Three of the 2007 Innovative Small Grants have been awarded for the health and well being
of children to organizations in the United States, three to India, and one each to Uganda, Kenya, and Pakistan. In addition to these we
also funded four others for purely humanitarian purposes. These went to help children in India (3) and Uganda. These thirteen were
selected from over a hundred proposals submitted and reviewed by our grant committee of health experts. The reviewers look for projects
which employ innovative methods to improve and save children's lives, and then award them up to $5,000 which, especially in developing
countries, is a small fortune.
One of the grants to a United States organization will be carried out in Ghana to promote sanitary habits in school children. Among the others are a study on micronutrients - fortified
salts to prevent anaemia and blindness and programs to improve clean water availability and prevent malaria. You will be reading the
reports of these projects in future newsletters.
We are actively seeking sponsors for the other ten projects that were selected but are presently without funding. If you are
interested, please contact us.
2007 Small Grants Awards
Family Health and Development, Andhra Pradesh, India A trial of micronutrient fortified salt
Crescent Education Society, Andhra Pradesh, India Teaching hygiene in a mother’s club
Mothers Union Orphan Program, Kenya Water purification training
Blue Veins, Pakistan A mother’s support group encouraging breastfeeding
Haritika, Uttar Pradesh, India Improve water supply, build latrines, teach hygiene
Rhythm Africa, Uganda Malaria prevention
Ghanaian Mother’s Hope, U.S., project in Ghana Sanitation in Schools
Public Health Department of Los Angeles, U. S Support breastfeeding among African-Americans.
Humanitarian Grants
Beginning in 2006, we decided to grant some funds for purely humanitarian purposes, that is, not innovative, but meeting the needs of
hunger, illiteracy, and disease, especially in the time of natural disasters. These four organizations each received a grant of $1,500.
SEWA, West Bengal, India; for general child health
CARE Trust, Andhra Pradesh, India; to address malnutrition concerns
Poor Peoples Foundation Society, Andhra Pradesh, India; to feed orphan children
Precious Child Education Centre, Uganda; to help overcome HIV stigma
Emergency Grant
Child Health Foundation also gave an emergency grant of $2,000 for the Chinese earthquake victims.