Malawi
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian/Nkhoma Community AIDS Programme	$9,800
Matindi Youth Organisation	$12,000	$12,000
Network of Organizations Working with Vulnerable and Orphaned Children	$5,000
Positive Women in Action and Development	$7,000
Rumphi HIV/AIDS Education Awareness Project	$10,000	$14,000
Salima HIV/AIDS Support Organization	$12,000

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Rwanda
Association Bamporeze	$15,000	$15,000
Association des Femmes Chefs de Familles: Giribanga	$10,000
Diocèse Catholique de Cyangugu/Amajyambere-Iwacu Association	$10,000
Ejo Nzamera Nte Association	$15,000	$15,000
Hope After Rape	$5,000
Ihorere Munyarwanda	$8,000
Les Enfants de Dieu *	$8,000
Projet EER/SNEP	$15,000
Projet EER/SNEP	$4,000
Rwanda Women Community Development Network	$15,000
Solidarité Femmes 3x3	$7,000	$7,000
Trust and Care	$12,000	$12,000

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South Africa
Developmental Gender Network	$5,000
Diketso Eseng Dipuo Community Development Trust	$15,000	$15,000
Empilweni Project *	$15,000	$15,000
Family Literacy Project	$3,800
Fikelela Children’s Centre	$10,000
Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Programme	$15,000	$15,000
HIV/AIDS Awareness Project and Youth Development	$4,000
HIV/AIDS Prevention Group, Belabela Welfare Society	$15,000
Human Sciences Research Council / Fatherhood Project	$10,000	$10,000
Ikamva Labantu	$9,400
Lulisandla Kumntwana	$10,000
Millennium Home of Hope	$15,000	$15,000
Motivation Community Development	$10,000	$10,000
Organisation for African Herbalists International	$7,000
Rob Smetherham Bereavement Service for Children	$15,000

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Tanzania
AIDS Outreach Nyakato	$7,800
Butogwa Women’s Health and Development Association	$6,500
Diocese of Southern Highlands	$13,000
Kagera Group for Development	$9,600
Lake Nyanza Environmental and Sanitation Organization	$4,000
Lake Nyanza Environmental and Sanitation Organization	$9,400
Mara Widows Development Group	$3,000
Muungano Community Based Organization	$6,000
Teens Against AIDS	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000
Teens Against AIDS	$15,300
Tumaini Women Development Group	$7,000
WAMATA Sengerema	$7,100

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Uganda
Friends of Christ Revival Ministries	$15,000
Friends of Orphans	$10,000
Kyetume Community Based Health Care Programme	$15,000
Youth Alive Club	$15,000

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	2005	2006	2007
United Kingdom
International HIV/AIDS Alliance	$5,000

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	2005	2006	2007
United States
Grantmakers Without Borders	$5,000
Youth Philanthropy Worldwide	$35,000
Youth Philanthropy Worldwide	$1,300

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	2005	2006	2007
Zambia
Chentelelwe Health Education and Livelihood Programme	$5,000
Chikanta Community Schools Development Project	$10,000
Children in Distress-Kalomo	$19,000
Children in Distress-Kitwe	$13,000
Chingola Orphan Care/Wilson’s Orphans and Street Kids	$10,000
Community for Human Development	$12,000
Development Aid from People to People, Children’s Town	$5,000
Echoes of Mercy	$7,000
Families for Children Project	$9,600
Kabwata Widows and Orphans Community Society	$6,000
Kara Counselling & Training Trust	$15,000	$15,000
Luapula Foundation	$15,000	$15,000
Lupwa Lwabumi Trust	$8,200
Mulumbo Early Childhood Care and Development Foundation	$7,500
Ray of Hope for Orphans	$10,000	$10,000
Rescue Mission Zambia	$4,000
The Law and Development Association	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000
Tusa Munyandi Association	$5,000
Welfare Concern International	$5,000

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	2006	2006	2007
Zimbabwe
Child Protection Society	$5,000
Esandleni Sothando	$8,000
Family AIDS Caring Trust, Chiredzi	$15,000	$10,000
Farm Orphan Support Trust of Zimbabwe	$10,000
Girl Child Network	$19,500	$15,000
HelpAge Zimbabwe, Southern Region	$7,000
Hope for a Child in Christ	$15,000	$15,000
Institute of Cultural Affairs-Zimbabwe	$8,000
Lubhancho House	$10,000
Nehemiah Project	$9,400
Shingirirai Women Mabvuku	$7,800
The Centre	$8,000
Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association, Bulawayo Branch	$7,000
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